topic Duplicate Users in Alfresco Archive https://connect.hyland.com/t5/alfresco-archive/duplicate-users/m-p/274750#M227880 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><SPAN>Our Alfresco system seems to have created some duplicate users.</SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN>We use email addresses as usernames, and somehow we about 30% of our users have duplicates.</SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN>For instance, we get:</SPAN><BR /><STRONG>Name&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Username</STRONG><BR /><SPAN><SPAN>1. Tom&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </SPAN><A class="jive-link-email-small" href="mailto:tom@email.com" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">tom@email.com</A></SPAN><BR /><SPAN><SPAN>2. </SPAN><A class="jive-link-email-small" href="mailto:tom@email.com" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">tom@email.com</A><SPAN>&nbsp;&nbsp; </SPAN><A class="jive-link-email-small" href="mailto:tom@email.com" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">tom@email.com</A></SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN>In the Alfresco Explorer, if I delete user 2 (the duplicate), it disappears for a second, but then when I refresh the list for a second time the duplicate user has re-emerged.</SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN>I tried deleting user by noderef using </SPAN><BR /><PRE class="language-none line-numbers"><CODE>utils.getNodeFromString("workspace://SpacesStore/63e44931-bef4-4d96-8671-e50dfaaf5e60").remove()<SPAN class="line-numbers-rows"><SPAN>‍</SPAN></SPAN></CODE></PRE><SPAN>but it gives me the "use person service to delete person". </SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN>I also tried deleting by using </SPAN><BR /><PRE class="language-none line-numbers"><CODE>person.delete(username)<SPAN class="line-numbers-rows"><SPAN>‍</SPAN></SPAN></CODE></PRE><SPAN>but the same thing happens as what happens in explorer - the user comes back.</SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN>How can I delete these duplicates? The users with the duplicate accounts cannot login (as I presume the duplicate user doesn't have a password set)???</SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN>Any help would be appreciated.</SPAN></BODY></HTML> Sat, 01 Jan 2011 18:07:13 GMT tgmweb 2011-01-01T18:07:13Z Duplicate Users https://connect.hyland.com/t5/alfresco-archive/duplicate-users/m-p/274750#M227880 Our Alfresco system seems to have created some duplicate users.We use email addresses as usernames, and somehow we about 30% of our users have duplicates.For instance, we get:Name&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Username1. Tom&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; tom@email.com2. tom@email.com&nbsp;&nbsp; tom@email.comIn the Alfresco Explor Sat, 01 Jan 2011 18:07:13 GMT https://connect.hyland.com/t5/alfresco-archive/duplicate-users/m-p/274750#M227880 tgmweb 2011-01-01T18:07:13Z Re: Duplicate Users https://connect.hyland.com/t5/alfresco-archive/duplicate-users/m-p/274751#M227881 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><SPAN>Furthermore.</SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN>In the node browser under user://alfrescoUserStore/system/people I have 86 entries. In workspace://SpacesStore/system/people I have 114 entries. So I presume these extra entries are the duplicate users??</SPAN></BODY></HTML> Sat, 01 Jan 2011 18:17:45 GMT https://connect.hyland.com/t5/alfresco-archive/duplicate-users/m-p/274751#M227881 tgmweb 2011-01-01T18:17:45Z