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logged in "forever" query
« on: May 09, 2007, 04:30:33 PM »
When I log in and set the time I want to stay logged in to "forever", how long does the site actually keep me registered as logged in ?  I ask because I was a bit surprised that it had logged me out over the weekend.  This isn't a request for anything to be changed, I'd just like to know.
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Re: logged in "forever" query
« Reply #1 on: May 09, 2007, 04:37:43 PM »
Logged in "forever" just means that the cookie that maintains your login state has a very, very long expiration time on it.  It's still possible to lose your logged-in status if you clear out the cookies stored on your browser, for example.
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Re: logged in "forever" query
« Reply #2 on: May 31, 2007, 01:47:40 AM »
Logged in "forever" just means that the cookie that maintains your login state has a very, very long expiration time on it.  It's still possible to lose your logged-in status if you clear out the cookies stored on your browser, for example.
I only stay logged in as long as the PHPSESSID in my URL is the same.  If I just go to jim-butcher.com/bb/index.php I get logged out.
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Re: logged in "forever" query
« Reply #3 on: June 04, 2007, 05:48:53 PM »
I only stay logged in as long as the PHPSESSID in my URL is the same.  If I just go to jim-butcher.com/bb/index.php I get logged out.

don't use the URL with PHPSESSID.

Just log back in without the session ID and you should be ok.


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Re: logged in "forever" query
« Reply #4 on: June 06, 2007, 04:11:31 PM »
Yeah, for a couple of days I was having to clear cookies to log in to my e-mail (a screw-up having to do with their cookies, apparently) and every time I came back here after doing it, I had to log back in.
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