Local administrator privilege is required to update the Farm Administrators' group

Question

I perform an upgrade of SP from WSS SP2 to SPF 2010 SP1.

In WSS SP2, I was able to update the farm administrators. In SPF 2010 SP1, I keep receicing the following in the ULS logs:

Local administrator privilege is required to update the Farm Administrators' group.

• I have tried multiple accounts. All with the same error message.
• I have also ran the updatefarmcredentials command. Still same error.

Update:

I was able to resolve this issue after running the SP Products Configuration Wizard several times.

Also, currently MS does not support installing SharePoint 2010 on Windows Server 2012. These issues I am noticing could be the result of unsupported environment.

Update: MS is now saying the installation of SharePoint 2010 on Windows Server 2012 will be supported once SP 2010 SP2 is released. Reference

Answer 1

I had the same problem when running IE on the server and opening the Central Admin URL. Went to all Programs/Microsoft SharePoint 2010 Products/SharePoint 2010 Central Administration and ran that as an Administrator and had no problems adding users.

I was also able to add users when I used a workstation to add users via the URL.

Answer 2

I was able to resolve this issue after running the SP Products Configuration Wizard several times.

Also, currently MS does not support installing SharePoint 2010 on Windows Server 2012. These issues I am noticing could be the result of unsupported environment.

Update: MS is now saying the installation of SharePoint 2010 on Windows Server 2012 will be supported once SP 2010 SP2 is released. Reference

Answer 3

SP2013 and 2012 Server: I have noticed that if I start CA via browser, it won't give me add Farm Administrators with the error:Local administrator privilege is required to update the Farm Administrators' group. Even though I use a farm account. To resolve the issue make sure that you start Central Administration from start menu.