Case Sensitive usernames for password protected sites

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Case Sensitive usernames for password protected sites

I created a username and password for my wedding site. I entered capital letters in the username on my wedding invitation (e.g. UserName08) and now when I try to log into the site with UserName08 and the case sensitive password, it won't let me in. iWeb apparently only allows lower case usernames, e.g. username08. Is that correct? Is there any way to change the username to reflect the capital letters in the username so people can log in? HELP! i've sent out the invitations and they cannot be changed.

iMac, Mac OS X (10.5.2)

Posted on Apr 28, 2008 8:55 PM

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Answer 1

Alancito

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Apr 28, 2008 11:22 PM in response to NutHead

NutHead wrote:
iWeb apparently only allows lower case usernames, e.g. username08. Is that correct?

In this Apple doc:

http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?path=iWeb/2.0/en/6817.html

...they don't mention a restriction on usernames +per se+ ~ only that: +"Passwords are case-sensitive and must use 6—20 characters. They can include any combination of letters, numbers, and symbols, but can’t include spaces."+

And according to this Apple doc:

http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=305506

...iWeb 1.x had a problem with the use of upper case letters in the user name. But this issue is resolved in iWeb 2.x.

NutHead wrote:
Is there any way to change the username to reflect the capital letters in the username so people can log in?

You can only remove the current password protection and apply it anew. To remove password protection from a site, deselect +“Make my published site private”+ and republish. Then add password protection anew via the Inspector and republish.

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Answer 2

NutHead Author

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Apr 29, 2008 5:48 AM in response to NutHead

Thank you for the response. I have iWeb 2.0.3 on a brand new iMac. for whatever reason, it is not allowing capital letters to be used in the username when logging in through the browser or in the iWeb password protect settings window. I see in the article above, it states that only lower case letters may be used in a username. I did not see that requirement when I created the username. Unless there is a way to change it, I will have to notify everyone. Thanks for the help.

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