[TYPO3-dev] BE: usernames must not start with an exclamation mark?

[Dmitry Dulepov]

Hi!

Uschi Renziehausen wrote:
> I do not know whether this is a bug or not, therefore I ask here before
> reporting the issue.
> 
> In my local installation I have a few testusers with the naming scheme
> !something. If I try to login as such a user it does not work. Is this a
> bug or am I just ignorant of certain naming rules for BE usernames?

It must be a bug. User name is defined in the be_users table as 'nospace,lower,unique,required', which does not any restrictions on the character level (except space).

Btw, if not a big secret, why do use '!'? :) Is it for VIPs? :) (! = VIP, !! = VVIP, ...)

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Dmitry Dulepov
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