I thought I read somewhere about a role of “forum owner” that sits above administrator. Did I dream that? Searching just turns up category owner info. The context was that the owner would be able to take over if the administrator died or went rogue. I’m not in that situation at all, but I was just …

[immagine] one1: if the administrator died or went rogue. If you have server access you should be able to cd into /var/discourse, enter the app (./launcher enter app), start a Rails console (rails c), and take back control.

[immagine] one1: The context was that the owner would be able to take over if the administrator died or went rogue. Just make sure you have multiple admins? You can set DISCOURSE_DEVELOPER_EMAILS in your app.yml and see that your email address is there. Then you can’t have your admin rights …

[immagine] Jay Pfaffman: Just make sure you have multiple admins? An issue was raised that having two admins is undesirable as one could make (well intentioned) changes without the other one knowing thereby causing confusion. I’m not sure if having a personal agreement between the two that t…

There are logs of everything admins change so you can keep track. It’s still important that they not step on each other’s toes however. But if you can’t trust your admins, you’re in trouble.

No, it’s not a matter of trust. Just coordination and disaster planning. Thanks so much.

the admin role is a defacto forum owner. just have more than one admin. [immagine] one1: An issue was raised that having two admins is undesirable as one could make (well intentioned) changes without the other one knowing thereby causing confusion. This has nothing to do with needing anothe…

C'è qualcosa come un ruolo di "proprietario del forum"?

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j127 13 Marzo 2025, 7:31am 3

Se hai accesso al server dovresti essere in grado di cd in /var/discourse, entrare nell’app (./launcher enter app), avviare una console Rails (rails c) e riprendere il controllo.

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