When setting up Umbrel, it asks you to enter your name. It says that this is kept secret. But is it safe to enter your real name?

[image] How can I change my Username? Support and Troubleshooting It is not possible to do so from the UI yet. If you don’t mind use the terminal, you can SSH into your Pi: ssh -t umbrel@umbrel.local (The password is your da…

You can enter your real name, it won’t show up anywhere publicly just for you. But you don’t need to use a real name. Use a pseudonym.

Just curious, is there a guide to change this? I assume there is a way.

That’s what I was thinking too. There must be a way to change one’s user name, no?

How can I change my Username? echo “$( jq ‘.name = “NEWNAME”’ ~/umbrel/db/user.json )” > ~/umbrel/db/user.json Worked a charm! thx

Setting up Umbrel, using your real name

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saxtron3000 December 14, 2021, 10:30am 6

Worked a charm! thx

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