Default User

Currently, we have one main user, also called default user, or admin. All the others are regular users.

The default user is the first created user within the install routine.

Manage

The default user is always an administrator.

It is impossible to demote or disable the user.

Anonymous reading mode

The default user is used for the anonymous reading.

How to enable the anonymous reading mode:

• go to settings Administration → Authentication
• enable the checkbox of Allow anonymous reading of the default user’s articles
• when no user is logged in then the feeds of the default user is shown

Change the default user

There is no UI for changing the default user, but a CLI (./cli/reconfigure.php --default_user YourNewAdmin) is provided. It can also be changed manually by editing the text file ./FreshRSS/data/config.php and changing 'default_user' => 'alice', to the desired user.