You are right. if auth.remember is set the cookie will have an expiration. that must be the problem.
On Friday, 31 August 2012 18:50:34 UTC-5, Anthony wrote: > > If you include the "remember me for 30 days" option on the login form, I > think it does set a cookie expiration, right? Maybe that's the problem. Of > course, someone who doesn't want to be remembered probably shouldn't check > the "remember me" option. > > Anthony > > On Friday, August 31, 2012 5:54:58 PM UTC-4, Massimo Di Pierro wrote: >> >> Do not track means: "do not remember me" >> Login means: "please remember me" >> >> they are both manages through cookies. Cookies without expiration should >> be treated by the browser as session cookies and do not ignore them even if >> you do not want to be tracked. Web2py does not set an expiration for >> session cookies therefore they should not ignored by firefox. I am not sure >> what is wrong. Have you setup the option "allow session cookies"? can you >> login in other web sites? >> >> massimo >> >> On Friday, August 31, 2012 4:15:54 PM UTC-5, nc wrote: >>> >>> Hi, >>> >>> I'm new to web development and just started trying out web2py (v.2.0.3). >>> I found that the user registration in the Welcome application was not >>> working for me: after filling in the form and clicking the Register button, >>> the fields in the form would just all get emptied and there would be no >>> other feedback. After trying different browsers and browser options, it >>> seems this happens when using FireFox (v.14.01) with browser option "Tell >>> websites I do not want to be tracked" checked on. How would one modify the >>> Welcome application so that a visitor that has that browser option set can >>> still register? >>> >>> Thanks, >>> >>> NC >>> >> --

