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How I can change the Username itself, not just the password.
Hello, How I can change the Username itself, not just the password please? Cheers, Guy.
- Are you referring to the username and password of the UI? If that's the case, you cannot change the username as there is no option for you to change it.
Yes, the User ID (who I am) is clearly shown at the top of the window in my Android App with only the last three digits masked, but in any case I don’t have to enter that ID, it’s ‘remembered’ by the App. No, no loss of sync yet, but I don’t tend to use it heavily.
All I am doing is pointing out that not being able to change the Admin ID is quite common, it applies to business grade routers, SAN shelves, servers, UPSs, and many other network devices and software, and that it’s very common in office networks for the User ID to be open to anyone simply from the lock screen of their PC, or by knowing how User IDs are allocated by the IT department (in my office it’s first-name.last-name). Our accredited secret systems also treat the User ID as public information in the same way, they are Orange book compliant.
All I am doing is pointing out that not being able to change the Admin ID is quite common, it applies to business grade routers, SAN shelves, servers, UPSs, and many other network devices and software, and that it’s very common in office networks for the User ID to be open to anyone simply from the lock screen of their PC, or by knowing how User IDs are allocated by the IT department (in my office it’s first-name.last-name). Our accredited secret systems also treat the User ID as public information in the same way, they are Orange book compliant.