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Remember me broken?

Posted: Thu Dec 27, 2007 6:38 pm
by Ambush Commander
This has been bugging me for a while; I don't know if it's my cookie's fault or phpBB, but it seems that DevNetwork's remember me cookies don't last for very long. Can anyone confirm this?

Posted: Thu Dec 27, 2007 8:46 pm
by Kieran Huggins
it's indefinite for me on two systems

Posted: Thu Dec 27, 2007 8:54 pm
by Ambush Commander
Probably me then. Any suggestions on what could be causing this? (Also, what's the name of the cookie phpbb uses for remember me?)

Posted: Thu Dec 27, 2007 9:00 pm
by Kieran Huggins
search for all the cookies from devnetwork.net and remove them

In firefox it's in edit >> preferences >> privacy >> show cookies

Posted: Thu Dec 27, 2007 9:06 pm
by Ambush Commander
Appears to be working (deleted cookies, relogged in, closed browser, still logged in), but I'm not sure for how long. Will post again when I get logged out.

Posted: Thu Dec 27, 2007 10:14 pm
by s.dot
Always works for me. You may have your browser settings to delete cookies when you close the browser (hey, i've done it before).

Posted: Mon Dec 31, 2007 3:37 pm
by RobertGonzalez
phpBB doesn't use just the cookie, it also matches it against your IP. So if your IP changes, even if the cookie lives on, you will be logged out.

This happened to me last year when the company I worked for decided to shuffle client IPs like every three minutes. I was constantly getting kicked from the forums.

Posted: Mon Dec 31, 2007 3:38 pm
by Ambush Commander
Oh, that must have been it! I have a fairly static IP, but recently it changed. Ok, that clears things up. Things working great on my end, anyway. :-)

Hmm... this is probably a phpBB bug, because if you Log in with Remember me it should override the old cookie.