usernames with . (dot)

[tugacari]

Hi all,

I'm having some problems with usernames with a . (dot) in the middle, Ex: vshare.user

When I click on a username I'm redirected to http://www.domain.com/vshare.user and get a 404, this has something to do with this RewriteRule :
RewriteRule ^([^/\.]+)?/?$ user.php?username=$1 [L,QSA]

Did anyone had the same problem ? if so, how did you fix it ?

Thanks in advance,
Regards

Tugacari

[umarsa]

Well i know the staff are not gonna help you so ill tell you, basically its already build into the script, it disallws anyone to register with a Dot in their name.

[grynmoors]

I had a user register today with a dot in part of their username. So much for that theory.

Now for the big question: How to fix it after someone has registered with a dot as part of their user name...I went into admin panel to see if I could change it and..alas...no go. The only way to change it is to directly access the database and change it there.