# Lock username to GitHub username when authenticating using GitHub

**URL:** <https://meta.discourse.org/t/lock-username-to-github-username-when-authenticating-using-github/49133>\
**Category:** Feature\
**Created:** [August 24, 2016, 5:50am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/lock-username-to-github-username-when-authenticating-using-github/49133 "2016-08-24T05:50:31Z")\
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**Author:** ![ossia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/ossia/32/215651_2.png) [@ossia](https://meta.discourse.org/u/ossia)\
**Post date:** [August 24, 2016, 7:38am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/lock-username-to-github-username-when-authenticating-using-github/49133/3 "2016-08-24T07:38:34Z")

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@sam yes - are you talking about this?

![](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/meta/optimized/3X/3/6/36cd520bebf09afba833526baa1404968241d3af_2_690x81.png)

Even though this has been set to “0” I am still able to change my username.

Also, the SSO override option doesn’t seem to work as I understand it. I changed my username, signed out, then signed back in with GitHub and it did not revert my local username to my SSO username.

![](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/meta/optimized/3X/6/1/615d4e1f111d19bee2fe64320bc6e5f2ea1ea010_2_690x83.png)

I’m not sure whether these are known issues or I’m just doing it wrong 🙂

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