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Jon Mountjoy_Jon Mountjoy_ 

How to log out?

Hi

 

I'm building in authentication using Customer Portal - and the Site class.  This provides methods for logging in, and registration.

 

http://www.salesforce.com/us/developer/docs/apexcode/Content/apex_classes_sites.htm

 

However, I can't find out how to log out. There is no log out method.  How can I do that?

 

Thanks

Jon

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BulentBulent

Jon,

 

there is no class for the logout. when you are logged in you are authenticated as portal user, and portal has a page for logout.

If you look at the out of the box sample SiteHeader component you can find the following line for the logout link for your pages

 

<apex:outputLink value="{!$Site.Prefix}/secur/logout.jsp" rendered="{!NOT(ISPICKVAL($User.UserType,'Guest'))}">{!$Label.site.logout}</apex:outputLink>
 
 
 


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BulentBulent
Jon,
 
there is no class for the logout. when you are logged in you are authenticated as portal user, and portal has a page for logout.
If you look at the out of the box sample SiteHeader component you can find the following line for the logout link for your pages
 
<apex:outputLink value="{!$Site.Prefix}/secur/logout.jsp" rendered="{!NOT(ISPICKVAL($User.UserType,'Guest'))}">{!$Label.site.logout}</apex:outputLink>
 
 
 
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Chirag MehtaChirag Mehta
Is there any option to perform a silent logout i.e., invoke the logout action without the need to click on any "Logout" link?


Chirag MehtaChirag Mehta
How about retuning PageReference with value of "{!$Site.Prefix}/secur/logout.jsp" or is there any better approach ?


patrospatros
I can't seem to get this to actually work in a Force.com Site. 
 
For starters, {!$Site.Prefix}/secur/logout.jsp returns a 404 error when I try to create a link in the context of my site.
 
And, if I try to hard-link to anything like naX.salesforce.com/secure/logout.jsp, it routes me to the standard SF logout but when I return to my site I'm still logged in as a specific user.


BulentBulent
I just tested and it works (<a href="{!$Site.Prefix}/secur/logout.jsp">Logout</a>).
you need to set the logout url to the page that you want to navigate after logout. This is a field on your portal setup page. 


Chirag MehtaChirag Mehta
Earlier the logout.jsp was working, but the sid(cookie) was not getting purged(deleted). This resulted in not able to re-login in saying an error "user is already logged in"
 
So found one more setting. Also you need to set "New User Form URL" Customer Portal Setting. For me once I set this, then after logouts the cookie is purged and i am able to re-login without any already logged in error.


kprkpr
Hi Chirag, 


 


Were you able to find a way to perform a silent logout? What about the pagereference?I was able to log out using the pagereference, but I want to redirect the user to the login page after this. Is there a way to do this?


 


Thanks in advance,


kpr


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Thanks, I tested and ran ok.