On 6/29/07, Matt Gallisdorfer matgallis@gmail.com wrote:
I recently finished my mediawiki install and found the admin username I created is invalid? Is there another way to change the admin username or make a different username an admin?
I would guess it's actually the password that you've got wrong (you can look at what the username is at Special:Listusers). You can change it: http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Manual:FAQ#How_do_I_reset_a_password.3F
If it actually is the username that you need to change, then you could do it manually in the database, or you could just use createAndPromote.php: http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Manual:FAQ#Initial_user_was_not_created_by_ins...