On 20-Jun-01 Chris Aitken wrote:
> Hi All.....
>
>
> I have a query which has confused me a bit. I have a database setup where I
> use htaccess (using apache/php/mysql on a freebsd 3.4 box) to grant access,
> then it grabs the users info from the database, sets a cookie and pretty
> much lets the system know whos doing what on the db.
>
> What I do want to do however is have the facility to have a logout option
> where it ditches all info about the current logged in user, fires them back
> to the start of the system and re-requests the htaccess login window.
>
> My past attempts have failed miserably so I thought I would ask around and
> see if anyone else has had any success (without changing to a different
> method of auth :)
>
The problem is Apache sucking the user/passwd for validation before your
script runs.
Redirect to a 401 page that is outside of any .htaccess directories.
Regards,
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