Account conflicts on wordpress using Janrain Engage
What happens if once users created their account by typing in account name & password in text, then system employed Janrain Engage to leverage social network accounts and also disabled text account?
Result is, if the users use the social network account as their e-mail on wp account, it looks like they can login no matter what their "user name" on wp. For example, think about the case as follows:
Looks like Janrain Engage only sees identification key (email address??) to look up existing users on wp. It's very nice since the site maintainers don't need to care if the existing users have their local accounts any more. @llelujah!
Result is, if the users use the social network account as their e-mail on wp account, it looks like they can login no matter what their "user name" on wp. For example, think about the case as follows:
user_aa, user_aa@gmail.com.dummy user_bb_custom_user_name, user_bb@gmail.com.dummy user_cc_custom_user_name, user_cc@aol.com.dummy(domain of the email is dummy) After system switched to Janrain-only login, user_aa & user_bb_custom_user_name can still login w/o making any change as long as they are logged in to their social (in this case Gmail). However, user_cc_custom_user_name can no longer login because there's no account type-in textfield on wp.
Looks like Janrain Engage only sees identification key (email address??) to look up existing users on wp. It's very nice since the site maintainers don't need to care if the existing users have their local accounts any more. @llelujah!
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