Each time the Discourse container is rebuilt the System account user name reverts to “system”. Is it possible to change it permanently to something else?
Changing the system username isn’t recommended, it may lead to problems such as site breakage, my question is why do you want to change it?
Since the default System user sends automated messages to other users, I wanted do give it a more friendly name. Should I rather create a new user and list it as “site contact username”?
That’s what the setting is for!
Is the setting safe? @Noah751’s comment here and an earlier topic both mention potential problems, though it isn’t clear if those problems actually still exist:
I can see that I can do it, but I’m not confident that it’s safe to do so. Does anybody have any more recent info on this?
Thanks.
I haven’t heard much discussion about this in a while, I still don’t think it is safe to change the system username.
Specifying an alternative account is safe, altering system is not.
Be aware that if you specify a new user that isn’t a person you will need to check the PMs and stuff, otherwise users could interact with it and never get a response.
Part of why system is looks and is named the way it is serves to deter such stuff.
我们的讨论是西班牙语，而 system 看起来一点也不友好。我用我们社区的名字创建了一个新账户，它看起来像 system（阻碍互动），但更友好。
我看到 system 启用了私信功能，所以任何人都可以向该账户发送消息。也许进行全局重命名是一个值得考虑的不错建议。
这只是个人看法。
您可以重命名系统账户。
编辑：哎呀，但不行。
我想您需要做的是更改“站点联系人用户名”，我想您做的就是这个。
但我读到过这并不推荐，而且我发现每次重建都会将名称改回 system。
是的，我改了，但在一些重要主题（如服务条款或指南）中，system 仍然显示。
我认为全局翻译至少对非英语用户来说会很有帮助，这样可以保持该账户的安全（无需重命名）。使用新账户可能会引发一些我们不希望出现的互动（如私信、提及等）。