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

[Otto]

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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