Asus This account already exists. Please enter a different name.

[panpanbebe]

Recently I want to change default account "admin" password, when I applied it, it gave me this error message "This account already exists. Please enter a different name." I am using different account to access router, is there a way to use SSH to change default admin password? I don't want to factory reset the router?

 

[dave14305]

See this post for ideas to pursue:

USB Application Accounts messed up RT-AC86U

I have a USB disk that I use for backups. I noticed that the account I was using no longer works for accessing the Samba (SMB) share. I can create another test account and it works fine. This isn't an SMB 1.0/Windows issue. Firmware 3.0.0.4.384.81992 RT-AC86U The way it was originally...

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