[mod_python] Session Timeouts

Andrey Kuznetsov deathowl at gmail.com
Wed Dec 14 15:19:04 EST 2005


I was under the impression that timeout in modpython worked just like
you described, have you tested this? Am I wrong?

On 12/12/05, Peter Sanchez <pjs at packet-addiction.org> wrote:
> I have a question regarding session timeouts. I would like to set the
> timeout, to say, 1 hour. Instead of whatever the default is now. I
> know of set_timeout() function, but my question is this. Can I use
> the set_timeout() multiple times? For example, a user comes to my
> site, logs in, I set the timeout to 1 hour. Every page in the members
> section checks the session, and every time a page is accessed, I want
> to reset the time to 1 hour from the time that page was accessed. So
> will using set_timeout() every time do that?
>
> I hope that makes sense, but it probably doesn't ;) So here is a
> "flow chart"
>
> 10:45 - User logs in, set_timeout() to 1 hour from now (11:45)
> 10:47 - User accesses email page, set_timeout to 1 hour from now (11:47)
>
> etc.. on and on it goes.
>
> Thanks!
>
> Peter
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