Kim Haase wrote:
> On 04/21/09 14:43, Anissa Lam wrote:
>>
>> Hi Kim,
>>
>> Kim Haase wrote:
>>> Thanks -- I'll update the online help to reflect this new behavior.
>> This is the behavior in v3 Prelude, not sure if you consider this
>> 'new' behavior.
>>>
>>> Could the administrator restore the old behavior by creating a user
>>> who will be required to log in and then deleting the anonymous user?
>>> If they create a new user who needs a password, but don't delete the
>>> anonymous user, will the default behavior still be to start the
>>> console with the anonymous user? I can try this out, but it would be
>>> useful to know.
>> You can go to security-> admin-realm and press the Manage Users
>> button to create more admin user. Once an additional user is
>> created, you will notice the 'Logout' link in the upper right
>> corner. You can then log out and log back in as the new user.
>> You have the option to delete the anonymous user, or add a password
>> to it, or leave the password field empty for anonymous user.
>>
>> The login screen will be skipped only if there is just 1 user
>> who's name is 'anonymous' and who doesn't have any password. Any
>> other situation will require login.
>>
>> I thought this is all documented in v3 Prelude already. You may
>> want to check with Paul.
>
> Thanks for the explanation! I'm currently editing the Prelude OLH.
> Nothing was previously stated explicitly about the default behavior
> for the admin realm. There is a task to change the admin password but
> no indication that there isn't one by default.
>
> I do see that the Logout button appears when I add an admin user and
> that I have to log in. I also see that by default I don't have to type
> a password when I log in as "anonymous"
If there is only 1 anonymous user and there is no password required,
(which is out-of-box behavior), you shouldn't even see the login screen.
I hope this is what you mean. I haven't heard any problem/issue
regarding this.
thanks
Anissa.
> (but I do when I log in as the new admin user, for whom I specified a
> password).
>
> I guess that the apparent vertical bar next to the Help button when
> there's only the one admin user marks where the Logout button goes.
>
> Kim
>
>>
>> thanks
>> Anissa.
>>>
>>> Kim
>>>
>>> On 04/21/09 13:06, Anissa Lam wrote:
>>>>
>>>> I haven't heard any change in this area. I assume this will stay
>>>> the same.
>>>>
>>>> thanks
>>>> Anissa.
>>>>
>>>> Kim Haase wrote:
>>>>> Hi, Anissa,
>>>>>
>>>>> In current promoted V3 builds, no login is required for the Admin
>>>>> Console. The user is logged in automatically with the user name
>>>>> "anonymous".
>>>>>
>>>>> Will this continue to be the case for the Preview release? Or will
>>>>> the default user "admin" be reintroduced?
>>>>>
>>>>> Thanks,
>>>>> Kim Haase