change admin username to prevent robot attacks?

change admin username to prevent robot attacks?

由Carol Booth發表於
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I've twice had what appear to be robot attacks, where I get lots of failed logins as admin in very quick succession. I have read that a simple tactic to avoid these is changing the admin username. If I do this, do I also need to change 
$CFG->admin = 'admin';

to another value?
Thanks
Carol
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Re: change admin username to prevent robot attacks?

由Tim Hunt發表於
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No, $CFG->admin controls the URL used to access what is normally http://example.com/moodle/admin/...

If you want to move the admin pages to a URL like http://example.com/moodle/maintenance/..., then set $CFG->admin = 'maintenance'.
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Re: change admin username to prevent robot attacks?

由Deb Smith發表於

I have a similar question.  Recently my admin account was hijacked and I was unable to login to the Administrator's Control Panel.  Where do I change my userid so that instead of admin, it is kittycat or some such name?  Just in my user profile?  I assume that changing my user profile will automatically update the database?  From the response here, I also assume that I don't have to make any changes to the config.php?

Thanks in advance for your help!

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Re: change admin username to prevent robot attacks?

由Guillermo Madero發表於

Yes, just in your user profile. Yes, it will automatically update your database. And, no, you do not have to make any changes to config.php.

Cheers!

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