From mboxrd@z Thu Jan  1 00:00:00 1970
From: Michael Tremer <michael.tremer@ipfire.org>
To: documentation@lists.ipfire.org
Subject: Re: (RFC) How to change the admin account of the web user interface
Date: Fri, 09 Nov 2018 16:26:07 +0000
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Hey,

nah, I was just warning that this is not a stable change and will be overwrit=
ten
eventually.

I guess the idea of the hardening guide is a good one, but it is probably best
to change this in the software than having a wiki guide about it. What do you
think?

Best,
-Michael

On Fri, 2018-11-09 at 17:14 +0100, Carlo Fusco wrote:
> I see three options:
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> 1) Either, expand a bit the "change the login detail" from the
> hardening document
> https://wiki.ipfire.org/optimization/start/security_hardening
> to explain what consequences changing the system files have to the
> system, including the loss of them after an update.
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> 2) And/Or add the warning about changing the system files and the loss
> of the modifications upon update.
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> 3) Or, if it's not worth it, I can just trash my howto. I have no
> problem whatsoever.
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> Just let me know.
> On Fri, Nov 9, 2018 at 5:01 PM Carlo Fusco <fusco.carlo(a)gmail.com> wrote:
> >=20
> > I am referring to this document (I am not the author):
> >=20
> > https://wiki.ipfire.org/optimization/start/security_hardening
> >=20
> > in particular the section:
> >=20
> > "Change default login details"
> >=20
> > I wanted to specify how to change the default admin for the wui and the
> > console.
> > On Fri, Nov 9, 2018 at 4:56 PM Michael Tremer <michael.tremer(a)ipfire.or=
g>
> > wrote:
> > >=20
> > > Hello,
> > >=20
> > > the configuration files in this article will be overwritten with update=
s.
> > > They
> > > are system configuration files.
> > >=20
> > > What are you trying to achieve here?
> > >=20
> > > -Michael
> > >=20
> > > On Fri, 2018-11-09 at 16:54 +0100, Carlo Fusco wrote:
> > > > Hello,
> > > >=20
> > > > please review the following howto. Any criticism would be very much
> > > > appreciated.
> > > >=20
> > > > https://wiki.ipfire.org/optimization/start/wui_username
> > > >=20
> > > > Thank you,
> > > >=20
> > > > Have a great weekend.
> > > >=20
> >=20
> >=20
> > --
> > Carlo Fusco
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