Is there a default administrator

Hi can any one tell me if there is a default administrator somehow it seems I have only "standard" users.

Hi
This has been an occasional and random problem since 10.5 and usually affects the Client OS although I have seen it on the odd server.
Reboot the server and hold down the alt key. Select the RecoveryHD partition. Once booted select Terminal from the Utilities Menu and key "resetpassword". The Reset Password Utility should now launch. Select the root (System Administrator) account and assign a password. Now reboot the server again.
At the login window enter root's name which is root and the password you defined earlier. Access the Users & Groups Preferences Pane, select the local admin account and make it an administrator again.
There are a number of other ways to do this depending on how you initially configured the server but assuming this was an "out-of-the-box" install the above may be the easiest for you?
HTH?
Tony

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