Please Move My Last Post - Also Auto Login Problem

[BobH]

Although I thought I had navigated to Other Applications before posting the CCleaner info for Dave D., it seems to have wound up in this topic. Mea Culpa! (Sounds of whip beating breast and back)
Please, will an Admin move it?

The reason for coming to Lounge Matters is that I too have recently experienced having to login in when browsing Eileen's Lounge. I expect it to happen when returning after my system has been shut down, but on several occasions it has happened when I have no indication that my system has been down.

Here is an ss of my CCleaner cookie settings. Could something else be affecting the cookies? I didn't think to look for a cookie before logging in to see if somehow it has gone missing. I shall do so if it happens again.

CClnr.png

[HansV]

The CCleaner setting looks OK, so I don't think that causes the problem.

Could you try the following:

- Go to the Board Index.
- Click the link "Delete all board cookies". In the default prosilver skin, you'll find this link near the bottom, and in the other skins, near the top.
- Refresh the page (press F5). You should now be logged out because the logged in status is kept in the Lounge cookie.
- Now go to the login page and login again, ticking the check box "Log me on automatically each visit".

Does that help?

[HansV]

I have moved part of the thread started by Dave Davison, including your latest reply, to the Other Applications forum.

[BobH]

The CCleaner setting looks OK, so I don't think that causes the problem.

Could you try the following:

- Go to the Board Index.
- Click the link "Delete all board cookies". In the default prosilver skin, you'll find this link near the bottom, and in the other skins, near the top.
- Refresh the page (press F5). You should now be logged out because the logged in status is kept in the Lounge cookie.
- Now go to the login page and login again, ticking the check box "Log me on automatically each visit".

Does that help?

After deleting the board cookies as instructed, I logged in again with the automatic login box ticked. I then closed Firefox and reopened it. Eileen's Lounge is one of the tabs that opens when I open Firefox. I did NOT have to log in this time.

I'm not certain exactly what that did. Did it affect the same cookie that CCleaner is preserving? If so, that means that I somehow got it corrupted without knowing it. Or, is it a different cookie used only by the lounge? Can there be more than one cookie for a URL?

Enquiring minds want to know.

[HansV]

Cookies sometimes crumble (become corrupted). Why? How? I have no idea - it could be cosmic radiation, intervention by aliens, or just fate.
Removing the cookie, then creating it anew (which is done automatically when you login) ensures that you have a fresh, uncorrupted Lounge cookie.

[BobH]

Cookies sometimes crumble (become corrupted). Why? How? I have no idea - it could be cosmic radiation, intervention by aliens, or just fate.
Removing the cookie, then creating it anew (which is done automatically when you login) ensures that you have a fresh, uncorrupted Lounge cookie.

Good to know!

[Rudi]

Now Hans, can you move the "Cookies sometimes crumble" part to Scuttlebutt or the Cooking forum please.
I have lots to say about how to avoid the crumble with various ingredients and binders, not to mentions the toppings and fillers to make 'em yummy!

[HansV]

Please start a new thread in the Cooking forum if you'd like to share recipes for (crumbled) cookies...

[Dave Davison]

always a pleasant surprise to witness the good humour [English spelling] and freindly banter among participants... or should this be sent via the Skuttlebut page I wonder? Here hoping I'm right this time. Regards Dave.

[Rudi]

or should this be sent via the Skuttlebut page I wonder? Here hoping I'm right this time. Regards Dave.

I work on this assumption: (it must be working since I am not banned yet!)

The forum is determined by the opening post (and the appropriate topic it raises)
Any replies to the topic will naturally form part of the thread and be associated with the forum in which it resides.
There is no need to fuss if your reply is suitable for the forum the thread is in if it is related to the replies, even if the replies veer off topic (which can happen esp. after the solution has been provided).
Of course, if the banter becomes too "messy", the admins will jump in and either ban you, or trim the thread and place the unnecessary banter into Scuttlebutt.

[HansV]

We ban users very rarely. Here in Eileen's Lounge, the only ones we've banned were spammers who posted advertisements. We haven't had to threaten anyone with banning for misbehaviour.

[Rudi]

So, there we go Dave...
As long as you don't try selling off your herbal life stock here in the lounge, I guess you are safe

[StuartR]

If a regular member advertised something in the lounge we'd probably just delete it and send them a warning. The people that get banned are the ones who have clearly only created accounts so they can post SPAM. We get a few of these, but they don't last long.