Odoo Server (MOVED TO GITHUB)

No logging of database authentication errors

Bug #672130 reported by Tristan Hill on 2010-11-07

This bug affects 2 people

Affects		Status	Importance	Assigned to	Milestone
	Odoo Server (MOVED TO GITHUB)	Fix Released	Low	OpenERP's Framework R&D	Odoo Server (MOVED TO GITHUB) 6.0-rc2

Bug Description

Steps to reproduce
* start a server with incorrect db username or password but without specifying a database name
e.g. python ~/src/openerp-trunk/server/bin/openerp-server.py --db_user invalid
* connect to server with client

Expect
* error message on server to indicate database authentication error

Actual
* no error on server

With current latest trunk.

Related branches

lp:~stan/+junk/openobject-server_psycopg_connect_try_except

lp:openobject-server

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Olivier Dony (Odoo) (odo-openerp) wrote on 2010-11-08:

You're right, we'll see if there is an easy way to add this, thanks for suggesting!

summary:	- no database authentication error + No logging of database authentication errors
Changed in openobject-server:
importance:	Undecided → Low
milestone:	none → 6.0-rc2
status:	New → Confirmed

Olivier Dony (Odoo) (odo-openerp) on 2010-11-08

Changed in openobject-server:
assignee:	nobody → OpenERP's Framework R&D (openerp-dev-framework)

Yogesh (SerpentCS) (yogesh-serpentcs) on 2010-11-24

Changed in openobject-server:
status:	Confirmed → In Progress

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xrg (xrg) wrote on 2010-11-29:

[2010-11-29 20:12:03] INFO:web-services:bad login or password from 'admin' using database 'test_bqi'

That's the message that has been in the server for quite many months already. The level is "info", rather than "error", on purpose: repeated failed attempts should not fill the logs (DoS by logs).

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Olivier Dony (Odoo) (odo-openerp) wrote on 2010-11-30:

The fix has landed in trunk with revision 3055 <email address hidden>
Thanks for reporting!