[JENKINS-45122] Additional Identities does not make it clear what values are valid for "Realm"

I tried to use Additional Identities to work around JENKINS-10258">JENKINS-10258.

The plugin adds two text fields - "Identity" and "Realm".

I can reasonably guess that for "Identity", I'm supposed to put in the "Jenkins User Id" shown in the other user's page, since that is the only thing the other page shows. However, it is impossible to guess what is supposed to go into "Realm".

Given that it appears to be impossible to figure out the correct value to fill in here, it doesn't seem like this plugin is usable to merge users together, and a more straight-forward interface where I can choose two users and merge them would be much easier to use.

 

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Originally reported by trejkaz, imported from: Additional Identities does not make it clear what values are valid for "Realm"

• assignee: nicolas
  
• status: Open
  
• priority: Major
  
• component(s): additional-identities-plugin
  
• resolution: Unresolved
  
• votes: 4
  
• watchers: 2
  
• imported: 20251216-225446
  

Raw content of original issue

I tried to use Additional Identities to work around JENKINS-10258.


The plugin adds two text fields - "Identity" and "Realm".


I can reasonably guess that for "Identity", I'm supposed to put in the "Jenkins User Id" shown in the other user's page, since that is the only thing the other page shows. However, it is impossible to guess what is supposed to go into "Realm".


Given that it appears to be impossible to figure out the correct value to fill in here, it doesn't seem like this plugin is usable to merge users together, and a more straight-forward interface where I can choose two users and merge them would be much easier to use.


 

environment

```
Jenkins 2.66

Additional Identities Plusin 1.1
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Start by reviewing the Additional Identities plugin's Identity and Realm fields and the reported user-merging workflow. Determine whether the intended outcome is to document valid Realm values or provide a more direct user-selection interface; done means users can understand and complete the identity-merge task.

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