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How to edit default admin credentials

I followed tutorial “Getting started after deploying Django” And i found that:

Step 3: Play in the admin area

The standard Django admin area is accessible at /admin. The login and password are stored in the DJANGO_USER* values you see when you call cat /root/.digitalocean_passwords while logged in over SSH.

The question - how can i change it values? Now i edited file and it is no results of this - login and password are old


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njw
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November 3, 2021
Accepted Answer

Hey there!

The file that contains those login credentials is actually just a text file. Editing that file wouldn’t change the password or user for the admin area. This would be done through the admin area of Django. Django Admin

Hope it helps! Nate

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