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1. You'll do this by using the interactive python shell and modifying your user account.  First, create a new account in your local lms instance for your username at http://localhost:8000/register
   
   
   
2. It is important to create the account using the registration page as opposed to the manage.py command line interface, as in addition to creating a user instance, it will create a profile instance, which some portions of the UI/backend require.
   
   

3. Next, we'll need to drop down to an interactive python shell and issue some commands to modify the user.  First, let's log in to your vagrant instance:

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   $ vagrant ssh

4. Switch to the edxapp user:

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   $ sudo su edxapp

5. Start the interactive shell:

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   $ ./manage.py lms --settings aws shell

6. Once in the Shell, execute the following code, replacing your-user with your new user account, created above:

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   language py
   from django.contrib.auth.models import User me = User.objects.get(username="your-user") me.is_superuser = True me.is_staff = True me.is_active = True # Alternatively, you could follow the activation link in the console output (what would have been sent by email if this wasn't a dev instance) me.save() exit()

7. Confirm that you have access to the admin portal by logging in with your new account to LMS Admin

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