Sorry, but I disagree. I don’t see how this can be a feature request and not a bug.
I understand there’s other API endpoints which can be used. But the main point of /admin/users/sync_sso is precisely to keep this sort of data, well, in sync. It already allows to set the account name field — that works. But, it assumes name is always a required field and doesn’t allow it to be set it to blank. So it can’t be used to keep data in sync.
The code below seems to make it work as expected on my sandbox, but again, I don’t feel confident enough to submit a PR at this point. Feel free to use it/adapt it, etc.
- if SiteSetting.sso_overrides_name && user.name != name && name.present?
- user.name = name || User.suggest_name(username.blank? ? email : username)
+ if SiteSetting.sso_overrides_name && user.name != name
+ if SiteSetting.full_name_required && name.present?
+ user.name = name || User.suggest_name(username.blank? ? email : username)
+ else
+ user.name = name
+ end