create superuser message in web interface is not very user friendly

[Dustin Kirkland ]

The "welcome message" you see, the first time you log into the MAAS web interface is an ornery demand that you need to create an administrative user.  This should have been handled by the MAAS packaging itself.  The default username/password for most any router or network appliance these days is admin/admin.  I'd recommend we do the same, and of course allow for debconf/preseeding automated changes.  At the very least, the username should be hardcoded to "admin", and the password dropped into a root-readable configuration file in /etc.  In any case, this is most certainly *not* a user-friendly way of doing things.

[Launchpad Janitor (janitor)]

Status changed to 'Confirmed' because the bug affects multiple users.

[Ryan Beisner (1chb1n)]

See also related bug 1272011.
https://bugs.launchpad.net/maas/+bug/1272011

[Julian Edwards (julian-edwards)]

I am not convinced that a default password is useful; in fact it is a security risk.

I would have the packaging ask the user in a debconf question, as per the other bug, and if not supplied fall back to the page that we have now.