# Granting admin rights to user (self hosted)

**URL:** <https://community.vikunja.io/t/granting-admin-rights-to-user-self-hosted/4522>\
**Category:** Support\
**Created:** [15 May 2026 13:40 UTC](https://community.vikunja.io/t/granting-admin-rights-to-user-self-hosted/4522 "2026-05-15T13:40:13Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![richardk](https://community.vikunja.io/user_avatar/community.vikunja.io/richardk/32/3149_2.png) [@richardk](https://community.vikunja.io/u/richardk)\
**Post date:** [15 May 2026 13:40 UTC](https://community.vikunja.io/t/granting-admin-rights-to-user-self-hosted/4522/1 "2026-05-15T13:40:14Z")

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New to Vikunja, still trying to connect emotionally to my wild, slender South American camelid native friend.

Just created the first user ‘admin’ but didn’t get admin rights.  
Trying to resolve this with:  
`docker exec vikunja-app /app/vikunja/vikunja user set-admin 1 --admin` as per the online documentation, but I get: unknown flag: --admin.

What am I missing?

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**Author:** ![pks](https://community.vikunja.io/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/p/8dc957/32.png) [@pks](https://community.vikunja.io/u/pks)\
**Post date:** [16 May 2026 13:30 UTC](https://community.vikunja.io/t/granting-admin-rights-to-user-self-hosted/4522/2 "2026-05-16T13:30:11Z")

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Do you have a Vikunja Pro license?

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**Author:** ![richardk](https://community.vikunja.io/user_avatar/community.vikunja.io/richardk/32/3149_2.png) [@richardk](https://community.vikunja.io/u/richardk)\
**Post date:** [17 May 2026 12:24 UTC](https://community.vikunja.io/t/granting-admin-rights-to-user-self-hosted/4522/3 "2026-05-17T12:24:37Z")

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No, I don’t. Running it for my home lab