[wp-hackers] .Org login w/Chrome issues?

Otto otto at ottodestruct.com
Wed Dec 22 20:14:48 UTC 2010


Hmm.. If I log in under Firefox with bad case, then I get the same
thing. I think Chrome is doing something tricky to hide it from me.

Anyway, yes, bbPress is case sensitive:
http://wpdevel.wordpress.com/2010/08/27/i-upgraded-the-wp-org-plugins-directory/#comment-10009

-Otto



On Wed, Dec 22, 2010 at 2:09 PM, Eric Mann <eric at eam.me> wrote:
> When I try to log in with any other case format of my username (ericmann), I
> get dumped on the Log in Failed page with the following message:
>
> This username does not exist. Register
> it?<http://wordpress.org/support/register.php?user=ericmanN>
>
> <http://wordpress.org/support/register.php?user=ericmanN>
>
> On Wed, Dec 22, 2010 at 12:00 PM, Otto <otto at ottodestruct.com> wrote:
>
>> I have not looked at the code, but I was able to log in as Otto42,
>> otto42, even OTTO42 without any difficulties.
>>
>> Usernames have case, but are not case-sensitive.
>>
>> -Otto
>>
>>
>>
>> On Wed, Dec 22, 2010 at 12:48 PM, Eric Mann <eric at eam.me> wrote:
>> > Two things:
>> > 1) I just successfully tested using capital letters in a username on the
>> > Support Forums using Google Chrome.  It had no issues with the capital
>> > letters (it did not force the username to be lowercase) ... so you're
>> > running in to some other issue there.
>> >
>> > 2) I'm concerned that usernames are not case insensitive.  My username is
>> > "ericmann" ... but someone could have "Ericmann" or "EricMann"?  This
>> could
>> > cause some serious identity issues if people intentionally copy usernames
>> > ... have we always been case sensitive in the forums, or is this a result
>> of
>> > a previous update?
>> >
>> > On Wed, Dec 22, 2010 at 10:31 AM, Doug Stewart <zamoose at gmail.com>
>> wrote:
>> >
>> >> Here's a silly question:
>> >> Does case matter in .Org usernames? (Evidence points to: "emphatic
>> >> yes".) I was trying to log in to the Support fora using Google Chrome
>> >> just now and it seems as though Chrome forces usernames to be lower
>> >> case, yet my .Org username has capital letters in it. So, no joy in
>> >> Mudville on Chrome. I guess "ZaMoose" and "zamoose" are considered to
>> >> be two separate accounts, right?
>> >>
>> >> So, long and the short of it is: what can be done to allow me to use
>> >> the fora + Chrome? Can I somehow associate the lower-cased version of
>> >> the user name with my existing account, or am I just out of luck?
>> >>
>> >> --
>> >> -Doug
>> >> @zamoose
>> >> http://literalbarrage.org/blog/
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