# Scripted setting of default\_trust\_level not working: results in "1" vs expected setting
**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/scripted-setting-of-default-trust-level-not-working-results-in-1-vs-expected-setting/43519
**Category:** Support
**Created:** [1 במאי, 2016, 6:46am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/scripted-setting-of-default-trust-level-not-working-results-in-1-vs-expected-setting/43519 "2016-05-01T06:46:20Z")
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### Author:  [@ckamps](https://meta.discourse.org/u/ckamps)
#### Post date: [1 במאי, 2016, 6:46am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/scripted-setting-of-default-trust-level-not-working-results-in-1-vs-expected-setting/43519/1 "2016-05-01T06:46:20Z")
We script the installation of Discourse in support of a series of internal community sites in which we want all users to default to trust level 3. However, the following approach doesn’t work for the `default_trust_level` setting. We set many other site settings in this manner successfully including `default_invitee_trust_level`, but using this approach results in a “1” for the `default_trust_level`.
We’re on: v1.6.0.beta2 +102
```plaintext
- exec:
cmd:
- su discourse -c 'RAILS_ENV=production /var/www/discourse/bin/rails r "SiteSetting.default_trust_level='"'3'"' "'
- su discourse -c 'RAILS_ENV=production /var/www/discourse/bin/rails r "SiteSetting.default_invitee_trust_level='"'3'"' "'
```
Result:
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### Author:  [@sam](https://meta.discourse.org/u/sam)
#### Post date: [2 במאי, 2016, 3:50am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/scripted-setting-of-default-trust-level-not-working-results-in-1-vs-expected-setting/43519/2 "2016-05-02T03:50:40Z")
This should work. perhaps
```plaintext
- su discourse -c 'RAILS_ENV=production /var/www/discourse/bin/rails r "SiteSetting.default_trust_level=3"'
```
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### Author:  [@ckamps](https://meta.discourse.org/u/ckamps)
#### Post date: [3 במאי, 2016, 5:36am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/scripted-setting-of-default-trust-level-not-working-results-in-1-vs-expected-setting/43519/3 "2016-05-03T05:36:38Z")
> [@sam](#):
>
> - su discourse -c ‘RAILS\_ENV=production /var/www/discourse/bin/rails r “SiteSetting.default\_trust\_level=3”’
Thanks for the streamlining tip, but that wasn’t the cause of the issue. The default is still stuck at 1.
I was skeptical about the tip making a difference given that we have many other examples that are successfully using the overly verbose syntax. (Although the quoting is needed for strings that have spaces).
I might dig into the code to see if I can locate the cause of the issue.
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### Author:  [@sam](https://meta.discourse.org/u/sam)
#### Post date: [3 במאי, 2016, 6:56am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/scripted-setting-of-default-trust-level-not-working-results-in-1-vs-expected-setting/43519/4 "2016-05-03T06:56:34Z")
Ahh perhaps this is the bootstrapping mode @techAPJ added?
Perhaps set: `bootstrap mode min users` to 0 as well.
@techAPJ bootstrap mode should not be amending any settings that are not in default state.
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### Author:  [@techAPJ](https://meta.discourse.org/u/techAPJ)
#### Post date: [4 במאי, 2016, 11:22am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/scripted-setting-of-default-trust-level-not-working-results-in-1-vs-expected-setting/43519/5 "2016-05-04T11:22:13Z")
> [@sam](#):
>
> bootstrap mode should not be amending any settings that are not in default state.
Okay, fixed via:
[https://github.com/discourse/discourse/commit/9427e0c732195a5d74a54020b5c3b3259c6db10a](https://github.com/discourse/discourse/commit/9427e0c732195a5d74a54020b5c3b3259c6db10a)
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### Author:  [@ckamps](https://meta.discourse.org/u/ckamps)
#### Post date: [4 במאי, 2016, 2:27pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/scripted-setting-of-default-trust-level-not-working-results-in-1-vs-expected-setting/43519/6 "2016-05-04T14:27:20Z")
Awesome. That fixed the issue I originally reported.
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### Author:  [@zogstrip](https://meta.discourse.org/u/zogstrip)
#### Post date: [4 במאי, 2016, 2:29pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/scripted-setting-of-default-trust-level-not-working-results-in-1-vs-expected-setting/43519/7 "2016-05-04T14:29:24Z")
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### Author:  [@sam](https://meta.discourse.org/u/sam)
#### Post date: [4 במאי, 2016, 11:56pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/scripted-setting-of-default-trust-level-not-working-results-in-1-vs-expected-setting/43519/8 "2016-05-04T23:56:37Z")
Just to confirm, if someone sets it to 1, will it be reverted to 0 when bootstrap kicks out
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### Author:  [@techAPJ](https://meta.discourse.org/u/techAPJ)
#### Post date: [5 במאי, 2016, 2:16am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/scripted-setting-of-default-trust-level-not-working-results-in-1-vs-expected-setting/43519/9 "2016-05-05T02:16:14Z")
Yes, when the bootstrap kicks out it will change the setting back to default (0) _only if_ the value matches bootstrap setting value (1). Here is the relevant logic:
```plaintext
SiteSetting.set_and_log('default_trust_level', TrustLevel[0]) if SiteSetting.send('default_trust_level') == TrustLevel[1]
SiteSetting.set_and_log('default_email_digest_frequency', 10080) if SiteSetting.send('default_email_digest_frequency') == 1440
```
If the user changed `default_trust_level` to `3` then it will not be reverted to original value.