Why users sessions are not forcing to re-authenticate on an idle time if the settings are on the registry?

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Title	Why users sessions are not forcing to re-authenticate on an idle time if the settings are on the registry?

Summary	In this article it will explain the setup to force users to re-authenticate while the session has been idle for a time. In which the GUI(Graphic User Interface) will exit after an period of an idle time.

URL Name	Why-users-sessions-are-not-forcing-to-re-authenticate-on-an-idle-time-if-the-settings-are-on-the-registry

Resolution

Upgrade to a recent version where this feature is available.

Products	Warehouse Management

Module

Version	2010

Error Message Code

Cause

The feature of "Client Session Timeout" where the system automatically disconnects a client (such as a workstation or RF(Radio Frequency) device) from an active RedPrairie server session after X time of inactivity was introduced in WMS version 2011.

Additional Information

The time to expire can be configure thru the registry file which will be in <ENVIRONMENT>\les\data directory, under SECURITY section using the SESSION-KEY-IDLE-TIMEOUT key.

Here is a snippet example of the registry file.

[SECURITY]
SESSION-KEY-IDLE-TIMEOUT=NN

Note: The value represented by NN is in seconds.

Publication Status	Published