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Subject: Re: [boost] [offtopic] Who has the power to create Trac accounts nowadays?
From: Niall Douglas (s_sourceforge_at_[hidden])
Date: 2017-03-07 22:05:14


>> I've got some new GSoC mentors wanting to contribute to
>> https://svn.boost.org/trac/boost/wiki/SoC2017 but they need a Trac login
>> to do so.
>>
>> Who has that power, and can they grant me the power to create Trac
>> accounts as this comes up every year? I'm ned14 on Boost Trac.
>
> I *think* you have admin access now.
>
> If you go to svn.boost.org and log in you should see an admin button,
> and for actually giving users permissions, head for
> https://svn.boost.org/svnmanager/ then group admin -> change a group and
> select "wiki". Be *very* careful what you change in there, it's
> possible to seriously mess things up rather easily: don't ask me how I
> know! ;)

Sadly this is not the case. If I log in, I see just two options, "User
Admin" and "Logout". The former lets me edit myself only. No "Group
Admin" at all.

Niall

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