Bug ID 441318: Unable to create user with using an e-mail address as the name

Last Modified: Sep 13, 2023

Affected Product(s):
BIG-IP APM(all modules)

Known Affected Versions:
11.6.2 HF1, 11.4.0, 11.4.1

Fixed In:
11.6.0, 11.5.1 HF6, 11.5.0 HF1, 11.4.1 HF4, 11.4.0 HF6

Opened: Dec 19, 2013

Severity: 3-Major

Related Article: K15370

Symptoms

When adding a user to a local user database, you cannot complete the configuration if you type an email address in the User Name field.

Impact

User name can not be have special character ".".

Conditions

While using e-mail as user name (e.g name@f5.com), the string containing the special character period (.) prevents creating user with name as e-mail.

Workaround

Do not use "." in the user name field.

Fix Information

The special character "." can now be used for a user name.

Behavior Change

Guides & references

K10134038: F5 Bug Tracker Filter Names and Tips