A lot of my users would like to use "." in their userid; however, password validation fails when there is a "." in the userid.
Is there a quick code fix for this problem?
Cheers
Userid with "." period.
Forum rules
This forum is meant for general questions about the usability of OCS from an everyday user's perspective: conference managers, presenters, and directors are welcome to post questions here, as are librarians and other support staff. We welcome general questions about the role of OCS and how the workflow works, as well as specific function- or user-related questions.
What to do if you have general, workflow or usability questions about OCS:
1. Read the documentation. We've written documentation to cover from OCS basics to system administration and code development, and we encourage you to read it.
2. take a look at the tutorials. We will continue to add tutorials covering OCS basics as time goes on.
3. Post a question. Questions are always welcome here, but if it's a technical question you should probably post to the OCS Technical Support subforum; if you have a development question, try the OCS Development subforum.
This forum is meant for general questions about the usability of OCS from an everyday user's perspective: conference managers, presenters, and directors are welcome to post questions here, as are librarians and other support staff. We welcome general questions about the role of OCS and how the workflow works, as well as specific function- or user-related questions.
What to do if you have general, workflow or usability questions about OCS:
1. Read the documentation. We've written documentation to cover from OCS basics to system administration and code development, and we encourage you to read it.
2. take a look at the tutorials. We will continue to add tutorials covering OCS basics as time goes on.
3. Post a question. Questions are always welcome here, but if it's a technical question you should probably post to the OCS Technical Support subforum; if you have a development question, try the OCS Development subforum.
3 posts
• Page 1 of 1
Userid with "." period.
by billysundar » Fri Jun 18, 2010 5:44 pm
- billysundar
- Posts: 17
- Joined: Wed Aug 19, 2009 7:53 pm
Re: Userid with "." period.
by jmacgreg » Mon Jun 21, 2010 9:51 am
Hi Billy,
The class responsible for that validation check is lib/pkp/classes/form/validation/FormValidatorAlphaNum.inc.php. You can change the regex to allow "."s, but this will affect more than just the registration check, as this form validator is used elsewhere. You may want to create another validator class and call that from the registration page instead. There's also the custom validator class (FormValidatorCustom.inc.php), but I'm not entirely sure how that works myself. I'll ask a developer to chime in on this conversation as well. And note that there may be other side effects or security considerations if you allow other characters as part of the user name.
Cheers,
James
The class responsible for that validation check is lib/pkp/classes/form/validation/FormValidatorAlphaNum.inc.php. You can change the regex to allow "."s, but this will affect more than just the registration check, as this form validator is used elsewhere. You may want to create another validator class and call that from the registration page instead. There's also the custom validator class (FormValidatorCustom.inc.php), but I'm not entirely sure how that works myself. I'll ask a developer to chime in on this conversation as well. And note that there may be other side effects or security considerations if you allow other characters as part of the user name.
Cheers,
James
James MacGregor
PKP Support Team
--
Questions? Before posting, please try:
Advanced Forums Search
OJS and OCS Documentation
Video Tutorials
Visit #PKP on IRC!
PKP Support Team
--
Questions? Before posting, please try:
Advanced Forums Search
OJS and OCS Documentation
Video Tutorials
Visit #PKP on IRC!
- jmacgreg
- Posts: 4153
- Joined: Tue Feb 14, 2006 10:50 am
Re: Userid with "." period.
by mcrider » Wed Jun 23, 2010 11:28 am
Hi Billy,
You can follow James' advice and allow periods in the regex for FormValidatorAlphaNum, but the only place i see this causing a problem is in classes/admin/form/JournalSiteSettingsForm.inc.php--The form validator is used here to make sure the journal path in the url only uses valid characters and (AFAIK) a period will not work here. So--Just make sure you don't put periods in the journal path for any new journals you create and you should be golden!
Cheers,
Matt
You can follow James' advice and allow periods in the regex for FormValidatorAlphaNum, but the only place i see this causing a problem is in classes/admin/form/JournalSiteSettingsForm.inc.php--The form validator is used here to make sure the journal path in the url only uses valid characters and (AFAIK) a period will not work here. So--Just make sure you don't put periods in the journal path for any new journals you create and you should be golden!
Cheers,
Matt
Matthew Crider
Public Knowledge Project Team
Public Knowledge Project Team
- mcrider
- Posts: 952
- Joined: Mon May 05, 2008 10:29 am
- Location: Vancouver, BC
3 posts
• Page 1 of 1
Return to OCS Conference Support and Discussion
Who is online
Users browsing this forum: No registered users and 1 guest