Question

Hi,

I would like to know how a user can be registered in the same name as the one that was already registered and deleted.

To delete a user, I removed the line containing the username from .htpasswd file in twiki/data folder. I removed the username from TwikiUsers topic.

When I try to recreate the user with the same name, it gives me the following message :

You are already registered You cannot register twice, the name 'Test1User' is already registered. Did you want to reset Test1User's password?

Alternatively go back in your browser and choose a different username

Is there a way i can register again with the same username. This normally happens in a intranet environment where people register in a name that's already available / deleted. Any help is appreciated

Thanks, Anitha

Environment

-- AnithaMadhan - 27 Jul 2007

Answer

If you answer a question - or someone answered one of your questions - please remember to edit the page and set the status to answered. The status selector is below the edit box.

As a third component of registration every user gets "his own" hometopic, in your example Main.Test1User. To allow re-registration under the same name, you need to delete this topic, too.

TWiki.ManagingUsers has a section about "Removing User Accounts", explaining this step as "optional". It is declared optional because often you will want to retain this topic, so that old references to the name which may exist in some topics still get resolved.

-- HaraldJoerg - 27 Jul 2007