Tell non-admins why the console is off-limits instead of bouncing them to the dashboard

coordinator/internal/transport/http/ui_admin.go

@@ -26,12 +26,14 @@ var adminUserActions = map[string]bool{
 }
 
 // requireAdmin gates a route on the session caller being an admin. It runs
-// inside withUISession, which has already stamped the requester. A non-admin is
+// inside withUISession, which has already stamped the requester. A signed-in
-// sent back to the dashboard rather than shown the panel.
+// non-admin is told why (and bounced to the login with the message); an
+// unauthenticated caller never gets here — the gate has already sent them to
+// the login page with the intended destination.
 func requireAdmin(next http.Handler) http.Handler {
 	return http.HandlerFunc(func(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
 		if req, ok := authctx.From(r.Context()); !ok || !req.IsAdmin() {
-			http.Redirect(w, r, "/ui", http.StatusSeeOther)
+			http.Redirect(w, r, "/ui/login?error=admin+role+required", http.StatusSeeOther)
 			return
 		}
 		next.ServeHTTP(w, r)

coordinator/internal/transport/http/ui_admin_internal_test.go

@@ -30,15 +30,15 @@ func TestRequireAdminAllowsAdminOnly(t *testing.T) {
 		t.Error("admin must reach the handler")
 	}
 
-	// Plain user is redirected to the dashboard.
+	// Plain user is redirected to the login with the reason.
 	reached = false
 	rec := httptest.NewRecorder()
 	h.ServeHTTP(rec, adminReq(t, "user"))
 	if reached {
 		t.Error("non-admin must not reach the handler")
 	}
-	if rec.Code != http.StatusSeeOther || rec.Header().Get("Location") != "/ui" {
+	if rec.Code != http.StatusSeeOther || rec.Header().Get("Location") != "/ui/login?error=admin+role+required" {
-		t.Errorf("non-admin got %d -> %q, want 303 -> /ui", rec.Code, rec.Header().Get("Location"))
+		t.Errorf("non-admin got %d -> %q, want 303 -> login with the admin-required error", rec.Code, rec.Header().Get("Location"))
 	}
 }
 

install.ps1

@@ -65,7 +65,7 @@ Write-Host "SciMesh $Component installed: $Target"
 Write-Host ""
 if ($Component -eq "coordinator") {
     if ($AutoStart -eq "1") {
-        Write-Host "Starting the platform and opening the control room in your browser..."
+        Write-Host "Starting the platform and opening the admin console in your browser..."
         Write-Host "(stop it with Ctrl-C; it keeps your data in ~\.scimesh)"
         Write-Host ""
         & $Target serve --open

install.sh

@@ -78,7 +78,7 @@ fi
 if [ "$COMPONENT" = "coordinator" ]; then
   if [ "$AUTO_START" = "1" ]; then
     echo
-    echo "Starting the platform and opening the control room in your browser..."
+    echo "Starting the platform and opening the admin console in your browser..."
     echo "(stop it with Ctrl-C; it keeps your data in ~/.scimesh)"
     echo
     exec "$TARGET" serve --open