Did you restart the server after editing galaxy.ini? That, and refreshing the main page should be all you need to do, and you'll see a new "Admin" menu in the top masthead when logged in as the admin user.
And, just to confirm -- you have registered a user with the corresponding email address on this Galaxy instance, correct? On Tue, Jun 23, 2015 at 8:26 AM Davenport, Aneisha <adave...@gru.edu> wrote: > I followed the instructions however I still cannot tell if I have been > given administration access. The galaxy screen at http://localhost:8080 > looks the same > > > -------- Original message -------- > From: Dannon Baker <dannon.ba...@gmail.com> > Date: 06/23/2015 8:20 AM (GMT-05:00) > To: "Davenport, Aneisha" <adave...@gru.edu>, > galaxy-dev@lists.galaxyproject.org > Subject: Re: [galaxy-dev] Galaxy admin access > > Sure, you can change those if you'd like for it to run on a different > port, etc -- otherwise these settings will use default values (the same > ones you've been using already). The only setting you'll have to change to > get admin access is admin_users. > > On Tue, Jun 23, 2015 at 8:15 AM Davenport, Aneisha <adave...@gru.edu> > wrote: > >> Do I have to change host, port or username info and remove (#) >> >> >> -------- Original message -------- >> From: Dannon Baker <dannon.ba...@gmail.com> >> Date: 06/23/2015 7:38 AM (GMT-05:00) >> To: "Davenport, Aneisha" <adave...@gru.edu>, >> galaxy-dev@lists.galaxyproject.org >> Subject: Re: [galaxy-dev] Galaxy admin access >> >> Ok, that should work fine. Are you now able to edit that galaxy.ini in >> text wrangler? If so, find the admin_users line and add your email address >> and any others to the line and uncomment it -- make sure it doesn't start >> with a # anymore. >> >> So, it'll be: >> admin_users = adave...@gru.edu, us...@gmail.com >> >> On Tue, Jun 23, 2015 at 7:25 AM Davenport, Aneisha <adave...@gru.edu> >> wrote: >> >>> I created galaxy.ini using (text wrangler)by copying the contents in >>> galaxy .ini.sample and putting galaxy.ini in that same folder. >>> (Galaxy/config) Should I delete that file? If so what are the exact steps >>> and commands should I place in terminal for administrative access? >>> >>> >>> -------- Original message -------- >>> From: Dannon Baker <dannon.ba...@gmail.com> >>> Date: 06/17/2015 12:21 PM (GMT-05:00) >>> To: "Davenport, Aneisha" <adave...@gru.edu>, >>> galaxy-dev@lists.galaxyproject.org >>> Subject: Re: [galaxy-dev] Galaxy admin access >>> >>> In your terminal, you'll need to navigate to the galaxy config >>> directory (you'll see the .sample file there) first. Once there, look at a >>> directory list and make sure that an existing galaxy.ini isn't already >>> there. >>> >>> Also, please keep the galaxy-dev list cc'd instead of replying directly >>> so that others might be able to help you as well. >>> >>> >>> On Wed, Jun 17, 2015 at 12:18 PM Davenport, Aneisha <adave...@gru.edu> >>> wrote: >>> >>>> I'm typing the command in terminal >>>> >>>> >>>> -------- Original message -------- >>>> From: Dannon Baker <dannon.ba...@gmail.com> >>>> Date: 06/17/2015 12:05 PM (GMT-05:00) >>>> To: "Davenport, Aneisha" <adave...@gru.edu>, >>>> galaxy-dev@lists.galaxyproject.org >>>> Subject: Re: [galaxy-dev] Galaxy admin access >>>> >>>> Where are you executing this? You'll need to be in the galaxy/config >>>> directory, where galaxy.ini.sample exists. >>>> >>>> I'm looping the mailing list back in on this so other people might also >>>> be able to help. >>>> >>>> On Wed, Jun 17, 2015 at 8:28 AM Davenport, Aneisha <adave...@gru.edu> >>>> wrote: >>>> >>>>> When I type in cp galaxy.ini.sample galaxy.ini in terminal it outputs >>>>> no such file or directory >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> -------- Original message -------- >>>>> From: Dannon Baker <dannon.ba...@gmail.com> >>>>> Date: 06/15/2015 3:14 PM (GMT-05:00) >>>>> To: "Davenport, Aneisha" <adave...@gru.edu> >>>>> Subject: Re: [galaxy-dev] Galaxy admin access >>>>> >>>>> I'm not sure what you mean. You can edit the file using any text >>>>> editor, try 'nano', or emacs or vim if you're more comfortable with those. >>>>> >>>>> Does the file exist or not? If not, simply "cp galaxy.ini.sample >>>>> galaxy.ini" will do it. >>>>> >>>>> On Mon, Jun 15, 2015 at 7:27 AM Davenport, Aneisha <adave...@gru.edu> >>>>> wrote: >>>>> >>>>>> How do I create it and edit it on terminal? >>>>>> >>>>>> Aneisha Davenport >>>>>> ________________________________________ >>>>>> From: Dannon Baker [dannon.ba...@gmail.com] >>>>>> Sent: Friday, June 12, 2015 9:44 PM >>>>>> To: Davenport, Aneisha; galaxy-dev@lists.galaxyproject.org >>>>>> Subject: Re: [galaxy-dev] Galaxy admin access >>>>>> >>>>>> Hi Aneisha, >>>>>> >>>>>> When you say you cannot alter config/galaxy.ini, what do you mean? >>>>>> You should be able to create (if not there) and edit this file in your >>>>>> regular terminal on that machine. >>>>>> >>>>>> Does a different user own the file, perhaps a 'galaxy' one? If so, >>>>>> you could change to that user and then edit. >>>>>> >>>>>> On Fri, Jun 12, 2015 at 5:13 PM Davenport, Aneisha <adave...@gru.edu >>>>>> <mailto:adave...@gru.edu>> wrote: >>>>>> Hi, I work at the It service desk at the GRU Health and Science >>>>>> campus Ed Commons GB building and I have a customer trying to get admin >>>>>> access for the local installation of galaxy. We tried to follow the >>>>>> online >>>>>> instructions "In order to control your new Galaxy through the UI >>>>>> (installing tools, managing users, creating groups etc.) you have to >>>>>> become >>>>>> an administrator. First register as a new user and then give the user >>>>>> admin >>>>>> privileges like this: You add the Galaxy login ( email ) to the Galaxy >>>>>> configuration file (config/galaxy.ini). If the file does not exist you >>>>>> can >>>>>> copy it from the provided sample (config/galaxy.ini.sample). Note that >>>>>> you >>>>>> have to restart Galaxy after modifying the configuration for changes to >>>>>> take effect. >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> # this should be a comma-separated list of valid Galaxy users >>>>>> admin_users = us...@example.com<mailto:us...@example.com>, >>>>>> us...@example.com<mailto:us...@example.com>" but we cannot alter the >>>>>> config/galaxy.ini file. Can you please give us assistance? Do you run in >>>>>> console or Terminal (this is a Macbook Air Laptop)? >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> Aneisha Davenport >>>>>> ___________________________________________________________ >>>>>> Please keep all replies on the list by using "reply all" >>>>>> in your mail client. To manage your subscriptions to this >>>>>> and other Galaxy lists, please use the interface at: >>>>>> https://lists.galaxyproject.org/ >>>>>> >>>>>> To search Galaxy mailing lists use the unified search at: >>>>>> http://galaxyproject.org/search/mailinglists/ >>>>>> >>>>>
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