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Need to re-assign Primary Admin. Not seeing this as an option while logged in as System Admin
Problem reported by Steve Guluk - 2/11/2019 at 2:50 PM
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Using version Build 6956 (Jan 17, 2019)

 If I want to Manage a Domain it forces me to choose one of the Domain Administrators but neither of those present the means to reassign the Primary.

Anyone get past this ?



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Matt Petty Replied
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Changing your primary domain admin has to be done by going to the Domain settings found by clicking on the domain from the Domains page as a System Admin, you'll come across this "Change Domain Admin" imaged below.

Matt Petty Senior Software Developer SmarterTools Inc. www.smartertools.com
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Steve Guluk Replied
Matt, Thanks!
That worked...It's odd that the title for the UX is Change DOMAIN Admin when in fact we are changing the Primary Admin. It works but could be confusing as there is no reference to Primary Admin.

We've also noticed that Forwarding and deleting from the Primary Admin is hit and miss. Some emails from our test gmail accounts are not deleting or forwarding. But others internal emails are properly forwarding and then deleting from the same account. Known bug?
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Matt Petty Replied
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There is a chance it could be an impersonation bug. To test that theory you can create a temporary password for the primary admin account and logging in and trying that way. If you notice it working but then if you impersonate you see the odd behavior then it is definitely a bug relating to impersonation. I can't really see any other reason why just the Primary Admin would have issue with that as being a Primary/Domain admin/user shouldn't affect how emails are forwarded.
Matt Petty Senior Software Developer SmarterTools Inc. www.smartertools.com
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Steve Guluk Replied
Without impersonating these are the logs from 2 tests I just ran:
You can see the gmail account "Delivered" while the local account (steve@sgdesign.com) was Forwarded and Deleted. I checked the person's Contacts in case there was some tie but my test account is not present in their contacts.  If you like I can still do the Impersonation Test but since I was not logged into the account it may not be any different.

[2019.02.11] 13:32:05.608 [27075] Delivery started for rpohl@isemanhomes.com at 1:32:05 PM
[2019.02.11] 13:32:11.624 [27075] Delivery for rpohl@isemanhomes.com to mjamison@isemanhomes.com has completed (Delivered) Filter: None
[2019.02.11] 13:32:14.624 [27075] Delivery finished for rpohl@isemanhomes.com at 1:32:14 PM    [id:x23054027075][2019.02.11] 14:29:26.717 [19175] Starting local delivery to rpohl@isemanhomes.com
[2019.02.11] 14:29:26.717 [19175] Delivery for steve@sgdesign.com to rpohl@isemanhomes.com has completed (Forwarded Deleted) Filter: None
[2019.02.11] 14:29:26.717 [19175] End delivery to rpohl@isemanhomes.com (MessageID: <45FF2287-CD54-4BC3-B99F-40FDC7225618@sgdesign.com>)

[2019.02.11] 14:29:53.736 [19176] Starting local delivery to rpohl@isemanhomes.com
[2019.02.11] 14:29:53.736 [19176] Delivery for steveguluk@gmail.com to rpohl@isemanhomes.com has completed (Delivered) Filter: None
[2019.02.11] 14:29:53.736 [19176] End delivery to rpohl@isemanhomes.com (MessageID: <6BAEFDE8-2550-4E74-AF21-78136921E0CB@gmail.com>)

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Stephen Smith Replied
Is this still an accurate way to change the Primary Admin for my entire SM Installation on a Linux box?

Stephen
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Tony Scholz Replied
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Hello Stephen, 

This is still how you would adjust the domain's "Primary Administrator". Go to Manage -> Domains -> {selected-domain} -> Options [tab] -> Options [card]

Here you want to adjust the "Primary Domain Administrator" field. This is not a drop-down, start typing the username of the user you wish to make the Primary Admin and you will get an auto-complete list based on the domain's account list.  



Thank you
~Tony
Tony Scholz System/Network Administrator SmarterTools Inc. www.smartertools.com
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Stephen Smith Replied
Tony, thanks for this reply. I might be confused or seeking a different answer for this thread. I am not trying to change the primary admin for a single domain, but instead the primary administrator account for the entire Smarter tools installation. I have a Debian install, do you know if there are instructions for how that task is accomplished?
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Heimir Eidskrem Replied
To change the administrator for the system.
Log in.
Go to settings.
Click Administrators.

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Stephen Smith Replied
Thank you for this reply, but unless I"m missing it,  there is nothing in these knowledgebase instructions, or the the online help,  that tells how to change the Primary Administrator.  

Here a screenshot:

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Tony Scholz Replied
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Hello, 

You are not able to re-assign the "Primary System Administrator", what you can do is to edit it by changing the name and password.

Thank you
Tony Scholz System/Network Administrator SmarterTools Inc. www.smartertools.com

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