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Having to log in once a week?

PostPosted: Tue May 19, 2009 7:33 am
by syscrusher
It seems to be about once a week. I click in to TMC, and I find I'm not logged in. Is this normal? If so , what's the reason?

RE: Having to log in once a week?

PostPosted: Tue May 19, 2009 7:39 am
by Joris
The cookie might have expired ? check settings about cookies in your browser.

RE: Having to log in once a week?

PostPosted: Tue May 19, 2009 7:46 am
by syscrusher
It doesn't affect any other forums I visit, and it's the same on my iPhone as well as on Firefox3 on my macbook.

RE: Having to log in once a week?

PostPosted: Tue May 19, 2009 1:02 pm
by CakeBoy
It happens to everyone at irregular intervals. Another possible cause is Phil updating things on the server.

RE: Having to log in once a week?

PostPosted: Tue May 19, 2009 6:41 pm
by Gouezeri
Actually, mine requires being refreshed once a week. Always just thought it was the cookie expiring.

RE: Having to log in once a week?

PostPosted: Thu May 21, 2009 10:45 am
by CakeBoy
I sometimes get bumped out every couple of days. Cookie expiration is certainly one of the reasons this is happening. Of course, my computer could well be on the fritz again as well :)

RE: Having to log in once a week?

PostPosted: Thu May 21, 2009 4:22 pm
by geedee
It happens to me as well ... I find it quite useful as it reminds me who I am :?

RE: Having to log in once a week?

PostPosted: Thu May 21, 2009 7:12 pm
by Walter
I always suspected it was just Cakey ... eating all the cookies... :lol:

RE: Having to log in once a week?

PostPosted: Mon May 25, 2009 1:07 pm
by phil
The login cookies are set to expire in seven days.

RE: Having to log in once a week?

PostPosted: Tue May 26, 2009 7:36 am
by syscrusher
Is there a reason for that?

Why not set them to never expire?

RE: Having to log in once a week?

PostPosted: Tue May 26, 2009 10:33 am
by CakeBoy
It's good security for all sorts of reasons. Not in the least if somone doesn't visit TMC for a prolonged period it ensures that they are not always logged in on their machine. People come and go, never return, potentially get computer viruses and sell computers, so it ensures that not everyone using a computer once used to access the site is logged in by proxy, courtesey of a forgotten membership :)

RE: Having to log in once a week?

PostPosted: Tue Jun 23, 2009 11:54 pm
by triptogenetica
Well said, Cakey -

I've just come to this post, to note something rather more serious than having to log in monce a week. It's taken me 20 mins to fix it, so i'll describe the problem, to save others the time:

When I went to log into TMC, i got nothing. It just returned me to the login dialog again. And again.

So, I tried a few other sites - gmail etc. All not working. Either getting stuck in redirect loops, or doing nothing at all.

I'm running windows XP (slightly tweaked), so i set about fixing the problem. It was soon obvious that my browser wasn't accepting any cookies. I cleared the cache. Tried other browsers (IE, firefox - first browser is Chrome). Did a system restore, rebooted, all to no improvement.

Some googling later - it turns out i had accidentally changed the month, in the system clock. I was discussing my movements, and had no internet connection, so rather than pull up google calendar i had to use the system one. I altered the month - and didn't alter it back. Bang - all cookies cease to work.

Reset the clock, reboot - all fixed !!! :)

RE: Having to log in once a week?

PostPosted: Wed Jun 24, 2009 1:17 am
by CakeBoy
That is a pain. Glad you got it sorted Trip :)