# Recreating the single sign on logic for generating usernames

**URL:** <https://meta.discourse.org/t/recreating-the-single-sign-on-logic-for-generating-usernames/67748>\
**Category:** Development\
**Created:** [Août 10, 2017, 12:11 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/recreating-the-single-sign-on-logic-for-generating-usernames/67748 "2017-08-10T00:11:46Z")\
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**Author:** ![jerdog](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/jerdog/32/122843_2.png) [@jerdog](https://meta.discourse.org/u/jerdog)\
**Post date:** [Janvier 5, 2018, 5:05 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/recreating-the-single-sign-on-logic-for-generating-usernames/67748/5 "2018-01-05T17:05:26Z")

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Ok - so if we use SSO (Auth0) and when it goes to create a username, if there’s one already existing in Discourse with that name then it will create a different one, like a variation?

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