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[amrilabdrahman Friend amrilabdrahmanJoin date: December 2008Posts: 8Downloads:0Uploads:0 Thanks: 2]

#146645

I am installing my joomla..using QUICK INSTALLER that include Teline III. My question is…
How i can change my joomla username? because the default is username = admin

[prakash Friend prakashJoin date: October 2008Posts: 439Downloads:0Uploads:1 Thanks: 2 Thanked: 146 times in 115 posts]

#325862

For that first login to the administrator panel using admin>password.

Then site>user manager

You will get administrator click on that

new screen opens
there you can change the username & password

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[joeflynn Friend joeflynnJoin date: February 2009Posts: 91Downloads:0Uploads:1 Thanks: 59 Thanked: 3 times in 1 posts]

#326428

It is a little more complicated that this;
Presuming that you are in the admin section, go to Users
1. Create a new user with the name that you want to use – assign it as Superuser.
2. Log out and Log back in as the newly made user.
3. Edit admin, make it something besides Superuser – Save
4. Delete Admin account

[prakash Friend prakashJoin date: October 2008Posts: 439Downloads:0Uploads:1 Thanks: 2 Thanked: 146 times in 115 posts]

#326430

Hi,

Yes the method that you have mentioned holds good if you want to create a new user.

The above post was for modifying the admin to something else.

[joeflynn Friend joeflynnJoin date: February 2009Posts: 91Downloads:0Uploads:1 Thanks: 59 Thanked: 3 times in 1 posts]

#326501

For security sake, you don’t want to just change the admin to some other name. You must kill the original admin completely.

The reason? Because the user id will be the same, because that is the same number as every other beginning Joomla admin on every installation. So, if one is getting hit by a php scriptkitty, user62 is going to be a target. Just make it disappear. Kill User 62.

Always change the SuperUser password account in the way described. Weak security for one, is weak security for us all. If someone out there gets broken into because of weak security, when it makes the news my associates will all be asking me, “Hey – aren’t we using Joomla? I heard it was insecure. Should we be looking at something else?”

Joomla 1.6 changes this. No more 62. No more auto-generated account named admin. But for now, this is the way to do it. </rant>

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