Artifact 2a36d39317349458fc513655a2729eb1f9a5f3d8

Ticket change [2a36d39317] - New ticket ca08d51f19 default users and passwords are not well documented. by anonymous on 2008-11-20 00:00:39.

D 2008-11-20T00:00:39
J comment As\sa\snew\suser,\sI\sinstalled\sFossil\son\sa\sremote\sLinux\sserver,\screated\sa\srepository,\sand\sran\s'fossil\sserver'\susing\smy\srepository.\sThen\sI\sran\sthe\sbrowser\son\smy\sWindows\sPC.\sNot\sknowing\sany\sbetter,\sI\slogged\sin\sas\sanonymous.\sI\stried\sto\sconfigure\smy\srepository\sas\sdocumented\son\sthe\sQuickstart\spage,\sbut\sthe\sSetup\slink\swas\snot\savailable\son\sthe\smenu\sbar.\s\r\n\r\nI\smade\sa\ssignificant\sbut\snot\sexhaustive\ssearch\sthrough\sthe\sonline\sdocumentation,\sbut\sdid\snot\sfind\sanything\shelpful.\sEventually\sit\soccurred\sto\sme\sto\srun\sSQLite\sto\ssee\swhat\swas\sin\sthe\sdatabase,\sand\sfrom\sthere\sI\sfound\sthat\sa\suser\shad\sbeen\screated\swith\sthe\sname\sof\sthe\sLinux\saccount\sfrom\swhich\sI\screated\sthe\srepository.\sThis\saccount\shad\sa\sblank\spassword,\sbut\sI\scould\snot\slog\sin\swith\sa\sblank\spassword.\sI\sused\sSQLite\sto\schange\sthe\spassword\sand\sthen\sI\scould\slog\sin\sas\sthat\suser.\sSince\sthat\suser\shad\sthe\sSetup\sprivilege,\sI\scould\snow\suse\sall\sthe\sfeatures\sin\sthe\ssystem.\s\r\n\r\nA\sperson\srunning\sinto\sthis\sdifficulty\smight\sabandon\sfurther\sexploration\sin\sthe\sproject\sand\snever\sreturn.\sIn\saddition\sto\sprominently\sdocumenting\sthe\sdefault\saccounts\sand\spasswords,\sI\sthink\sthe\sdefault\sSetup\saccount\sshould\sstart\swith\sa\snon-blank\spassword.
J foundin c66ffba6da
J private_contact fe737e01cc8fe7212a9268abcc0d6c1920872d3d
J severity Important
J status Open
J title default\susers\sand\spasswords\sare\snot\swell\sdocumented
J type Documentation
K ca08d51f19e34404ee0e174ff7e1123ab1eacf1d
U anonymous
Z d3b4bf978da5794a4dd4f86f7baf56cd