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+## Activation of the Admin Panel ##
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+The admin panel is not active by default, to activate it you have to add
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+`$a->config['admin_email'] = 'your.admin.email@example.com';`
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+to the generated [.htconfig.php](htconfig) file. `your.admin.email@example.com` has to be replaced by the email address that was entered for the account that shall become the admin account of the ~friendica server. You can only have one admin account per server.
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