[drupal-support] How do add Second Administrator?

[David Gibbens]

I've just added a couple of modules in 4.6.3 and yes you would have to grant
any "admin" role (I call mine "administrator" )access to them.
Out of interest though - are there any actual problems with using the
in-built super-user/owner/user 0 functionality? Or is it just that you can
only have one of them when you can have several users assigned the
"administrator" role?

David Gibbens
Exeter, UK
+44 1392 477735



-----Original Message-----
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[mailto:drupal-support-bounces at drupal.org]On Behalf Of Earnest Berry
Sent: 16 October 2005 17:07
To: drupal-support at drupal.org
Subject: RE: [drupal-support] How do add Second Administrator?


I agree. I also create a role with the exact same name as mentioned: 'super
user'. Perhaps I should rename it to 'admin. But that is the best way to go.
Perhaps put this in the Drupal FAQ somewhere? I can see where people
switching from other systems that have an 'admin' check-box or role could be
confusing. The only draw back is that as you add modules, you'll have to
grant that 'admin' role access to them. I could be wrong on this.

 - Earnest

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[mailto:drupal-support-bounces at drupal.org] On Behalf Of Bèr Kessels
Sent: Sunday, October 16, 2005 7:11 AM
To: drupal-support at drupal.org
Subject: Re: [drupal-support] How do add Second Administrator?

Erics solution is IMO the best practice. In fact, I (and other drupal
developers) encourage this, and often advice people to not use superuser
at all.

On Sat, Oct 15, 2005 at 01:03:04PM -0500, Eric Crump wrote:
> >I am trying to figure out how to add a second administrator and
> >cannot find a way to do that. It does not explain how in any of
> >the help sections I could find.
>
> Rob,
>
> I don't know if this is the best way, but what I do is create a new role
> called 'admin' or 'super user' (go to 'administer/access control' and
> select the 'roles' tab) and then grant that role privileges (the
> 'administer/access control/permissions tab) to administer some or all of
> the site. Then enable that role for any users who should have admin
> privileges.
>
> --Eric Crump
>
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