Probably GlobalMatrixAuthorizationStrategy.PermissionAdderImpl.add should call Jenkins.getInstance().save() before returning true. Otherwise adding ADMINISTER for the first user does not seem to take effect on disk until you resave the main configuration screen.

          [JENKINS-20520] Save after PermissionAdder.add called

            danielbeck Daniel Beck
            jglick Jesse Glick
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