Would it not be simpler to just add a new user, then assume this new user's identity?
What code would I use to get one user to assume another user's identity? Ilan > -----Original Message----- > From: Jeffery Painter [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: 11 May 2004 08:34 > To: Turbine Users List > Subject: Re: changing username while being logged in > > > > You may want to do some history searching on the mail list archives for > related issues with changing the username while logged in. > > TurbineSecurity I believe tries to do an update on the user once the user > logs out and if the user name has changed, it will think that it needs to > create a new user account (since it will default to finding an unmatched > username on your user object) > > most of the security service is related to the username as the primary > key, so you will need to be careful for putting together a solution that > does not create multiple users and instead just updates the username as > you wish. > > be sure to check if the username they wish to change to isn't being used > already, or it could cause even more problems. > > related thread from the past: > > http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=turbine-user&m=104405212018687&w=2 > > just looking at your code, it looks like you are attempting to remove the > user before updating the user.. I don't think this is what you want to do > > Jeff Painter > > > On Tue, 11 May 2004, Ilan Azbel wrote: > > > Hello, > > > > Is it possible for users to change their own username while > being logged in? > > If so, how? > > > > I do the following with little success (truncated version): > > > > TurbineSecurity.removeUser(u); > > org.apache.turbine.om.security.TurbineUser NewUser = new > > org.apache.turbine.om.security.TurbineUser(); > > NewUser.setEmail("[EMAIL PROTECTED]"); > > NewUser.setFirstName("ilan"); > > NewUser.setLastName("azbel"); > > NewUser.setUserName("newusername"); > > TurbineSecurity.addUser(NewUser, pp.getString("Password")); > > TurbineSecurity.grant(NewUser, TurbineSecurity.getGlobalGroup(), > > > TurbineSecurity.getRole("turbine_root")); > > data.setUser(TurbineSecurity.getAuthenticatedUser(NewUser.getUserName(), > > "pwd"); > > > > Ilan > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
