[wp-testers] Cannot log out

[Eric Mann]

I was using Safari 5 on a Mac. There were no other browsers on that
particular machine, so I wasn't able to attempt reproducing it.

Though since we correctly diagnosed it as a cookie issue, I doubt I would've
been able to do so anyway.
On Nov 20, 2010 9:54 PM, "Jeff Dickey" <jdickey at seven-sigma.com> wrote:
> Eric, when you encountered the initial problem, which browser and version
> were you using? Were/are you able to replicate the problem using a
different
> browser?
>
> I recently had a similar cookies-related issue on Firefox 3.6 that turned
> out to be a plugin problem.
>
> Just curiousŠ
>
> Jeff
>
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>> From: Otto <otto at ottodestruct.com>
>> Reply-To: <wp-testers at lists.automattic.com>
>> Date: Sat, 20 Nov 2010 17:00:10 -0600
>> To: <wp-testers at lists.automattic.com>
>> Subject: Re: [wp-testers] Cannot log out
>>
>> 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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