Your message dated Mon, 24 Aug 2026 00:27:54 +0200
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and subject line Re: Bug#806265: Re-sending an account verification link on an
already-activated causes a 500 error
has caused the Debian Bug report #806265,
regarding Re-sending an account verification link on an already-activated
causes a 500 error
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Package: wiki.debian.org
Severity: normal
As reported:
when I try to create a user account on the Debian wiki which uses a
name already taken, I get the following message:
This user name already belongs to somebody else. If this is a new
account and you need another verification link, try sending another
one.
"sending another one" links to
https://wiki.debian.org/InstallingDebianOn/Allwinner?action=newaccount&i=1162379783.5.60584&resend=1
in my case. Going to this page results in an internal server error.
I've confirmed this and I can see the problem in the apache logs:
[wsgi:error] mod_wsgi (pid=19132): Exception occurred processing WSGI script
'/srv/wiki.debian.org/bin/moin.wsgi'.
[wsgi:error] Traceback (most recent call last):
[wsgi:error] File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/werkzeug/wsgi.py", line
588, in __call__
[wsgi:error] return self.app(environ, start_response)
[wsgi:error] File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/MoinMoin/wsgiapp.py",
line 264, in __call__
[wsgi:error] response = run(context)
[wsgi:error] File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/MoinMoin/wsgiapp.py",
line 89, in run
[wsgi:error] response = dispatch(request, context, action_name)
[wsgi:error] File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/MoinMoin/wsgiapp.py",
line 137, in dispatch
[wsgi:error] response = handle_action(context, pagename, action_name)
[wsgi:error] File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/MoinMoin/wsgiapp.py",
line 203, in handle_action
[wsgi:error] handler(context.page.page_name, context)
[wsgi:error] File
"/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/MoinMoin/action/newaccount.py", line 259, in
execute
[wsgi:error] mailok, msg = _send_verification_mail(request, theuser)
[wsgi:error] File
"/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/MoinMoin/action/newaccount.py", line 22, in
_send_verification_mail
[wsgi:error] 'v': user.account_verification}
[wsgi:error] AttributeError: User instance has no attribute
'account_verification'
-- System Information:
Debian Release: 8.2
APT prefers stable
APT policy: (500, 'stable')
Architecture: amd64 (x86_64)
Foreign Architectures: i386
Kernel: Linux 3.16.0-4-amd64 (SMP w/4 CPU cores)
Locale: LANG=en_GB.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_GB.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash
Init: systemd (via /run/systemd/system)
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--- Begin Message ---
On Thu, Nov 26, 2015 at 12:39:30AM +0000, Steve McIntyre wrote:
> when I try to create a user account on the Debian wiki which uses a
> name already taken, I get the following message:
>
> This user name already belongs to somebody else. If this is a new
> account and you need another verification link, try sending another
> one.
>
> "sending another one" links to
> https://wiki.debian.org/InstallingDebianOn/Allwinner?action=newaccount&i=1162379783.5.60584&resend=1
> in my case. Going to this page results in an internal server error.
[..]
> [wsgi:error] AttributeError: User instance has no attribute
> 'account_verification'
Currently this works; questionable if it should and if it really
should leak the user's email address. But it's not completely
broken.
Given it seems unlikely this will be fixed on MoinMoin, I'm gonna
close this and we shall hope the MediaWiki-migration will be
completed.
Best,
Chris
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