Login time limit

[catmando]

Can the login time limit be increased or be made indefinite?

I was logged in for less than 30 mins today and had to log back in again, didn't even close my tab.

[spiny]

there isn't a login time limit as far as I know.

I've been logged in here on my work pc for about 2 years.

do you have something running on your pc that regularly strips cookies ?

[Foxie]

I have this problem too. If I click "remember me" it will sometimes remember for a few hours, but randomly logs out. If I don't click it, I last only 10-20 minutes.

My cookies are cleared when the browser closed, but not cleared when open.

[catmando]

there isn't a login time limit as far as I know.

I've been logged in here on my work pc for about 2 years.

do you have something running on your pc that regularly strips cookies ?

I login on my phone, my ipad and my laptop and it never stays logged in no matter what device I use.

[npomarede]

I have this problem too. If I click "remember me" it will sometimes remember for a few hours, but randomly logs out. If I don't click it, I last only 10-20 minutes.

My cookies are cleared when the browser closed, but not cleared when open.

I have the exact same behaviour.
But I wonder if this doesn't depend on the browser ? On one pc using firefox, I'm never logged out ; but when using Opera, I'm randomly un-logged, even if I look at the cookie, it has a valid expiration date, so I don't understand.

Also, I never see this behaviour on some other phpBB boards on which I choose also "remember me".
So, there seems to be sthg different with atari-forum.
I agree this is rather annoying

[wongck]

I use the "remember me" tick.
I would say that 98% of the time it will remember me. I use Chrome & close it, shutdown my PC every day.
However, last week I remembered I have to re-login at least once.

[catmando]

I use chrome on my devices

[spiny]

Could be a browser thing then. I use Firefox on my PC's and phone and never get logged out.

[npomarede]

Note that Opera is based on chrome engine, so maybe the common point is chrome ; but still it doesn't tell why this behaviour is so frequent only with atari-forum in our cases.

[joska]

I have seen this on other phpbb forums as well.

[Foxie]

Could be a browser thing then. I use Firefox on my PC's and phone and never get logged out.

I use Firefox here, and I still get the logging out.

[charles]

I am getting this god damn same thing on a lot of my pages I navigate to...slower logons and navigation on some sites too!
music pages ,,,yahoo groups ebay etc etc
somethings happened to our internet ,
almost like a full on usage sequester from the u.s. government ???
are we being constantily monitored just for using the public internet?

[npomarede]

Please, let's not go off-topic, this is about "remember me" option behaviour on atari-forum.com.
What some users reported with the "remember me" option has nothing to do with the state of internet and whether you're being monitor or not.

[ThorstenOtto]

I use Firefox here, and I still get the logging out.

I use Firefox too (on linux), and never get logged out, not even after a reboot. So that seems more a problem of the browser settings than a problem of the forum.

[npomarede]

Just as an example : I posted here at 11:38, then I came back at 13:30 (now) and I was not logged anymore, had to log again.
This is really strange, as the cookie used by atari forum are rather "simple" (3 cookies) and they all have an expiration date in 1 year, so I don't know what makes them "invalid" sometimes.
This would need to look at the http server traces to see if there's any trace when autologin fails in such cases.

[ThorstenOtto]

maybe the cookie relevant settings help:

Screenshot_20180422_135304.png

[wongck]

I would check the PC for any special clean-up tools (like CCleaner or similar) or settings in the browser to clean up after use.

[npomarede]

I would check the PC for any special clean-up tools (like CCleaner or similar) or settings in the browser to clean up after use.

In my case, this is under Linux, no need for such clean-up tools, and this happens sometimes during the same session, ie without even restarting the PC or exiting the browser.

[Foxie]

In my case, this is under Linux, no need for such clean-up tools, and this happens sometimes during the same session, ie without even restarting the PC or exiting the browser.

It always happens under the same session for me. I don't think I have anything installed which periodically cleans cookies. It's almost as if the site isn't accepting the cookie. The one relevant thing I do have installed is Adblock.

[Rustynutt]

Same here under Opera and Win 7, same on my Android and Windows and Symbian phones for as long as I remember.
There are some Win progs that will "keep you logged in", never tried, figured it was a server/software thing.

[wongck]

Ok, so whole of Sunday (my timezone) I was in & out without any issues.
This morning (monday), I was logged out and I need to logon in again.
The only thing my windoze did was the weekly virus scan, no virus found.
I don't think it goes deleting cookies. I don't think there was any patch either.
Go figure.

I also visit using my phone and the work PC, and those I do not want to auto logon, so I remember to logoff if I do login. They did not affect my home pc settings. Case in point over last night, I did not visit using my phone & definitely not at work
I do not think AF will keep a list of clients visited & logons, so it may just use cookies. I may be wrong.

[npomarede]

Here's an example under Opera linux, without restarting anything (only thing I did was to close atari-forum tab, then reopen it later)
When reopening a new tab, atari-forum asks me to log again.
This is the content of the 3 cookies stored by atari-forum :

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Name:   phpbb_atariforum_k
Content:
Domain: .atari-forum.com
Path:   /
Send for:       Any kind of connection
Accessible to script:   No (HttpOnly)
Created:        Monday, April 23, 2018 at 9:33:13 PM
Expires:        Tuesday, April 23, 2019 at 9:33:14 PM


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Name:   phpbb_atariforum_sid
Content:        3dfa75bbfef12d48483417b2d5108c76
Domain: .atari-forum.com
Path:   /
Send for:       Any kind of connection
Accessible to script:   No (HttpOnly)
Created:        Monday, April 23, 2018 at 9:33:13 PM
Expires:        Tuesday, April 23, 2019 at 9:33:14 PM


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Name:   phpbb_atariforum_u
Content:        1
Domain: .atari-forum.com
Path:   /
Send for:       Any kind of connection
Accessible to script:   No (HttpOnly)
Created:        Monday, April 23, 2018 at 9:33:13 PM
Expires:        Tuesday, April 23, 2019 at 9:33:14 PM

As you can see, they all have a valid date, but still the aulogin doesn't work.

[charles]

well mine acts like im logged in
(passive browsing and launching the site),
but then I go to post and it makes me log back in ??????