[Mailman-Developers] return 401 for bad password?

Mark Sapiro mark at msapiro.net
Sat Jan 30 03:22:42 CET 2010


Mark Sapiro wrote:


> and append
> 
>         print '401 Unauthorized\n'
> 
> to make it
> 
>     if msg:
>         msg = FontAttr(msg, color='#ff0000', size='+1').Format()
>         print '401 Unauthorized\n'


Actually, that's wrong on two counts. It should be 'Status: 401
Unauthorized' and there should be no newline as print provides one, so
make it

    if msg:
        msg = FontAttr(msg, color='#ff0000', size='+1').Format()
        print 'Status: 401 Unauthorized'


> This is entirely untested, but should work for both failed admin and
> admindb logins.


And it's still untested.

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