When a person (or an Admin) creates a new user record I need a case insensitive
search to make sure the username isn't already in use. I found a good thread
on that at
http://www.gossamer-threads.com/...e%20username;#181947
(I hope that url works, the subject line is " Re: case sensitive usernames")
A post, dated Aug 13, 1999, by JPDeni, goes into terrific detail on this
and says to make changes in two places: sub change_password and
sub signup but I can't find sub change_password at all.
I am using code dbMan Version: 2.05
In db.cgi I found this (but can't figure out how to change it):
sub signup {
# --------------------------------------------------------
# Allows a user to sign up without admin approval. Must have $auth_signup = 1
# set. The user gets @default_permissions.
#
my $message;
# Check to make sure userid is ok, pw ok, and userid is unique.
unless ((length($in{'userid'}) >= 3) and (length($in{'userid'}) <= 12) and ($in{'userid'} =~ /^[a-zA-Z0-9]+$/)) {
$message = "Invalid userid: $in{'userid'}. Must only contain only letters and be less then 12 and greater then 3 characters.";
}
unless ((length($in{'pw'}) >= 3) and (length($in{'pw'}) <= 12)) {
$message = "Invalid pw: '$in{'pw'}'. Must be less then 12 and greater then 3 characters.";
}
open (PASS, "<$auth_pw_file") or &cgierr ("unable to open: $auth_pw_file.\nReason: $!");
if ($db_use_flock) { flock(PASS, 1); }
while (<PASS>) {
/^\Q$in{'userid'}\E:/ and ($message = "userid already exists. Please try another.");
}
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If it's helpful, I've placed my files at
ftp://coral.wcupa.edu/dbman
I appreciate any help any one can give me!
paula
search to make sure the username isn't already in use. I found a good thread
on that at
http://www.gossamer-threads.com/...e%20username;#181947
(I hope that url works, the subject line is " Re: case sensitive usernames")
A post, dated Aug 13, 1999, by JPDeni, goes into terrific detail on this
and says to make changes in two places: sub change_password and
sub signup but I can't find sub change_password at all.
I am using code dbMan Version: 2.05
In db.cgi I found this (but can't figure out how to change it):
Code:
------------------------------------------------------------------------------- sub signup {
# --------------------------------------------------------
# Allows a user to sign up without admin approval. Must have $auth_signup = 1
# set. The user gets @default_permissions.
#
my $message;
# Check to make sure userid is ok, pw ok, and userid is unique.
unless ((length($in{'userid'}) >= 3) and (length($in{'userid'}) <= 12) and ($in{'userid'} =~ /^[a-zA-Z0-9]+$/)) {
$message = "Invalid userid: $in{'userid'}. Must only contain only letters and be less then 12 and greater then 3 characters.";
}
unless ((length($in{'pw'}) >= 3) and (length($in{'pw'}) <= 12)) {
$message = "Invalid pw: '$in{'pw'}'. Must be less then 12 and greater then 3 characters.";
}
open (PASS, "<$auth_pw_file") or &cgierr ("unable to open: $auth_pw_file.\nReason: $!");
if ($db_use_flock) { flock(PASS, 1); }
while (<PASS>) {
/^\Q$in{'userid'}\E:/ and ($message = "userid already exists. Please try another.");
}
--------------------
If it's helpful, I've placed my files at
ftp://coral.wcupa.edu/dbman
I appreciate any help any one can give me!
paula
case insensitive user name