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From: Stefan Kaltenbrunner <[email protected]>
To: Paul Waring <[email protected]>
Cc: [email protected]
Subject: Re: Can we change auto-logout timing on wiki.postgresql.org?
Date: Sat, 27 Apr 2013 08:39:24 +0200
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On 04/26/2013 02:21 PM, Paul Waring wrote:
> On 26/04/13 13:06, Magnus Hagander wrote:
>>> As far as I can tell from examining the headers, it looks like an expiry
>>> date/time is set for the login cookie, but then it is never updated.
>>> If this
>>> is the case, then eventually the expiry date will pass and the
>>> browser will
>>> delete the cookie, even if you have been regularly accessing the wiki.
>>>
>>> Another possibility is that the cronjob which auto-removes session files
>>> (assuming files are being used) is set to the default of 24 minutes -
>>> which
>>> will remove your session after that time regardless of what the cookie's
>>> expiry date is set to.
>>
>> We do have session.gc_maxlifetime set to 1440 which is the 24 minutes
>> you're referring to? So maybe this is the parameter we need to
>> (drastically) increase?
> 
> Assuming session data is being stored in files (you can check that with
> session.save_handler), then you might want to increase
> session.gc_maxlifetime.
> 
> The cleanup cronjob runs at 9 and 39 minutes past the hour by default,
> so a session file might be deleted 24-54 minutes since it was last
> modified.

interesting hint - thanks.

I have now increased the relevant timeouts to 6h - lets see how that goes..


Stefan


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