Solved Making User Admin in config.ini

[aessen]

I truly do apologise that this keeps coming up and I have reviewed the previous posts on the mater to try and correct it myself, alas, no dice. I have updated the app to the most recent version per the post here: https://forum.cloudron.io/topic/5456/openvpn-setting-admin-user-gives-admin-to-everyone/3?=1667707187491 and I even experimented with the " " removal. I logged out and logged back in as a way of being able to ensure that wasn't the cause per: https://forum.cloudron.io/topic/4285/openvpn-admin-ui-access?=1667707187501 and nothing.

I know it says that the admin UI is a bit minimalist but I am sorry, no matter how many times I try, I cannot get the "settings" option to appear on my end when I config the file as listed below. Unless the documentation is outdated, and the picture, that is. Please see the current docs to see if that is the case: https://docs.cloudron.io/apps/openvpn/#admin-settings

Again, so sorry but any advice would be appreciated. You guys are doing such a great thing with Cloudron and in a perfect world would have a whole team updating these for ya. HAAH!

[roles]

Restart the app and re-login for role change to take effect

#admins="******",

[nebulon]

I just did a fresh install and after adding the username to the admins= line, then restarting the app and then also logout/login to the app with that username, the settings button does appear. So as far as I can tell, the docs are still up to date.

Do you have any special characters in your username or such?

[robi]

make sure to remove the # from the admins= line.

[aessen]

@robi This is where I am still learning some of the coding language and making mistakes. Removing the # is what puts the code into effect I guess? My new config.ini looks like this:

[roles]
# Restart the app and re-login for role change to take effect
admins="*****",

And no, my username has no special characters. Does it need to be the Cloudron username, the display name, or the associated webmail account, or something else? I am the admin.

[girish]

@aessen like this

[roles]
# Restart the app and re-login for role change to take effect
admins=girish

No command in the end. No need for double quotes. Also, you must restart the app and relogin. Then, you will see a 'Settings' nav bar/header entry.

[nebulon]

@aessen yes it has to be the Cloudron user's username.

[aessen]

@nebulon said in Making User Admin in config.ini:

@aessen yes it has to be the Cloudron user's username.

OMG you rock, all of you. That worked and it also helps me better understand the proper syntax for code like this. Many thanks.