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Re: Question about admin user/password

From: Kim Haase <Camilla.Haase_at_Sun.COM>
Date: Tue, 21 Apr 2009 17:45:03 -0400

No, I didn't realize that (I'm using zip bundles because last I heard
the installer was not yet working). That probably explains why the help
has previously not stated what the default behavior is. I'll revert to
the previous vague text.

Thanks for letting me know.

Kim

On 04/21/09 17:20, Kedar Mhaswade wrote:
> 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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