# Activating admin account from console

**URL:** <https://meta.discourse.org/t/activating-admin-account-from-console/79146>\
**Category:** Self-hosting\
**Created:** [January 27, 2018, 9:46am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/activating-admin-account-from-console/79146 "2018-01-27T09:46:20Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 1\
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**Author:** ![mpalmer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/mpalmer/32/45740_2.png) [@mpalmer](https://meta.discourse.org/u/mpalmer)\
**Post date:** [January 27, 2018, 10:55am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/activating-admin-account-from-console/79146/2 "2018-01-27T10:55:56Z")

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When the colon appears, press `q` to get back to a prompt, and type the next command.

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