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Someone registered with same name as me
Topic Started: Aug 11 2008, 01:55 PM (521 Views)
Spathis
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I'm the admin of my board and somehow someone registered an account with the same name as mine. How did he do this?
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reaper the hedeghog
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can you provide a link to your siite?
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Spathis
Aug 11 2008, 01:55 PM
I'm the admin of my board and somehow someone registered an account with the same name as mine. How did he do this?
Can your member change their username by them self?
If so change it so they won't
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Hoshi (S)
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Name changes can only be done via the ACP; it is not a feature for members on IF.
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Spathis
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I looked at the html and it looks like he used a weird S. It shows up as "-S" in the html. I guess it's not exactly the same name.
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He likely used HTML entities to mimic your username.

You can still change his username if you'd like.
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Spathis
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How do I prevent usernames containing HTML entities from being used?
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Silver Surfer
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If a user is trying to register with your name, they will get a message saying that, that name is already in use and to pick another name.
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Spathis
Aug 13 2008, 01:17 PM
How do I prevent usernames containing HTML entities from being used?
I am not sure if it is even possible. Try banning &nbsp ; (no space between the p and the ; ) in the ACP>Ban Settings>Banned User Names.
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natyrox
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If it was an honest mistake, speak to him and ask him nicely to change it to avoid confusing other users.


If he did it to intentionally trick users into thinking he's an admin, ban him quick.
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