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Admin

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Parameter: Admin
Short description: Distinguished Name (DN) of the primary server administrator – set during server setup; corresponds to the Administrators field in the Server document.

Profile

Parameter
Admin
Category
Startup / Tasks
Component
Server
Available since
6.0
Supported versions
9.0.1, 10.0, 11.0, 12.0, 14.0, 14.5, 14.5.1
GUI equivalent
Server document (Security → Administrators)
Possible values
Distinguished Name, e.g. CN=Manfred Dillmann/O=acme

Description

Admin holds the DN of the user who was created as the server administrator during setup. The name entered here automatically receives Manager rights in the system databases (names.nsf, admin4.nsf, log.nsf, ...) and is accepted by the console as a known admin.
During operation, the effective list of administrators is taken from the Server document – but Admin remains as the bootstrap value.

Example configuration

Admin=CN=Manfred Dillmann/O=acme

Notes & pitfalls

  • Only change the value if you know what you are doing – otherwise the server may become inaccessible after a restart.
  • Multiple admins are managed via the Server document, not here.
  • Works together with Admin_Access (Full Access Admins) and FullAdmin logic.
  • For reorganized certificates (CN re-cert, org move), adjust here as well.
  • The change takes effect after a server restart.