# unable to activate admin access in my linux galaxy

**URL:** <https://help.galaxyproject.org/t/unable-to-activate-admin-access-in-my-linux-galaxy/3097>\
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**Created:** [February 29, 2020, 4:20pm UTC](https://help.galaxyproject.org/t/unable-to-activate-admin-access-in-my-linux-galaxy/3097 "2020-02-29T16:20:54Z")\
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**Author:** ![sunilbhattarai](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9fc29f/32.png) [@sunilbhattarai](https://help.galaxyproject.org/u/sunilbhattarai)\
**Post date:** [February 29, 2020, 4:20pm UTC](https://help.galaxyproject.org/t/unable-to-activate-admin-access-in-my-linux-galaxy/3097/1 "2020-02-29T16:20:54Z")

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Hi everyone,

I have been following tutorials and have been trying to get admin acess to the galaxy that i installed locally in my PC.

As per the instructions, i renamed the config/galaxy.yml.sample to galaxy.yml and added my email to the admin\_users section. However, i have not been able to get admin access even after restarting my galaxy.

I am very new with linux and the galaxy setup so any help would be highly appreciated.

Thank you

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**Author:** ![gbbio](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/help.galaxyproject.org/gbbio/32/366_2.png) [@gbbio](https://help.galaxyproject.org/u/gbbio)\
**Post date:** [March 2, 2020, 7:21am UTC](https://help.galaxyproject.org/t/unable-to-activate-admin-access-in-my-linux-galaxy/3097/2 "2020-03-02T07:21:37Z")

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Did you also logged in with the same email after that? By default you don’t need to log in to use galaxy itself.

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**Author:** ![jennaj](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/help.galaxyproject.org/jennaj/32/27_2.png) [@jennaj](https://help.galaxyproject.org/u/jennaj)\
**Post date:** [March 2, 2020, 3:52pm UTC](https://help.galaxyproject.org/t/unable-to-activate-admin-access-in-my-linux-galaxy/3097/3 "2020-03-02T15:52:12Z")

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Hi @sunilbhattarai, @gbbio is correct.

You need to both:

- set up the admin email address(es) in the configuration
- and create then log into an account in your server’s web browser using that same exact email address (to access administrative functions with the web browser).

This post addresses setting up a local Galaxy under Mac OSX but the instructions are general enough to apply for most cases and include links to more administrative help for setting up a Galaxy server.

> [@Example step-by-step for a basic local Galaxy install with an admin account created](https://help.galaxyproject.org/t/example-step-by-step-for-a-basic-local-galaxy-install-with-an-admin-account-created/1451/2):
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> The most current Galaxy release can always be found here: [https://docs.galaxyproject.org/en/master/releases/index.html](https://docs.galaxyproject.org/en/master/releases/index.html) Example step-by-step for a basic local Galaxy install with an admin account created Go to home directory using Terminal on MAC OSX cd Set up a place to keep the local galaxy. I often need to do testing with fresh checkouts, so tend to use the version as the dir name. Wherever you put/name this, avoid nesting the location too much, or the path will get long and possibly…