You also need to change MediaWiki:Nouserspecified
However: I myself think this is a really bad idea. I remember more
than once failing login on one of the several Wikis I have an account
for, unsuccessfully cycling through my usual passwords until I
finally *read* the error message and noticed I had used the wrong
username. You will probably impact legitimate users more than
dissuading attackers. Security through obscurity is not a sound plan.
If you need additional security against cracking attacks, use a CAPTCHA.
YMMV,
Boris
On 1-Dec-07, at 9:56 AM, Emufarmers Sangly wrote:
On Dec 1, 2007 8:31 AM, Keir
<keirlawson(a)gmail.com> wrote:
Hi, I was wondering if there was any way to
change the login error
message
when a user tries to log in with a correct username but incorrect
password
to be the same as the error given when they try to log in with an
incorrect
password? I dont want a potential attacker to be able to know if a
username
is valid or not.
As a matter of general security practice I would agree with you and
suggest
that this be changed in the core MediaWiki code, but remember that
MediaWiki
comes with a publicly-viewable user list, plus user pages that will
reveal
whether or not a user exists. Unless you've got your wiki on complete
lockdown, changing the failed login message would only give you a
false
sense of security and annoy your users.
At any rate, take a look at MediaWiki:Nosuchuser,
MediaWiki:Nosuchusershort,
MediaWiki:Wrongpassword, and MediaWiki:Wrongpasswordempty.
--
Arr, ye emus,
http://emufarmers.com
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