Managing users - guest password? Make email addr optional?
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zooloo
Joined: 2005-02-04
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Posted: Sun, 2005-02-06 18:15
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Hi, I'm relatively new to G2 ... I've setup G1 before, and now I toying with the current G2 builds to organize a lot of pics. Got a couple of Qs regarding managing users: 1. Is there a way to set/change the guest user password? When I try to edit the user (Users -> click "edit" next to guest), I can only get fields to change the username and Full Name. 2. How can I make the email addr optional when I create new users? TIA ---- |
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@1.
the guest / anonymous user has no password. it's meant to be a generic user which is never logged in.
@2.
not possible at the moment. Perhaps we should make it possible. create a feature request on sf.net if you wish it was possible.
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RE: 1. OK ... is this something that users who don't login get mapped to? It would be nice to have a separate generic "guest" acct. for real guests and a "nobody" or "anonymous" for non-logged in users.
RE: 2. Will do
Thanks for your quick reply.
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@1.
yes. well, create such a user, call it guest. but what's the point in creating such a user?
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RE: 1 -- I use it as a generic acct. + password for family/friends ... it's not as secure as one acct per person, but it's more user-friendly and easier to manage.
Anyway, I'll have to pick some other username, since G2 won't let me delete "guest"
Thanks.
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you might be able to rename "guest", but you can't delete it.
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Good idea; that worked (renamed to "anonymous" and created a new user 'guest'.
Hopefully there are no refs to "guest" in the code which would cause something to break (i.e. pick the wrong user).
Thanks.
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everything is based on the id of that user not its username. you can rename "admin" too if you like.
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Cool.
PS: I've only been using the gallery forums for a few days and I really appreciate how quickly people respond!