From: Joey Hess <joeyh@joeyh.name>
Date: Thu, 4 Jan 2018 23:21:51 +0000 (-0400)
Subject: improve error message when postsignin is not set
X-Git-Tag: 3.20180105~8
X-Git-Url: http://git.vanrenterghem.biz/git.ikiwiki.info.git/commitdiff_plain/61f0dc669fdd602bcbb9d4e63c585ea4ee2891ca

improve error message when postsignin is not set

This can happen if the user goes directly to /ikiwiki.cgi?do=login and
logs in, since nothing redirected them to there, there's no postsignin
value set. It can also happen when cookies are disabled, or perhaps
other problems.
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diff --git a/IkiWiki/CGI.pm b/IkiWiki/CGI.pm
index f1eb31d97..64f5c6b8c 100644
--- a/IkiWiki/CGI.pm
+++ b/IkiWiki/CGI.pm
@@ -217,7 +217,7 @@ sub cgi_postsignin ($$) {
 			error(gettext("probable misconfiguration: sslcookie is set, but you are attempting to login via http, not https"));
 		}
 		else {
-			error(gettext("login failed, perhaps you need to turn on cookies?"));
+			error(gettext("Login succeeded, but I don't remember why you were logging in, so you'll have to navigate back to whatever you were doing. (This should not normally happen. Perhaps you need to enable cookies?)"));
 		}
 	}
 }