Possible to change the default username?

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JackElliott
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Possible to change the default username?

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For web access, how can I change the default username from "Admin" to something else? I have ssh access into the router.
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Re: Possible to change the default username?

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can't with GUI

user = root
password = "your password"

command line try

http://wiki.openwrt.org/doc/howto/secure.access

JackElliott
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Re: Possible to change the default username?

Post by JackElliott »

Oh well, "Admin" for GUI seems a bit obvious. I was hoping to to make it a bit less so.
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