Disabling the account thru Wiki causes more harm than good. That option should be nuked.

What are the names of your new and old Launchpad accounts?

You shouldn't have needed to delete your account to change email address: you could have just registered the new email address to your existing account.

As for having clicked "permanently disable account" in moin, I believe that requires admin intervention to undo -- there is no web UI for reenabling an account that you permanently disabled.

I permanently deleted my old launchpad account, ChristopherCmolik
(<email address hidden>.) My new account is <email address hidden>
(wikiname Christophercmolik)

On Thursday 29 December 2005 09:49, James Henstridge wrote:
> Public bug report changed:
> https://launchpad.net/malone/bugs/6283
>
> Comment:
> What are the names of your new and old Launchpad accounts?
>
> You shouldn't have needed to delete your account to change email
> address: you could have just registered the new email address to your
> existing account.
>
> As for having clicked "permanently disable account" in moin, I believe
> that requires admin intervention to undo -- there is no web UI for
> reenabling an account that you permanently disabled.

So your old account was "chrispgskn" and the new one is "christophercmolik" by the look of it.

It would be a good idea to merge the old account into the new one using the following form:
  https://launchpad.net/people/+requestmerge

As I said in the previous email, you don't need to create a new Launchpad account if you get a new email address. You can manage the email addresses associated with your account at:
  https://launchpad.net/people/christophercmolik/+editemails

You should be able to log into the wiki with one of the emails associated with your account as the login name, and your launchpad password as the password then.

Does the suggestion by James Henstridge solved the problem? Are you able to login again?

Same problem here. I am still trying to reactivate my wiki account, but I think only an administrator could do that.

Instructions for resolving this problem can be found here: https://launchpad.canonical.com/FixingDisabledWikiUsers

I'm happy to handle incidents like this in the future if needed. In case I'm not available, any of the sysadmins can resolve it.

Sorry I didn't make the previous post clear. :-] Joel, you should be able to use the wiki now like normal. When asked to login, just use your launchpad e-mail address and password.

The link I posted is for canonical sys-admins and launchpad developers who may need to resolve this issue in the future.

Sorry for the trouble to sys-admins, but I've also "disabled my account forever" through the Wiki User Preferences page by mistake. Is it possible for a sys-admin to re-activate my account for me?

On 14/03/07, Anjan <email address hidden> wrote:
> Sorry for the trouble to sys-admins, but I've also "disabled my account
> forever" through the Wiki User Preferences page by mistake. Is it
> possible for a sys-admin to re-activate my account for me?
>
> --
> Disabling the account thru Wiki causes more harm than good. That option should be nuked.
> https://launchpad.net/bugs/6283
>

I thought this option would have been nuked by now?

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Anjan, please make your request at <https://answers.launchpad.net/launchpad> so it doesn't get lost.

I just opened a support ticket. Thanks.

This is properly done with a config option. user_checkbox_remove = ['disabled',]

Tested on my Spads approved moin setup. Submitted RT #30264 for this to be added to the Launchpad help wiki.

Joey, this should be also applied to help.u.c and wiki.u.c.

Thanks

Ok. I don't have authority to do that so I'll ask IS to get approval from Distro

mpt, in what area does Launchpad itself need to be fixed? I see you added the "also affects" but didn't include a reason.

This bug was reported about wiki.ubuntu.com, the login mechanics of which have previously been handled by developers of Launchpad itself. When this bug was reported, help.launchpad.net didn't even exist; that the same bug also exists on that wiki is (as you've said) something that needs fixing separately, and therefore should be tracked independently.

ah ok. I've previously updated my RT request to cover both wiki.ubuntu.com and help.launchpad.net

Unfortunately I have to untarget this. The correct way to do this is via a wikiconfig option. However, that option does not exist in the very old copy of moin we're running. We are planning to upgrade to a newer version, probably 1.6.something, at which time this option can be applied. I've added it to my notes for the upgrade and will apply it then. While the upgrade will happen soon-ish, there is not yet a date assigned to it.

Same problem here: I just can not login thru the wiki ("wrong password" error) with my launchpad account.
I have merged two launchpad accounts (I may have disabled one "wiki" account) and since then, I just can not log in.

Hi Sébastien,

you wiki account has been re-enabled. Please try to log in again.
Next time, it's better if you file a new question <https://answers.launchpad.net/launchpad>. It helps us keep track of the resolution of your specific problem

Thanks, Matsubara

Hi Sébastien,

your wiki account has been re-enabled. Please try to log in again.
Next time, it's better if you file a new question <https://answers.launchpad.net/launchpad>. It helps us keep track of the resolution of your specific problem

Thanks, Matsubara

All of the updated wikis will have this option enabled. We plan to roll them out in a few weeks.

The launchpad help wiki has been updated to the new code and this option removed.

This was fixed with the Ubuntu wiki upgrade about two months ago or so.