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How are we supposed to disable /setup after making an admin account on a newly created instance?

23 days ago by vercetti to c/fediverse

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I made my admin account, but I can still accept /setup which looks like it will allow any random user to make an admin account as well.

How do I fix this?

Edit: It turns out that creating the admin account doesn't work, even though the page is still there.

one_old_coder 8 points 23 days ago

Lemmy, PieFed, Mastodon?

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vercetti 7 points 23 days ago

This is for Lemmy.

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one_old_coder 10 points 23 days ago

I don't see any guide talking about that. I would try some kind of Htaccess to prevent people from using /setup.

It feels like a bandaid, but on the other hand I have never seen a "server application" where URLs like /setup can selfdestruct after one use.

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OpenStars 0 points 23 days ago

You might try PieFed's setup process also - its reputedly very streamlined.

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Die4Ever 2 points 22 days ago

I don't think it does anything once the first admin account is created

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hexagonwin 2 points 22 days ago

even lemmy.ml operated by its devs have /setup exposed and not working, i think its fine

if it bothers you block or redirect the url on your web server's config

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frongt 2 points 23 days ago

Does it actually work?

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vercetti 2 points 22 days ago

Thanks. I just tried it out and it actually doesn't work. The page is still there which is annoying, but at least it can't be exploited to give random people admin accounts.

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