I searched the forum and could not find an answer, although I did find a solution for those using the Secure Password Lookup Mod- which I do not have.

I want the UserNames to be case sensitive- If someone signs up as "Tom", I do not want "TOM" or ToM" to be allowed as valid UserNames to any body else that signs up. "Tom1" or "tom2", etc should be allowed. Thanks.

The codes that JPDeni posted in the following Thread (have nothing to do with the Secure Password Mod) will do what you want:

http://www.gossamer-threads.com/...ew=&sb=&vc=1

Simple matter of editing the auth.pl!

Regards,

Eliot Lee

That was the thread I was refering to. I tried changing the code in auth.pl as suggested by JPDeni, but it doesn't do what I want. That code will allow the user "tom" to login using "TOM", "Tom", or "ToM"- and works fine. But, I can still create new users of all the above variations of the name "tom"- which is want I don't want. I believe the other code in the thread has to do with a dbman mod.

I might be way off here, but I thought I might need to modify the following code (found in the sub_signup) of db.cgi

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 = "Requested User Name is unavailable");
}

I am assuming that this is the code that compares the requested Username to those already in the password file.

Thanks
Tom

Try:

open (PASS, "<$auth_pw_file") or &cgierr ("unable to open: $auth_pw_file.\nReason: $!");
if ($db_use_flock) { flock(PASS, 1); }
while (<PASS>) {
/^\Q$in{'userid'}\E:/i and ($message = "Requested User Name is unavailable");
}

Installs:http://www.wiredon.net/gt/
MODS:http://wiredon.net/gt/download.shtml

Thanks- that was the solution I was looking for and it appears to be working fine. I also changed the same code in the admin function to prevent the admin from doing the same thing.

open (PASS, "<$auth_pw_file") or &cgierr ("unable to open: $auth_pw_file.\nReason: $!");
if ($db_use_flock) { flock(PASS, 1); }
while (<PASS>) {
/^\Q$in{'userid'}\E:/i and ($message = "Requested User Name is unavailable");
}

This was the first time I've posted a question to the forum- I can usually find what I need by seaching or by going to the Unofficial FAQ Site for DBMan. Many thanks for the speedy replies.

Tom