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Subject: Re: [jira] Closed: (JSPWIKI-267) No consistent means
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From: Terry Steichen <terry@net-frame.com>
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Well, then, until we include a means to actually use this unique id, the
problem isn't really fixed, is it?

On Tue, 2008-06-10 at 06:56 -0700, Andrew Jaquith wrote:

> Let me be equally clear: yes, that's right.
> 
> On Jun 10, 2008, at 3:02 AM, Terry Steichen <terry@net-frame.com> wrote:
> 
> > Let me be clear - what you're saying is that a unique identifier has
> > been included in version 2.8 to uniquely distinguish a user,  
> > regardless
> > of changes in name, but no specific method has yet been included to  
> > use
> > it.  Is that correct?
> >
> > On Mon, 2008-06-09 at 23:23 -0700, Andrew Jaquith (JIRA) wrote:
> >
> >>     [ https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/JSPWIKI-267?page=com.atlassian.jira.plugin.system.issuetabpanels:all-tabpanel 
> >>  ]
> >>
> >> Andrew Jaquith closed JSPWIKI-267.
> >> ----------------------------------
> >>
> >>       Resolution: Fixed
> >>    Fix Version/s: 2.8
> >>
> >> I added the UID property to user profiles for this purpose in 2.7.0- 
> >> svn-29. However, we are not using it strictly speaking for tracking  
> >> just yet. There are probably places in the code where we ought to  
> >> print UserProfile.getUid() to the log file, but that's a future  
> >> thing that we'll do as it makes sense.
> >>
> >> In the meantime, this bug is (strictly speaking) fixed.
> >>
> >>> No consistent means for maintaining a user's unique identity
> >>> ------------------------------------------------------------
> >>>
> >>>                Key: JSPWIKI-267
> >>>                URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/ 
> >>> JSPWIKI-267
> >>>            Project: JSPWiki
> >>>         Issue Type: Bug
> >>>         Components: Authentication&Authorization
> >>>   Affects Versions: 2.6.2
> >>>        Environment: All
> >>>           Reporter: Terry Steichen
> >>>           Assignee: Andrew Jaquith
> >>>            Fix For: 2.8
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> Now that we've modified JSPWiki to allow users to change not only  
> >>> their Name but also their login name, I don't see any way for  
> >>> JSPWiki administrator to keep track of users over time.  For many  
> >>> reasons of administration, billing, user behavior management, I  
> >>> think there should be some way to unambiguously identify a  
> >>> particular user, no matter how often they may change their profile.
> >>

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