# New EmonCMS Install giving issues

**URL:** <https://community.openenergymonitor.org/t/new-emoncms-install-giving-issues/29462>\
**Category:** Installation\
**Tags:** rpi, emoncms\
**Created:** [1 December 2025 02:44 UTC](https://community.openenergymonitor.org/t/new-emoncms-install-giving-issues/29462 "2025-12-01T02:44:05Z")\
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**Author:** ![Marquis](https://community.openenergymonitor.org/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/m/b38774/32.png) [@Marquis](https://community.openenergymonitor.org/u/Marquis)\
**Post date:** [1 December 2025 02:44 UTC](https://community.openenergymonitor.org/t/new-emoncms-install-giving-issues/29462/1 "2025-12-01T02:44:05Z")

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Hi,

I have installed EmonCMS on a new SD Card using the SD Images. Specifically I installed emonSD-01Feb24.img. The install went well and seemed to be working.

The issues are when I try to use the admin panel. I could create a master account but then I can’t create new Users. When I try to, I get a bit of a red error message with no text. No User is created.

 ![Screenshot 2025-11-30 at 21.42.23](https://community.openenergymonitor.org/uploads/default/original/3X/0/a/0ab0cf5e152533f571481d68275cb0913deacc2d.jpeg)

When I click on the “view” part of the admin panel. I get:

**Warning** : Undefined variable $user in **/var/www/emoncms/Modules/admin/admin\_controller.php** on line **518**

**Fatal error** : Uncaught Error: Call to a member function get() on null in /var/www/emoncms/Modules/admin/admin\_controller.php:518 Stack trace: #0 /var/www/emoncms/core.php(81): admin\_controller() #1 /var/www/emoncms/index.php(257): controller() #2 {main} thrown in **/var/www/emoncms/Modules/admin/admin\_controller.php** on line **518**

I have tried updates and nothing seems to help. Thoughts?

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**Author:** ![Robert.Wall](https://community.openenergymonitor.org/user_avatar/community.openenergymonitor.org/robert.wall/32/38246_2.png) [@Robert.Wall](https://community.openenergymonitor.org/u/Robert.Wall)\
**Post date:** [2 December 2025 00:22 UTC](https://community.openenergymonitor.org/t/new-emoncms-install-giving-issues/29462/2 "2025-12-02T00:22:43Z")

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By default, you can have only one user of your local emonCMS.

To allow multiple users, add the following to the interface section of settings.ini  
enable\_multi\_user = true  
enable\_rememberme = true  
enable\_password\_reset = true