How do you change a user's email address in Phabricator

Question

I've set up phabricator and added several users. I noticed that I can change a user's real name or username, but I am unable to change their email address. Is there some reason why this is not exposed to admins? Is there a server setting that allows admins to change email addresses.

Answer 1

You need to update the mysql database. In the phabricator_user db alter your email address in the user_email table. Administrators may not be all-powerful, but DBAs are.

Answer 2

Administrators can not change email addresses because it would let them change a user's email address to their own, reset the user's password, and then log in as the user. Administrators are not all-powerful in Phabricator's permission model, and can not compromise accounts, act as other users, or violate policies.

If you need to change an address because you made a mistake when creating a new account, you can delete the account and recreate it.