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smbsmbsmb123

it is for me. mine expires every hour or so, its unbelievably annoying. especially given the fact that this nonsense has absolutely nothing to do with security.

Joker

you seem to use a different site then…. on gtru a cookie is valid for 6 hours

smbsmbsmb123

it aint, though. it kicks me out every hour or so. by which i mean that if i leave any page open, then refresh it after an hour or so, its always logged me off.

smbsmbsmb123

p.s. just discovered it does allow me to post on forum even when im already kicked out. go figure.

p.p.s. there seems to be an independent forum counter routine somewhere. it currently shows this even though i was kicked out and forced to logon in between my two posts:

cannonmc

Just a thought but have you really been kicked out.

I sometimes get the message but unless I have closed my browser I am still logged in (assuming I haven't logged out). I just ignore the message to log in and carry on regardless.

smbsmbsmb123

i dont get any messages. the interface just changes to the unauthorized version.
what is weird is the fact that it still keeps the current page contents active. ie, i can still post on the active forum, download the currently open torrent etc. everything else, however, gets broken: eg, i cant go back to the search results, use top navigation bar etc. then i have to deliberately click on login to get to the dialog and get back in. losing all the session context in the process.

Pawpcorn

Portions of the forum are visible to the general public, ie no login required…

But to interact with the topics... you have to log in.

Similarly, there can be a portion of a torrent presentation page that can be seen too, without being logged in, such as what might occur as a result of a general Google search.

But navigation, beyond this partial view, is inoperable, without logging in.

This is all on purpose, by site coding and design; it's not a flaw. ^-^

Pawpcorn

@smbsmbsmb123:

i dont get any messages. the interface just changes to the unauthorized version.
what is weird is the fact that it still keeps the current page contents active. ie, i can still post on the active forum, download the currently open torrent etc. everything else, however, gets broken: eg, i cant go back to the search results, use top navigation bar etc. then i have to deliberately click on login to get to the dialog and get back in. losing all the session context in the process.

best to select all your text, then copy it (to the paste buffer) before hitting the post button, just in case the site decided to log you out, while you were in the process of composing your well-thought-out composition…

I know from painful experience.... just how totally frustrating it is to lose ALL you've written... especially if it's been a heartfelt creative composition... all trashed. :crazy2:

Alternatively, you can log off, then log back in, before starting your composition... just to be safe (if you're likely to forget to select and copy your work before posting it... like me) :blink:

RectalTemp

@Joker:

you seem to use a different site then…. on gtru a cookie is valid for 6 hours

My login expires much more frequently than every 6 hours as well, more like every 2 hours or so. Although, I'm relieved to be reading now that this is being done as a security feature, because for a long time I thought it was some sort of glitch.

MrMazda

From my observation, the forum runs on a different, yet somewhat synchronized login, which does not expire in the same manner that the main site login does. In some cases, I have trolled the forums and even posted things to the forum while "logged out" of the main site, as long as I do not log out of the forum as well.