SID-01161: After upgrade users and logins do not seem to match up

Status:	Answered	TWiki version:	5.0.1	Perl version:
Category:	CategoryAccessControl	Server OS:	CentOS	Last update:	14 years ago

We are upgrading from 4.1 to the latest. I followed all the upgrade instructions but when I login it shows me as logged in as cmarzilli and not ChrisMarzilli. In users I see my wiki name and login correctly listed

ChrisMarzilli - cmarzilli

When I click the account link in the top right hand corner it takes me to:

http://twiki2/twiki/bin/edit/Main/Cmarzilli?topicparent=Main.TWikiUsers;nowysiwyg=0

I would expect it to take me to: http://twiki2/twiki/bin/view/Main/ChrisMarzilli

Since (I think) TWiki doesn't see me as ChrisMarzilli but some other user "Cmarzilli" none of our security works meaning I can't actually edit anything.

This is happening for all users. Does anyone know whats going on?

-- ChristopherMarzilli - 2011-05-03

Discussion and Answer

If you use the default TWiki internal password manager and user mapping manager, your Main.TWikiUsers topic has the data to map between login name and WikiWord name. Make sure you migrate that topic over to the new installation. If you use an external authentication such as LDAP you need to configure TWiki/LDAP to map from login name to WikiName. See related SID-01166.

-- PeterThoeny - 2011-05-08

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