Change admin user name

[Jim Kinney]

Is it possible to use a different name than 'admin' for the admin account. Same name change need for the admins group.

[Florence Blanc-Renaud]

Hi,

From the guide *Managing IdM users, groups, hosts, and access control rules*,
in the section *The different group types in IdM* [1]:
----- 8< -----
Warning

Do not delete the admins group. As admins is a pre-defined group required
by IdM, this operation causes problems with certain commands.

----- >8 -----

and in the same guide, section *User life cycle* [2]:

----- 8< -----
Warning

Do not delete the admin user. As admin is a pre-defined user required by
IdM, this operation causes problems with certain commands. If you want to
define and use an alternative admin user, disable the pre-defined admin
user with ipa user-disable admin after you granted admin permissions to at
least one different user.

----- >8 -----

HTH,

flo
[1]
https://access.redhat.com/documentation/en-us/red_hat_enterprise_linux/8/htm...
[2]
https://access.redhat.com/documentation/en-us/red_hat_enterprise_linux/8/htm...

On Thu, Apr 7, 2022 at 10:53 PM Jim Kinney via FreeIPA-users <
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> Is it possible to use a different name than 'admin' for the admin account.
> Same name change need for the admins group.
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[Jim Kinney]

Thank you. That is exactly the information I need.

On April 8, 2022 4:08:56 AM EDT, Florence Blanc-Renaud  wrote:
> Hi,
>
> From the guide *Managing IdM users, groups, hosts, and access control
> rules*,
> in the section *The different group types in IdM* [1]:
> ----- 8< -----
> Warning
>
> Do not delete the admins group. As admins is a pre-defined group
> required
> by IdM, this operation causes problems with certain commands.
>
> ----- >8 -----
>
> and in the same guide, section *User life cycle* [2]:
>
> ----- 8< -----
> Warning
>
> Do not delete the admin user. As admin is a pre-defined user required
> by
> IdM, this operation causes problems with certain commands. If you want
> to
> define and use an alternative admin user, disable the pre-defined admin
> user with ipa user-disable admin after you granted admin permissions to
> at
> least one different user.
>
> ----- >8 -----
>
> HTH,
>
> flo
> [1]
> https://access.redhat.com/documentation/en-us/red_hat_enterprise_linux/8/htm...
> [2]
> https://access.redhat.com/documentation/en-us/red_hat_enterprise_linux/8/htm...
>
> On Thu, Apr 7, 2022 at 10:53 PM Jim Kinney via FreeIPA-users <
> [e-mail]> wrote:
> > Is it possible to use a different name than 'admin' for the admin
>
> account.
> > Same name change need for the admins group.
> >
> > Computers amplify human error
> > Super computers are really
> > cool_______________________________________________
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[Sam Morris]

> Is it possible to use a different name than 'admin' for the admin account. Same name change need for the admins group.

For the user account, what I do is create an admin user with a different name, and then disable the default admin account.

For the group - you can't rename it, it's special.