0005417: Can't set the real name to the login name - MantisBT - Signup temporarily disabled due to spam

ID	Project	Category	View Status	Date Submitted	Last Update

0005417	mantisbt	administration	public	2005-04-09 16:53	2005-04-18 10:18

Reporter	csaba	Assigned To	thraxisp
Priority	normal	Severity	minor	Reproducibility	always
Status	closed	Resolution	fixed
Product Version	0.19.2
Fixed in Version	1.0.0a1

Summary	0005417: Can't set the real name to the login name
Description	At bugs.mantisbt.org, I have just created an account with user name csaba. If I attempt to set the real name to Csaba, then I get an error: APPLICATION ERROR #807 The "Real Name" chosen matches another user's login name. Please choose another. This is factually incorrect and also doesn't seem reasonable from a user's point of veiw. Why shouldn't my real name be able to match my login name?
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grangeway 2005-04-09 17:03 reporter ~0009773	The 'idea' behind 'real name' is that you use it to store someones "firstname surname" combination. Some people then wanted to publically display this information INSTEAD of someone's username. I made the argument that if you had mantis configured to show real name if present, else username (like in the bugtracker @ bugs.mantisbt.org), you could impersonate another user by setting your real name to match that user's username. Hence, you can't set realname to match a login name. At the same time as your login name is 'csaba' and your realname would normally be 2 words (first / surname), if you was using your full realname, it wouldn't be an issue. I hope this makes some sense. Paul

thraxisp 2005-04-09 17:50 reporter ~0009775	Actually, YOUR username and realname would be allowed to match, but your realname cannot match anyone elses username. I think that this is broken in CVS HEAD.

thraxisp 2005-04-09 18:02 reporter ~0009776	Fixed in CVS, comparison in error. core/user_api.php -> 1.94