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OpenMediaVault

NAS solution based on Debian Linux.

Table of contents

1. TL;DR
2. Make other users administrators
3. Remove access for the default admin user
4. Further readings
5. Sources

TL;DR

# Install OMV-Extras.
wget -O - 'https://github.com/OpenMediaVault-Plugin-Developers/packages/raw/master/install' | bash

Make other users administrators

Just add the user to the openmediavault-admin group:

gpasswd -a 'me' 'openmediavault-admin'
usermod -aG 'openmediavault-admin' 'me'

Remove access for the default admin user

Only do this after you created another user and made it an admin.

From the safest to the less safe option:

1. Lock the account:

   chage -E0 'admin'
   

2. Remove it from the openmediavault-admin group:

   gpasswd -d 'admin' 'openmediavault-admin'
   deluser 'admin' 'openmediavault-admin'
   

3. Delete it completely:

   userdel -r 'admin'
   deluser 'admin'
   

Further readings

• Website
• Debian
• Proxmox
• OMV-Extras
• Disks maintenance

Sources

All the references in the further readings section, plus the following:

• How to lock or disable an user account