Title: Admin Permissions Gone – database problem?
Last modified: August 19, 2016

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# Admin Permissions Gone – database problem?

 *  [jbevans](https://wordpress.org/support/users/jbevans/)
 * (@jbevans)
 * [16 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/admin-permissions-gone-database-problem/)
 * Externally, my site is functioning properly. All posts are in and it can be browsed
   correctly.
 * However I now have a new problem. When I try to login it accept my username and
   password but takes me to a message which says:
 *  _“You do not have sufficient permissions to access this page.”_
 * I think this is a simple error in the database which can be corrected by editing
   a field somewhere.
 * If possible, I am happy to create a new user and then upgrade that user to have
   administrator privileges. I have searched the Codex and the forums but cannot
   seem to find an answer. Some had success forcing a db upgrade but I do not think
   the file structure is the same anymore.
 * Thanks

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 *  Thread Starter [jbevans](https://wordpress.org/support/users/jbevans/)
 * (@jbevans)
 * [16 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/admin-permissions-gone-database-problem/#post-1217948)
 * One additional note:
 * I tried to register as a new user. It emailed me the password but when I tried
   it I received the same error message.
 * Bryant

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