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hughmor
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Sep 25, 2013

admin name

I've reset the OS over and over and succesfully changed admin password but can't figure out how to change admin name ?
please advise
secondly I can't get notification email sent > imap.mail.yahoo.com , even trying custom setting with smtp.mail.yahoo.com & ports, 25, 465, 587
these settings work fine with apple mail / password and name reentered & verified repeatedly

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  • I'm having the same problem, can't change the username from admin.
    I know it can be done, as I had a different username when I initially setup the NAS.
    I was then having problems where it wouldn't let me change the password, so have done an OS reinstall to reset the default
    username and password.
    And when I got to profile-settings to change the password, it won't let me enter anything into the secret question and email address fields.
  • StephenB's avatar
    StephenB
    Guru - Experienced User
    You can add a new username of course. But admin is built in, and cannot be changed.
  • That's strange, because up until yesterday when I did the os reinstall, I wad using the login name 1600dave for the admin account.

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  • mdgm-ntgr's avatar
    mdgm-ntgr
    NETGEAR Employee Retired
    You have a newer model than a Duo and would have created a ReadyCloud account. This option is not available to Duo users.
  • Yep have the RN104, however I still don't see the option anywhere to rename the admin account to what I previously had it set to when logged into ReadyCloud
  • There is no rename option at all. You had created a ReadyCloud account which also gets admin access.

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