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When using AuthPlugin and entering an existing username with a wrong password,
MediaWiki responds with an error message stating that the given username does
not exist. This is incorrect and confusing.

Patch to fix it:

--- SpecialUserlogin.php.orig   Wed Mar  2 12:38:07 2005
+++ SpecialUserlogin.php        Wed Mar  2 12:42:50 2005
@@ -248,10 +248,14 @@
                         * automatically create a new account for users that
                         * are externally defined but have not yet logged in.
                         */
-                       if( $wgAuth->autoCreate() &&
-                           $wgAuth->userExists( $u->getName() ) &&
-                           $wgAuth->authenticate( $u->getName(),
$this->mPassword ) ) {
-                           $u =& $this->initUser( $u );
+                       if( $wgAuth->autoCreate() && $wgAuth->userExists(
$u->getName() ) ) {
+                               if( $wgAuth->authenticate( $u->getName(),
$this->mPassword ) ) {
+                                       $u =& $this->initUser( $u );
+                               }
+                               else {
+                                       $this->mainLoginForm( wfMsg(
'wrongpassword' ) );
+                                       return;
+                               }
                        } else {
                                $this->mainLoginForm( wfMsg( 'nosuchuser',
$u->getName() ) );
                                return;