Hello! I am new to this! How do I login to the ‘system’ account?

I don’t think that’s possible. What are you trying to accomplish after you log in as system? There might be an alternative method.

I just want to change some of the settings.

@downey Also is there a way to create an account manually without an email?

[image] tristenturner101: I just want to change some of the settings. Almost any setting can be changed by your own account through the web interface, as long as your account has ‘admin’ rights. [image] tristenturner101: is there a way to create an account manually without an email? A…

You can’t login as system. [image] tristenturner101: change some of the settings Admins do that not system.

@pfaffman Is there a way to stage a user? Bit confused by what that means/

As others have replied here, it is not possible to login as the system user. The system user is a special account that is automatically created by Discourse. It is used for performing some automated functions on the site. It is also used as the API user if you make API requests with the All Users AP…

I have a case that may justify the need to login as “system” So…I made a mistake and moved a category into another category (creating a sub-category). I saved the sub-category without adding any users in the permissions…so even as an admin I cant access it. When I try, I get the error Oops! That pa…

System account login

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pfaffman (Jay Pfaffman) January 24, 2020, 12:12am 8

You can’t. You really need to get mail working or you won’t have a forum. This might help you, though: Create Admin Account from Console.

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System account login

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