From 02d9631a183dc06040b3c028d48c243b9c4dd84f Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Matt Ward <matt.ward@alfresco.com>
Date: Tue, 22 Nov 2016 10:26:35 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] Merged mward/5.2.n-repo1544-update-self (5.2.1) to 5.2.N
 (5.2.1)    132959 mward: REPO-1544: added error message (review: CR-620)

git-svn-id: https://svn.alfresco.com/repos/alfresco-enterprise/alfresco/BRANCHES/DEV/5.2.N/root@132998 c4b6b30b-aa2e-2d43-bbcb-ca4b014f7261
---
 source/java/org/alfresco/rest/api/impl/PeopleImpl.java | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/source/java/org/alfresco/rest/api/impl/PeopleImpl.java b/source/java/org/alfresco/rest/api/impl/PeopleImpl.java
index 111056c95e..4b95171dda 100644
--- a/source/java/org/alfresco/rest/api/impl/PeopleImpl.java
+++ b/source/java/org/alfresco/rest/api/impl/PeopleImpl.java
@@ -542,7 +542,7 @@ public class PeopleImpl implements People
                 // Non-admin users can update their own password, but must provide their current password.
                 if (person.getOldPassword() == null)
                 {
-                    throw new PermissionDeniedException();
+                    throw new PermissionDeniedException("Existing password is required, but missing (filed 'oldPassword').");
                 }
                 char[] oldPassword = person.getOldPassword().toCharArray();
                 try