[wp-testers] Cannot log out

Otto otto at ottodestruct.com
Sat Nov 20 23:00:10 UTC 2010


Whether you're logged in or not has to do with what cookies your
browser has. Sometimes, browsers can get "stuck" and won't delete
cookies even when the website is telling them to do so. I don't know
what causes it.

-Otto



On Sat, Nov 20, 2010 at 4:46 PM, Eric Mann <eric at eam.me> wrote:
> 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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