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diff --git a/docs/Running-Mastodon/Administration-guide.md b/docs/Running-Mastodon/Administration-guide.md index 1b9dc8630..af78f6235 100644 --- a/docs/Running-Mastodon/Administration-guide.md +++ b/docs/Running-Mastodon/Administration-guide.md @@ -1,8 +1,16 @@ Administration guide -================= +==================== So, you have a working Mastodon instance... now what? +## Turning into an admin + +The following rake task: + + rails mastodon:make_admin USERNAME=alice + +Would turn the local user "alice" into an admin. + ## Administration web interface A user that is designated as `admin = TRUE` in the database is able to access a suite of administration tools: @@ -20,9 +28,10 @@ Your site settings are stored in the `settings` database table, and editable thr You are able to set the following settings: +- Site title - Contact username - Contact email - Site description - Site extended description -You may wish to use the extended description (shown at https://yourmastodon.instance/about/more ) to display content guidelines or a user agreement (see https://mastodon.social/about/more for an example). \ No newline at end of file +You may wish to use the extended description (shown at https://yourmastodon.instance/about/more ) to display content guidelines or a user agreement (see https://mastodon.social/about/more for an example). |