create admin account as default

frold · Post by **frold** » Wed 27. Jul 2005, 19:19

see: this post one of many:

http://www.phpwcms.de/forum/viewtopic.p ... highlight=

Pappnase · Post by **Pappnase** » Thu 28. Jul 2005, 04:53

hello frold

n ice idea but is this relllay needed? i think this would be for the useres an sec. risk. cos if they dont read that they need to check the create admin account box. then they also forget to uncheck the box! and had 2 admin accounts!

jsw_nz · Post by **jsw_nz** » Sun 31. Jul 2005, 06:34

Hi guys...I agree with you both....but when i first started out the "create admin account" checkbox kind of stumped me...having left it unchecked on first try....might be nice to have it pre-checked (with a short sentence explanation below it) - just thinking about newcomers here....

Pappnase · Post by **Pappnase** » Sun 31. Jul 2005, 06:40

jsw_nz wrote:Hi guys...I agree with you both....but when i first started out the "create admin account" checkbox kind of stumped me...having left it unchecked on first try....might be nice to have it pre-checked (with a short sentence explanation below it) - just thinking about newcomers here....

hello john

you're right. but it the users didn't read to check this box did you think the read a short sentence below the box!?

jsw_nz · Post by **jsw_nz** » Sun 31. Jul 2005, 06:43

Hi Pappnase.....man you are fast...i just posted seconds ago....you are on TOP of the forums....kind of scary

Pappnase · Post by **Pappnase** » Sun 31. Jul 2005, 06:53

hehe john there was 6 minutes difference between you're post an my answer. and i can remember that there was times i was faster

Kosse · Post by **Kosse** » Mon 1. Aug 2005, 02:20

useres an sec. risk. cos if they dont read that they need to check the create admin account box. then they also forget to uncheck the box! and had 2 admin accounts!

But ... they can delete it in 2 seconds in the admin panel, while the fact that they don't check it makes the login impossible! (see the numerous threats in forum from new users like this one: http://www.phpwcms.de/forum/viewtopic.php?t=7900)

Cheers

PS: Pap' you're fast indeed

ssddgreg · Post by **ssddgreg** » Sat 6. Aug 2005, 12:41

Hi!

Having a default admin already available in the MySQL database is really an excellent idea.

I would maybe put a security warning on the login.php, if the username and password of the Administrator is still "admin" , "admin". It should appear if those two values are unchanged.

During the installation this could be an option to assign a default admin as a second admin user (the first one would the with the entered username and password).

A really nice and helpful suggestion!

jsw_nz · Post by **jsw_nz** » Fri 26. Aug 2005, 12:48

going to bump this one....I think if the community voted on this...it would come up yes....set it by default....Kosse had a good point as well....