I'm still troubled with this... I keep losing my session after 30 minutes (default timeout), no matter the user activity. I need to fix this to allow session expiration after some time of inactivity, and present nice messages when the session expires. What's the way to do this?
Thanks! On Fri, Aug 21, 2009 at 12:57 PM, mad rug <[email protected]> wrote: > Well, I might try it then... weekend is coming, and I can get what I had to > do until Monday, and still fix this... I hope :-P > > Other notes: > - I thought that I may change the sessionValidationInterval property to a > lower value so the session gets invalidated quickly, but I couldn't find it > on DefaultWebSecurityManager, even though it extends > AbstractValidatingSessionManager; > - I read about autoCreateSessionAfterInvalidation, that it is defaulted to > true, I got a doubt: if the session is replaced by a new one, like I guess > it is happening in my case, then this is merely a dev convenience to let the > user log itself using the already available new session, but all the data > stored in the previous session is gone, is that right? > > I implemented a SessionListener, but I'm now unsure how it will help me. > First, it does notify me on session timeout, but all that I get is the > expired session... I want to notify the user with some 'session expired, > login again' message, but an expired session won't help me on that, I guess. > How can I do it? > Second, I used the listener to set my 10s timeout by code to test > expiration, and it expires my session after the 10s, but no matter if I'm > inactive or performing actions and navigating around my app all the time. Is > this right, or is that one of your fixed bugs? > > Thanks again Les. You've been invaluable to get my application working! > > > On Fri, Aug 21, 2009 at 12:23 PM, Les Hazlewood <[email protected]>wrote: > >> In that case you will want the latest snapshot version - now that I >> think about it, I think one of those bugs did affect session timeout. >> >> On Fri, Aug 21, 2009 at 11:07 AM, mad rug<[email protected]> wrote: >> > Les, >> > I'm using native session (<property name="sessionMode" value="shiro"/>). >> For >> > sure I'm not with the latest version of shiro... I'm using this snapshot >> for >> > over two months. As you say it is unlikely that it is related to the >> last >> > fixes, I'll try to keep this version, unless things do not get in line. >> > I just tested global timeout ( <property name="globalSessionTimeout" >> > value="10000"/> ), but the session is not expiring as fast as I >> expected... >> > it lasted minutes. Is a number as low as this accepted? I used 10s for >> > testing... I plan to use something around 15 minutes. >> > I use no listeners so far, but I guess they will do the job. As I said, >> I >> > store some user data on the session (name, nick, company it works >> for...) >> > and this data is put on the header of every page, so if the listener is >> > called the first time the expired session is accessed, it will be fine. >> > I'll try that right now... any problem, I'll bother you again! ;-) >> > Thanks again! >> > On Fri, Aug 21, 2009 at 11:32 AM, Les Hazlewood <[email protected]> >> > wrote: >> >> >> >> Hi Mad, >> >> >> >> Are you using standard ServletContainer sessions? or Shiro's native >> >> sessions? >> >> >> >> If using native sessions, ensure you're using the latest version of >> >> Shiro - a few session-related bugs were fixed over the last month. I >> >> doubt they would be related to what you're seeing, but at least its >> >> worth a try. >> >> >> >> You can also set the global session timeout (for all sessions) setting >> >> sessionManager.globalSessionTimeout = desiredMilliseconds. >> >> >> >> Also, you could implement a org.apache.shiro.session.SessionListener >> >> to listen to session lifecycle events >> >> (securityManager.setSessionListeners(Collection<SessionListener> >> >> listeners); ). Note however that session validation (for expiration) >> >> is done lazily: you won't receive an 'expiredSession' notification >> >> the exact instant it expires. You'll receive the notification if an >> >> expired session is ever accessed or the next time Shiro's session >> >> validator executes (configurable - defaults to once per hour I think). >> >> >> >> Finally, if you want to know about logins and logouts, don't use a >> >> SessionListener for this - use an >> >> org.apache.shiro.authc.AuthenticationListener >> >> >> >> >> (securityManager.setAuthenticationListeners(Collection<AuthenticationListener> >> >> listeners); ). >> >> >> >> Regards, >> >> >> >> Les >> >> >> >> On Fri, Aug 21, 2009 at 9:49 AM, mad rug<[email protected]> wrote: >> >> > Hi >> >> > I'm having some problem with my application. I use Shiro in a Spring >> MVC >> >> > application much like the sample included with Shiro. I use Shiro >> >> > session, >> >> > and I store some logged user data in it (user ID, company that user >> >> > belongs >> >> > to, etc), but sometimes my app seem to be losing its session, like a >> >> > timeout, but without long inactive periods. I notice it quickly >> because >> >> > my >> >> > header pages contain the name of the user and its company name, and >> they >> >> > suddenly are gone, even though I remain authenticated >> >> > (<shiro:principal/> >> >> > still returns the user principal). >> >> > I don't know where I am missing some config to make the session last >> >> > longer... how can I handle it? >> >> > Moreover, does Shiro provide any facility to handle session timeout, >> and >> >> > maybe redirect to some warning page? >> >> > Thanks! >> > >> > >> > >
