# Become admin

**URL:** <https://meta.discourse.org/t/become-admin/340308>\
**Category:** Feature\
**Created:** [December 4, 2024, 7:43am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/become-admin/340308 "2024-12-04T07:43:08Z")\
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**Author:** ![Ed\_S](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/ed_s/32/134015_2.png) [@Ed\_S](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Ed_S)\
**Post date:** [December 4, 2024, 12:11pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/become-admin/340308/4 "2024-12-04T12:11:50Z")

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I agree that the sudo mechanism - in windows the User Account Control dialogue - is a good way for an account to have the potential to act as an admin, but without always having the ability.

On one of my forums, the approach I use is to have an admin login, but usually to use Impersonate User to login as a normal account always all the time. When I need to act as admin, I logout and login again. This does mean two accounts.

One advantage of two accounts is that when I post or comment with my normal account, I do not appear as a powerful important person. (Sometimes, commenting as an admin will be taken as a pronouncement or a police action. It depends on the culture and expectation of the reader.)

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