[FIXED - IMPLEMENTED] How to logout from control panel?

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RalfM
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PostPosted: Mon Mar 15, 2010 1:42    Post subject: [FIXED - IMPLEMENTED] How to logout from control panel? Reply with quote
Is there no "logout" available on the control panel web page? Or have I maybe overlooked something?
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PostPosted: Mon Mar 15, 2010 13:30    Post subject: Re: How to logout from control panel? Reply with quote
RalfM wrote:
Is there no "logout" available on the control panel web page? Or have I maybe overlooked something?


There is no logout...the best you can do is clear your cache/cookies of your browser.

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PostPosted: Mon Mar 15, 2010 13:52    Post subject: Re: How to logout from control panel? Reply with quote
redhawk0 wrote:
RalfM wrote:
Is there no "logout" available on the control panel web page? Or have I maybe overlooked something?


There is no logout...the best you can do is clear your cache/cookies of your browser.

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Would there be any advantage to having a logout? Should it be put on the "enhancement" wish list?
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PostPosted: Tue Mar 16, 2010 0:46    Post subject: Re: How to logout from control panel? Reply with quote
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Would there be any advantage to having a logout? Should it be put on the "enhancement" wish list?

Yes, it would help. After you logout, you can keep all your other your browser windows/tabs open but now you (or anybody else) can't simply browse to the router GUI (by accident or on purpose) without entering the user/passwd.

Workaround: say you are at this page,

http://192.168.2.3/Status_Router.asp

Place your cursor at the appropriate place in the browser address bar and type W@ so that you get this:

http://W@192.168.2.3/Status_Router.asp

and hit enter. When it asks for password again, hit cancel. Congratulations, it won't let you in till you provide the correct username/password again. I'd still prefer a logout button on every page, like on email and banking websites.
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PostPosted: Thu Sep 09, 2010 10:36    Post subject: Re: How to logout from control panel? Reply with quote
DHC_DarkShadow wrote:
redhawk0 wrote:
RalfM wrote:
Is there no "logout" available on the control panel web page? Or have I maybe overlooked something?


There is no logout...the best you can do is clear your cache/cookies of your browser.

redhawk
Would there be any advantage to having a logout? Should it be put on the "enhancement" wish list?


I'd also like to see a logout button as well. Checking out my router from any PC that isn't mine just isn't secure with out it.

I was rather surprised to see it was missing actually.
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PostPosted: Thu Sep 09, 2010 12:51    Post subject: Reply with quote
Don't have your browser remember your password. Whenever you close the browser and access the router gui again, you must enter your password to access anything on the router except for the 1st screen (information page). You can also set the router to require a password prior to displaying this page (info site masking).

When you close the browser, your are logging off. At least that is the way it seems to work on all my routers.

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PostPosted: Sat Nov 09, 2013 2:20    Post subject: Wow, still no logout button. Reply with quote
In this day and age, I'm surprised such a simple function is missing from the builds. I'm sure I don't want my kid to be able to hop on wife's computer after I've made changes from there, and have access to the router just because I couldn't afford to close all the other tabs in the browser. This is ridiculous. Add it to the primary templates, it's a quick fix. Now I have to go find the cookies in question and clear those...
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PostPosted: Fri Jul 18, 2014 16:36    Post subject: Re: How to logout from control panel? Reply with quote
modervador wrote:
Yes, it would help. After you logout, you can keep all your other your browser windows/tabs open but now you (or anybody else) can't simply browse to the router GUI (by accident or on purpose) without entering the user/passwd.

Workaround: say you are at this page,

http://192.168.2.3/Status_Router.asp

Place your cursor at the appropriate place in the browser address bar and type W@ so that you get this:

http://W@192.168.2.3/Status_Router.asp

and hit enter. When it asks for password again, hit cancel. Congratulations, it won't let you in till you provide the correct username/password again. I'd still prefer a logout button on every page, like on email and banking websites.

Thanks for this tip. What exactly is the W@ doing?

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PostPosted: Mon Aug 18, 2014 18:37    Post subject: Re: How to logout from control panel? Reply with quote
HalfBit wrote:
modervador wrote:
Yes, it would help. After you logout, you can keep all your other your browser windows/tabs open but now you (or anybody else) can't simply browse to the router GUI (by accident or on purpose) without entering the user/passwd.

Workaround: say you are at this page,

http://192.168.2.3/Status_Router.asp

Place your cursor at the appropriate place in the browser address bar and type W@ so that you get this:

http://W@192.168.2.3/Status_Router.asp

and hit enter. When it asks for password again, hit cancel. Congratulations, it won't let you in till you provide the correct username/password again. I'd still prefer a logout button on every page, like on email and banking websites.

Thanks for this tip. What exactly is the W@ doing?


With "W@" you are trying to log in as "W" - this triggering dd-wrt to open authentication pop-up and after failing it won't let to open web panel. You can use any other string of letters, e.g. "Q@", "asd@" etc. - "W@" is just the simplest and the fastest to type Wink
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PostPosted: Mon Aug 18, 2014 21:06    Post subject: Reply with quote
That makes sense. Thank you for the explanation.
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PostPosted: Tue Feb 24, 2015 19:33    Post subject: Reply with quote
There should be a logout button i agree.
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PostPosted: Tue Feb 24, 2015 20:36    Post subject: Reply with quote
cascadess wrote:
There should be a logout button i agree.

If you close the browser and restart it, the login info is asked again - that's good enough for me.

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PostPosted: Tue Feb 24, 2015 21:56    Post subject: Reply with quote
For me logout button would be easier then close browser. Tp-link has it, except for some model i have seen. OpenWrt has it. Wouldn't this be simple to make in a new release?
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PostPosted: Tue Jul 05, 2016 22:56    Post subject: Re: How to logout from control panel? Reply with quote
It's a bizarre quirk and there must be something more endearing. Purposefully failing a fake login and creating a syslog entry just to logout? Actually I just tried that from Mac/Chrome, I got the failed login, and just backed up and hit refresh and was back in. That was after cancelling the login dialog, but also after entering a bad username and password a SECOND time. DD-WRT is actually amazingly resilient and retentive of login credentials! It's hard to get out of this thing.

I don't think I should have to close and reopen 10 browser tabs to do it either. This doesn't jive with DD-WRT's mission of increased security. My machine was hibernated for a couple of days and a simple refresh with form resubmission got me right back in. This might even happen with remote routers anywhere on the internet.

Update: apparently closing the tab alone accomplishes something on Chrome? but I'm not sure if it was a combination of things. This certainly makes me a little wary of logging into DD-WRT from unsecured remote machines. I would have to allot some real time to make sure I'm out. It's never going to be a quick login, change the firewall and exit type of thing with dd-WRT.
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PostPosted: Tue Dec 06, 2016 8:53    Post subject: Re: How to logout from control panel? Reply with quote
modervador wrote:
DHC_DarkShadow wrote:
Would there be any advantage to having a logout? Should it be put on the "enhancement" wish list?

Yes, it would help. After you logout, you can keep all your other your browser windows/tabs open but now you (or anybody else) can't simply browse to the router GUI (by accident or on purpose) without entering the user/passwd.

Workaround: say you are at this page,

http://192.168.2.3/Status_Router.asp

Place your cursor at the appropriate place in the browser address bar and type W@ so that you get this:

http://W@192.168.2.3/Status_Router.asp

and hit enter. When it asks for password again, hit cancel. Congratulations, it won't let you in till you provide the correct username/password again. I'd still prefer a logout button on every page, like on email and banking websites.



NICE! Thanks
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