[TYPO3-project-4-3] ExtJS modal relogin window does not work as it should

[Xavier Perseguers]

Hi,

I guess many of view already encountered the problem that they could not 
log in anymore using the modal AJAX-based login window once timeout 
occured and that they ended clicking the "logout" button to get the 
standard plain-old login window to be able to log again.

In the history of trunk, there was time when this login dialog did not 
work at all but in fact, it works but not as it should.

TYPO3 uses a superchallenge mechanism and put a hidden field challenge 
that is submitted with form (and used to salt the client-hashed password 
that is submitted). But this challenge has a small lifetime and if you 
get the relogin dialog and do not log in again quick enough, you won't 
be able to log in.

Moreover, when you use the AJAX login with this dialog and put some 
invalid data (that is you should not be able to log in anyway), you get 
a login failure error but the challenge is not refreshed with a new one, 
meaning you won't be able to log in anyway after that failure.

Being currently quiet occupied with "green vacancies" (swiss people will 
understand), I cannot find time to write a patch now.

-- 
Xavier Perseguers
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