[rt-users] User email address bug(s)

[David Chandek-Stark]

https://rt.cpan.org/Public/Bug/Display.html?id=70641

Thanks,
David

-----Original Message-----
From: rt-users-bounces at lists.bestpractical.com [mailto:rt-users-bounces at lists.bestpractical.com] On Behalf Of Kevin Falcone
Sent: Wednesday, August 31, 2011 10:57 AM
To: rt-users at lists.bestpractical.com
Subject: Re: [rt-users] User email address bug(s)

On Tue, Aug 30, 2011 at 09:11:05PM +0000, David Chandek-Stark wrote:
> MergeUsers 0.04 has the same problem -- I.e., with it enabled, if you 
> create a user, then manually change its email address to that of 
> another user, the second user's email gets wiped out (set to 0).

Sounds like a bug you should file against RT-Extension-MergeUsers

Directions are here:
https://rt.cpan.org/Public/Bug/Report.html?Queue=RT-Extension-MergeUsers

-kevin

> On 8/30/11 1:24 PM, "Kevin Falcone" <falcone at bestpractical.com> wrote:
> 
> >On Tue, Aug 30, 2011 at 03:24:23PM +0000, David Chandek-Stark wrote:
> >> Users were not merged.  Disabling extension resolves issue 
> >>(although can  still create new user with leading space in email).  
> >>I will try upgrading  extension.
> >
> >A leading space on email address even appears to work in 4.0 There 
> >isn't anywhere near enough validation of email addresses on manual 
> >user creation.
> >
> >-kevin
> >
> >
> >> On 8/30/11 10:47 AM, "Kevin Falcone" <falcone at bestpractical.com> wrote:
> >> 
> >> >On Tue, Aug 30, 2011 at 02:34:11PM +0000, David Chandek-Stark wrote:
> >> >> RT 3.8.5
> >> >> RT::Extension::MergeUsers 0.03
> >> >> 
> >> >> I have confirmed a case with this setup as follows:
> >> >> 
> >> >> User A - relevant history
> >> >>   - Tue Dec 07 13:43:34 2010 RT_System - User created
> >> >>   - Fri Aug 12 13:50:22 2011 RT_System - EmailAddress changed 
> >> >> from 'user at example.com' to ''
> >> >> 
> >> >> User B - relevant history
> >> >>   - Fri Aug 12 13:50:12 2011 privuser - User created
> >> >>   - Fri Aug 12 13:50:22 2011 privuser - EmailAddress changed from '
> >> >> user at example.com' to 'user at example.com'
> >> >
> >> >Presumably you've merged User A and User B?  Or is this a bug you 
> >> >see with unmerged users?  What happens when you disable the extension?
> >> >
> >> >> User B's email not only was allowed to be created with a leading
> >>space,
> >> >> but was then allowed to be changed to a value already in use by 
> >> >> User
> >>A
> >> >>--
> >> >> and set A's email to "0" (presumably  
> >> >>http://issues.bestpractical.com/Ticket/Display.html?id=15024).
> >> >> 
> >> >> Are these known bugs with RT 3.8.5 and/or MergeUsers 0.03?  I am 
> >> >>planning  to upgrade RT and MergeUsers, but would like to know 
> >> >>what's going on here.
> >> >
> >> >There were a large number of bugfixes in MergeUser 0.04, released 
> >> >last year.
> >> >
> >> >There have also been a large number of bugfixes since 3.8.5 was 
> >> >released 2 years ago.
> >> >
> >> >I've not seen your specific bug reported.
> >> >
> >> >-kevin
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