Should I keep the truenas_admin user?

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… or should I delete it?

From the docs:

The default TrueNAS administrator account name changes from admin to truenas_admin in TrueNAS 24.10 (Electric Eel) fresh installations.

I have a separate “Full Admin” account that I use for the WebUI.

My root and truenas_admin accounts are both passwordless and ssh-disabled; I sudo from my main account whenever necessary.

Does truenas_admin get any special treatment by the system? Any reason to keep it?

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Having import my previous config from Core into a fresh Scale install, the truenas_admin has been deleted: despite some initial trouble setting up a new non root user (at the time i didn’t set a valid home folder for this user) everything Is working fine… So i can suppose Is not mandatory until you have another admin user

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I want to delete the truanas_admin and there is just no option for that…

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I also want to del the user truenas_admin, so I can set it up again and bind him to another GID, or is there a way to change the primary user group?

I want GID 3000 for truenas_admin and not 3004.

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According to the TrueNAS documentation, you should set up your own administrative user by creating a new user and giving the account Full Admin privileges.

There is no need to delete or change the original truenas_admin account. You can disable the password if you don’t want that account to be available.

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Thanks for the reply. Disabling the password for truenas_admin is not possible, but I disabled all access-possibilities except SMB, because this attribute cannot be changed.

I created a new user with a new group for admin now.

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Why not? You just need to log in as another full admin user, edit truenas_admin, uncheck Allow Access options and select Disable Password. I just tested and it works fine for me.

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Edit: Having SMB Access selected seems to disable the Disable Password option. I’m surprised you have it enabled because in 25.10 the same logic preventing you from disabling SMB access also prevents enabling it on that account. Did you enable SMB access for truenas_admin in an earlier version?

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That’s how it looks on my TrueNAS:

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Maybe show screenshots of the USER and GROUPS pages so we can see the group numbers etc. You might have a conflict with a default setting?

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I don’t think you can delete the default admin or the root users. you can only disable them by disabling the password when logged in another full admin. The system will also not let you delete the logged in user.

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