Title: Super Admin issue
Last modified: August 19, 2016

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# Super Admin issue

 *  [dave123678](https://wordpress.org/support/users/dave123678/)
 * (@dave123678)
 * [15 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/super-admin-issue/)
 * All:
 * I have recently worked on installing a small network. All of the sudden, I started
   receiving all these wierd emails with password ‘resets’, ‘new user registration’
   etc.
 * When I tried to login with my super admin account, my password was not accepted.
   I ‘reset’ my password, but have not received anything.
 * I still control my database, and was wondering two things:
 * 1) what are the role capabilites for a super admin?
    2) is it possible to delete
   the super admin? if so, how do you create a new one?
 * Has my site been compromised? If so, can I take it back, or does anyone have 
   any suggestions?
 * Any suggestions are appreciated! My site is not that deep, so at worst I guess
   I could simply delete my WordPress install and start anew.
 * Are there security issues in a network to be aware of?
 * Best,
 * David

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 *  Moderator [Ipstenu (Mika Epstein)](https://wordpress.org/support/users/ipstenu/)
 * (@ipstenu)
 * 🏳️‍🌈 Advisor and Activist
 * [15 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/super-admin-issue/#post-1962200)
 * 1) Everything
 * 2) Yes but … well, it’s a bitch to make a new one.
 * The basic logic here: [http://codex.wordpress.org/Resetting_Your_Password](http://codex.wordpress.org/Resetting_Your_Password)
   will work for restting your admin password. I’d try via the DB.
 *  [Andrea Rennick](https://wordpress.org/support/users/andrea_r/)
 * (@andrea_r)
 * [15 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/super-admin-issue/#post-1962205)
 * > All of the sudden, I started receiving all these wierd emails with password‘
   > resets’, ‘new user registration’ etc.
 * Um, this is normal. You are the super admin, you get notices. you can adjust 
   this under Network Admin -> Settings.
 *  Thread Starter [dave123678](https://wordpress.org/support/users/dave123678/)
 * (@dave123678)
 * [15 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/super-admin-issue/#post-1962208)
 * Andrea:
 * Sure, I understand this is normal activity, but I was concerned because all of
   a sudden my super admin password did not work, and the notifications were all
   related to password resets for blogs previously created by the superadmin, or
   other users.
 * It was like all of a sudden someone was simply making changes to the site, and
   had yet to change the admin email.
 *  [Andrea Rennick](https://wordpress.org/support/users/andrea_r/)
 * (@andrea_r)
 * [15 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/super-admin-issue/#post-1962229)
 * Time to go db diving. 🙂
 * I’d also change all the passwords you can – hosting account, ftp account… just
   in case.

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 * In: [Networking WordPress](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/multisite/)
 * 4 replies
 * 3 participants
 * Last reply from: [Andrea Rennick](https://wordpress.org/support/users/andrea_r/)
 * Last activity: [15 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/super-admin-issue/#post-1962229)
 * Status: not resolved

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