A user account is a data object that represents a physical user of a computer system. Commonly, user accounts are represented as database objects.
Questions tagged [user-accounts]
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Facebook Login as supplement to existing login?
I am developing a PHP/MySQL e-commerce site with some social aspects, and am looking to integrate it with Facebook. I already have a native user registration/session handling system. I have managed to include the iframe "Social Plugins" such as a…

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Creating a webpage with user accounts, what do I need to keep in mind?
I am trying to write a website that has user accounts. There isn't much sensitive information other than the password and email address. But I don't really understand what I'm doing; I'm kind of hacking it along as I go. Is there anything I should…

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How can I get a list Local Windows Users (Only the Users that appear in the windows Logon Screen)
How can I get a list of Local Windows Users (Only the Users that appear in the windows Logon Screen)
I have tried many methods using Windows Principle library & WMI Select commands. I keep getting Administrator, Guest & some other bizarre accounts…

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facebook user access token across different platforms
I was wondering if user access tokens that are recieved through one platform can be used to access and make facebook calls through another.
For example:
I have a mobile app and a web server that work together. A user signs in through facebook on the…

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userAccountControl in Active Directory
I want to know the current value of the userAccountControl and determine which stage it is in
Ref: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/305144/en-us
According to the above documentation, it should return the values which are 2 to the power N.
But when…

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Django allauth signup without password
Is it possible to create user accounts with email as username and no other details such as password using allauth? The intention is to make the signup process as easy as possible. Can password be skipped on signup and be updated on email…

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How to make sign-up invitation only?
Using Meteor accounts (and accounts-ui) is there an easy way to make new user sign-ups invitation only? For example by providing an invitation link or an invitation code.
The only thing related I could find in the Meteor documentation is…

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Difference between WNetAddConnection2() and NetUseAdd()
I'm mounting a remote drive locally (see User/password problems with GetVolumeNameForVolumeMountPoint() (Windows remote drive mount?))
QUESTION: What is the difference between WNetAddConnection2() and NetUseAdd()? It appears they each permit you…

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Customizing My Account Orders list post per page in Woocommerce
Woocommerce 2.6.x has a special page at the user account (My Account) area where it displays the user's previous Orders.
This page is now paginated and it displays as default 15 items/page.
Here the screenshot of the woocommerce storefront theme…

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Connecting to named pipe in Windows, different user accounts
In Windows, is it possible for a program running under a limited user account to connect to a named pipe created by a program running under Administrator account or running as a Windows Service?
Or will I get access denied?

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To merge or not to merge? Facebook account and regular site account
I am building a web service that will allow users to register either by creating a 'regular' account (username / password) or by using their facebook login (facebook connect)
If a user registers with facebook, they will get an account created on my…

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Powershell find users expiring in 7 days
I am trying to run a powershell script that queries for accounts that expire within 7 days, I currently have
$a = (get-date).AddDays(7) ; Search-ADAccount -AccountExpiring
-TimeSpan "7" | Select-Object SamAccountName,AccountExpirationDate |…

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Best way to store 'extra' user data in MySQL?
I'm adding a new feature to my user module for my CMS and I've hit a road block... Or I guess, a fork in the road, and I wanted to get some opinions from stackoverflow before I commit to anything.
Basically I want to allow admins to add new, 'extra'…

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WooCommerce login area redirect to default Wordpress login form
Woocommerce's "My Account" page shows a register/login form if the user isn't logged in, but I'm trying to use the default Wordpress login/register page (wp-login.php) instead.
How can I make "/my-account" redirect to "wp-login.php" if the user…

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How to force Invalid Bearer token in web api?
I had to delete over 90 users in my web api.
I am using web api 2 individual account.
But after deleting this users, they still can use my web-api, because access token are cached somewhere.
How to prevent that?

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