How did this user.. create the same username?

[Rahstyles]

I for one dont understand it.. is he a hacker?

He created and registered a user acount name that was already in use.. and yes.. i checked many times.. if the user name had diffrent letters or space.. and i even tried to do it myself .. but all i get is "invald username or already in use" so how did he do it? is this a attack.. or a bug that needs to be patched up? 4.14

--------------- Added 1312021263 at 1312021263 ---------------

Anybody know?

[Videx]

Maybe some sort of hidden character? You don't allow HTML in usernames do you?

Anyway unless you can reproduce it there's no point in claiming it's a bug. Just ban the guy, or change his name for him. I wouldn't worry unless it starts happening a lot.

[Boofo]

You need to add this to the Options -> User Registration Options -> Illegal User Names to fix that.

# &

[Videx]

You need to add this to the Options -> User Registration Options -> Illegal User Names to fix that.

# &Done, just because I trust you. But can you explain to a non-coder what it is we're banning here? With a space between these characters I assume this is two separate entries. But what's the point?

[Boofo]

Done, just because I trust you. But can you explain to a non-coder what it is we're banning here? With a space between these characters I assume this is two separate entries. But what's the point?

This is supposed to stop the same username issue. There was a thread on the com a while back about this very same thing and this was the fix that was posted for it. I don't remember exactly where the thread is or what the full explanation was, but apparently it did fix it. Sorry I can't give you a better explanation. ;)

This is also another way to help with this issue. I think I did this, too, a while back.

https://www.vbulletin.com/forum/showthread.php/384453-Duplicate-registrations?p=2187780&viewfull=1#post2187780

[Videx]

<a href="https://www.vbulletin.com/forum/showthread.php/300949-Duplicate-user-names!?p=1700164&viewfull=1#post1700164" target="_blank">https://www.vbulletin.com/forum/show...=1#post1700164</a> looks interesting too.

[Boofo]

Yes, I saw that, too, but with the setting I showed you, I didn't think I needed to go that route.

[Rahstyles]

Thanks Boofo..

But for 1 .. How did he do it? Im just really curious.. cause when i typed it in it didnt work

is it because maybe the # ? are invisable?

[Boofo]

I'm not sure but I know they had to use invisible characters to do it. That setting should stop it from happening again.