[ic] Cookies not persistent

[Ed LaFrance]

At 10:47 PM 6/1/2002 -0700, you wrote:
>>>Hi, for some reason my cookies aren't persistent.  I have set 
>>>an >>expire in the proper format in the set-cookie tag, and they are 
>>>read properly >>until I close the browser and come back.  There is no 
>>>entry for "Cookies" in >>the catalog.cfg which should then default to 
>>>"Yes".  This is on 4.8.3.  >>I've scoured the manuals.  What am I 
>>>missing?  Thank you!
>>I assume that you have set your browser preferences to allow persistent
>>cookies.  I ignore persistent cookies in my browser settings.
>>
>>You could set your browser to show you the contents of the cookies it
>>receives, which will verify whether or not Interchange is sending you
>>cookies, and may help you to track down the problem.
>>
>>Other than the above, if you show your [set-cookie] code, people may be
>>able to let you know where you're going wrong.
>
>
>Ok, I checked and my browser is set to accept persistent cookies.  Here is 
>the code that sets and reads the cookies:
>
>[set-cookie name=loginu value="[value mv_username]" expire="Mon, 
>03-Jun-2005 12:00:00 GMT"][set-cookie name=loginp value="[value 
>mv_password]" expire="Mon, 03-Jun-2005 12:00:00 GMT"]
>
>[set name=autologin interpolate=1][read-cookie loginu][/set]
>[if scratch autologin ne ]
><font face="Verdana" size="2"><b>Hello [scratchd autologin]!</b></font>
>[/if]
>
>This code works perfectly to set and read the cookie until the browser is 
>closed and reopened.  No cookie is read then and [read-cookie loginu] 
>returns nothing.  I've been over and over this and I can't figure it out.
>Thanks!
>
>- Grant
>
>P.S. That expiration date is only temporary.

Grant - FWIW, I enabled persistent cookies in my browser, set CookieLogin 
to yes in a standard 4.8.3. foundation store, and boom - cookie auto-login 
works, even after closing and starting an new browser session. The code 
that actually writes this cookie is located in Userdb.pm and I would 
recommend you let it do it's thing rather than trying to roll your own. All 
you have to is add a checkbox which (when checked) will set 
mv_cookie_password to 1 on the login and/or new_account forms one you have 
verified that the user's browser will accept cookies...

- Ed L.



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