On Tue, 20 Mar 2001, Connie Chan wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I know that we can set the session timeout in web.xml. But it specifies
> how long the user can have valid session no matter the user keeps
> sending the requests. Correct? If so, how about the idle session
> timeout? By meaning that, if the user does not send any request for
> certain time period (let say 30 minutes), we would disable the session.
> Does anyone know how to configure?
>
The timeout you specify in web.xml is *not* the maximum duration of the
session. Instead, it is the maximum duration *between* requests, which
sounds like exactly what you are asking for.
>
> Thanks,
> Connie
>
Craig McClanahan
