Hi,
What's 300 x 60? ;-)
The session timeout is specified in minutes not seconds
i.e. you need
<session-config>
<session-timeout>5</session-timeout>
</session-config>
At least this is the way it worked in 3.2.x
andrew
On 20-Sep-2001 Jim Urban wrote:
> I can, but this defeats the purpose of configuring Tomcat to set it for me.
> Was this feature removed or just moved in 4.0?
>
> Jim
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Vladimir Grishchenko [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> Sent: Thursday, September 20, 2001 12:27 PM
> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject: Re: Tomcat 4.0 Session Timeout
>
>
> Can you use HttpSession.setMaxInactiveInterval(int) method to set it at
> runtime?
>
> --V.
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Jim Urban" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> To: "Tomcat-User" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Sent: Thursday, September 20, 2001 9:52 AM
> Subject: Tomcat 4.0 Session Timeout
>
>
>>
>> I've now asked this three times and have yet to receive a solution. 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!
>>
>>
