Re: weird user / authenticate happenings
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texte = Is the database being committed after you update the username?I have a similar setup on my site and it works for me.Matt PerosiLester Emo wrote:> is this unusual or is it me . . .>> a person creates their own username/password combo> user = 1955> pass = emo>> login with browser based authenitication is a-ok>> BUT> I really need to have the username appear like this> (I need the first letter of the first and last name and then I need to add> the end letter depending on what kind of user this would be)>> user = le1955v> pass = emo>> If I access my user data in my admin pages and change the username to le1955v> no luck, can't login at all>> user = le1955v> pass = emo these won't work>> Am I NOT able to change a username after its been written to a db??>> That makes no sense though because if I go back into my admin pages and> change le1955v to 1955 all works well again, so I am able to make> changes to the username>> I reloaded, rebooted, flushed etc . . .> same results each time.> I am not using users.db for these users, but another database vc_members.db>> reloaded, rebooted, flushed etc . . .> but it all appears a-ok when I access the user info in my admin pages>> I just tried it al again with the same results.> arghhh>> lester>> -------------------------------------------------------------> This message is sent to you because you are subscribed to> the mailing list
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Is the database being committed after you update the username?I have a similar setup on my site and it works for me.Matt PerosiLester Emo wrote:> is this unusual or is it me . . .>> a person creates their own username/password combo> user = 1955> pass = emo>> login with browser based authenitication is a-ok>> BUT> I really need to have the username appear like this> (I need the first letter of the first and last name and then I need to add> the end letter depending on what kind of user this would be)>> user = le1955v> pass = emo>> If I access my user data in my admin pages and change the username to le1955v> no luck, can't login at all>> user = le1955v> pass = emo these won't work>> Am I NOT able to change a username after its been written to a db??>> That makes no sense though because if I go back into my admin pages and> change le1955v to 1955 all works well again, so I am able to make> changes to the username>> I reloaded, rebooted, flushed etc . . .> same results each time.> I am not using users.db for these users, but another database vc_members.db>> reloaded, rebooted, flushed etc . . .> but it all appears a-ok when I access the user info in my admin pages>> I just tried it al again with the same results.> arghhh>> lester>> -------------------------------------------------------------> This message is sent to you because you are subscribed to> the mailing list .> To unsubscribe, E-mail to: > To switch to the DIGEST mode, E-mail to > Web Archive of this list is at: http://webdna.smithmicro.com/-------------------------------------------------------------This message is sent to you because you are subscribed to the mailing list .To unsubscribe, E-mail to: To switch to the DIGEST mode, E-mail to Web Archive of this list is at: http://webdna.smithmicro.com/
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