Re: how to make Netsurf forget its logged-in state

[Ashish Gupta]

Thanks for explaining the login process. It looks like you make use of
Basic Auth for the login. I think you should be able to destroy the saved
state if you login using another username and password.

Could you try doing this ?
Open this URL, http://username:passw...@yoursite.com in netsurf.

Could you try a couple of cases ?
One, a username password which is valid but different from the saved one.

A different (invalid) username password combo.
I am hoping the invalid combo forces the login window next time (or locks
you out).

On May 12, 2016 10:31 PM, "Jim Nagel" <nets...@abbeypress.co.uk> wrote:
>
> Ashish Gupta  wrote on 12 May:
> > It would help if you could elaborate on this login process that your
> > site relies on.
>
> It's a pretty simple PHP script that asks for a username and password.
> The user submits* these, the PHP checks against its list of authorized
> users, if there's a match you're in.
>
> The username and password are input via a standard dialogue box, which
> I guess is provided by the OS or by the browser -- the RiscOS box is
> most familiar to me.
>I also tested with Firefox on Windows and saw an equivalent box
> there, followed by a popup box that asked if I want Firefox to
> remember the details for next time; I said no.  RiscOS had no such
> popup.
>Also tested with the default browser on my Android phone:  again an
> equivalent login box.  Tried that one again just now (two or three
> hours after first access):  I'm straight in without being asked for
> username and password.
>
>
> > I am also curious to know how a session is maintained as you mentioned
> > that cookies are not used.
>
> Exactly what I too am curious about.
>When I asked my PHP guru about this, he said HTML is "stateless" --
> meaning, I think, that HTML itself does not register the state of
> logged-in-ness.
>
> --
> Jim Nagelwww.archivemag.co.uk

Re: how to make Netsurf forget its logged-in state

[Ashish Gupta]

It would help if you could elaborate on this login process that your site
relies on . I am also curious to know how a session is maintained as you
mentioned that cookies are not used.
On May 12, 2016 8:27 PM, "Jim Nagel"  wrote:

> Harriet Bazley  wrote on 12 May:
> > Clearing the cache/cookie file?
>
> Thanks.
>
> Cookies:  none involved -- it's my own site I'm talking about, and it
> doesn't make any cookies.
>
> Cache: Is there an easy way to clear the Netsurf cache?  Where is it?
>
> >From the web page displayed in Netsurf, menu>Utilities offers Hotlist,
> History and Cookies; no mention of Cache.  The relevant History entry
> can be cleared, but that does not cure my present problem.
>
> Iconbar menu leads to History and to Cookies, but no mention of Cache.
>
> Iconbar Choices includes Cache, but the resulting dialogue does not
> mention clearing it.
>
> --
> Jim Nagelwww.archivemag.co.uk
>
>