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Ticket UUID: 8114eb06cb9d8d4e8ec676cc21abda6c9c3bd87a
Title: Can't logout or change user using fossil ui
Status: Closed Type: Code_Defect
Severity: Minor Priority: Low
Subsystem: Resolution: Withdrawn
Last Modified: 2011-06-28 14:24:29
Version Found In: [0448438c56] 2011-05-28
Description & Comments:
I create a brand new fossil repository foo.fossil, then use "fossil ui foo.fossil" to open a browser. On home page it says "Logged in as victorl". I click on Logout and get a page that says "To log off the system (and delete your login cookie) press the following button". I press the button, and the page is closed, but homepage still says "Logged in as victorl"

anonymous added on 2011-06-28 13:55:45 UTC:
Next, I create a new user and go to Logout page. It says "You are currently logged in as victorl", and "To change your login to a different user, enter your user-id and password at the left and press the Login button". I enter the user-id and the password, press the button and the page closes. Still, Home pages says I'm logged in as victorl.

Next I remove all cookies. Same result.


anonymous added on 2011-06-28 14:24:29 UTC:
Workaround found in the mailing list

[fossil-users] Login/Logout while on localhost Jeremy Cowgar Wed, 09 Dec 2009 11:56:02 -0800

In another discussion, I read:

> i noticed a similar problem a couple days ago - it is impossible to log out > when connecting to a local fossil server over the localhost IP. i wanted to > test the anonymous captcha filler and had to log in over the IP my NIC gets > from my WLAN router in order to be able to log in and out. Any connections > over localhost were automatically my admin account, and i couldn't log out. >

If you turn on the "Require password for local access" option found under Admin>Access, then you will be able to login/logout while connecting via localhost.

Jeremy