OK, we have enough votes to keep the existing behavior, unless Marc
appears and says he doesn't like it. ;-)
Thanks.
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Rod Taylor wrote:
> It should also be noted that it's easy to get the DBAs to change their
> username in the future when / if the @ hack goes away BUT it will be
> difficult to change the usernames of the hundreds to thousands of
> customer accounts.
>
> For an upgrade, we'd end up making a script in the upgrade to keep them
> the same (with the @) then have a control panel code in place to suggest
> to the user that they may stop using the @ if they wish <click here>
> type of thing.
>
>
> > > > > Tom likes this because it is the fewer global users who have to append
> > > > > the '@'.
> >
> > > > At least that was my perception of the uneasy consensus reached.
> >
> > > OK, you have now split the vote because we have two for the change, and
> > > two against. Why do you prefer to tag the globals? Is it Tom's
> > > argument? I think it is kind of strange to tag the globals when it is
> > > the locals who have @ in their username, and when they do:
>
> > In the case of a virtual hosting postmaster, global users would likely be
> > DBA's, although they might not be. These users are going to be the
> > exception, not the rule -- thus a character to tag their 'exceptional'
> > nature.
>
>
>
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