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Hi, I just installed mediawiki, but I don't know why, but my admin account wasn't created, actually there is no account at all, I just created a new one, but it has common user rights, so i can't change any option, just write pages as normal, my question is, how can i set that account as the main admin account?

You'll have to weave through the database for the appropriate userrights. If you were using an installation wizard other than the MediaWiki installation wizard itself you could easily run into this trouble.

See also FAQ#Initial_user_was_not_created_by_installer_or_it_is_not_an_administrator

Go to user table to get the user's ID, then go to user_groups table and insert the user's ID and the group (e. g. sysop). Or set $wgGroupPermissions['user']['userrights'] = true; temporarily and grant your account the needed rights whilst you are loggedin.