Currently Populi kicks us out after 30 minutes of inactivity. Would it be possible to allow a longer timeout period for a specified IP Address? That way when we are logging in from within the college our timeout period is lengthened or even eliminated. I have found this especially difficult when setting up a course, when I am reading an article or doing some other research and then want to add a question or lesson. In the time that I do the research Populi has kicked me out.
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Adam Sentz When Populi times you out it pre-populates the username field and tries to take you back to the page you were on when you log back in. So you should just have to type your password again and hit enter to get back to what you were doing. If you find that isn't the case in a certain scenario please let us know via a support request so we can look into it.
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Patrick Friesen I know - and I like it that it remembers where I was. What I am hoping for is that the timeout length could be removed when logged in from our office network.(or at least lengthened) It is a bit of a pain to be constantly logging in to populi after an interruption or some other task.
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Roland Penner Can Populi implement something along the lines of what Microsoft does with their Exchange server Web Access.
When you log in, you are asked if you are on a public or private computer. If you choose public, then it will timeout much like populi does now. However if you choose private, then the timeout is a lot longer. If a staff person leave's their computer / office unlocked, and a student gets on to their computer, Populi is not the only problem that we have. The student has access to a host of other things they should not. If the staff person fails to lock their computer, that is a security issue.
Microsoft understands that to have to re-enter your password everytime you want to check your email is not feasible. Neither should staff need to enter their password everytime they need to check a bit of info regarding some students.
Of course security by layers is a good thing. But security and usability are always at odds with each other. In this case having Populi more usable, and implementing security at the operating system level (i.e. lock the computer when you are gone) seems like a good balance.
Here is what Exchange OWA asks when you log in:
Security This is a public or shared computer Select this option if you use Outlook Web App on a public computer. Be sure to sign out when you've finished and close all windows to end your session. This is a private computer Select this option if you're the only person who uses this computer. Your server will allow a longer period of inactivity before signing you out. -
David Capistrant I have the same request as Patrick. Please lengthen the time or remove the timeout on my personal computer.
Maybe you would put it in the settings and let me change it for myself and others can leave it for them to get logged out after 30. I would like to change it to a few hours.
Thanks
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