You could start by not hijack an existing thread.  Please repost your
question in a new thread.

--David

Khawaja Shams wrote:

>Hello,
>   If I am using BASIC authentication, how can I log users out? I tried
>doing session.Invalidate, but as described above, it seems like the browser
>is caching the credentials.  I would like my app users to be able to log
>out.  I would sincerely appreciate any guidance.
>
>Khawaja
>
>
>On 3/8/06, David Smith <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>  
>
>>An idea I've also seen floated is to have javascript keep refreshing a
>>small transparent image every so often.  I've never tried it, but it
>>shows up frequently as a solution in google.  Benefit is you have
>>indefinite session life without a lot of dead session clutter.
>>
>>--David
>>
>>Richard Mixon wrote:
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>>>Dennis,
>>>For just that webapp, you can always bump the session timeout to a very
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>>high
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>>>value.
>>>That would just take a change to the web.xml, no change of authentication
>>>method needed.
>>>HTH - Richard
>>>
>>>-----Original Message-----
>>>From: Klotz Jr, Dennis [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>>>Sent: Wednesday, March 08, 2006 3:54 PM
>>>To: Tomcat Users List
>>>Subject: basic question regarding BASIC and FORMS logins
>>>
>>>Greetings all,
>>>
>>>I'm trying to get my facts straight, and I'm hoping you will help.
>>>
>>>I am using forms based login right now and when the tomcat session times
>>>out, the user has to login again. No surprise there.
>>>
>>>Now, some of our customers don't like this, so for them - can I use a
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>>BASIC
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>>>login (with SSL possibly) and their user will always be able to use the
>>>session as long as the browser doesn't go away. This is even if the
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>>tomcat
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>>>session expires!
>>>
>>>Is that right?
>>>
>>>
>>>Regards,
>>>
>>>-Dennis Klotz
>>>
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