# \[Friendica\] Logging in as admin after new installation **URL:** \ **Category:** Support apps\ **Tags:** friendica, english\ **Created:** [January 14, 2024, 5:11pm UTC](https://forum.yunohost.org/t/friendica-logging-in-as-admin-after-new-installation/28034 "2024-01-14T17:11:31Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 6\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![cgKAF](https://forum.yunohost.org/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/c/b4bc9f/32.png) [@cgKAF](https://forum.yunohost.org/u/cgKAF)\ **Post date:** [January 14, 2024, 5:11pm UTC](https://forum.yunohost.org/t/friendica-logging-in-as-admin-after-new-installation/28034/1 "2024-01-14T17:11:31Z")
After installing Friendica, in Yunohost Admin Panel \> Applications \> Friendica, there is a section that reads: > ### User with LDAP admin rights > > **For admin rights** : When installation is complete, you will need to visit your domain page and login with the **admin account username and password** which was entered at the time of installation process. You can then create your profile and access the admin panel. Please could this be updated? The installation no longer needs any input from the user (at least, it didn’t from me…). After installation, the admin user has to **create an account** (they can’t log in) on their newly-installed Friendica server using their **Yunohost administrator username and email address** (not their password) and a Friendica account will be created with admin privileges built in. A password is generated by Friendica and emailed to their Yunohost admin email address, which they can use to sign in, and then change the password in their account settings. If successful, the word “Admin” should appear in their Friendica account’s drop-down list in the top-right of the screen, after “Settings”. That notice on the Applications page led me around in circles for about half an hour, because there is no information (or if there is, I haven’t found it) in the Friendica documentation or in general on the Web about this. I guess it’s a specifically Friendica-on-Yunohost thing…? ---
**Author:** ![orhtej2](https://forum.yunohost.org/user_avatar/forum.yunohost.org/orhtej2/32/8943_2.png) [@orhtej2](https://forum.yunohost.org/u/orhtej2)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2024, 12:37pm UTC](https://forum.yunohost.org/t/friendica-logging-in-as-admin-after-new-installation/28034/2 "2024-01-15T12:37:01Z")
Would you mind reporting an issue agains [friendica\_ynh](https://github.com/YunoHost-Apps/friendica_ynh/issues)? ---
**Author:** ![justdaj](https://forum.yunohost.org/user_avatar/forum.yunohost.org/justdaj/32/9311_2.png) [@justdaj](https://forum.yunohost.org/u/justdaj)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2024, 2:05pm UTC](https://forum.yunohost.org/t/friendica-logging-in-as-admin-after-new-installation/28034/3 "2024-01-16T14:05:20Z")
Hi, thanks for the tip. I am struggling to login after an install. Can you clarify what you mean with: > After installation, the admin user has to **create an account** (they can’t log in) on their newly-installed Friendica server using their **Yunohost administrator username and email address** (not their password) How do I create this account? thanks ---
**Author:** ![cgKAF](https://forum.yunohost.org/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/c/b4bc9f/32.png) [@cgKAF](https://forum.yunohost.org/u/cgKAF)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2024, 2:43pm UTC](https://forum.yunohost.org/t/friendica-logging-in-as-admin-after-new-installation/28034/4 "2024-01-16T14:43:10Z")
You have to sign up to your own instance. Under where you would log in, you should see a ‘Sign up’ or ‘Register’ button. The credentials that you use are what make your Friendica account the admin account for the instance. - The username should match your Yunohost admin user’s username - The email address should match your Yunohost admin user’s email address - The nickname can optionally be different (I have set mine to `admin`) E.g.: [this is the profile](https://friendica.mrpetovan.com/profile/hypolite) of one of Friendica’s lead developers. His nickname is _Hypolite Petovan_, his username is _hypolite_, and his username forms the first part of his Fediverse handle, `hypolite@friendica.mrpetovan.com`. ---
**Author:** ![justdaj](https://forum.yunohost.org/user_avatar/forum.yunohost.org/justdaj/32/9311_2.png) [@justdaj](https://forum.yunohost.org/u/justdaj)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2024, 4:20pm UTC](https://forum.yunohost.org/t/friendica-logging-in-as-admin-after-new-installation/28034/5 "2024-01-16T16:20:33Z")
Thanks, that really helped and I got the admin user setup. The documentation really does need an update! ---
**Author:** ![system](https://forum.yunohost.org/uploads/default/original/2X/f/f59fe8e3ee6b100b4f574d30d6e30479c68b89f0.png) [@system](https://forum.yunohost.org/u/system)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2024, 4:20pm UTC](https://forum.yunohost.org/t/friendica-logging-in-as-admin-after-new-installation/28034/6 "2024-01-31T16:20:46Z")
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