# Integration into custom auth system where emails are not unique?

**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/integration-into-custom-auth-system-where-emails-are-not-unique/306489
**Category:** SSO
**Tags:** email
**Created:** [May 2, 2024, 3:50pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/integration-into-custom-auth-system-where-emails-are-not-unique/306489 "2024-05-02T15:50:43Z")
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### Author: ![jonbarrow](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/jonbarrow/32/383296_2.png) [@jonbarrow](https://meta.discourse.org/u/jonbarrow)
#### Post date: [May 7, 2024, 7:43pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/integration-into-custom-auth-system-where-emails-are-not-unique/306489/39 "2024-05-07T19:43:38Z")

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> [@simon](#):
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> Are you accessing Discourse at `http://localhost:4200` ?

I am yes.

> [@simon](#):
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> The installation instructions should make it clear that you don’t need to run the script.

The ones linked earlier do not make this clear. I went to [Set up a local Discourse Development Environment?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/set-up-a-local-discourse-development-environment/182882), and selected [Install Discourse on Ubuntu or Debian for Development](https://meta.discourse.org/t/install-discourse-on-ubuntu-or-debian-for-development/14727) as I am running Ubuntu 22.04.3. This page does say that you don’t have to run the entire script, but only in small text _after_ the part that instructs users to run it.

To me this was not clear, since when reading the instructions top-to-bottom one would naturally assume they have to finish the current step before continuing. So I fought the installation script, only installing what I needed, only to then continue reading after finishing to see that that was intended the whole time and I didn’t have to actually fight with anything.

Putting that disclaimer _after_ the instructions definitely doesn’t make them clear, imo.

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