- Added reserved username definition file.

- Added method to read file within user helper.

Teknik/App_Data/reservedUsernames.txt

@@ -0,0 +1,132 @@
+about
+abuse
+account
+add
+admin
+administration
+api
+app
+apps
+archive
+archives
+auth
+better
+billing
+blog
+cache
+cdn
+changelog
+codereview
+compare
+config
+connect
+contact
+create
+delete
+dev
+developer
+direct_messages
+downloads
+edit
+email
+enterprise
+faq
+favorites
+feed
+feeds
+follow
+followers
+following
+ftp
+gist
+help
+home
+host
+hosting
+hostmaster
+imap
+info
+invitations
+invite
+jobs
+list
+list-request
+lists
+local
+localdomain
+localhost
+log
+login
+logout
+logs
+mail
+mailman
+map
+maps
+marketing
+master
+messages
+mine
+mod
+moderator
+news
+next
+no-reply
+noc
+noreply
+oauth
+oauth_clients
+openid
+organizations
+owner
+plans
+pop
+popular
+postman
+postmaster
+privacy
+production
+projects
+register
+remove
+replies
+root
+rss
+rsync
+sales
+save
+search
+security
+sessions
+settings
+sftp
+shop
+signup
+sitemap
+ssh
+ssl
+staging
+status
+stories
+styleguide
+subscribe
+support
+team
+teknik
+terms
+tour
+translations
+trends
+unfollow
+unsubscribe
+url
+usenet
+user
+uucp
+webmaster
+widget
+widgets
+wiki
+www
+xfn
+xmpp

Teknik/Areas/User/Controllers/UserController.cs

@@ -218,7 +218,7 @@ namespace Teknik.Areas.Users.Controllers
             {
                 if (Config.UserConfig.RegistrationEnabled)
                 {
-                    if (UserHelper.UsernameAvailable(db, Config, model.Username))
+                    if (!UserHelper.UsernameAvailable(db, Config, model.Username))
                     {
                         return Json(new { error = "That username is not available." });
                     }

Teknik/Areas/User/Utility/UserHelper.cs

@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 using System;
 using System.Collections.Generic;
 using System.Data.Entity;
+using System.IO;
 using System.Linq;
 using System.Net;
 using System.Runtime.InteropServices;
@@ -19,6 +20,21 @@ namespace Teknik.Areas.Users.Utility
 {
     public static class UserHelper
     {
+        public static List<string> GetReservedUsernames(Config config)
+        {
+            List<string> foundNames = new List<string>();
+            if (config != null)
+            {
+                string path = config.UserConfig.ReservedUsernameDefinitionFile;
+                if (File.Exists(path))
+                {
+                    string[] names = File.ReadAllLines(path);
+                    foundNames = names.ToList();
+                }
+            }
+            return foundNames;
+        }
+
         #region User Management
         public static User GetUser(TeknikEntities db, string username)
         {
@@ -48,7 +64,9 @@ namespace Teknik.Areas.Users.Utility
         {
             bool isValid = true;
 
-            if (config.UserConfig.ReservedUsernames.Exists(u => u.ToLower() == username.ToLower()))
+            // Load reserved usernames
+            List<string> reserved = GetReservedUsernames(config);
+            if (reserved.Exists(u => u.ToLower() == username.ToLower()))
                 isValid = false;
 
             return isValid;

Teknik/Configuration/UserConfig.cs

@@ -10,13 +10,13 @@ namespace Teknik.Configuration
     {
         public bool RegistrationEnabled { get; set; }
         public bool LoginEnabled { get; set; }
-        public List<string> ReservedUsernames { get; set; }
+        public string ReservedUsernameDefinitionFile { get; set; }
 
         public UserConfig()
         {
             RegistrationEnabled = true;
             LoginEnabled = true;
-            ReservedUsernames = new List<string>();
+            ReservedUsernameDefinitionFile = string.Empty;
         }
     }
 }

Teknik/Teknik.csproj

@@ -300,6 +300,7 @@
     <Compile Include="App_Start\SubdomainRouteExtension.cs" />
   </ItemGroup>
   <ItemGroup>
+    <Content Include="App_Data\reservedUsernames.txt" />
     <Content Include="Areas\Blog\Content\Blog.css" />
     <Content Include="Areas\Blog\Scripts\Blog.js" />
     <Content Include="Areas\Contact\Scripts\Contact.js" />