SMF how to forbid/disable changing of visible user name ?

Started by Karmasterrr, March 16, 2023, 09:41:15 AM

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Karmasterrr

Any user can change their visible name (some users play with this, changing their name every day), this makes problems with @tagging.

How to forbid/disable changing of visible user name ?
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Diego Andrés

Admin > Members > Permissions > Edit Displayed Name.

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Aleksi "Lex" Kilpinen

While we are on the subject, I shortened your display name. There's no reason to go overboard.
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Karmasterrr

Thanks!
How to fix all already changed Names ?

Quote from: Aleksi "Lex" Kilpinen on March 16, 2023, 09:55:30 AMWhile we are on the subject, I shortened your display name. There's no reason to go overboard.
That closely related to subject  ;D

Aleksi "Lex" Kilpinen

If you don't have very many to edit, you can just go in their profile and change it - Like I did.
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"Before you allow people access to your forum, especially in an administrative position, you must be aware that that person can seriously damage your forum. Therefore, you should only allow people that you trust, implicitly, to have such access." -Douglas

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Karmasterrr

How to find all significantly changed names:
SELECT * FROM `smf_members` where REPLACE(member_name," ","_") != REPLACE(real_name," ","_")
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Arantor

If you're already doing that why not just

UPDATE smf_members SET real_name = member_name;

and just be done with it?
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