Hello guys! We apply user management and we have a question and need. Is it possible to have more than one owner on the instance?
Hi @viniciusingracio, I am afraid this isn’t possible right now but I know our product and engineering teams are working hard on improving the user management functionality. Perhaps @sirdavidoff can share some more details on this?
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Hi, sorry for the delay, I was away. Okay, we are waiting for updates. Thanks.
By the way, do we have any documentation on reversing the usage of user management?
There is no documented/supported way for this at the moment I am afraid.
One method I have tried here together with @Benjamin_Exner to actually disable user management (and handle authentication solely in the reverse proxy) was:
- Exporting all workflows and credentials via the CLI (described here)
- Switch to a fresh database (if using the default SQLite database that can be achieved by moving or deleting the old
database.sqlitefile, a new one will then be created on the next n8n start) - Set the
N8N_USER_MANAGEMENT_DISABLEDenvironment variable totrue - Start n8n and import the workflows and credentials exported in step 1
This approach will not preserve tags or execution logs though. With these being merely a workaround I’d strongly suggest backing up your data beforehand.
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OK. We are waiting to create more than one instance owner. Thanks.
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Hi,
I had this issue but I changed the role of a user in the database to change a second user as owner and it’s working. 
Ps: in the table user, I’ve set the globalRoleId at 1
@MutedJam, I have some questions:
It can be an issue to have 2 (or more) owners ?
If yes, can I let the second user as owner (I change the globalRoleId to 2 for the first user)?
Or, it’s better if I clean the database and reinstall n8n (I’ve just installed n8n today and I can do it again)?
Ps: We can deal with one owner but it has to be a service account with a non-personal email.