From c50aa2dfe303b791c60051bb9eb762fa530d54d4 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: "CanbiZ (MickLesk)" <47820557+MickLesk@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Sun, 25 Oct 2026 14:19:46 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] Pterodactyl Panel: default the admin's first and last name
 when left empty (#18177)

---
 install/pterodactyl-panel-install.sh | 8 ++++----
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/install/pterodactyl-panel-install.sh b/install/pterodactyl-panel-install.sh
index ec9233707..34951f740 100644
--- a/install/pterodactyl-panel-install.sh
+++ b/install/pterodactyl-panel-install.sh
@@ -51,11 +51,11 @@ ADMIN_EMAIL="${var_pterodactyl_panel_admin_email:-}"
 [[ -n "$ADMIN_EMAIL" ]] || read -r -p "${TAB3}Provide an email address for admin login, this should be a valid email address: " ADMIN_EMAIL || true
 [[ -n "$ADMIN_EMAIL" ]] || { msg_error "No admin email given; set var_pterodactyl_panel_admin_email or answer the prompt"; exit 64; }
 NAME_FIRST="${var_pterodactyl_panel_first_name:-}"
-[[ -n "$NAME_FIRST" ]] || read -r -p "${TAB3}Enter your First Name: " NAME_FIRST || true
-[[ -n "$NAME_FIRST" ]] || { msg_error "No first name given; set var_pterodactyl_panel_first_name or answer the prompt"; exit 64; }
+[[ -n "$NAME_FIRST" ]] || read -r -p "${TAB3}Enter your First Name [Admin]: " NAME_FIRST || true
+NAME_FIRST="${NAME_FIRST:-Admin}"
 NAME_LAST="${var_pterodactyl_panel_last_name:-}"
-[[ -n "$NAME_LAST" ]] || read -r -p "${TAB3}Enter your Last Name: " NAME_LAST || true
-[[ -n "$NAME_LAST" ]] || { msg_error "No last name given; set var_pterodactyl_panel_last_name or answer the prompt"; exit 64; }
+[[ -n "$NAME_LAST" ]] || read -r -p "${TAB3}Enter your Last Name [User]: " NAME_LAST || true
+NAME_LAST="${NAME_LAST:-User}"
 
 fetch_and_deploy_gh_release "pterodactyl-panel" "pterodactyl/panel" "prebuild" "latest" "/opt/pterodactyl-panel" "panel.tar.gz"