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Re: Question about admin user/password

From: Kedar Mhaswade <Kedar.Mhaswade_at_Sun.COM>
Date: Tue, 21 Apr 2009 14:20:28 -0700

I am sure you mean this is the default behavior only with .zip
bundles. With installer, unless you use this (anonymous) user/password to
install, the default behavior will require proper login credentials.

-Kedar

Anissa Lam wrote:
>
>
> 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
>
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