Some user register with their email as their user name (its valid).
Once you edit this account (for approval etc.) you can not submit is and get this error message
This name has already been taken by another user.

The problem is with the validation function at line 370

 if (db_num_rows(db_query("SELECT uid FROM {users} WHERE LOWER(mail) = LOWER('%s') ", $form_values['name'])) > 0) {

Replace it with this one and it works fine

 if (db_num_rows(db_query("SELECT uid FROM {users} WHERE LOWER(mail) = LOWER('%s') && uid != %d", $form_values['name'],$form_values['uid'])) > 0) {

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hunmonk’s picture

hunmonk commented
Status: Active » Needs work

if you'd like a patch reviewed, please follow drupal conventions and submit it in the proper format.

http://drupal.org/patch/create

hunmonk’s picture

hunmonk commented
Status: Needs work » Fixed

the line you pointed to is the incorrect location for this fix. it was however fixed by this commit:

http://drupal.org/cvs?commit=104980

Anonymous’s picture

Anonymous (not verified) commented
Status: Fixed » Closed (fixed)

Automatically closed -- issue fixed for two weeks with no activity.