[Moving to zope@zope.org, like I guess I should have done in the first place] Clark OBrien wrote:

When you say "the client is still sending the username/password". I don't use cookies but, because I only use relative urls, Zope seems to maintain the same security "context" thoughout the "session" (a relative url would be href = "dir1\dir2"). I am looking for some way to refresh this security "context" to use the new password.

When you log in to a site that uses basic auth, which Zope does by default, each HTTP request from your browser comes with your username and password. It is totally separate from cookies (although cookies operate in much the same way.) Your browser will continue sending the same username and password until it is closed or gets an Unauthorized message from the site. Basically, Zope doesn't maintain that authentication. Your browser does. HTTP is designed that way.

It is really confusing for the login to pop up at this point- particularly because it looks like it is asking for permissions to change the password ( needs OLD password)

Unfortunately, that's the way it works.

-----Original Message----- From: Behrens Matt - Grand Rapids [mailto:Matt.Behrens@Kohler.Com] Sent: Thursday, October 25, 2001 10:09 AM To: Clark OBrien Cc: 'zope-dev@zope.org' Subject: Re: [Zope-dev] login prompt after letting user change his password.

Clark OBrien wrote:

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Hi all I have written some code to alow a user to change his password (below)

The problem is that after executing this code the login dialog pops

up.

...

The login requires the user to enter his NEW password.

There is absolutely nothing wrong with that.

Basic authentication works by sending the username and password with each request. You've changed the password on the server, but the client

is still sending the old password, which doesn't authenticate them any longer.

The user'd have to do it sometime, why not right after their password is

changed?

BTW, the proper forum for this type of question is the main Zope mailing

list, <zope@zope.org>.

-- Matt Behrens <matt.behrens@kohler.com> System Analyst, Baker Furniture