Werk #4280: Interactive login is now denied for automation users

Component

User interface

Title

Interactive login is now denied for automation users

Date

Jan 17, 2017

Level

Trivial Change

Class

Bug Fix

Compatibility

Compatible - no manual interaction needed

Checkmk versions & editions

1.4.0b1	Checkmk Raw (CRE), Checkmk Enterprise (CEE), Checkmk MSP (CME)

It was possible to log into the Check_MK GUI interactively (using the login form) as automation user. This was never intended and was a bug.

Automation users are only meant to authenticate with the GUI for a single page or API call using the URL variables (_username and _secret).

In case you want to login interactively to access multiple pages, you need a "normal" user that has a password configured instead of an automation secret.

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