Anonymous users are now silently renamed upon signup in case of conflict

server/users/User.coffee

@@ -30,6 +30,9 @@ UserSchema.methods.isAdmin = ->
   p = @get('permissions')
   return p and 'admin' in p
 
+UserSchema.methods.isAnonymous = ->
+  @get 'anonymous'
+
 UserSchema.methods.trackActivity = (activityName, increment) ->
   now = new Date()
   increment ?= parseInt increment or 1
@@ -109,6 +112,30 @@ UserSchema.statics.updateMailChimp = (doc, callback) ->
 
   mc?.lists.subscribe params, onSuccess, onFailure
 
+UserSchema.statics.unconflictName = unconflictName = (name, done) ->
+  User.findOne {slug: _.str.slugify(name)}, (err, otherUser) ->
+    return done err if err?
+    return done null, name unless otherUser
+    suffix = _.random(0, 9) + ''
+    unconflictName name + suffix, done
+
+UserSchema.methods.register = (done) ->
+  @set('anonymous', false)
+  @set('permissions', ['admin']) if not isProduction
+  if (name = @get 'name')? and name isnt ''
+    unconflictName name, (err, uniqueName) =>
+      return done err if err
+      @set 'name', uniqueName
+      done()
+  else done()
+  data =
+    email_id: sendwithus.templates.welcome_email
+    recipient:
+      address: @get 'email'
+  sendwithus.api.send data, (err, result) ->
+    log.error "sendwithus post-save error: #{err}, result: #{result}" if err
+
+
 UserSchema.pre('save', (next) ->
   @set('emailLower', @get('email')?.toLowerCase())
   @set('nameLower', @get('name')?.toLowerCase())
@@ -116,16 +143,10 @@ UserSchema.pre('save', (next) ->
   if @get('password')
     @set('passwordHash', User.hashPassword(pwd))
     @set('password', undefined)
-  if @get('email') and @get('anonymous')
+  if @get('email') and @get('anonymous') # a user registers
-    @set('anonymous', false)
+    @register next
-    @set('permissions', ['admin']) if not isProduction
+  else
-    data =
+    next()
-      email_id: sendwithus.templates.welcome_email
-      recipient:
-        address: @get 'email'
-    sendwithus.api.send data, (err, result) ->
-      log.error "sendwithus post-save error: #{err}, result: #{result}" if err
-  next()
 )
 
 UserSchema.post 'save', (doc) ->

server/users/user_handler.coffee

@@ -104,7 +104,8 @@ UserHandler = class UserHandler extends Handler
       return callback(null, req, user) unless req.body.name
       nameLower = req.body.name?.toLowerCase()
       return callback(null, req, user) unless nameLower
-      return callback(null, req, user) if nameLower is user.get('nameLower') and not user.get('anonymous')
+      return callback(null, req, user) if user.get 'anonymous' # anonymous users can have any name
+      return callback(null, req, user) if nameLower is user.get('nameLower')
       User.findOne({nameLower: nameLower, anonymous: false}).exec (err, otherUser) ->
         log.error "Database error setting user name: #{err}" if err
         return callback(res: 'Database error.', code: 500) if err

test/server/functional/user.spec.coffee

@@ -110,24 +110,13 @@ describe 'POST /db/user', ->
   it 'should allow multiple anonymous users with same name', (done) ->
     createAnonNameUser('Jim', done)
 
-  it 'should not allow setting existing user name to anonymous user', (done) ->
+  it 'should allow setting existing user name to anonymous user', (done) ->
-
-    createAnonUser = ->
-      request.post getURL('/auth/logout'), ->
-        request.get getURL('/auth/whoami'), ->
-          req = request.post(getURL('/db/user'), (err, response) ->
-            expect(response.statusCode).toBe(409)
-            done()
-          )
-          form = req.form()
-          form.append('name', 'Jim')
-
     req = request.post(getURL('/db/user'), (err, response, body) ->
       expect(response.statusCode).toBe(200)
       request.get getURL('/auth/whoami'), (request, response, body) ->
         res = JSON.parse(response.body)
         expect(res.anonymous).toBeFalsy()
-        createAnonUser()
+        createAnonNameUser 'Jim', done
     )
     form = req.form()
     form.append('email', 'new@user.com')
@@ -212,6 +201,39 @@ ghlfarghlarghlfarghlarghlfarghlarghlfarghlarghlfarghlarghlfarghlarghlfarghlarghl
       form.append('email', 'New@email.com')
       form.append('name', 'Wilhelm')
 
+  it 'should not allow two users with the same name slug', (done) ->
+    loginSam (sam) ->
+      samsName = sam.get 'name'
+      sam.set 'name', 'admin'
+      request.put {uri:getURL(urlUser + '/' + sam.id), json: sam.toObject()}, (err, response) ->
+        expect(err).toBeNull()
+        expect(response.statusCode).toBe 409
+
+        sam.set 'name', samsName
+        done()
+
+  it 'should silently rename an anonymous user if their name conflicts upon signup', (done) ->
+    request.post getURL('/auth/logout'), ->
+      request.get getURL('/auth/whoami'), ->
+        req = request.post getURL('/db/user'), (err, response) ->
+          expect(response.statusCode).toBe(200)
+          request.get getURL('/auth/whoami'), (err, response) ->
+            expect(err).toBeNull()
+            guy = JSON.parse(response.body)
+            expect(guy.anonymous).toBeTruthy()
+            expect(guy.name).toEqual 'admin'
+
+            guy.email = 'blub@blub' # Email means registration
+            req = request.post {url: getURL('/db/user'), json: guy}, (err, response) ->
+              expect(err).toBeNull()
+              finalGuy = response.body
+              expect(finalGuy.anonymous).toBeFalsy()
+              expect(finalGuy.name).not.toEqual guy.name
+              expect(finalGuy.name.length).toBe guy.name.length + 1
+              done()
+        form = req.form()
+        form.append('name', 'admin')
+
 describe 'GET /db/user', ->
 
   it 'logs in as admin', (done) ->
@@ -293,6 +315,3 @@ describe 'GET /db/user', ->
 
 
 
-
-
-