[OWW-SC] log-in cookie - can we set to never expire?

[John Cumbers]

Any other ideas what this problem is caused by then, I think it is a huge
usability issue, as 1) people forget their passwords, 2) it asks you to
log-in for the page you want to edit, and then redirects you to another
page, causing you to have to hit the back button to find the page you want.
I'm always switching between wired/wireless/laptop/desktop.  I figure it is
a security measure to prevent people sockpuppeting (pretending to be two
people and having a discussion about an article on wikipedia)

It drives me mad, let alone the technophobes who I try to wikify..  I have
the same problem on all installations.

however, I work that out to be ~38 hrs, not 1 month, but I'm not sure what
OWW is set to?

If it's not cookies what else could it be?
cheers,
john

On 9/20/06, Austin Che <austin at csail.mit.edu> wrote:
>
> >
> > Hi Austin/Ilya/all,
> >
> > I am constantly logged out of oww when I change internet session or
> > computer.  could we set it so that the cookie never expires
> perhaps?  Like I
> > never have to log-in to amazon/flickr/gmail  (or every 2 weeks perhaps)
> > In include/DefaultSettings.php
> > $wgCookieExpiration = 2592000;
> >
> > this is in seconds, not quite sure how to set it to never, but I don't
> see
> > why it couldn't be set to never?
>
>     I also have this problem but I don't think this is an oww
>     problem. 2592000 seconds is 30 days. I get logged out constantly
>     when using one particular browser on windows but not when I use
>     another browser on linux. I can't figure it out.
>
> --
> Austin Che           <austin at csail.mit.edu>          (617)253-5899
>



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