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rename admin account (Feature #226)

Added by Ian Freeman at 2011-02-26 08:05 am. Updated at 2011-03-20 07:37 pm.

Status:Declined Start date:2011-02-26
Priority:Normal Due date:
Assignee:- % Done:

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Category:User accounts
Target version:-
Remote issue URL: Affected version:

Description

For security reasons, internet facing installs may desire to rename the default administrator account username. The username field should not be hidden for this account on the account page.

History

#1
Updated by Eric Davis at 2011-02-26 07:46 pm

Where is the username hidden on the account page?

For example here on chiliproject.org and on my own install, I've renamed the default admin account to 'edavis'.

  • Status changed from Open to Needs more information

#2
Updated by Holger Just at 2011-02-26 07:59 pm

As administrator, you can only change usernames in the admin view (/users/1/edit) but not directly in /my/account. This might be confusing.

#3
Updated by Ian Freeman at 2011-02-28 06:51 am

Holger has it.

I guess this is a minor issue, as there is a way you can edit the username.

Is there value in allowing regular user accounts to change their username or should it continue to be something they have to ask the admin about?

  • Status changed from Needs more information to Open

#4
Updated by Felix Schäfer at 2011-02-28 09:56 am

Ian Freeman wrote:

Is there value in allowing regular user accounts to change their username or should it continue to be something they have to ask the admin about?

I wouldn't want it, if only because you could use it to brute-force already registered user names. It would be confusing for most users too I think.

#5
Updated by Ian Freeman at 2011-02-28 04:57 pm

Yeah, I really don't see the need for it either.

Anyway, we can close this issue out if you agree it's too low priority to be useful. I'll let you decide though.

#6
Updated by Felix Schäfer at 2011-03-20 07:37 pm

Closing this as we all seem to agree there is a satisfactory solution. If there is a good case for it, feel free to reopen/open a new issue.

  • Status changed from Open to Declined

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