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

[Doug Stewart]

Interesting. When I registered my username way back in the day, I
registered it CamelCase -- i.e., ZaMoose. Trac, etc. take the
lowercased username just fine, but the forums don't.

Additionally, the reason Chrome doesn't seem to be working appears to
be in their implementation of form auto-complete. Even if I enter
"ZaMoose", since it has a password saved for "zamoose" at
wordpress.org, it will automatically downcase the username and cause
my login to fail. (This is Chrome on a Mac -- I don't know whether
Windows and Linux versions are thus-afflicted.)


On Wed, Dec 22, 2010 at 3:12 PM, Eric Mann <eric at eam.me> wrote:
> Scratch that.  The following usernames will allow me to log in:
>
>   - ericmann
>   - Ericmann
>   - ERICMANN
>
> I also did a quick test, and it appears that it's only strange camel casing
> that breaks the login:
>
>   - EricMann does not work
>   - ericmanN does not work
>
> So there's some inconsistency with the system ...
>
> On Wed, Dec 22, 2010 at 12:09 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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-- 
-Doug