If you have changed <session-timeout> and restarted the server then it
should work.
How are you noticing that your session is still active?
Elm
----- Original Message -----
From: "Jim Urban" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Thursday, September 20, 2001 4:27 PM
Subject: Tomcat 4.0 Session Timeout
> I've asked this twice already and have yet to receive an answer. Someone
> running Tomcat 4.0 must know the answer to my question. I must get this
> resolved since the security requirements of my application require the
> user's session to automatically time out after 5 minutes of inactivity...
>
> How do I set the session time out for a context in Tomcat 4.0. The
session
> time out is defaulting to 18000 seconds (5 hours?). I have tried adding
the
> following to both my context's WEB-INF/web.xml file and the
> $CATALINA_HOME/conf/web.xml file but both are ignored.
>
> <session-config>
> <session-timeout>300</session-timeout>
> </session-config>
>
> How do I go about setting the time out to 5 minutes?
>
> Thanks,
> Jim Urban
> Product Manager
> Netsteps Inc.
> Suite 505E
> 1 Pierce Pl.
> Itasca, IL 60143
> Voice: (630) 250-3045 x2164
> Fax: (630) 250-3046
>
>
> PS: Love Tomcat 4.0, it seems really solid!
