# 403 forbidden error when grant admin privilege to a user

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**Created:** [September 25, 2024, 3:58pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/403-forbidden-error-when-grant-admin-privilege-to-a-user/328089 "2024-09-25T15:58:32Z")\
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**Author:** ![Rick\_Jing](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/rick_jing/32/354677_2.png) [@Rick\_Jing](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Rick_Jing)\
**Post date:** [September 25, 2024, 4:56pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/403-forbidden-error-when-grant-admin-privilege-to-a-user/328089/3 "2024-09-25T16:56:52Z")

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I’m not sure these are all settings for 2-factor auth, I enabled for staff before and I still have to input the code to sign-in, but I think I set it back to default earlier.  
should I disable the first one?

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