From: Richard Conroy <richard.conroy@...>
Date: 2009-08-06T21:03:28+09:00
Subject: Re: How to logout when using Rake::Auth::Basic in Sinatra

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On Thu, Aug 6, 2009 at 4:18 AM, Tony Tony <slythic@gmail.com> wrote:
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>
> So I get a window asking me to ender my credentials when going to
> /protected and it logs me in. Once logged in though, I would like to be
> able to log out. I know the solution to this must be super easy but I
> just can't get it to work.
>
>
Actually, this may be a limitation of HTTP basic authentication - there is
no way to inform the browser that you wish for its credentials cache to
expire.

I am not certain of this, but I have seen this complaint raised before. You
might want to follow this up and see if the problem is a general one, before
banging your head trying to find a Sinatra specific solution.

Richard

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