Add User - username validation problem

[wbonekamp]

Description of bug

When creating a username with less than 5 characters the validation message:
"The username specified is invalid. Please specify a valid username"

Looks like a good validation rule.

But It's a problem when you upgraded from an older version and you already have users with username names that have less than 5 characters, You can't update these users anymore.

Steps to reproduce

List the steps to reproduce the behavior:

1. Go to 'Manage'- 'Users';
2. Click on 'Account Settings" of a user with a username less than 5 characters;
3. Click "Save".

Current result

Validation message: "The username specified is invalid. Please specify a valid username"

Expected result

There should be no validation on "old" users that have a username of less than 5 characters.

There should be a setting to enable/disable this validation.

Length of the minimal required characters for username should be a setting.

Screenshots

Affected version

• 9.2.2
• 9.2.1
• 9.2

Affected browser

• [x ] Chrome
• [x ] Firefox
• [ x] Safari
• [ x] Internet Explorer
• [x ] Edge

[allanedk]

I agree that the minimum length should be a setting and not hardcoded to a specific value! Just realized that a hardcoded minimum length was introduced in 9.2 after researching error messages in the event log ("The username specified is invalid...").