[#889] - Joomla 3.1 should *not* suggest to use "admin" as the default admin username
- Closed
- 25 Mar 2013
- Medium
- Build: master
- # 889
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- PhilETaylor:nodefaultadminuser
- Foreign ID 30380
User tests: Successful: Unsuccessful:
Joomla should not be recommending using "admin" as the default admin username during installation. This is giving a known credential which is 50% of the credentials needed for a site and so should be user generated and no default should be recommended.
I did look at contributing a pull request for this, however as it impacts on the language string INSTL_ADMIN_USER_DESC I gave up as I dont have the ability to translate
http://joomlacode.org/gf/project/joomla/tracker/?action=TrackerItemEdit&tracker_item_id=30380
Thanks, greatly appreciated. Since language freeze is in effect already for 3.1.0, the earliest this would get in is for 3.1.1, but it has my support.
If we did not change the language prompt but just remove the default in the text box would it be able to get into 3.1.0 ? ;-) That would be a start.
We could clear the default for at least 3.1.0 then fix the language string for 3.1.1, yes.
This will remove the last of the possible known variables in a joomla installation now that db prefix and id are randomised
I'd remove the default completely rather than set it to "". No default and required would be the proper set up. The required will override the default anyway but it is cleaner and we don't want to imply that saving blank is acceptable.
amazed how much work/chat is involved in just removing 5 characters from an inputbox... ok will do my third pull request for this in a moment...
btw, there's no need to close and open up pull requests for changes. If you update your branch, it will automatically update the pull request :)
Cheers
yeah I know that but I was going to keep this branch open so that I could use it again once the language freeze was lifted :)
Ah OK :)
Closes duplicate Issue #888