Logs the current user out. Removes knowledge of the user ID, password, and roles from the server. If you do not use this tag, the user is automatically logged out when the session ends.

Security tags

cflogin, cfloginuser, Chapter 16, "Securing Applications" in ColdFusion MX Developer's Guide

ColdFusion MX 6.1: Changed behavior: if the Session scope is enabled, a login remains in effect until the session expires or the user is logged out by the cflogout tag.

ColdFusion MX: Added this tag.

<cflogin>
   <cfloginuser 
      name = "foo"
      password ="bar"
      roles = "admin">
</cflogin>
<cfoutput>Authorized user: #getAuthUser()#</cfoutput>
<cflogout>
<cfoutput>Authorized user: #getAuthUser()#</cfoutput>