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Require unique username #193
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Commented by KSMarksPsych on 6 Oct 37436370 08:53 UTC Duplicate names do crop up. Just for fun, I did a user name search over at Seti for '''Administrator''' (as that seems to pop up in the forums occasionally. There are over 10000 members with that user name. This is an extreme example. But it does demonstrate how many duplicates can really pop up. |
Commented by Ageless on 19 Jun 37882287 20:26 UTC |
Commented by davea on 21 Apr 37883729 05:20 UTC |
Commented by MikeMarsUK on 10 Oct 37884934 13:46 UTC Perhaps rather than making it mandatory, it could be a hint to the user? "The username 'Administrator' is already in use by 12,345 other accounts, you may prefer to pick a different name to avoid confusion" |
Commented by Eric Myers on 26 Mar 38178164 16:26 UTC For backward compatibility, you could allow existing dupes, but just not let new accounts use an existing name, or a change to an already existing name. |
Commented by Nicolas on 22 Aug 40457912 15:06 UTC |
Reported by Eric Myers on 16 Jun 37375831 14:13 UTC
Right now anybody can change their displayed username to anything, which allows for spoofing as someone else in the forums. Displaying the id# under the name/avatar helps prevent this, but doesnt' stop it.
We should require that all usernames be unique. They can still be changed, but whenever a name is chosen or changed it cannot be a name already in use.
Migrated-From: http://boinc.berkeley.edu/trac/ticket/193
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