Where is authentication-services-context.xml ? How to set the session timeout policy ?

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mikefr38

Hi,

I want to change the session timeout, and maybe change also the mode (I have seen in other subject that the timeout mode could be AFTER_INACTIVITY, AFTER_FIXED_TIME, or DO_NOT_EXPIRE).

Several subjects here refer to authentication-services-context.xml.

But I cannot find this file in my installation. There is no "authentication-services-context.xml.sample" either.

The version is 5.1.0 (alfresco) and 5.1.f (share).

I am lost.

Also, some other subject suggest to change the tomcat session timeout (in web.xml) but this is not a good solution since web.xml is part of the application and will be overwritten when I update the war. Moreover some users say that it doesn't work.

What should I do ?

Thanks

cesarista

Hi:

In Alfresco 5 you may find this context file and many other default config files (such subsystem configuration files) inside a jar file. In my case, inside: 

$TOMCAT/webapps/alfresco/WEB-INF/lib/alfresco-repository-5.2.e.jar

As you commented, under $TOMCAT/webapps/alfresco/WEB-INF/web.xml you have:

<session-config>
<session-timeout>60</session-timeout>
</session-config>

You may change the war too, even do an AMP package if you want. Regarding alfresco tickets, in alfresco-global.properties you can set:

# If authentication.ticket.ticketsExpire is true and
# authentication.ticket.expiryMode is AFTER_FIXED_TIME or AFTER_INACTIVITY,
# this controls the minimum period for which tickets are valid.
# The default is PT1H for one hour.
authentication.ticket.validDuration=PT4H

Regards.

--C.