--- loncom/interface/createaccount.pm	2010/11/29 14:57:20	1.37.2.2
+++ loncom/interface/createaccount.pm	2010/12/01 22:56:12	1.37.2.4
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 # institutional log-in ID (institutional authentication required - localauth
 #  or kerberos) or an e-mail address.
 #
-# $Id: createaccount.pm,v 1.37.2.2 2010/11/29 14:57:20 raeburn Exp $
+# $Id: createaccount.pm,v 1.37.2.4 2010/12/01 22:56:12 raeburn Exp $
 #
 # Copyright Michigan State University Board of Trustees
 #
@@ -520,7 +520,7 @@ sub process_email_request {
             my $uhome = &Apache::lonnet::homeserver($useremail,$domain);
             if ($uhome ne 'no_host') {
                 $output = &invalid_state('existinguser',$domdesc,
-                                         $contact_name,$contact_email);
+                                         $contact_name,$contact_email,'',$useremail);
                 return $output;
             } else {
                  my $captcha = Captcha::reCAPTCHA->new;
@@ -1129,20 +1129,23 @@ sub check_id {
 }
 
 sub invalid_state {
-    my ($error,$domdesc,$contact_name,$contact_email,$msgtext) = @_;
+    my ($error,$domdesc,$contact_name,$contact_email,$msgtext,$useremail) = @_;
     my $msg = '<h3>'.&mt('Account creation unavailable').'</h3><span class="LC_error">';
     if ($error eq 'baduseremail') {
-        $msg = &mt('The e-mail address you provided does not appear to be a valid address.');
+        $msg .= &mt('The e-mail address you provided does not appear to be a valid address.');
     } elsif ($error eq 'existinguser') {
-        $msg = &mt('The e-mail address you provided is already in use as a username in LON-CAPA at this institution.');
+        my $uname = &HTML::Entities::encode($useremail);
+        $msg .= &mt('The e-mail address you provided is already in use as a username in LON-CAPA at this institution.').'<br />'.&mt('You can either:').'<ul>'.
+                '<li>'.&mt(Return to the [_1]log-in page[_2] and enter your password.','<a href="/adm/login?username="'.$uname.'">','</a>').'</li>'.
+                '<li>'.&mt('or, if you do not remember your password, visit the "[_1]Forgot your password?[_2]" page.','<a href="/adm/resetpw?uname="'.$uname.'&useremail='.$uname.'&referrer=createaccount">','</a>');
     } elsif ($error eq 'userrules') {
-        $msg = &mt('Username rules at this institution do not allow the e-mail address you provided to be used as a username.');
+        $msg .= &mt('Username rules at this institution do not allow the e-mail address you provided to be used as a username.');
     } elsif ($error eq 'userformat') {
-        $msg = &mt('The e-mail address you provided may not be used as a username at this LON-CAPA institution.');
+        $msg .= &mt('The e-mail address you provided may not be used as a username at this LON-CAPA institution.');
     } elsif ($error eq 'captcha') {
-        $msg = &mt('Validation of the code your entered failed.');
+        $msg .= &mt('Validation of the code you entered failed.');
     } elsif ($error eq 'noemails') {
-        $msg = &mt('Creation of a new user account using an e-mail address as username is not permitted at this LON-CAPA institution.');
+        $msg .= &mt('Creation of a new user account using an e-mail address as username is not permitted at this LON-CAPA institution.');
     }
     $msg .= '</span>';
     if ($msgtext) {