We have standardized on a specific naming convention for staff on our forum. Is it possible to restrict a specific substring in a username to prevent other users from using it? It is a very specific string that could not be used inadvertently.

You have option in settings: reserved usernames, but I don’t know if ot accepts regexes.

Got it. :man_facepalming: I just used *+myreserved string and it works just fine.

[image] jordan1909: I just used *+myreserved string To be clear: you are saying that putting *blah into reserved usernames results in oneblah not being allowed as a new user name?

Worked perfectly for me. I entered *_ companyref (note the_is included. We use_company to denote staff in naming) . I then tried to create an account with approx. 30 different usernames with this naming convention and each time I was told it wouldnt work. So short answer, yes worked perfect for me. …

[image] jordan1909: I just used *+myreserved string and it works just fine. Shouldn’t it be *mystring* to avoid people using something like “MikeMYSTRINGstaff”?

So possibly but I actually don’t care if the substring exists in the middle. I am more so determining the ending. So for example on our site this would be the case: John_company != allowed john_companyAsdf == allowed john_company_john == allowed So I don’t necessarily mind if the substring exist…

Can I restrict specific strings in usernames?

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jordan1909 (jj11909) September 21, 2017, 5:39pm 3

Got it.

I just used *+myreserved string and it works just fine.

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Can I restrict specific strings in usernames?

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