Answers.Body: <p>Turns out there was a bug in Craft that prevented a scenario like the one you're trying to achieve from happening.</p>
  
  <p>It has been fixed for the next (post <a href="http://buildwithcraft.com/updates#build2702" rel="nofollow">2.4.2702</a>) release, though!</p>
  
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Answers.CreationDate: 2015-11-05T23:13:48.997Z
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Answers.UserDisplayName: Brad Bell
Body: <p>I would like to let a client log in to the site when the system is off, but without CP access. I have created a user group named «testing-group» with one checkbox checked: «Access the site when the system is off», and I have assigned a user to this group. I have created a 503.html template in the templates folder, and the login form provided in the docs,  <a href="http://buildwithcraft.com/docs/templating/login-form" rel="nofollow">http://buildwithcraft.com/docs/templating/login-form</a>, is in this template. The form is displayed, but nothing happens when I try to log in (happens both with admin account and the user assigned to the group «testing-group» ). </p>
  
Comments.ContentLicense: CC BY-SA 3.0
Comments.CreationDate: 2015-11-06T00:29:21.093Z
Comments.Text: Per Brad's answer, this was due to a bug. Closing this as a "bug report".
Comments.UserDisplayName: Lindsey D
Tags: <login>
Title: Let a client log in to the site when the system is off
ThreadText: # Let a client log in to the site when the system is off
  
  (Asked by: username_0 on 2015-11-03)
  
  I would like to let a client log in to the site when the system is off, but without CP access. I have created a user group named «testing-group» with one checkbox checked: «Access the site when the system is off», and I have assigned a user to this group. I have created a 503.html template in the templates folder, and the login form provided in the docs, <http://buildwithcraft.com/docs/templating/login-form>, is in this template. The form is displayed, but nothing happens when I try to log in (happens both with admin account and the user assigned to the group «testing-group» ).
  
  **Tags:** login
  
  > **Comments:**
  > **username_1**: Per username_2's answer, this was due to a bug. Closing this as a "bug report".  
  
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  ### Answer by username_2 on 2015-11-05. Score: 0 | Accepted answer
  
  Turns out there was a bug in Craft that prevented a scenario like the one you're trying to achieve from happening.
  
  It has been fixed for the next (post [2.4.2702](http://buildwithcraft.com/updates#build2702)) release, though!
  
  
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