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diff --git a/app/controllers/application_controller.rb b/app/controllers/application_controller.rb
index 0f9fad45e..25f4054a3 100644
--- a/app/controllers/application_controller.rb
+++ b/app/controllers/application_controller.rb
@@ -362,6 +362,15 @@ class ApplicationController < ActionController::Base
     !@user.nil?
   end
 
+  ##
+  # render a "no such user" page
+  def render_unknown_user(name)
+    @title = t "user.no_such_user.title"
+    @not_found_user = name
+
+    render :template => "user/no_such_user", :status => :not_found
+  end
+  
 private 
 
   # extract authorisation credentials from headers, returns user = nil if none