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tingo
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Location:Oslo, Norway
I have discovered a strange problem with one of my Geeklog sites (this site currently runs GL version 1.3.8-1sr5).
A user has somehow been able to register her user with a blank or empty username. obviously, she can't log in with that user, but I'm more curious how this could happen at all?
Here is a sql query from the database:
mysql> select uid, username, email, regdate from gl_users where uid = 10 or uid = 13 or uid = 123;
+-----+----------+--------------------+---------------------+
| uid | username | email | regdate |
+-----+----------+--------------------+---------------------+
| 10 | t2 | t2@nowhere.com | 2003-04-02 23:16:00 |
| 13 | oxxxxx | oxxxxx@limbo.no | 2003-04-03 16:04:00 |
| 123 | | gmxxxxxx@xxxxxx.no | 2004-06-29 00:07:00 |
+-----+----------+--------------------+---------------------+
3 rows in set (0.00 sec)
details (usernames, email) have been changed to protect the innocent. The strange user is the one wiith uid = 123. Notice that the username field is blank. I also see that regdate is June 29th, 2004. At that time the site was running GL 1.3.8-1sr4, if that matters.
Question 1; How do I find out if the username field is empty ofr contains a blank character?
Question 2: does it matter?
I searched here and on Google, but couldn't find any description of a similar problem. Is this a bug in Geeklog, or is it something that have crept in with one of the Geeklog updates I have done?
A user has somehow been able to register her user with a blank or empty username. obviously, she can't log in with that user, but I'm more curious how this could happen at all?
Here is a sql query from the database:
Text Formatted Code
mysql> select uid, username, email, regdate from gl_users where uid = 10 or uid = 13 or uid = 123;
+-----+----------+--------------------+---------------------+
| uid | username | email | regdate |
+-----+----------+--------------------+---------------------+
| 10 | t2 | t2@nowhere.com | 2003-04-02 23:16:00 |
| 13 | oxxxxx | oxxxxx@limbo.no | 2003-04-03 16:04:00 |
| 123 | | gmxxxxxx@xxxxxx.no | 2004-06-29 00:07:00 |
+-----+----------+--------------------+---------------------+
3 rows in set (0.00 sec)
Question 1; How do I find out if the username field is empty ofr contains a blank character?
Question 2: does it matter?
I searched here and on Google, but couldn't find any description of a similar problem. Is this a bug in Geeklog, or is it something that have crept in with one of the Geeklog updates I have done?
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Robin
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Quote by tingo: I'm more curious how this could happen at all?
A bug in older version. This issue has been discussed already here.
To avoid that in the future upgrade your GL installation to 1.3.9.
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tingo
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Location:Oslo, Norway
Quote by Dirk: For the record: Here is the bug report. It was fixed a year ago ...
Hmm, if it was fixed a year ago, how come it happened on a 1.3.8-1sr5 Geeklog installation, less than two months ago? I mean, 1.3.8-1sr4 was announced in January, and the site was running that version when this error happened.
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Blaine
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I'm not sure when 1.3.9 was released right now but we generally resolve bugs in new releases only and don't go back. Only in the case of a security related fix do we create a SR (Security-release) as well for one version back. So 1.3.8-SR4 is a 1.3.8 + security related fixes but won't include other bug fixes that are part of 1.3.9.
Thats just my quess without going thru CVS records.
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Thats just my quess without going thru CVS records.
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