If a wiki is configured to be private, eg guest does not have any permissions to view any of the pages on the wiki, it is an annoyance to always be told that you aren't authorized to view a page when you aren't logged in. A more natural flow in this sort of scenario would be to be automatically directed to the login page so that the user can authenticate (and then hopefully gain access to the page).
This change adds a configuration option to the security page to enable "Bypass Unauthatorized Screen" functionality. This option defaults to false, so there is no change in behavior for existing/new installations, it is an opt-in configuration change.
Two new translatable strings are added:
"admin:security.bypassUnauthorized": "Bypass Unauthorized Screen"
"admin:security.bypassUnauthorizedHint": "Should the user be redirected automatically to the login screen if they are not authenticated and attempt to access a page not accessible to Guest"
Paul S Dennis
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