Isn't there a workaround to change the userrights without hacking MediaWiki? I think I read about a method in which the @ is replaced by something on bugzilla but unfortunatly I can't find it again.
On Fri, Mar 13, 2009 at 9:52 PM, Brion Vibber <[email protected]> wrote: > On 3/13/09 7:17 AM, Lane, Ryan wrote: >>> Are usernames with an "@" in it not supported? >>> >> >> @ is not allowed in usernames (unfortunately). > > This is because @ is used as a separator between username and database > name when dealing with multi-wiki installations... In theory you could > hack it out and hope nothing goes wrong if you're not doing cross-wiki > user permission settings. :) > > -- brion > >> >> V/r, >> >> Ryan Lane >> >> _______________________________________________ >> MediaWiki-l mailing list >> [email protected] >> https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/mediawiki-l > > > _______________________________________________ > MediaWiki-l mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/mediawiki-l > _______________________________________________ MediaWiki-l mailing list [email protected] https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/mediawiki-l
