login page not working directly from the index page

login page not working directly from the index page

by Shriya Dhar -
Number of replies: 1

I want to put the login form on my index page directly. I have put the code as it is but it is giving the following error

The form did not come from this page! (referer = http://teckie:8080/moodle/)

What is the problem?

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In reply to Shriya Dhar

Re: login page not working directly from the index page

by Martin Dougiamas -
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That's a security feature in Moodle.

It's to stop a bad hacker (cracker) from writing a simple script that repeatedly calls your login page attempting to guess a password and gain entry.

Setting "buggy_referer" to true in config.php will stop this behaviour.