Thread:Project:Support desk/Are sysop and administrator the same thing? Permissions problems...

I've recently set up MediaWiki and am having a few issues with user permissions - when logged in as the initial user created by the installer, I don't seem to be able to delete pages (there is no delete tab showing up), and I've read that there is supposed to be some kind of admin menu at the top (hidden under an arrow in some skins), but I don't seem to have one (an admin menu or an arrow that might be hiding one), though I do have the Special Pages menu item at the side, which gives me access to at least some administrative functions.

From what I've read here, deleting pages should be available to anyone with sysop permissions, but I don't see that listed among the user groups I can set a user to when I go to the User rights management page via the Special Pages section. I just have bot, administrator, bureaucrat and confirmed. But I checked the database, and user 1 shows up in the user groups table as being bureaucrat, confirmed and... sysop! So are sysop and administrator the same thing? If so, why don't I have a delete tab or admin menu?

BTW, I'm using the Vector skin, if that helps. I did add some code to my LocalSettings.php file from the FAQ to restrict non-confirmed users, but it shouldn't be causing this as far as I can see, because confirmed users are allowed to delete pages. And yes, I did make sure my admin user was confirmed.