Creating a Superuser

Orchid Fusion VMS allows you to create a Superuser. This special administrator account has all of the abilities and access of an administrator, and is protected from edits by any other user. You may create this account by modifying the Orchid Fusion VMS properties file.

*In order to perform this change, you must be signed in as an Administrator, and you must be using standard or Google authentication.

*If you are using Orchid Hybrid VMS, IPConfigure Support staff will need to configure the system to create a Superuser.

1. Open the Orchid Fusion VMS properties file. (If you need extra help, refer back to the How to Edit a Configuration File section that corresponds to the operating system you are using.)

2. Modify the fusion.(username).superuser property to establish or revoke superuser status.
   1. The username may be admin (for the default admin user) or any other Fusion username.
   2. Set this property to True to elevate the user to superuser status.
   3. Set this property to False to revoke the user’s superuser status.
   4. Don’t forget to remove the # at the beginning of the line.
3. Save and close the configuration file.
4. After you update the Orchid Fusion VMS properties file, you must restart the Orchid Fusion VMS service. (If you need extra help, refer back to the How to Manage the Orchid Fusion VMS Service section that corresponds to the operating system you are using.)
5. Once the restart is complete, you can sign into Orchid Fusion VMS.