in the 'old' control panel, admins could change users' publicly displayed names, however, this feature seems to be disabled/removed in the 'new' control panel (in ver 6.7.x). <img src="https://www.ubbcentral.com/boards/images/graemlins/frown.gif" alt="" /> from what i can tell, only the user themself can edit their Public Name from their profile (provided the edit setting is turned on in the registration settings).
