Github user michael-o commented on a diff in the pull request: https://github.com/apache/tomcat/pull/98#discussion_r195838254 --- Diff: java/org/apache/catalina/manager/host/HTMLHostManagerServlet.java --- @@ -173,6 +177,36 @@ protected String add(HttpServletRequest request,String name, return stringWriter.toString(); } + /** + * Log out by invalidating the current session and sending 401 + * in order to prompt user for new login upon next access. + * + * @param request The Servlet request + * @param response The Servlet response + */ + protected void logout(HttpServletRequest request, HttpServletResponse response) throws IOException { + response.setHeader("WWW-Authenticate","Basic realm=\"Login required\""); --- End diff -- I don't like this because you assume from within the code that the auth mech is basic which is not always true.
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