1. Why Do I Have to Keep Logging In?
- Posted by euphoric (admin) Oct 02, 2009
- 1267 views
Every time I shut down my browser and come back, I have to login again. I tried clearing cookies but that didn't seem to help.
Any ideas? It's getting monotonous.
2. Re: Why Do I Have to Keep Logging In?
- Posted by jimcbrown (admin) Oct 02, 2009
- 1317 views
Every time I shut down my browser and come back, I have to login again. I tried clearing cookies but that didn't seem to help.
Any ideas? It's getting monotonous.
Every time this has happened to me, it turned out to be my own fault.
A couple of things:
Maybe your browser is clearing cookies every time it starts up or shuts down? You need to keep the cookie in order to stay logged in.
Maybe your ip address has changed between use? (I.e. going from work to home or vice versa) The forum is still broken in that it ties the cookie to a specific ip address.
3. Re: Why Do I Have to Keep Logging In?
- Posted by CoJaBo Oct 02, 2009
- 1259 views
Every time this has happened to me, it turned out to be my own fault.
A couple of things:
Maybe your browser is clearing cookies every time it starts up or shuts down? You need to keep the cookie in order to stay logged in.
Maybe your ip address has changed between use? (I.e. going from work to home or vice versa) The forum is still broken in that it ties the cookie to a specific ip address.
Any chance that'll get fixed soon?
4. Re: Why Do I Have to Keep Logging In?
- Posted by ghaberek (admin) Oct 02, 2009
- 1254 views
I noticed that each time I log in at one location, I'm logged out of other locations. So each time I hit the forum between work and home, I have to log in again. Not a big deal to me, but it'd be nice if we used a simple cookie and didn't track by IP address.
-Greg
5. Re: Why Do I Have to Keep Logging In?
- Posted by jimcbrown (admin) Oct 02, 2009
- 1250 views
Maybe your ip address has changed between use? (I.e. going from work to home or vice versa) The forum is still broken in that it ties the cookie to a specific ip address.
Any chance that'll get fixed soon?
Not likely, unfortunately. Of course, if you have the time, feel free to submit a patch to fix this, please!
(Right now, I have a VPN on my home system, and I connect thru the VPN at work to access EUforum. Since my home system is a static ip, this ensures my ip address never changes.)
6. Re: Why Do I Have to Keep Logging In?
- Posted by euphoric (admin) Oct 02, 2009
- 1247 views
Every time I shut down my browser and come back, I have to login again. I tried clearing cookies but that didn't seem to help.
Maybe your browser is clearing cookies every time it starts up or shuts down? You need to keep the cookie in order to stay logged in.
I just looked at the cookie EuForum created. It is set to expire at the end of the session! 
7. Re: Why Do I Have to Keep Logging In?
- Posted by jimcbrown (admin) Oct 02, 2009
- 1237 views
Every time I shut down my browser and come back, I have to login again. I tried clearing cookies but that didn't seem to help.
Maybe your browser is clearing cookies every time it starts up or shuts down? You need to keep the cookie in order to stay logged in.
I just looked at the cookie EuForum created. It is set to expire at the end of the session!
That's weird. Mine is set to expire in a year.
8. Re: Why Do I Have to Keep Logging In?
- Posted by euphoric (admin) Oct 02, 2009
- 1231 views
I just looked at the cookie EuForum created. It is set to expire at the end of the session!
That's weird. Mine is set to expire in a year.
What happens if you clear the cookie? Does it set it again for a year? 
9. Re: Why Do I Have to Keep Logging In?
- Posted by jeremy (admin) Oct 02, 2009
- 1283 views
Every time I shut down my browser and come back, I have to login again. I tried clearing cookies but that didn't seem to help.
Any ideas? It's getting monotonous.
Your browser has to be clearing the cookie on exit. The cookie is set to expire 1 year in the future. I can exit my browser, start the browser and go back to openeuphoria.org and be logged in w/o issue. I've tested this in IE 8, Opera 10 and Firefox 3.5. What browser are you using?
Jeremy
10. Re: Why Do I Have to Keep Logging In?
- Posted by jeremy (admin) Oct 02, 2009
- 1237 views
Maybe your ip address has changed between use? (I.e. going from work to home or vice versa) The forum is still broken in that it ties the cookie to a specific ip address.
This will be fixed soon, I'll no longer depend on IP as a secondary way of determining if you are who you say you are.
Jeremy
11. Re: Why Do I Have to Keep Logging In?
- Posted by jeremy (admin) Oct 02, 2009
- 1221 views
I noticed that each time I log in at one location, I'm logged out of other locations. So each time I hit the forum between work and home, I have to log in again. Not a big deal to me, but it'd be nice if we used a simple cookie and didn't track by IP address.
We actually do not track by IP address, we do track by a simple cookie. However, in your session, your last IP address is stored and then compared when returning. If different, it logs you out. This, however, has been cited as a bad secondary check, so I'll remove it.
Jeremy
12. Re: Why Do I Have to Keep Logging In?
- Posted by jeremy (admin) Oct 02, 2009
- 1218 views
I just looked at the cookie EuForum created. It is set to expire at the end of the session!
Not here, it has an expire date of 2010-10-02. I just double checked in Opera 10 and Firefox 3.5.
Jeremy
13. Re: Why Do I Have to Keep Logging In?
- Posted by jeremy (admin) Oct 02, 2009
- 1183 views
I just looked at the cookie EuForum created. It is set to expire at the end of the session!
That's weird. Mine is set to expire in a year.
What happens if you clear the cookie? Does it set it again for a year?
When you log in, it sets it for a year. The current system will make you login every year or every time your IP changes, or every time you use a different web browser.
Jeremy
14. Re: Why Do I Have to Keep Logging In?
- Posted by jimcbrown (admin) Oct 02, 2009
- 1214 views
I just looked at the cookie EuForum created. It is set to expire at the end of the session!
That's weird. Mine is set to expire in a year.
What happens if you clear the cookie? Does it set it again for a year?
Yes, that is exactly what it does.
15. Re: Why Do I Have to Keep Logging In?
- Posted by ne1uno Oct 03, 2009
- 1194 views
When you log in, it sets it for a year. The current system will make you login every year or every time your IP changes, or every time you use a different web browser.
Jeremy
I'm on a dialup using ffox2 and haven't had to login for weeks. so the IP check must not be working. I just assumed the IP check was droped already.
16. Re: Why Do I Have to Keep Logging In?
- Posted by euphoric (admin) Oct 04, 2009
- 1180 views
- Last edited Oct 05, 2009
Looking at the cookies in Firefox, it looks like it's a year out from today. So I guess the issue is with Chrome. 
Jeremy, I have two cookies: euweb_sessinfo and euf_sessinfo. What is the euweb_ one for? I'm guessing the wiki. euf_ seems to be for the forum...?
17. Re: Why Do I Have to Keep Logging In?
- Posted by jeremy (admin) Oct 05, 2009
- 1097 views
Looking at the cookies in Firefox, it looks like it's a year out from today. So I guess the issue is with Chrome.
Jeremy, I have two cookies: euweb_sessinfo and euf_sessinfo. What is the euweb_ one for? I'm guessing the wiki. euf_ seems to be for the forum...?
I think the euf_ is an old cookie. It should only be setting euweb_sessinfo? Delete the cookie and see if it comes back.
Jeremy
18. Re: Why Do I Have to Keep Logging In?
- Posted by euphoric (admin) Oct 05, 2009
- 1102 views
I think the euf_ is an old cookie. It should only be setting euweb_sessinfo? Delete the cookie and see if it comes back.
Yes, it only set the euweb_ cookie. However, it set if for "End of session."
Is there any code in the system that would set it for "End of session" instead of for "a year from now?" Maybe Chrome is triggering that condition...
19. Re: Why Do I Have to Keep Logging In?
- Posted by jeremy (admin) Oct 05, 2009
- 1100 views
- Last edited Oct 06, 2009
I think the euf_ is an old cookie. It should only be setting euweb_sessinfo? Delete the cookie and see if it comes back.
Yes, it only set the euweb_ cookie. However, it set if for "End of session."
Is there any code in the system that would set it for "End of session" instead of for "a year from now?" Maybe Chrome is triggering that condition...
Not that I am aware of. You can browse the user.e in the svn repo (euphoria repo). On Opera, IE8 and FireFox it sets it for 1 year. I don't know about how Chrome works. I'm paranoid about how big Google is getting so I ceased using a lot of their products and never started with Chrome
Jeremy
