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<p>New page: Note: You need access to the database used by Joomla! and this tutorial uses phpMyAdmin # Using phpMyAdmin or a similar tool, select the Joomla! database. # Browse to the table &quot;jos_users...</p> <p><b>New page</b></p><div>Note: You need access to the database used by Joomla! and this tutorial uses phpMyAdmin<br /> <br /> # Using phpMyAdmin or a similar tool, select the Joomla! database.<br /> # Browse to the table &quot;jos_users&quot; (the prefix may be different).<br /> # In phpMyAdmin click the &quot;Browse&quot; tab at the top.<br /> # Find the user whose priviledges you want to take away and edit that user's row.<br /> # If the user is a Super Administrator, the value for &quot;gid&quot; will be &quot;25&quot;, change this to &quot;24&quot; and save the row.<br /> # Open the user manager from Joomla! Administrator and edit the user you are changing.<br /> # They are still set as Super Administrator, but you now have the option to change their type through the user manager. Change it to whatever group you wish.<br /> <br /> That is it, the user is no longer Super Administrator<br /> <br /> If you don't have phpMyAdmin on your server, pass this command through mySQL however you want (assuming the table prefix is jos and the username is user)<br /> <br /> &lt;source lang=&quot;sql&quot;&gt;<br /> UPDATE `jos_users` SET `gid` = '24' WHERE `username` = 'user' LIMIT 1 ;<br /> &lt;/source&gt;<br /> <br /> [[Category:Tips and tricks]]<br /> [[Category:Tips and tricks 1.0]]</div>

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