Return to guest view

[jgoffinet]

(using Alfresco 1.2RC1)
How can we go back to guest view after having been connected once (with login / password) ? When deconnecting, the login page is shown and I didn't find a way to browse the site as a guest again, ie without authentication (but by removing the session cookie :-).

Jean

[kevinr]

The Logout action clears the "last used username" cookie value which remembers if you previously had a username, so after Logout you only need to completely close and reopen your browser window to get back in as Guest.

I guess it's not something you would do very often if you had a proper username into the system as Guest is obviously more restrictive

Thanks,

Kevin

[jgoffinet]

Thank you Kevin for the answer. I would have expected that when you click on "logout" you are sent back to guest view mode, with the ability to log in again (I think that's the way restricted areas usually work). But that's not a real matter.

Related to this topic, is it possible to disable the guest access (so that every user has to authenticate) ?

Thanks in advance,

Jean

[kevinr]

Interesting - we are having a discussion about whether it should do that instead - but I was of the opinion that Guest access is not something an "authenticated" user would use much. Anyway, it's an ongoing debate!

Yes it is possible to disable Guest access, edit the following section in the file:
<config>/alfresco/authentication-services-context.xml

    <!– The authentication component.                                      –>

        <property name="allowGuestLogin">
            <value>false</value>
        </property>
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Thanks,

Kevin

[davidc]

FYI, Logout to Guest View task - http://www.alfresco.org/jira/browse/AWC-463.