Users can connect their social profiles with their UGX-Mods Account to be able
to login with it.
Also users can register directly with such an account with some pre filled
fields. (see below for more information)
Note:
the connections are READ-ONLY and therefore won't do anything on behalf of you
to your external account.
If UGX-Mods is ever going to change the permission (in order to interact with
your account, e.g.: write a tweet once you release something) a re-validation
/ your consent is required again!.
- Login on UGX-Mods
- Visit your Forum Profile Settings > Connections ()
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Click the account you want to
link / unlink
Authenticate with the external provider
- You should now have a linked account. - You can now login with it.
- Click Login / get on the login page
- Click the external provider icon which you linked with your account
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(Optional) If you aren't logged in on your external account, a login form
will show from your external provider
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After successful authentication with your external provider you'll be
redirected back to UGX-Mods
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If your account was linked and verification was successful the login on
UGX-Mods will be granted
- Follow the registration wizard.
- Select the provider of your desire once you are asked
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Authenticate with your external provider and get redirect to the
registration wizard
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On success you will see a couple of fields pre filled (which you can clear /
remove) and you can finish the reigstration
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I unlinked my external account and I can't login anymore
In this case you need to login with your email and password. If you never
received a password yet, requst one here:
Request new password
Most likely the request couldn't be executed and you need to relink your
account and try it again.
- Unlink your account
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Link your account (ensure you use the correct Discord account in case you
have multiple!)
- Check again
There are different reasons to link your external accounts:
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Login with your external provider (like Twitter or Google) without a
password or email address or username. One click is enough.
- Faster registration with pre filled fields.
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Certain providers allow enhancements. For example linking Discord will grant
you all proper Discord Roles in compliance with your UGX-Mods Forum groups.
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In the future: more account trustworthy. A healthy account with active
external connections will grant you more trustworthy
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Only minimal ones:
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If an attacker hijacks your external account, he might get also access
to your UGX-Mods account if he successfully authenticates from UGX-Mods
with your external provider. But this is very minimal and is strongly
affected by your general security and how secret your credentials are.
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UGX-Mods does only save your unique identifier at the moment. We use this to
identify your once you login / register on our site.
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There is nothing to worry about this, we can't do anything else with
this other than to know that the given account has the identifier XYZ.
(it is like your user id on our UGX-Mods Forum)
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HELP! My external account has been compromised and I don't know what todo.
- First of all contact support of your provider
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Be sure to unlink your account on UGX-Mods. You can do this by
clicking here
.
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At any time, you can contact us:
UGX Help Center
(support)
Yes - in most cases.
Simply visit the
Connections (Social Integrations)
area and click on the link below the "unlink account" button,
alternatively see below:
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Discord
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There seems to be no directlink. Simply open Discord and click user
settings (gear icon right next to your avatar + username)
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Then under Authorized Apps you can revoke access (hover over the entry
and a red "deauthorize" button appears)
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Twitter
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Facebook
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Steam
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There is nothing you can do from steam, unlink your account on UGX-Mods
is the only chance.
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LinkedIn
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Google
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Yahoo!
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TwitchTV