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#12981 Administrator log out redirects to the home page

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Latest post by nicholas on Wednesday, 18 July 2012 13:20 CDT

Wednesday, 18 July 2012 12:17 CDT

the gorilla
Mandatory information about my setup:

Have I read the related troubleshooter articles above before posting (which pages?)? Yes
Have I searched the tickets before posting? Yes
Have I read the documentation before posting (which pages?)? Yes
Joomla! version: 2.5.6
PHP version: 5.2.17
MySQL version: 5.0.91
Host: 1&1.co.uk
Admin Tools version: 2.2.9

Description of my issue: Hello Nick,
Great utility.

I have set an Administrator secret URL parameter. Works great and I can log in without issue.

When I log out I am redirected to the site home page, presumably because I was directed to the Administrator page without the secret key. Is this a bug or is it working as designed?

Wednesday, 18 July 2012 13:01 CDT

nicholas
Yes, it's normal behaviour. It's how it's designed to work. It would be a bug if it logged a security exception in Admin Tools, Web Application Firewall, Security Exceptions Log. As long as it shows no entry in there, it's working as it should.

Nicholas K. Dionysopoulos

Lead Developer and Director

🇬🇷Greek: native 🇬🇧English: excellent 🇫🇷French: basic • 🕐 My time zone is Europe / Athens
Please keep in mind my timezone and cultural differences when reading my replies. Thank you!

Wednesday, 18 July 2012 13:10 CDT

the gorilla
Thanks for the quick reply. From a user perspective it would feel more robust if you were returned to the Administrator login, but I guess this potentially risks revealing the secret key.

Regards,

The Gorilla

Wednesday, 18 July 2012 13:20 CDT

nicholas
That's exactly why you're not redirected to the login page. It would reveal the secret key. I was thinking of the unfortunate event that you use somebody else's computer, forget to log out and they perform the log out, revealing your key. By sending them back to the front-end the secret key is not compromised. Just a small paranoid touch :)

Nicholas K. Dionysopoulos

Lead Developer and Director

🇬🇷Greek: native 🇬🇧English: excellent 🇫🇷French: basic • 🕐 My time zone is Europe / Athens
Please keep in mind my timezone and cultural differences when reading my replies. Thank you!

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