wow, I'm still logged in after 5 hours!!

[growbag]

I left my browser with the opensuseforums page open and went out.

When I got back in I refreshed the page expecting it to tell me that I have to login again (as it normally does every few minutes!), and I was still logged in!

This is 5 hours later by the way.

If this is a forum bug, I like it, please don't fix it .

No I was wrong, it's 7 hours!

[wakou]

++ respect to growbag, having to log-in every time I look away, close session etc is a proper pain, I have to re-size etc as well...... There is no need! (?) (Is there?)
I have asked before and it was explained that it was to do with access to Novell. I never wanted access to Novell, just the forum.

[conram]

Originally Posted by growbag

I left my browser with the opensuseforums page open and went out.

When I got back in I refreshed the page expecting it to tell me that I have to login again (as it normally does every few minutes!), and I was still logged in!

This is 5 hours later by the way.

If this is a forum bug, I like it, please don't fix it .

No I was wrong, it's 7 hours!

Just a guess! Perhaps you are using the forum's basic skin where I see can't logout. maybe a bug too that is bugging me.

[growbag]

Yes, my page is set to default. But it's always been on that, nothing has changed, well, I certainly didn't change anything .

It just now asked me to log in, but I clicked on login and it didn't send me to the login page, just automatically showed me as logged in again!

Odd behaviour, but nice .

I'm wondering if it's something to do with the power outages in Nürnberg they were having. Maybe they should be permanent .

[hendersj]

On Sat, 12 Sep 2009 20:36:01 +0000, wakou wrote:

> I have asked before and it was explained that it was to do with access
> to Novell. I never wanted access to Novell, just the forum.

Because it's all one authentication system. Since the login grants
access to these forums and to (for those who own Novell products)
information on their product licenses and other sensitive customer
company information, the login has to be set to expire so as to not
compromise that data.

Jim

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Jim Henderson
openSUSE Forums Moderator

to me, it is pure stupid to hamstring all openSUSE forum users just in
case we _might_ also have sensitive customer information over on
Novell...and might be stupid enough to log on and THEN walk away from
our computer, in an uncontrolled office...where lurking in the corner
is someone just waiting to steal some Novell software, or *what*??

personally, if i ever had a need to access Novell i'd be doing it with
a different account, with a stronger user ID and strong password..

i do wonder just how many folks here actually need to protect their
Novell secrets? [i would start a poll but i know the decision has been
made to use Novell's chained password thingy....i suspect that
decision was made so it might help Novell in SELLING their software
<http://www.novell.com/solutions/identity-and-access/> ...now we have
both the Studio and the build a geeko requiring THREE different
logins...but, still we have to here be tied to an unneeded and mostly
unwanted commercial account protecting system..]

but, i've been though this before: my online broker account (with real
money at stake) allows a 12 hour sign in...and, several bank accounts
allow 6+ hours of sign in (google is what TWO WEEKS)...but, openSUSE
forums are not at all open, past one hour... duh!

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platinum

[hendersj]

On Sun, 13 Sep 2009 08:41:43 +0000, platinum wrote:

> now we have both
> the Studio and the build a geeko requiring THREE different logins

The reasoning (which I'm not involved in - just the messenger here) is to
reduce the number of logins to avoid complaints like this. And I would
actually prefer that Studio and "Build a Geeko" integrated as well.

Jim

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Jim Henderson
openSUSE Forums Moderator

and, if they integrated ALL sign-ins that would at least strengthen
their reasoning...

as it is.... well, you can see..

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platinum

[hendersj]

On Sun, 13 Sep 2009 18:34:19 +0000, platinum wrote:

> and, if they integrated ALL sign-ins that would at least strengthen
> their reasoning...

I agree. As I thought about it a bit more, the login was already
integrated for the Novell forums, so the implementation for OSF was
already implemented. A case of "we can't control these other things, but
we can control what we do". Since it's maintained by the same technical
team, two different implementations would also mean more work to manage.

> as it is.... well, you can see..

Yup. We control only what we control.

Jim
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Jim Henderson
openSUSE Forums Moderator

> Yup. We control only what we control.

are you saying that Novell does not own/control either Studio or geeko
builder?

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platinum