# 403 forbidden error when grant admin privilege to a user

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**Category:** Support\
**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:** ![Lilly](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/lilly/32/575047_2.png) [@Lilly](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Lilly)\
**Post date:** [September 25, 2024, 5:09pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/403-forbidden-error-when-grant-admin-privilege-to-a-user/328089/6 "2024-09-25T17:09:31Z")

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I believe you need to be autheticate with 2fa yourself or disable it in your own user preferences like what Moin described above. I don’t know how your external authentication is configured though. I can reproduce the 403 you described, but with my correct 2fa code, it allows me to perform the admin action.

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