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Login frequency

Post by bobhalliday » Sat Nov 20, 2010 5:51 pm

Hi Ciaran.

Is there any reason why I'm having to enter my details almost on a daily basis? Almost every time I open the forum page I have to log in. It's not a problem but a bit of a nuisance, I was in the forum in the morning okay but on entering tonight I had to login again.

Bob.
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Re: Login frequency

Post by Dieselman » Sat Nov 20, 2010 6:39 pm

All forums use automatic logout, this one is the longest I have known, but if you want automatic log-in everytime you visit just tick the Log me in automatically box when you next log in.
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Re: Login frequency

Post by Peter.N. » Sat Nov 20, 2010 8:43 pm

Hi Bob

It started doing this after it went down the other day, I was having the same trouble, kept ticking the box and it still logged me out, but as dieselman says if you tick it now it should keep you logged in.

Peter
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Re: Login frequency

Post by bobhalliday » Sun Nov 21, 2010 1:57 pm

Hi all.

I was ticking the correct box okay but it didn't do any good, but it was okay today. Like Peter I only got this problem after the site last went down, hopefully sorted now. :D

Bob.
1996 Admiral Blue XM from New RP6612 N***YBL
1992 Green XM estate as stand-by. RP5623
We are all Falkirk 'Bairns'

I thought I saw light at the end of the tunnel, but it's an express train coming this way!!!!
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Re: Login frequency

Post by Ciaran » Mon Nov 22, 2010 9:39 am

Hi guys,

If its any consolation, on Saturday night I saw this post, and sat typing a long and detailed explanation of why this problem is occurring, went to post it, and the bastard thing dumped me back at the login screen, loosing the entire message :lol: :lol: :lol:

Unfortunately I'm at work at the moment and time is a bit limited, however in a nutshell, this issue was caused by the server clock being reset to 01/01/2000 00:00. This caused any cookies (which are used for the auto-login) that were issued by the site to be invalid, because they were miles out of date, so despite the fact that you had ticked the 'keep me logged in' box, the cookie would be invalid, hence the site would constantly prompt for details.

The solution, for anyone that's still having the issue, is to simply clear your cookies, close your browser, and return to the site :)

Ciarán

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Re: Login frequency

Post by Peter.N. » Mon Nov 22, 2010 9:55 am

Hi Ciaran

I noticed that the clock was set to '2000' and thought it might have something to do with it, although I know nothing about these things. Could this 'cookie' problem be anything do do with my not being able to recieve reply notifications?

Peter
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Re: Login frequency

Post by onthecut » Mon Nov 22, 2010 12:44 pm

Ciaran wrote:reset to 01/01/2000 00:00. Ciarán

Spooky ----- last year of XM production !

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Re: Login frequency

Post by XMX » Mon Nov 22, 2010 2:34 pm

onthecut wrote:
Ciaran wrote:reset to 01/01/2000 00:00. Ciarán

Spooky ----- last year of XM production !

Mike.
Probably Citroen thought enough is enough with these XM's coming back to dealers under warranty repairs and therefore threw in the towel and then left it to us lot on here to keep the beast's maintained and kept on the roads !

:lol:

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Re: Login frequency

Post by xmexclusive » Mon Nov 22, 2010 9:14 pm

Citroen came up with a far better wheeze than that.
My local dealer mentioned that they were made directly responsible for all warranty costs.

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Re: Login frequency

Post by Dean » Mon Nov 22, 2010 9:57 pm

no wonder my local dealer has a tear in his eye every time he see's the XM , must be painfull memories :)

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