[Doc bug]Jira User Server feature supports editing a username

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    • 8.2
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    • Severity 3 - Minor

      Issue Summary

      Old Jira versions do not maintain external ids, and the old Jira User Servers do not support editing a username.
      However, the current Jira User Server feature version supports editing a username due to maintaining external ids.

      From these facts, the following description in the document is out of date.

      (Jira)Create, edit, or remove a user

      > Edit a username, full name, or email address
      > If you are using your Jira instance as a Jira User Server for other applications, (e.g., Confluence), you will not be able to use this feature. If you aren’t sure about this, check under User Management > Jira User Server to confirm that no external applications have been configured to use Jira as a Crowd Server.

      Steps to Reproduce

      See (Jira)Create, edit, or remove a user

      Expected Results

      Removing the second bullet point of the warnings(The following section).

      (Jira)Create, edit, or remove a user

      > Edit a username, full name, or email address
      > If you are using your Jira instance as a Jira User Server for other applications, (e.g., Confluence), you will not be able to use this feature. If you aren’t sure about this, check under User Management > Jira User Server to confirm that no external applications have been configured to use Jira as a Crowd Server.

      Actual Results

      The warnings in the document are remains from older Jira version.

      Workaround

      Ignore this warnings in the document.

            Assignee:
            Oksana Levchuk
            Reporter:
            Ryoji Takata (Inactive)
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