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

[Eric Mann]

Actually, I haven't seen that exact problem since I don't store passwords in
Chrome (I use it on a shared machine and I don't want anyone but me to have
my passwords - particularly since Chrome will show them in plaintext if you
know where to look).  But you did point out a larger issue; namely that some
forms of capitalization/camelcase will work with usernames and others will
fail.

On Thu, Dec 23, 2010 at 6:59 AM, Doug Stewart <zamoose at gmail.com> wrote:

> 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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