login control: remember me next time

[Guest]

what exactly does this do? does it control whether cookies are persisted
between sessions? I aske because the duration a cookie is stored seems to be
set in web.config:

<authentication mode="Forms">
<forms timeout="10368000"/>
</authentication>

Does this value get used? Is the used value toggled between this and another
based on the value of the checkbox? If so, where is the other value set?

-Ben

 

[Jan Hyde]

Ben R. <[email protected]>'s wild thoughts were released

what exactly does this do? does it control whether cookies are persisted
between sessions? I aske because the duration a cookie is stored seems to be
set in web.config:

<authentication mode="Forms">
<forms timeout="10368000"/>
</authentication>

Does this value get used? Is the used value toggled between this and another
based on the value of the checkbox? If so, where is the other value set?

-Ben

According to the help it:

'authentication cookie sent to the user's computer is set to
expire in 50 years, making it a persistent cookie that will
be used when the user next visits the Web site. Because the
authentication cookie will be present on the user's
computer, the user will be considered already authenticated
and will not have to log in to the Web site again.'




Jan Hyde (VB MVP)

 

[Guest]

Hey Jan,

Do you think this implies that the setting in web.config is simply
disregarded when this box is checked?

 

[Walter Wang [MSFT]]

Hi Ben,

This is a confirmed bug in MSDN documentation.

http://lab.msdn.microsoft.com/productfeedback/viewfeedback.aspx?feedbackid=b
8145153-843b-42ff-8099-e3e8a8df5405

Sorry for the inconvenience.


Regards,

Walter Wang
Microsoft Online Community Support

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[Guest]

Thanks Walter and Jan...

-Ben