To automatically redirect, you can turn on service redirects in the
LogoutController and provide a service parameter.

-Scott

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On Wed, Jan 14, 2009 at 3:33 PM, Andrew Feller <[email protected]> wrote:

> Jin,
>
> The HTTP Referer is an optional CGI variable as it solely depends on
> whether
> the web browser tells you it or not.
>
> If you want users to be redirected back to the application they logged out
> of, then you need to alter the logout links in those applications to take
> advantage of the 'url' query string parameter in the call to /logout.  If a
> value is specified, then the default UI behavior is to show a link
> mentioning it is suggested the user go there.  You can alter the JSP used
> for logout to automatically redirect them instead.
>
> HTH,
> A-
>
>
> On 1/14/09 2:24 PM, "auron" <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> >
> > Hi all,
> >
> > I have a quick question. We currently use CAS and our setup is as
> follows:
> >
> > cas.mysite.com
> > app1.mysite.com
> > app2.mysite.com
> >
> > both app1 and app2 use cas.mysite.com to authenticate. Our users have
> been
> > complaining that when they press logout, there is no "Home" link or
> "Return
> > to Home Page" link so that they can quickly re-login (many users use the
> > same computer).
> >
> > I tried to implement this by using request.getHeader("Referer") but it is
> > returning null (I think our firewall is blocking it). My question is, is
> > there any JSP variables in CAS that you can use to know the referring
> server
> > URL that called logout? That way, I can make a distinction between app1
> and
> > app2 and the "Home" link can change dynamically as necessary.
> >
> > Thanks!
> > Jin
>
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