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@@ -11,8 +11,9 @@ You can open the admin site by clicking on "Admin" in the drop down menu for a u
For small to medium size alliances it is often sufficient to have no more then two superuser admins (admins that also are superusers). Having two admins usually makes sense, so you can have one primary and one backup.
:::{warning}
Superusers have read & write access to everything on your AA installation. Superusers also automatically have all permissions and therefore access to all features of your apps. Therefore we recommend to be very careful to whom you give superuser privileges.
Superusers have read & write access to everything on your AA installation. Superusers also automatically have all permissions and therefore access to all features of your apps. Therefore we recommend to be very careful to whom you give superuser privileges.
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## Setup for large installations
For large alliances and coalitions you may want to have a couple of administrators to be able to distribute and handle the work load. However, having a larger number of superusers may be a security concern.
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1. Give the user permissions for admin tasks
:::{note}
Note that staff admins have the following limitations:
Note that staff admins have the following limitations:
- Can not promote users to staff
- Can not promote users to superuser
- Can not add/remove permissions for users, groups and states
- Can not promote users to staff
- Can not promote users to superuser
- Can not add/remove permissions for users, groups and states
These limitations exist to prevent staff admins to promote themselves to quasi superusers. Only superusers can perform these actions.
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These limitations exist to prevent staff admins to promote themselves to quasi superusers. Only superusers can perform these actions.
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### Staff property
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process will automatically have access to the admin site.
:::{hint}
Without any permissions a "staff user" can open the admin site, but can neither view nor edit anything except for viewing the list of permissions.
Without any permissions a "staff user" can open the admin site, but can neither view nor edit anything except for viewing the list of permissions.
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### Permissions for common admin tasks