diff --git a/inc/auth.php b/inc/auth.php
index d511930dc19594db7ceb20dad3935593fd4b8cbd..48888da1e59e5f647e0a31cda27ae404c4412c66 100644
--- a/inc/auth.php
+++ b/inc/auth.php
@@ -157,6 +157,7 @@ function auth_login($user,$pass,$sticky=false,$silent=false){
     if($user && $pass){
       // we got a cookie - see if we can trust it
       if(isset($session) &&
+        ($session['time'] >= @filemtime($conf['cachedir'].'/sessionpurge')) &&
         ($session['time'] >= time()-$conf['auth_security_timeout']) &&
         ($session['user'] == $user) &&
         ($session['pass'] == $pass) &&  //still crypted
diff --git a/lib/plugins/usermanager/admin.php b/lib/plugins/usermanager/admin.php
index e20078d0498533fe11879421f9c138abf62c604a..c5b720444fd6f0bc64d452a4033fee2c38273662 100644
--- a/lib/plugins/usermanager/admin.php
+++ b/lib/plugins/usermanager/admin.php
@@ -364,6 +364,8 @@ class admin_plugin_usermanager extends DokuWiki_Admin_Plugin {
      * Delete user
      */
     function _deleteUser(){
+        global $conf;
+
         if (!checkSecurityToken()) return false;
         if (!$this->_auth->canDo('delUser')) return false;
 
@@ -381,6 +383,9 @@ class admin_plugin_usermanager extends DokuWiki_Admin_Plugin {
           msg("$part1, $part2",-1);
         }
 
+        // invalidate all sessions
+        io_saveFile($conf['cachedir'].'/sessionpurge',time());
+
         return true;
     }
 
@@ -410,6 +415,8 @@ class admin_plugin_usermanager extends DokuWiki_Admin_Plugin {
      * Modify user (modified user data has been recieved)
      */
     function _modifyUser(){
+        global $conf;
+
         if (!checkSecurityToken()) return false;
         if (!$this->_auth->canDo('UserMod')) return false;
 
@@ -455,6 +462,9 @@ class admin_plugin_usermanager extends DokuWiki_Admin_Plugin {
             $this->_notifyUser($notify,$newpass);
           }
 
+          // invalidate all sessions
+          io_saveFile($conf['cachedir'].'/sessionpurge',time());
+
         } else {
           msg($this->lang['update_fail'],-1);
         }