session timeouts, remember-me, & odd login prompt

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jgreve
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session timeouts, remember-me, & odd login prompt

Post by jgreve »

The session timeout (e.g. for needing to log in again) seems pretty short;
though I suppose is this a way of reducing load on the php server?
How much would it hurt to double the timeout delay?

With IE (6.0) and Firefox (1.5 & 2.0):
r.e. logging in, "remember me" isn't working for me, e.g.
1) log in w/"remember me" checked.
2) log out.
3) at that point, I'm logged out but the login-dialog Username: doesn't
default to my username, it is just blank. Doesn't matter if I close
and re-open the browser.

(Hmm... is "remember me" for something _other_ than remembering
the userid ?)

With Firefox only:
When I login via Firefox, I get an odd id/pw popup dialog
that looks like this:

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   +--- Authentication Required --------------------------+
   | Enter username and password for  "EnterPassword"     |
   | at http://www.dsxchange.com"                         |
   |   Username: [                   ]                    |
   |   Password: [                   ]                    |
   |                  [ OK ]   [ Cancel ]                 |
   +------------------------------------------------------+
Hitting [cancel] brings me to the main page and it all looks normal.
(note: the dialog doesn't come up on IE).

John G.
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Post by ray.wurlod »

Can't comment on "remember me" because I don't use that feature.

But I have noticed recently that IE6 gets logged out if I follow a link using Open in New Window - even if that link is to another post on DSXchange!

And, of course, that wipes out the "unread posts" icons. :(
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Post by chulett »

'Remember me' should just be a cookie AFAIK - do you have cookies enabled?
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got cookies, yes (milk, no)

Post by jgreve »

addited: looks remember-me is working now, beats the heck out of me why it wasn't in the testing I describe below. As per not working earlier, probably my fault for connecting to "dsxchange.com" instead of "www.dsxchange.com"
chulett wrote:'Remember me' should just be a cookie AFAIK - do you have cookies enabled?
I was pretty sure cookies were enabled in my browser, as yahoo-mail
and stuff remembers who I am. But just to be sure, and because I know
what it is like to listen to users complain but not offering any details about
their problems, here is what I found in Firefox:

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Tools->Options->Privacy
[x] Accept cookies from sites
Keep until: they expire
Exceptions: none
Show Cookies brings up LOTS of cookies in my browser,
this one happened to be under "dsxchange.com"

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Name: dsx_phpbb_data
Content: a%3A2%3A%7Bs%3A11%3A%22autologinid%22%3Bs%3A32%3A%22b5c8a558763c06e1a52de1ea9cc7598e%22%3Bs%3A6%3A%22userid%22%3Bi%3A14339%3B%7D
Domain: .www.dsxchange.com
Path: /
Send for: Any type of connection
Expires: Friday, December 21, 2007 11:52:20 AM
Just for the heck of it, I tried removing that cookie.
Maybe it was stale or smth.

Now after logging out & logging back in w/remember-me,
I have no dsxchange cookies :-(
That is weird... I'm logged in ok.

Maybe I need to restart firefox... no, no change.

What if I try www.dsxchange.com (instead of just dsxchange.com)?

Ah ha! Now I have two cookies:
dsx_phpbb_sid
dsx_phpbb_data

When I log out & return to www.dsxchange.com,
the username field is still coming up blank.
(yeah, I did it twice just to verify I had
indeed clicked 'remember me' on my last login).

Oh well, I don't want to harsh on the site owners too
much (I think it works pretty well; would benefit from
a little polish here & there).
John G.
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