Re: [webmin-devel] Session timeout with miniserv.pl

[Colm D. <col...@gm...>]

On 20 Apr 2005 14:01:37 +1000, Jamie Cameron <jca...@we...> wrote:
> On Wed, 2005-04-20 at 11:53, Colm Dougan wrote:
> > Hi list,
> >
> > I am trying to implement a webmin module whereby there is an
> > inactivity timeout on the user session.  I can't seem to find any
> > documentation of how I do this in the docs or in the list archives but
> > I guess I must have missed this.

....

> > Perhaps this funcionality is not supported any more or something but
> > I'd appreciate any advice people can give me on how I can do this, I
> > don't mind patching miniserv,pl if that is necessary.
>=20
> There is no way to access those pipes or the session database from a CGI
> script - they are internal to miniserv.pl, and used solely for
> communication between the master process and sub-processes. You could
> hack miniserv.pl to behave differently, but that would make your module
> dependent on a non-standard part of Webmin.
>=20
> What change are you trying to make exactly? I may be able to suggest a
> better solution ..

Not sure exactly, I was considering having my CGI process create a
file somewhere called "${sessionid}.expired" with the timeout in it.=20
Then I was going to change the piece of code I mentioned earlier in
miniserv.pl to use this in that section.   I'd love to hear any other
suggestions you have,

Having thought about it some more I think maybe I'm missing something
- is the session timeout something that already "just works" or was I
initially right in thinking that it was not a supported feature i.e.
can you clarify if there already is a standard way to use this and
maybe I can warp my thinking to that instead.

Thanks,
Colm