RE: Sessions expire too soon

From: David Coe, MCAD (DavidCoeMCAD_at_discussions.microsoft.com)
Date: 06/24/04

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    What is the timeout set to in IIS?

    "Plamen Doykov" wrote:

    > Hello
    > we have a project with forms authentication and cookieless sessions, and we
    > want a big session timeout. However the sessions still expire much more
    > often (more than the default 20min, but much less than required) It is
    > annoying because the users get redirected to the login screen
    > The settings in Web.config are:
    > <authentication mode="Forms" >
    > <forms loginUrl="default.aspx" timeout="1440" />
    > </authentication>
    > ....
    > <sessionState
    > mode="InProc"
    > stateConnectionString="tcpip=127.0.0.1:42424"
    > sqlConnectionString="data source=127.0.0.1;user id=sa;password="
    > cookieless="false"
    > timeout="720"
    > />
    > Is there anything I miss, or nay be another reason that can end the session
    > than teh timeout? Thanks
    >
    > Regards
    > Plamen
    >
    >
    >

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