diff --git a/app/models/user/user.rb b/app/models/user/user.rb
index 488b67d6..999c5bc3 100644
--- a/app/models/user/user.rb
+++ b/app/models/user/user.rb
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@ class User
   field :office_tel
   field :cache_dept,type: Hash
   field :status_record,type: Hash
+  field :approved, type: Boolean, :default => false
 
   has_and_belongs_to_many :approving_apps, class_name: 'AuthApproval', inverse_of: 'authorized_users'
   has_and_belongs_to_many :managing_apps, class_name: 'AuthManager', inverse_of: 'authorized_users'
@@ -296,9 +297,17 @@ class User
     end
   end
 
-  # def active_for_authentication? 
-  #   super && approved? 
-  # end 
+  def active_for_authentication? 
+    super && approved? 
+  end
+
+  def inactive_message 
+    if !approved? 
+      :not_approved 
+    else 
+      super
+    end 
+  end
   
   private