#16834 closed Bug (wontfix)
wrong error message when entering admin and not is_staff or is_active
| Reported by: | Owned by: | nobody | |
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| Component: | contrib.admin | Version: | 1.3 |
| Severity: | Normal | Keywords: | |
| Cc: | Triage Stage: | Unreviewed | |
| Has patch: | yes | Needs documentation: | no |
| Needs tests: | no | Patch needs improvement: | no |
| Easy pickings: | yes | UI/UX: | no |
Description
On the admin login, when a user tries to login, but is_staff is set to False, the error message is misleadingly wrong:
"Please enter a correct username and password. Note that both fields are case-sensitive."
The actual message should be something like:
"You are not allowed to enter the administration area of this website."
How do we deal with translations of this message?
Attachments (1)
Change History (4)
by , 13 years ago
| Attachment: | admin_not_allowed.diff added |
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comment:1 by , 13 years ago
| Resolution: | → wontfix |
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| Status: | new → closed |
comment:2 by , 13 years ago
Julien, thanks for the pointers and also for your very correct response. I started a discussion on the mailing list as the general consensus seems to be in favour of this patch.
I'm sorry that I never seem to succeed in finding whether a ticket has already been posted: thanks for your response and contribution.
comment:3 by , 13 years ago
For the record: After another discussion on django-developers here: http://groups.google.com/group/django-developers/browse_thread/thread/c070dcd878a75a2b
I created a new ticket & patch in order to make the error message more clear while not giving away any more information: see ticket #16837
Thank you for the suggestion, but note that this has already been reported in #15567 and wontfixed for security reasons. It has then been discussed on django-dev
[1]with diverging opinions, including from core devs. So I suggest you continue discussing this topic on the mailing list until a final resolution is reached. Closing as wontfix again for now.http://groups.google.com/group/django-developers/browse_thread/thread/df19241a0b1a04ef