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.