Adding admin user

[aamonten]

Hi,
I'm trying to add a user with username "admin" (without double quotes), but I get this error:

A user with the specified username already exists.

I checked the database and the only entry in the table rhq_principal is rhqadmin are there other places where it saves usernames?

thanks

[jayshaughnessy]

the rhq_principal table stored username/password combinations. The rhq_subject table stores user information. You will find an "admin" user pre-defined in that table. You will need a different user name.

[aamonten]

Thanks!
do you know if I can modify/delete this user? does it has any specific purpose?

[pilhuhn]

Do not delete it, as it is used / required internally.

About renaming - I think this is a bad idea too.

You might want to raise a feature request in RHQ jira (http://jira.rhq-project.org/secure/Dashboard.jspa) to have this user renamed to something that is less likely to clash with commonly used names.
You could even supply a patch :-)))