Thread:Project:Support desk/Changing rights for users with @ in their name/reply (4)

The safest and easiest way to give yourself bureaucrat since you have access to the LocalSettings.php file is to briefly change LocalSettings.php to have: $wgGroupPermissions['*']['userrights'] = true and then go to Special:UserRights and put yourself in the 'bureaucrat' group.

After you've successfully done that, remove the line from LocalSettings.php.