I just googled, should of done before asking my last question, and see that the value in the basic auth header is the the user name and password Base64 encoded.
2009/10/14 Ben Short <[email protected]>: > What is the value in the basic auth header and how does it relate to > the user? and where are the user details stored? > > > 2009/10/13 Alexander Klimetschek <[email protected]>: >> On Tue, Oct 13, 2009 at 22:20, Ben Short <[email protected]> wrote: >>> I need to add a link that allows users to logout of my website. After >>> trawling the web I haven't found a way to logout a user while using >>> http basic authentication. >>> >>> This seems like a bit of a killer for me. Can anyone suggest how I >>> might proceed? >> >> You can send an XHR request with invalid credentials (using >> ?sling:authRequestLogin=1). Note that this works on Firefox and IE >> only. See also http://markmail.org/thread/dmsgle7quu3nrwnn >> >> Regards, >> Alex >> >> -- >> Alexander Klimetschek >> [email protected] >> >
