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-rw-r--r--Mailman/Cgi/Auth.py4
-rw-r--r--Mailman/Cgi/options.py4
-rw-r--r--Mailman/Cgi/private.py2
-rw-r--r--NEWS3
4 files changed, 11 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/Mailman/Cgi/Auth.py b/Mailman/Cgi/Auth.py
index 8c66c4d3..986a9235 100644
--- a/Mailman/Cgi/Auth.py
+++ b/Mailman/Cgi/Auth.py
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-# Copyright (C) 1998,1999,2000,2001,2002 by the Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+# Copyright (C) 1998-2010 by the Free Software Foundation, Inc.
#
# This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
# modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License
@@ -42,6 +42,8 @@ def loginpage(mlist, scriptname, msg='', frontpage=None):
actionurl = Utils.GetRequestURI(url)
if msg:
msg = FontAttr(msg, color='#ff0000', size='+1').Format()
+ # give an HTTP 401 for authentication failure
+ print 'Status: 401 Unauthorized'
if scriptname == 'admindb':
who = _('Moderator')
else:
diff --git a/Mailman/Cgi/options.py b/Mailman/Cgi/options.py
index 3c736483..cb6c2fa2 100644
--- a/Mailman/Cgi/options.py
+++ b/Mailman/Cgi/options.py
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-# Copyright (C) 1998-2008 by the Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+# Copyright (C) 1998-2010 by the Free Software Foundation, Inc.
#
# This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
# modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License
@@ -252,6 +252,8 @@ def main():
'Login failure with private rosters: %s',
user)
user = None
+ # give an HTTP 401 for authentication failure
+ print 'Status: 401 Unauthorized'
loginpage(mlist, doc, user, language)
print doc.Format()
return
diff --git a/Mailman/Cgi/private.py b/Mailman/Cgi/private.py
index c647653b..a92265e1 100644
--- a/Mailman/Cgi/private.py
+++ b/Mailman/Cgi/private.py
@@ -131,6 +131,8 @@ def main():
if cgidata.has_key('submit'):
# This is a re-authorization attempt
message = Bold(FontSize('+1', _('Authorization failed.'))).Format()
+ # give an HTTP 401 for authentication failure
+ print 'Status: 401 Unauthorized'
# Output the password form
charset = Utils.GetCharSet(mlist.preferred_language)
print 'Content-type: text/html; charset=' + charset + '\n\n'
diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index b875c28f..f14de415 100644
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -13,6 +13,9 @@ Here is a history of user visible changes to Mailman.
Bug Fixes and other patches
+ - We now give an HTTP 401 status for authentication failures from admin,
+ admindb, private and options logins.
+
- Backported the listinfo template change from the 2.2 branch to fix
Bug #514050.