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List:       netsaint-users
Subject:    RE: [netsaint] Feature Request: logoff button
From:       "Ethan Galstad" <netsaint () linuxave ! net>
Date:       2000-03-29 16:13:23
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There is one problem I've seen about this trick on various mailing 
list.  If you click the Cancel button when Netscape prompts you for 
a new username and password, Netscape will use its old cached 
values and get you back in again.  


From:           	"Todd A. Green" <tagreen@ixlhosting.net>
> I have a trick that I know works with Netscape browsers.  I don't know if it
> works with IE since I don't use it.
> 
> What you do is setup a different directory with a .htaccess which will NOT
> grant access to anyone.
> 
> When they attempt to log in, fail, then cancel those steps cause Netscape to
> 'forget' the user who was logged in and when you return to the original page
> you will be prompted for a user name and password again.
> 
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: netsaint-users-admin@lists.sourceforge.net
> > [mailto:netsaint-users-admin@lists.sourceforge.net]On Behalf Of Ethan
> > Galstad
> > Sent: Tuesday, March 28, 2000 11:11 AM
> > To: netsaint-users@lists.sourceforge.net
> > Subject: Re: [netsaint] Feature Request: logoff button
> >
> >
> > I had looked into this a while back, but because of the way the
> > authentication is done (by the web server), it is difficult to do at
> > best.  It basically would require telling the browser to drop its
> > cached authentication information.  I've searched through various
> > mailing lists on how to do this with just basic authentication and it
> > doesn't look very feasible withing using cookies or other session
> > info.
> >
> > Has anyone every gotten something like this to work using just
> > basic authentication?  I don't want to have to have to track
> > sessions in the CGIs...
> >
> >
> >
> > From:           	Roland Roberts <rroberts@muller.com>
> > > One thing I do wish we had was a logoff button.  I'd like to be able to
> > > sign off and then sign back on with a different ID, but once I'm in, I'm
> > > in.

Ethan Galstad
NetSaint Developer
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