Olaf, How about generating a hash-enhanced (TM) realm name, such as: Basic Realm Session <HASH> Then store that timestamp-based hash in the session. When you want to user to bugger off, change the realm name. This is just a theory, and I've not tested it at all. David Olaf Greve wrote: > Hi all, > > Alright: here's a bit of a "challenge" (so as to avoid the word "issue") > ;) my colleagues have run into previously: how to kill HTTP > authentication... > > I remember that they never did figure that one out, and I too will now > have to get my hands dirty with trying to find a proper way to do so. > > Simply unsetting the PHP_AUTH_USER and PHP_AUTH_PWD variables doesn't > seem to do any magic, and using a forced 401 ('Unauthorized') HTTP > header is also highly ideal (not to say blatantly dirty)... > > Soooo, has anyone found a proper way of achieving this (ideally from PHP)? > > Also, in case this cannot be done from PHP, does anyone know of any > Apache modules (or tricks/tweaks/settings) that will allow HTTP > authentication to be neatly destroyed? > > Thanks in advance, and cheers, > Olafo > -- David Grant http://www.grant.org.uk/ http://pear.php.net/package/File_Ogg 0.2.1 http://pear.php.net/package/File_XSPF 0.1.0 WANTED: Junior PHP Developer in Bristol, UK -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php