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

[Jamie C. <jca...@we...>]

On Wed, 2005-04-20 at 21:02, Colm Dougan wrote:
> 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.
> > 
> > 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.
> > 
> > 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. 
> 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.

The session timeout is already enforced by Webmin for all modules, and
can be configured in the Webmin Configuration module under
Authentication. So there isn't really any need to implement your own
timeout, unless you want to do something special like adjust it on a
per-module basis ..

 - Jamie