[Moin-user] cookie timeout (repeat)

[Karl Auer]

On Fri, 2007-07-06 at 23:49 +1000, Karl Auer wrote:
> I have read the help pages. I have set my user prefs to "remember me".
[etc]
> But still I am logged out far too frequently. I'm guessing after about
> an hour.

Well, I've figured it out.

The answer is completely embarrassing, but who knows? Maybe it will help
the others who sent me "me too" messages. If one person can be this
dumb, I'm sure two can :-)

(drum roll please)

If you use Firefox' "clear private data" tool manually (Tools->Clear
Private Data, or Ctrl-Shift-Del) , make sure that cookies are excepted!

There's a checkbox just for that. Edit -> Preferences -> Privacy ->
Settings -> Cookies.

My habit of clearing all private data (which I do manually because I
leave so many Firefox windows open around the clock) was so automatic I
barely realised I was doing it.

Since I *want* those cookies cleared, I can't use this setting, but at
least now I know why Moin Moin wants me to log in all the time.

So my sincere apologies to you all for wasting your time, especially
Thomas Waldmann, Roger Haase and George Dinwiddie.

Regards, K.

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