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On Wed, May 20, 2015 at 9:09 PM, Damith Senanayake <[email protected]> wrote:

> sure Dulanja,
>
> I'm not sure if I am phrasing it correctly. Think of it this way, for the
> purposes within the IDP (in this case the IS) we always draw user
> information from the data-stores. Other than the caches, the persistent
> information about users are linked to the key of the user identifier
> (currently the user name). So suppose you want to get a certain default
> claim value (for example), you refer to that information by the username.
> So if the username changes, still, you're referring to the same entry, as
> the reference within the IDP has changed.
>
> However, if there is an identity client who tries to access the user
> information, after storing it with themselves, and the username changes
> from the end of the IDP, the client now has no way of knowing that the
> username is changed. Therefore the next time the client tries to refer to
> the same user's information through the IDP, the IDP will not know what the
> ID Client is asking about as it is now no longer the reference for that
> user.
>
> Needless to say, I dived in to the code fairly recently, and this is the
> idea that I got, do correct me if I am wrong. :)
>
>
>
>
> The above diagram shows the current scenario. So if the username changes
> in the IDP, the client doesn't get to call on the information, right?
>
> So what we're trying to do is this...
>
> So this uid to/from username mapping is the one that we have to implement
> (I think). Is there any better way to go about it?
>
>
>
>
> On Wed, May 20, 2015 at 4:34 PM, Dulanja Liyanage <[email protected]>
> wrote:
>
>> Hi Damith,
>>
>> Can you please clarify what are "internal references" and "external
>> references"? An example would be helpful.
>>
>> Thanks,
>> Dulanja
>>
>> On Wed, May 20, 2015 at 4:17 PM, Damith Senanayake <[email protected]>
>> wrote:
>>
>>> Hi everyone,
>>>
>>> Currently the User Management aspects of the WSO2 Carbon platform
>>> doesn't provide the ability to rename the existing users. Currently all
>>> internal and external references to a user entry in a User Store is done by
>>> accessing the user entry by its "UserName" attribute. Therefore, the issue
>>> arises, when the UserName attribute is changed, although it may not affect
>>> internal references, the external references will not be able to map to the
>>> same user.
>>>
>>> I am currently implementing a feature to be able to change the username
>>> of a user. With this, the references to a user shall be done externally
>>> using a unique user identifier ("uid") and for internal references, the
>>> same username attribute can be used without an issue.
>>>
>>> I would be grateful for any comments and guidelines regarding the
>>> matter, as I wish to implement this as my training project.
>>>
>>> Thanks,
>>>
>>> --
>>> *-Damith Senanayake-*
>>> +94712205272
>>>
>>
>>
>>
>> --
>> Thanks & Regards,
>> Dulanja Liyanage
>> WSO2 Inc.
>> M: +94776764717
>>
>
>
>
> --
> *-Damith Senanayake-*
> +94712205272
>



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