Overriding the auth controller with Strapi v4

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What is the correct way to override or extend an auth.js controller in Strapi version 4*? For instance if I wanted to change the text of an error message from “invalid identifier or password” to “invalid email or password” or even adding a phone number to be a new identifier rather than the username field or what have you.

Following the plugin documentation, I’ve created a strapi-server.js file and doing this I know I can add a new route or controller action, but this approach doesn’t seem to be working out too well with what I’m trying to do. Any help would be appreciated.

System Information
  • Strapi Version: 4.1.2
  • Operating System: macOS Monterrey
  • Database: PostgreSQL
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Two options I can think of are:

  1. Forking the users-permissions plugin and making your desired changes in your clone.
  2. In your extension code, add a middleware to the relevant route and capture the error you want to modify.