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Date: Thu, 20 Sep 2001 21:43:52 +0100 (BST)
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From: andrewdrobson@netscapeonline.co.uk
To: tomcat-user@jakarta.apache.org
Subject: RE: Tomcat 4.0 Session Timeout
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Hi,
  What's 300 x 60? ;-) 
The session timeout is specified in minutes not seconds 
i.e. you need
<session-config>
<session-timeout>5</session-timeout>
</session-config>

At least this is the way it worked in 3.2.x

andrew 


On 20-Sep-2001 Jim Urban wrote:
> I can, but this defeats the purpose of configuring Tomcat to set it for me.
> Was this feature removed or just moved in 4.0?
> 
> Jim
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Vladimir Grishchenko [mailto:vladgri@hotmail.com]
> Sent: Thursday, September 20, 2001 12:27 PM
> To: tomcat-user@jakarta.apache.org
> Subject: Re: Tomcat 4.0 Session Timeout
> 
> 
> Can you use HttpSession.setMaxInactiveInterval(int)  method to set it at
> runtime?
> 
> --V. 

> 
> 
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Jim Urban" <jim.urban@netsteps.net>
> To: "Tomcat-User" <tomcat-user@jakarta.apache.org>
> Sent: Thursday, September 20, 2001 9:52 AM
> Subject: Tomcat 4.0 Session Timeout
> 
> 
>>
>> I've now asked this three times and have yet to receive a solution.  I
> must
>> get this resolved since the security requirements of my application
> require
>> the user's session to automatically time out after 5 minutes of
>> inactivity...
>>
>> How do I set the session time out for a context in Tomcat 4.0.  The
> session
>> time out is defaulting to 18000 seconds (5 hours?).  I have tried adding
> the
>> following to both my context's WEB-INF/web.xml file and the
>> $CATALINA_HOME/conf/web.xml file but both are ignored.
>>
>>   <session-config>
>> <session-timeout>300</session-timeout>
>>   </session-config>
>>
>> How do I go about setting the time out to 5 minutes?
>>
>> Thanks,
>> Jim Urban
>> Product Manager
>> Netsteps Inc.
>> Suite 505E
>> 1 Pierce Pl.
>> Itasca, IL  60143
>> Voice:  (630) 250-3045 x2164
>> Fax:  (630) 250-3046
>>
>>
>> PS:  Love Tomcat 4.0, it seems really solid!
>>
>>