You can set your message with auth.messages.invalid_login = "...."
On Jan 10, 6:58 am, Ruiwen Chua <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi, > > Currently, I'm using the default auth() (eg. return dict(form=auth()) > method for generating the form for my user login view. > > I'd like to know if there's any way by which I can tell if a login has > failed from within the controller action? I've just asked on the IRC > channel, and the answer I got was to check response.flash in the view. > However, I'm using a custom layout and do not have the flash > displaying anywhere near my login form. > > Is there a way that I can tell if the login has failed, and display my > own error message if need be, without having to rely on response.flash > in the view? > > Cheers > Ruiwen

