i know that basic auth doesn't give users any real way to 'log out' that's in any way useful. another little dealio i inherited at the new job tries to do it by redirecting users to a new directory with a  require user nosuchuser in the .htaccess file which is spitting 500 errors when no authorization credentials are offered.

i'm guessing i could drop in some kind of quick-and-dirty mod_perl handler ... but since it's the whole site that's 'protected', i'd also need to set an auth cookie. i don't want to wrap every little page and script with a check for the cookie ...

if it makes any difference (and i'm not sure it does), we're using Auth_MySQL for the user mgmt.

i left my copy of _practical mod_perl_ at home .... so i don't have it to consult right now. suggestions?

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