How to change the URL to the admin-interface?

[bailey87]

For safety reasons, I want to change the URL to the admin-interface...

what I mean:
I want to rename the "serendipity_admin.php"

Is it possible?

Regards,
bailey87

[garvinhicking]

Yes, you can do that. Then you also need to edit every PHP file from Serendipity and replace "serendipity_admin.php" with your new URL.

You will also need to check/edit every plugin file from s9y to change this path, or some plugins might work no longer.

Of course, when you update s9y the next time you must do those changes every time again.

We use a hardcoded URL because this is much easier for plugins to access the admin panel.

Serendipity's login is safe, and "security through obscurity" has never worked. So what you're planning to do is not very clever, since it doesn't prevent anything.

Best regards,
Garvin