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Hi,

Login error message is just a message written in language property files.

For authentication fail the language key is authentication-failed.

For English language you need to over ride Language_en_EN.properties, make a hook for that.

Other messages you can find in the same file of portal source.

Thanks,
Pranay Patadiya

Hi Aaron,

Go into login.jsp in Login portlet,u will find the following code there:

<liferay-ui:error exception="<%= AuthException.class %>" message="authentication-failed" />
<liferay-ui:error exception="<%= CookieNotSupportedException.class %>" message="authentication-failed-please-enable-browser-cookies" />
<liferay-ui:error exception="<%= NoSuchUserException.class %>" message="please-enter-a-valid-login" />
<liferay-ui:error exception="<%= PasswordExpiredException.class %>" message="your-password-has-expired" />
<liferay-ui:error exception="<%= UserEmailAddressException.class %>" message="please-enter-a-valid-login" />
<liferay-ui:error exception="<%= UserLockoutException.class %>" message="this-account-has-been-locked" />
<liferay-ui:error exception="<%= UserPasswordException.class %>" message="please-enter-a-valid-password" />
<liferay-ui:error exception="<%= UserScreenNameException.class %>" message="please-enter-a-valid-screen-name" />

inorder to change the error message follow the example given below.

Eg: Suppose you want to change the error message for "please-enter-a-valid-login"
Go to Language.properties, find the message assigned to it
Eg: please-enter-a-valid-login=Please enter a valid login.

Paste your customized message in the following files
language-ext.properties and language-ext_en.properties
please-enter-a-valid-login=Login failed,Please try again.

deploy the changes and restart the server.

I hope this works for you.