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Woozle https://htyp.org/mw/index.php?title=software/Mastodon/admin/dethrone&diff=23646&oldid=prev 2018-01-15T18:53:23Z

<p>a necessary page</p> <p><b>New page</b></p><div>How to dethrone an admin (i.e. remove their admin privileges):<br /> ==Proper Method==<br /> As $mastodon_user, run the [[Ruby on Rails|Rails]] console:<br /> * &lt;code&gt;cd {{arg|mastodon_folder}}&lt;/code&gt;<br /> * &lt;code&gt;bundle exec rails c&lt;/code&gt;<br /> * &lt;code&gt;Account.find_local(&#039;{{arg|admin_account_name}}&#039;).user.update(admin: false)&lt;/code&gt;<br /> I haven&#039;t used this successfully, but am told that it works.<br /> ==Brute Force==<br /> Execute the following SQL on the applicable Mastodon database:<br /> &lt;syntaxhighlight lang=sql&gt;SELECT * FROM users WHERE admin;&lt;/syntaxhighlight&gt;<br /> This will get you a list of admins, from which you can get the account_id of the one you want to dethrone. Then execute this:<br /> &lt;syntaxhighlight lang=sql&gt;UPDATE users SET admin=FALSE WHERE account_id = {id to dethrone}&lt;/syntaxhighlight&gt;<br /> ==Links==<br /> * &#039;&#039;&#039;2017-09-07&#039;&#039;&#039; [https://discourse.joinmastodon.org/t/how-to-revert-a-users-admin-status-solved/566 How to revert a users admin status?]: the proper method is explained, but some important details aren&#039;t included</div>

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