How to remove a super admin?

[beishe8]

// ****** SUPER ADMINISTRATORS ******
// The users specified below will have permission to

access the administrator permissions
// page, which controls the permissions of other

administrators
$config['SpecialUsers']['superadministrators'] = '1,2,3,4';

Which is your user ID? Delete the rest.

Such as:
$config['SpecialUsers']['superadministrators'] = '1'

[ShareToronto]

Ok, I know I'm not a geek, but seriously, I have no idea what you are talking about.

I don't see any user names there & as I said, I don't even see my own which is "Michelle"

His is macklove74232

Do you see either of those there?

Maybe it's just b/c I can't even focus I'm soooo tired.

I'll come back & see what you have to say in about 8-10 hours.

Thanks


Michelle

[beishe8]

Ok, I know I'm not a geek, but seriously, I have no idea what you are talking about.

I don't see any user names there & as I said, I don't even see my own which is "Michelle"

His is macklove74232

Do you see either of those there?

Maybe it's just b/c I can't even focus I'm soooo tired.

I'll come back & see what you have to say in about 8-10 hours.

Thanks


Michelle

Your ID is 1 on your forum.(Provided you are Michelle-firstMB2006)

Delete 2,3,4 from the list,save it,upload it to the server. Done.

[ShareToronto]

Ok, so here's what I deleted.... $config['SpecialUsers']['superadministrators'] = '1';

But I want to learn how you found my name in that file when I can't see it anywhere.

Did you just assume I was #1? I doubt it b/c you also found my 2nd user name & I don't see that anywhere either.

Please explain so I learn.

Thank you


Michelle

[beishe8]

Ok, so here's what I deleted.... $config['SpecialUsers']['superadministrators'] = '1';

But I want to learn how you found my name in that file when I can't see it anywhere.

Did you just assume I was #1? I doubt it b/c you also found my 2nd user name & I don't see that anywhere either.

Please explain so I learn.

Thank you


Michelle

No,I did not assume it.
Click on your username on the above post,then About Me
What do you see? https://www.vbulletin.com/forum/memb...3-ShareToronto
There is your username AND your ID(150013)

Do it on your own forum, you will get the ID.

http://************.***/forum/member.php?u=1

[ShareToronto]

Ok, but I have 2 sites with VB on them, the one in question isn't related to my user name here, it's a totally different site/forum.

I still don't understand how you know I'm #1, who's #2, etc.

Very confused. Please explain in detail since I have no idea how these things work.

Thank you


Michelle

[beishe8]

I edited my reply.
Look at it now. In the address bar in your forum you will see the answer.

[ShareToronto]

I don't understand why you can't just tell me in detail what you are talking about instead of giving me URLs & expecting me to find it myself when I have no idea what I'm looking for.

Not to mention the URL you inserted is broken.

Can someone else help me pls.


Michelle

[beishe8]

I don't understand why you can't just tell me in detail what you are talking about instead of giving me URLs & expecting me to find it myself when I have no idea what I'm looking for.

Not to mention the URL you inserted is broken.

Can someone else help me pls.


Michelle

Sorry.

[ShareToronto]

After reaching out to one of my staffers who didn't help much, but explained a bit more, my hosting company gave me instructions on how to do all of this thru CPanel which is much easier than using the config file which did NOT list the number of the person I needed to delete.

They also explained a few things to me which cleared up anything I didn't understand, although there was one entry there as an admin that was empty & no one has been able to explain that one.

I'm posting this here so if anyone else needs help, I have the instructions in a word doc. I'm also willing to give you a brief lowdown on what I know so you don't have to go thru what I went through.

Thanks & take care



Michelle

[wat3v3r]

Ok, I'm lost.

First, my hosting company helped me to find the config file, but it wasn't under the path above, it was in one of the few folders I saw called "includes".

So I moved it to my computer, opened it in notepad & I don't even see myself listed as an admin, let alone him or anyone else.

I'm pasting what I see...

-------------------
// ****** PATH TO ADMIN & MODERATOR CONTROL PANELS

******
// This setting allows you to change the name of the

folders that the admin and
// moderator control panels reside in. You may wish to

do this for security purposes.
// Please note that if you change the name of the

directory here, you will still need
// to manually change the name of the directory on the

server.
$config['Misc']['admincpdir'] = 'admin';
$config['Misc']['modcpdir'] = 'modcp';

// Prefix that all vBulletin cookies will have
// Keep this short and only use numbers and letters,

i.e. 1-9 and a-Z
$config['Misc']['cookieprefix'] = 'bb';

// ******** FULL PATH TO FORUMS DIRECTORY

******
// On a few systems it may be necessary to input the

full path to your forums directory
// for vBulletin to function normally. You can ignore this

setting unless vBulletin
// tells you to fill this in. Do not include a trailing slash!
// Example Unix:
// $config['Misc']['forumpath'] =

'/home/users/public_html/forums';
// Example Win32:
// $config['Misc']['forumpath'] = 'c:\program

files\apache group\apache\htdocs\vb3';
$config['Misc']['forumpath'] = '';



// ****** USERS WITH ADMIN LOG VIEWING

PERMISSIONS ******
// The users specified here will be allowed to view the

admin log in the control panel.
// Users must be specified by *ID number* here. To

obtain a user's ID number,
// view their profile via the control panel. If this is a new

installation, leave
// the first user created will have a user ID of 1.

Seperate each userid with a comma.
$config['SpecialUsers']['canviewadminlog'] = '1';

// ****** USERS WITH ADMIN LOG PRUNING

PERMISSIONS ******
// The users specified here will be allowed to remove

("prune") entries from the admin
// log. See the above entry for more information on the

format.
$config['SpecialUsers']['canpruneadminlog'] = '1';

// ****** USERS WITH QUERY RUNNING

PERMISSIONS ******
// The users specified here will be allowed to run

queries from the control panel.
// See the above entries for more information on the

format.
// Please note that the ability to run queries is quite

powerful. You may wish
// to remove all user IDs from this list for security

reasons.
$config['SpecialUsers']['canrunqueries'] = '';

// ****** UNDELETABLE / UNALTERABLE USERS

******
// The users specified here will not be deletable or

alterable from the control panel by any users.
// To specify more than one user, separate userids

with commas.
$config['SpecialUsers']['undeletableusers'] = '';

// ****** SUPER ADMINISTRATORS ******
// The users specified below will have permission to

access the administrator permissions
// page, which controls the permissions of other

administrators
$config['SpecialUsers']['superadministrators'] = '1,2,3,4';

It will not show your username but your userid

==========================

// ****** SUPER ADMINISTRATORS ******
// The users specified below will have permission to

access the administrator permissions
// page, which controls the permissions of other

administrators
$config['SpecialUsers']['superadministrators'] = '1,2,3,4';
==================================

Check your userid and then make sure that only your userid is included here

administrators
$config['SpecialUsers']['superadministrators'] = '1,2,3,4';

For example if your userid is "1" it should be

administrators
$config['SpecialUsers']['superadministrators'] = '1';

Remove the rest and now you just login to your admin panel and change the usergroup for that admin to a normal user.

[ShareToronto]

Too late, already removed him completely.

Thanks


Michelle

[jloc]

It will be inside your config.php file, just remove their userid!