Last modified: 2014-07-15 20:55:56 UTC
Currently if there are existing unattached accounts, and you try and create an account with that name, it'll create it as an unattached account. We should add a config setting to prevent this behavior, and tell the user the name is already in use.
(In reply to Kunal Mehta (Legoktm) from comment #0) > Currently if there are existing unattached accounts, and you try and create > an account with that name, it'll create it as an unattached account. *and there is no existing global account.
Change 145732 had a related patch set uploaded by Legoktm: Prevent creation of unattached accounts (behind config flag) https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/145732
Change 145732 merged by jenkins-bot: Prevent creation of unattached accounts (behind config flag) https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/145732
Bug 68069 tracks enabling on WMF sites.