Re: Wiki login error: ⧼pgauth-invalid-username⧽

On Tue, May 17, 2022 at 9:35 AM Pavlo Golub <pavlo(dot)golub(at)gmail(dot)com> wrote:

> Hello,
>
> I constantly get the error ⧼pgauth-invalid-username⧽ during the login
> process. AFAIR wiki doesn't like logins with an underscore in it. Some time
> ago this issue was fixed by creating a special `pashagolub` entity for the
> wiki. Still, right now, there is no opportunity to use that. Since login
> requires central login through https://www.postgresql.org/account/auth/5/
>

I'm not sure what you mean with "there is no opportunity to use that"? What
actually prevents you from using it?

Every time I want to update some old info on the wiki, I'm fighting this
> shit. It's an absolutely exhausting and demotivating experience. Please
> help me to solve the issue.
>
>
Since mediawiki doesn't support usernames with underscores, there really
isn't much we can do other than say "use an account without an underscore".
And we don't allow the creation of *new* accounts with an underscore for
this very reason.

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