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author | Frédéric Buclin <LpSolit@gmail.com> | 2016-04-27 18:50:13 +0200 |
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committer | Frédéric Buclin <LpSolit@gmail.com> | 2016-04-27 18:50:13 +0200 |
commit | 3891b63a1eb52076337885487f251a10580a4a85 (patch) | |
tree | db1463894b756a6bb5114644feeec704ec886eb5 /docs/en/rst/administering/users.rst | |
parent | c44470a368465adfe329fcfc32492829a21878da (diff) | |
download | bugzilla-3891b63a1eb52076337885487f251a10580a4a85.tar.gz bugzilla-3891b63a1eb52076337885487f251a10580a4a85.tar.xz |
Bug 218917 - Allow the login name to be different from the email address
Original patch by Gervase Markham
r=gerv a=dkl
Diffstat (limited to 'docs/en/rst/administering/users.rst')
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1 files changed, 7 insertions, 7 deletions
diff --git a/docs/en/rst/administering/users.rst b/docs/en/rst/administering/users.rst index e32db2f05..7d5b33399 100644 --- a/docs/en/rst/administering/users.rst +++ b/docs/en/rst/administering/users.rst @@ -27,9 +27,7 @@ will appear in the Administration page. The first screen is a search form to search for existing user accounts. You can run searches based either on the user ID, real -name or login name (i.e. the email address, or just the first part -of the email address if the :param:`emailsuffix` parameter is set). -The search can be conducted +name, login name or email address. The search can be conducted in different ways using the listbox to the right of the text entry box. You can match by case-insensitive substring (the default), regular expression, a *reverse* regular expression @@ -55,13 +53,15 @@ Modifying Users Once you have found your user, you can change the following fields: -- *Login Name*: - This is generally the user's full email address. However, if you - have are using the :param:`emailsuffix` parameter, this may - just be the user's login name. Unless you turn off the +- *Email Address*: + This is the user's full email address. Unless you turn off the :param:`allowemailchange` parameter, users can change their login names themselves (to any valid email address). +- *Login Name*: + This is the user's login name, if it is (or can be) different from their email + address (i.e. if the "use_email_as_login" parameter is switched off). + - *Real Name*: The user's real name. Note that Bugzilla does not require this to create an account. |