Problem with current session management

General
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Hi Ross,

Is there a way to change how session management in Gibbon works?

Scenario 1:
A student is working using Gibbon in the school’s computer lab. Suddenly a light off occurs and the computer is off. Shortly after this the light is back and the student restarts Gibbon. The session is still active and no login is needed.

Scenario 2:
A student is working using Gibbon in the school’s computer lab. Instead of logging out, he simply closes the browser window. Shortly after this he restarts the browser. The session is still active and no login is needed.

Can you reproduce the two scenarios? I prefer that Gibbon automatically logs out the user in both scenarios. Can this be implemented and how?

Kind regards,
Roman

2

Roman,

The best approach here would be to reduce the session timeout time in Admin > System Admin, so that logins time out quicker. Of course, giving students their own network computer account would be another solution to this problem.

Ross

3

Hi Ross,

Thanks for the tips!

I sometimes use Codeigniter. There, it is quite easy to adjust session management so that the app automatically logs out the user in the two scenarios mentioned above.

Let me also do some research. I’ll then get back to you.

Kind regards,
Roman