Problem with permissions after signing in via Custom Auth extension about reporting-services HOT 4 CLOSED

I got to the bottom of it - my problem was that I had missed my main user account name from this setting:

   <Security>
      <Extension Name="Forms" Type="Microsoft.Samples.ReportingServices.CustomSecurity.Authorization, Microsoft.Samples.ReportingServices.CustomSecurity" >
        <Configuration>
          <AdminConfiguration>
            <UserName>NAMEHERE!</UserName>
          </AdminConfiguration>
        </Configuration>
      </Extension>
    </Security>

Populating this with my account meant I could log in to the report server. Thanks for your help! :0)

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Have you launched IE as admin (right click icon, run as administrator), and add yourself to admin group from the settings/gear icon in top right. After that, go to root of site (http://localhost/reportserver) and click on configure folder. Apply proper permission for roles there. When you're done try again in non-admin IE window.

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I opened the Gear icon in IE - how do I add myself to admin group from here? (I cant see a permissions option anywhere there or in "Internet Options").

When I navigate to http://localhost/reportServer, I now get the forms auth logon page from your sample. So I cant click on "Configure Folder" unless I undo the custom extension configuration and put it back to what it was before?

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Sorry, was referring to gear icon in SSRS 2016 (site settings). In SSRS go to site settings, security and in there you can add user/AD group to role of system user or administrator.

Conversely you can use SSMS to connect to Report Services service. Expand the Security folder and from there you can assign roles.

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