Re: [support] getting the underscore to be unusable in user names

On 8/1/07, Neil: esl-lounge.com neil@esl-lounge.com wrote:

I have run into trouble with the underscore. (concerning a mesh up between drupal and mediawiki)

I would like to find a way of getting the underscore on the "banned list" for drupal registrations. If I try and register a name such as "great!!!", I get a message saying:

"punctuation is not allowed except for periods, hyphens and underscores"

I would like to make it impossible for underscores. Is this just a case of altering something in user.module?

That seems to be function user_validate_name() in user module. Forbidding something (and not allowing something) should be safe.

many thanks in advance

Neil

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