When login attribute is set to "username", user should be able to restore his username too.

[aurelien-roy]

Currently, when login attribute is set to username, user can restore his password.
However, if he forgot his username too, he still can't login.

One quick solution should be to recall the user they username in the Reset Password e-mail (currently the name is recalled, but not the username).

Edit : Or even simpler. Say "Hello {{ username }}" instead of "Hello {{ name }}" in the e-mail.

[bennothommo]

@aurelien-roy Feel free to submit a PR making the username available as an assignable variable in the "Mail Templates" area for the backend::mail.restore email template. This shouldn't be used by default, as some sites may want to keep the usernames from being leaked as a (minor) security measure.

[aurelien-roy]

@bennothommo
Thank for your feedback, will do it!
However, what do you think about showing it by default only when login attribute is set to username (and not otherwise) ? Because I think it is still mandatory to ensure that a user will always be able to retrieve its account by themselves. (users often have multiple usernames accross websites, that can as likely be forgotten than the password).

Every website I know that have a login by username also send back the username by mail when you hit "Forgot password". One major example is Steam.
Other websites, like Github, deal this problem differently by allowing user to login either with their username or their e-mail (in such case, forgetting its username is not an issue).

[bennothommo]

@aurelien-roy I would prefer it being something that is opt-in over making it available to everyone by default. It is generally safer to treat the username is being an identifier only to authenticated users and administrators, and not something that is generally made public (of course, this doesn't count for social sites). On a fair few sites I know of, if a person forgets their username, they generally have to get in contact with the site administration directly and go through identification checks.

[aurelien-roy]

Fair point !