Re: [Catalyst] logout and go back to previous session?

2007-03-13 Thread hubert depesz lubaczewski
On 3/13/07, Carl Johnstone <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: If you have 20 people all use the same computer, and none of them login - how many anonymous users do you have. How do you tell the difference between them and switch between them? no. if 20 people use the same computer - it's the same accou

RE: [Catalyst] logout and go back to previous session?

2007-03-13 Thread Andrew Strader
hubert depesz lubaczewski wrote: > but. after this "named" user will logout, or close the browser and > reopen - we should be able to go back to the previous "anonymous" > user. When the registered user logs out, why must the application change back to the previous anonymous session? Why can't it

Re: [Catalyst] logout and go back to previous session?

2007-03-13 Thread hubert depesz lubaczewski
On 3/13/07, Andrew Strader <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: When the registered user logs out, why must the application change back to the previous anonymous session? Why can't it generate a new anonymous session? A user of a shared computer that doesn't register on your site wouldn't expect their sess

Re: [Catalyst] logout and go back to previous session?

2007-03-13 Thread Carl Johnstone
anonymous is not 100% anonymous. each "anonymous" session will have it's own user-id (without username and possibility to login as this user) - this is to make sure one doesn't have to register in order to use basic functionality of the system (which needs to create some records in database). It

Re: [Catalyst] logout and go back to previous session?

2007-03-13 Thread hubert depesz lubaczewski
On 3/13/07, Carl Johnstone <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: This doesn't make sense to me, before the named user logs in they'll be accessing the same anonymous session. Therefore you can't tell the difference between the two different users. anonymous is not 100% anonymous. each "anonymous" session

Re: [Catalyst] logout and go back to previous session?

2007-03-13 Thread Carl Johnstone
now. somebody else can use the same computer/browser to connect to his account - named, with full login/password things. so we create him a session (short term, only till the closing of browser). but. after this "named" user will logout, or close the browser and reopen - we should be able to go b

[Catalyst] logout and go back to previous session?

2007-03-13 Thread hubert depesz lubaczewski
hi, i have a slight problem designing software for one of business requirements. this website will allow anonymous access. i.e. - when you go to website, it will automatically create "anonymous" user so you will be able to store all kind of information per this user without ever logging in. sessio