# 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")\
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**Author:** ![pfaffman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/pfaffman/32/120154_2.png) [@pfaffman](https://meta.discourse.org/u/pfaffman)\
**Post date:** [January 27, 2018, 1:47pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/activating-admin-account-from-console/79146/4 "2018-01-27T13:47:37Z")

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If you’re not receiving mail, then mail is not correctly configured.

You seem to have solved your account creation problem, but the recommended way to create an admin account and password is

. /launcher enter app  
rails c  
rake admin:create

That will allow you to

- create an account
- change an account password
- assign admin to an account

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