<p>They already have to be an administrator to grant or revoke roles - all actions in the <code>user_roles</code> controller are subject to the <code>require_administrator</code> filter.</p>
<p>I don't see any particular reason to stop an administrator acting on their own account - maybe stop them removing their own administrator role but I don't see any need for anything more than that.</p>

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