(RFC) How to change the admin account of the web user interface

(RFC) How to change the admin account of the web user interface

[Carlo Fusco]

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Hello,

please review the following howto. Any criticism would be very much appreciated.

https://wiki.ipfire.org/optimization/start/wui_username

Thank you,

Have a great weekend.

-- 
Carlo Fusco

Re: (RFC) How to change the admin account of the web user interface

[Michael Tremer]

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Hello,

the configuration files in this article will be overwritten with updates. They
are system configuration files.

What are you trying to achieve here?

-Michael

On Fri, 2018-11-09 at 16:54 +0100, Carlo Fusco wrote:
> Hello,
> 
> please review the following howto. Any criticism would be very much
> appreciated.
> 
> https://wiki.ipfire.org/optimization/start/wui_username
> 
> Thank you,
> 
> Have a great weekend.
> 

Re: (RFC) How to change the admin account of the web user interface

[Carlo Fusco]

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I see three options:

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.

2) And/Or add the warning about changing the system files and the loss
of the modifications upon update.

3) Or, if it's not worth it, I can just trash my howto. I have no
problem whatsoever.

Just let me know.
On Fri, Nov 9, 2018 at 5:01 PM Carlo Fusco <fusco.carlo(a)gmail.com> wrote:
>
> I am referring to this document (I am not the author):
>
> https://wiki.ipfire.org/optimization/start/security_hardening
>
> in particular the section:
>
> "Change default login details"
>
> 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.org> wrote:
> >
> > Hello,
> >
> > the configuration files in this article will be overwritten with updates. They
> > are system configuration files.
> >
> > What are you trying to achieve here?
> >
> > -Michael
> >
> > On Fri, 2018-11-09 at 16:54 +0100, Carlo Fusco wrote:
> > > Hello,
> > >
> > > please review the following howto. Any criticism would be very much
> > > appreciated.
> > >
> > > https://wiki.ipfire.org/optimization/start/wui_username
> > >
> > > Thank you,
> > >
> > > Have a great weekend.
> > >
> >
>
>
> --
> Carlo Fusco



-- 
Carlo Fusco

Re: (RFC) How to change the admin account of the web user interface

[Michael Tremer]

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Hey,

nah, I was just warning that this is not a stable change and will be overwritten
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:
> 
> 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.
> 
> 2) And/Or add the warning about changing the system files and the loss
> of the modifications upon update.
> 
> 3) Or, if it's not worth it, I can just trash my howto. I have no
> problem whatsoever.
> 
> Just let me know.
> On Fri, Nov 9, 2018 at 5:01 PM Carlo Fusco <fusco.carlo(a)gmail.com> wrote:
> > 
> > I am referring to this document (I am not the author):
> > 
> > https://wiki.ipfire.org/optimization/start/security_hardening
> > 
> > in particular the section:
> > 
> > "Change default login details"
> > 
> > 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.org>
> > wrote:
> > > 
> > > Hello,
> > > 
> > > the configuration files in this article will be overwritten with updates.
> > > They
> > > are system configuration files.
> > > 
> > > What are you trying to achieve here?
> > > 
> > > -Michael
> > > 
> > > On Fri, 2018-11-09 at 16:54 +0100, Carlo Fusco wrote:
> > > > Hello,
> > > > 
> > > > please review the following howto. Any criticism would be very much
> > > > appreciated.
> > > > 
> > > > https://wiki.ipfire.org/optimization/start/wui_username
> > > > 
> > > > Thank you,
> > > > 
> > > > Have a great weekend.
> > > > 
> > 
> > 
> > --
> > Carlo Fusco
> 
> 
> 

Re: (RFC) How to change the admin account of the web user interface

[Michael Tremer]

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Hey,

at least it would be a good idea to have a howto that is stable and does not
need any changes after an update has been installed.

Best,
-Michael

P.S. Please don't forget to CC the list

On Sun, 2018-11-11 at 21:05 +0100, Carlo Fusco wrote:
> You are right. Maybe we can trash my guide and I can add a sentence to
> the hardening guide to warn about if the system files have to be
> changed, they will not survive an update. Let me know if this is
> acceptable.
> On Fri, Nov 9, 2018 at 5:26 PM Michael Tremer <michael.tremer(a)ipfire.org>
> wrote:
> > 
> > Hey,
> > 
> > nah, I was just warning that this is not a stable change and will be
> > overwritten
> > 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:
> > > 
> > > 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.
> > > 
> > > 2) And/Or add the warning about changing the system files and the loss
> > > of the modifications upon update.
> > > 
> > > 3) Or, if it's not worth it, I can just trash my howto. I have no
> > > problem whatsoever.
> > > 
> > > Just let me know.
> > > On Fri, Nov 9, 2018 at 5:01 PM Carlo Fusco <fusco.carlo(a)gmail.com> wrote:
> > > > 
> > > > I am referring to this document (I am not the author):
> > > > 
> > > > https://wiki.ipfire.org/optimization/start/security_hardening
> > > > 
> > > > in particular the section:
> > > > 
> > > > "Change default login details"
> > > > 
> > > > 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.org
> > > > >
> > > > wrote:
> > > > > 
> > > > > Hello,
> > > > > 
> > > > > the configuration files in this article will be overwritten with
> > > > > updates.
> > > > > They
> > > > > are system configuration files.
> > > > > 
> > > > > What are you trying to achieve here?
> > > > > 
> > > > > -Michael
> > > > > 
> > > > > On Fri, 2018-11-09 at 16:54 +0100, Carlo Fusco wrote:
> > > > > > Hello,
> > > > > > 
> > > > > > please review the following howto. Any criticism would be very much
> > > > > > appreciated.
> > > > > > 
> > > > > > https://wiki.ipfire.org/optimization/start/wui_username
> > > > > > 
> > > > > > Thank you,
> > > > > > 
> > > > > > Have a great weekend.
> > > > > > 
> > > > 
> > > > 
> > > > --
> > > > Carlo Fusco
> > > 
> > > 
> > > 
> 
>