0014645: Requesting logged in user on login page simply exits with no message - MantisBT

ID	Project	Category	View Status	Date Submitted	Last Update

0014645	mantisbt	authentication	public	2012-08-24 03:50	2012-08-24 04:15

Reporter	ErikRoelofs	Assigned To
Priority	high	Severity	crash	Reproducibility	always
Status	new	Resolution	open
Product Version	1.2.10

Summary	0014645: Requesting logged in user on login page simply exits with no message
Description	In the access_api, if you get an access denied, it will check if the current page is not the login and then redirect you there. However, if the page IS the login page, there is no catch or error. The program simply exists, leaving a frustrated programmer to step through the entire program figuring out why the login page is suddenly just a white page. It would be nice to have some kind of message stating that the user is denied access to the login page.
Steps To Reproduce	1) Have a plugin that checks for the logged in user during setup
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ErikRoelofs 2012-08-24 04:15 reporter ~0032636	Or, even better, it would be nice if the design would change. You don't expect a function that gets the current global access level to simply exit the entire program with a redirect (if you're lucky). It would be better for such functions to just return 0 or something.