[image]Allow admins to change email addresses easily disable the site setting Sorry to resurrect this, but how do I do this? I’m one of the admins who has zero clue about anything and doesn’t understand tech stuff so I apologise in advance for my ignorance! I’ve had some members ask me to do this, and I couldn’t even do it for myself when I tried the other day. I definitely want to be the only one who can change member emails, not members themselves. I’ve tried to follow the steps in this thread but I haven’t been able to figure it out. Would anyone have the time or spoons to handhold me though this process?

I think this is the setting you want - it is in admin - site settings (in users section, but you can find it with the settings filter) [IMG_1991] [IMG_1992]

Thank you so much! I want to be the only person able to edit emails, but going forward I will just quickly enable this setting, edit, and then disable it.

[image] Isla: I want to be the only person able to edit emails, but going forward I will just quickly enable this setting, edit, and then disable it. I’m not sure I understand - if you don’t want users to be able to edit their email addresses after sign-up, then just leave it disabled. Admins are always able to edit email addresses even if that setting is disabled (it doesn’t apply to Admins).

Something isn’t right then. As an Admin you can always change email addresses. Are you using SSO?

My apologies, but I don’t know what that is.

[image] Lilly: Admins are always able to edit email addresses even if that setting is disabled (it doesn’t apply to Admins). How do I edit the address in that case? While I can see the wrench if email_editable is enabled, I cannot see it after disabling the setting. [wrench to edit the email shown] [wrench to edit the email hidden] I cannot find the option on the user’s admin page either. There is only a link to the preferences. [Primary email - Visit this user's preferences page to edit their profile]

Hi @Isla we are currently looking into this more closely and will update this topic. It appears you were correct that the setting needs to be disabled then re-enabled after the admin makes the change. I’m sorry for the misunderstanding with this - we do usually have admin overrides on most settings like this, but sometimes there may be legitimate reasons not to that we need to consider. [image] Isla: My apologies, but I don’t know what that is. SSO is Single Sign On, which may be one of the reasons that setting is configured the way it is. [image] Setup DiscourseConnect - Official Single-Sign-On for Discourse (sso) Integrations DiscourseConnect is a core Discourse feature that allows you to configure “Single Sign-On (SSO)” to completely outsource all user registration and login from Discourse to another site. Offered to our pro, business and enterprise hosting customers. information_source (Feb 2021) ‘Discourse SSO’ is now ‘DiscourseConnect’. If you are running an old version of Discourse, the settings below will be named sso_... rather than discourse_connect_... The Problem Many sites wishing to integrate wit…

Thank you so much, Lilly. I really appreciate it.

Changing email addresses not working as an Admin

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Isla (Technologically clueless) August 26, 2024, 5:54am 5

I can’t edit anyone’s email, even my own, without enabling that setting.

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