# How to add an additional master admin?

**URL:** <https://forum.virtualmin.com/t/how-to-add-an-additional-master-admin/42986>\
**Category:** Virtualmin\
**Created:** [June 26, 2012, 1:43pm UTC](https://forum.virtualmin.com/t/how-to-add-an-additional-master-admin/42986 "2012-06-26T13:43:40Z")\
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**Author:** ![nigi](https://cdn.forum.virtualmin.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/n/4da419/32.png) [@nigi](https://forum.virtualmin.com/u/nigi)\
**Post date:** [June 26, 2012, 1:43pm UTC](https://forum.virtualmin.com/t/how-to-add-an-additional-master-admin/42986/1 "2012-06-26T13:43:40Z")

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Hi,

I’d like to create a second master admin with the same rights as my own master admin-account. Can you tell me how I can add someone?

I’ve tried to add a unix-user and a webmin-user as a member of my group admin. Like this:[http://www.virtualmin.com/node/16903](http://www.virtualmin.com/node/16903)  
But it doesn’t work…

Can anybody help me?  
Thanks!

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**Author:** ![Eric](https://cdn.forum.virtualmin.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/e/898d66/32.png) [@Eric](https://forum.virtualmin.com/u/Eric)\
**Post date:** [June 26, 2012, 3:34pm UTC](https://forum.virtualmin.com/t/how-to-add-an-additional-master-admin/42986/2 "2012-06-26T15:34:58Z")

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Howdy,

You don’t want to add a Webmin user, only a Unix user.

And that Unix user should have an entry in the /etc/sudoers file that looks exactly like this:

USERNAME ALL=(ALL) ALL

Then, try logging into Virtualmin as the user “USERNAME”.

-Eric

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**Author:** ![system](https://cdn.forum.virtualmin.com/uploads/default/original/2X/c/cd96d761e326db4b2bef94886a639109bd7a8e76.svg) [@system](https://forum.virtualmin.com/u/system)\
**Post date:** [April 30, 2020, 5:55am UTC](https://forum.virtualmin.com/t/how-to-add-an-additional-master-admin/42986/3 "2020-04-30T05:55:21Z")

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Closed on April 30, 2020, 5:55am UTC