Enable email-based sign-up using shared email address

Enable email-based sign-up using shared email address

by Struan McCallum -
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I've read through all of the forums I could find on this subject and the conclusion is that currently you can:

  1. Upload a CSV or manual create an account with an email address that is already in use
  2. Use other types of authentication to create accounts with the same email address in use
However when it comes to email-based self-authentication you cannot disable the duplicate email check (not without knowing where this check is coded) and therefore a different email address is required.

While this feature has been red flagged as a potential security hazard and privacy issue, in a closed-off intranet or fire-walled website this would not be an issue. That is why I am asking the generous folks in the Moodle community to kindly share the code edit to disable the duplicate email check when a user is signing up for the first time using a shared email address.


Thank in advance.

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