[TYPO3-core] RFC: Bug 1454: cookie lifetime from the localconf will be ignored

[Ingmar Schlecht]

Hi Stucki,

good work!

I tested it and it worked as expected: +1.

cheers
Ingmar

Michael Stucki wrote:
> This is a SVN patch request.
> 
> Problem:
> $TYPO3_CONF_VARS[FE][lifetime] is not treated correctly because the session is 
> cleared after 3600 seconds independent of this value (it affects the cookie 
> lifetime only).
> 
> Solution:
> (Copied my comment from the bugtracker)
> 
> I've made another attempt to fix this problem, however this is completely 
> untested yet:
>  
> - gc_time in class.t3lib_userauth has been turned from hours into seconds
>   (more logical because all other fields use seconds too)
> 
> - The default of gc_time has been set from 24 (hours) to 0 which now means:
>   use value of $this->auth_timeout_field or 1 day (like before) if that is not
>   set.
> 
> - Do the same like your patch, but use method name "start" instead of the
>   constructor (make sure that start() is called after this one)
> 
> Branches:
> Trunk only
> 
> Comments:
> Thanks to Dietrich Heise and Jeff Segars.
> 
> Bugtracker reference:
> http://bugs.typo3.org/view.php?id=1454
> 
> - michael