0006235: Impossible to select a user with empty user name - MantisBT

ID	Project	Category	View Status	Date Submitted	Last Update

0006235	mantisbt	administration	public	2005-09-11 18:13	2008-08-11 09:42

Reporter	brunob	Assigned To	grangeway
Priority	normal	Severity	minor	Reproducibility	always
Status	closed	Resolution	fixed
Product Version	1.0.0rc2
Fixed in Version	1.2.0a2

Summary	0006235: Impossible to select a user with empty user name
Description	I was editing a user's properties, I have entered an empty user name and confirmed. Since then it is not possible to select the user to edit its properties again.
Additional Information	I tried the empty user name becouse I have not yet understood how to set Mantis for an anonymous access (so that it takes directly to ne main page without askin for login)
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vboctor 2005-09-12 07:22 manager ~0011369	The user must not be allowed to set the user name to an empty string. This will need to be fixed. However, you will probably need to fix this user manually in your database using a tool like phpMyAdmin. To setup Mantis for anonymous access, you will need to do the following: Create a user with the name "anonymous" or something similar. Give the user the rights you want the anonymous users to have. Set $g_allow_anonymous_login = ON in config_inc.php. Set $g_anonymous_account = 'anonymous' or whatever name you have chosen in the first step.

grangeway 2008-07-30 19:44 reporter ~0018942	Additional check added to user_name_is_valid to ensure a username can't be empty string (in case where the default regex is modified)