[wp-testers] Cannot log out

Eric Mann eric at eam.me
Sat Nov 20 22:46:58 UTC 2010


Otto,

That seemed to have fixed the problem.  But what do you think was the
original cause?

On Sat, Nov 20, 2010 at 2:41 PM, Otto <otto at ottodestruct.com> wrote:

> Try clearing your browser cookies. That will definitely log you out.
> Then log back in and see if logout works.
>
> -Otto
>
>
>
> On Sat, Nov 20, 2010 at 4:32 PM, Eric Mann <eric at eam.me> wrote:
> > I'm running the latest nightly on a multisite installation using the MU
> > Domain Mapping plug-in to run my different site on separate domains.  For
> > those of you interested, I'm using the "Remote Login" and "Redirect
> > administration pages to site's original domain" options so that I only
> have
> > to sign on once in the network but can stay logged in between sites.
> >
> > Today, I noticed that I'm unable to log out of the system.  Here's the
> > process I took:
> >
> > From the dashboard page of my "Network Dashboard" site (
> > http://beta.eamann.com/wp-admin/index.php) I clicked "Logout" in the
> upper
> > right corner.
> >
> > The site loads the logout page (
> >
> http://beta.eamann.com/wp-login.php?action=logout&amp;_wpnonce=1592adb6da
> ).
> >
> > Then redirects to the login page (
> > http://beta.eamann.com/wp-login.php?loggedout=true).
> >
> > Then redirects back to the dashboard *and keeps me logged in!*
> > *
> > *
> > I tried this again on each of the sites in my network, and ran into the
> same
> > exact problem: clicking logout did not actually log me out.  It ran
> through
> > the usual steps, but left me logged in as an administrator and let me
> > continue accessing all of my sites.
> >
> > My concern now is accessing my site from public computers.  Without being
> > able to log out, I might be leaving admin-level access available to
> anyone
> > who knows how to read the browser history on the machine.
> >
> > Ideas?  Can anyone reproduce and confirm this?
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