Default Reserved usernames can not be deleted

southpaw · November 13, 2024, 8:50pm

Your changes to your admin lineup are not related. The default reserved usernames are now hard-coded as mandatory values.

github.com/discourse/discourse

config/site_settings.yml

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              de: "[äöüßÄÖÜẞ]"
              fi: "[åäöÅÄÖ]"
              ja: '[\p{Han}\p{Katakana}\p{Hiragana}]'
              ko: '\p{Hangul}'
              zh_CN: '\p{Han}'
              zh_TW: '\p{Han}'
          reserved_usernames:
            type: list
            list_type: compact
            default: "admin|moderator|administrator|mod|sys|system|community|info|you|name|username|user|nickname|discourse|discourseorg|discourseforum|support|all|here"
            mandatory_values: "admin|moderator|administrator|mod|sys|system|community|info|you|name|username|user|nickname|discourse|discourseorg|discourseforum|support|all|here"
          min_password_length:
            client: true
            default: 10
            min: 8
            max: 500
            requires_confirmation: "simple"
          min_admin_password_length:
            client: true
            default: 15
            min: 8

https://github.com/discourse/discourse/commit/56df077931e42749ea254a9df32154a8aa13bddc

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Default Reserved usernames can not be deleted

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