Admin Backend Login

[kieran-s]

When you sign in/register via steam login, and then go to access the admin panel, it prompts you to enter your username & password, except that since you signed in with steam, you don't exactly have a password on the site to use.

Is there a way to use the steam login for the admin panel as well? or...

[TsunaMoo]

Currently It seems best to make extra accounts for the admin panel.
I am not sure I want to change this. With the fact of extra account enhancing security I would definitly need additional login there. Cant skip it.

[kieran-s]

Perhaps an alternate way to auth for the backend? be it a "custom pin" or something which the user can set for their steam-linked account... or force re-auth with steam?

[Ryan4598]

Do you think it would be possible to make the account username their steam username (Not display name), then on initial login, require them to update their account password and email? Because then the admin login should work with their steam username and whatever password they set.

[TsunaMoo]

no since the username is the identifier from steam open auth. We really need to have that one stay what it is. If it isn't then login wont be possible.

[smt923]

I don't know how safe this is, but you can go to the admin cp (from your original user id 1 admin account), set your new account's password there, and then login to the admin panel with your steamid 64 and the password you set (for your "main" account logged in with steam), this seems to work okay for me and as far as I can tell is safe enough