Allow java script to close safari window

I was wondering if there is a configuration I can do to allow a Java script to close the Safari Window. Here's the script:
Display Text
Close this page
Close this window
Basically, this is part of an authentication script that we use here at our university. We have to setup our public workstations to go to this internal site so that the students can authenticate with their id. After successful authentication, the script goes to a similar code (above) and closes the browser window and the user will be able to see the desktop.
Our XP stations using IE are ok. We have IE running in kiosk mode and lockdown all other functions of the browser and OS so that the user cannot close the browser. On our Macs, we are struggling with this part. Actually a few parts but this is one of them. We can get Firefox to work but we want to be able to use safari. I have read that it's a security feature of Safari to not allow this type of script to work.
Second part in relation is we may try using a kiosk browser called "wkiosk". It is perfect and locks down everything form browser to OS. But, it is Safari based and we are faced with the same problem. It is not allowing the Java script to close the browser.
Any suggestions on how to make this work? Thanks!

You can't close it as such, but you should be able to get it to re-open with a blank tab by first clearing Safari's cache : Settings > Safari > Clear Cookies And Data (Clear Cache on iOS 4) and also Clear History
And then close Safari completely : from the home screen (i.e. not with Safari 'open' on-screen) double-click the home button to bring up the taskbar, then press and hold any of the apps on the taskbar for a couple of seconds or so until they start shaking, then press the '-' in the top left of the Safari app to close it, and touch any part of the screen above the taskbar so as to stop the shaking and close the taskbar.
When you re-open Safari you should, hopefully, just have a blank tab.

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