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I can’t count the number of times I have clicked the “Auto Login on Future Visits” box on the sites I have built and it rarely if ever works.

Any clues?

Hello Forrest Anderson,

I am sorry to hear you are running into this problem.

What version of ExpressionEngine are you currently using?

What do you have set in the Control Panel? Session or Cookies?

Thank you,

Hi Shane,

I am running EE 2.5.2 and the site is currently set to Cookies only.

Based on your question, I am guessing a change in settings is in order.

Please advise.

Thanks.

Hey Forrest Anderson,

Nope, cookies only is what you need to have set. Session would not work.

Can you give me some information about your browser/OS? Does the behavior span across all browsers that you have used?

Are you using any kind of .htaccess file?

Cheers,

Shane,

It happens across browsers: FF and Safari. I am using an .htaccess file to hide index.php.

Forrest

Check that your cookie domain is set to .example.com, and not just example.com. You’ve probably got a conflict between http://www.example.com and and the non-triple-dub version, especially if your .htaccess is enforcing one of those.

Hi Dylan,

I tried doing this and I am not locked out of the control panel.

The Control Panel is http://www.encoreazalea.com/ee/admin.php

I set the cookie to .encoreazalea.com/ee/ and now I cannot log in at all. How do I undo what I just did?

Thanks.

If simply trashing your current cookies doesn’t work, you’ll need to modify your config file, at least temporarily, to get around what you’ve written to your database: http://ellislab.com/forums/viewthread/158694/#765445

You don’t want that /ee/ in your cookie.

Hope that helps,

d.

I removed the cookie, cleared the cache and set the config file as follows: $config[‘cookie_prefix’] = ’ ‘;

I am still not able to log into the control panel.

Any more ideas?

You need to try:

$config[‘cookie_domain’] = ‘.encoreazalea.com’;
$config[‘admin_session_type’] = ‘c’;

That fixed it thanks.

You bet. Hope that fixes your auto login issue, as well.

Auto login still doesn’t work, but at least I can get in. Thanks.

Hey Forrest,

Wow, just got caught up on your adventure! Sorry to hear about all that, but glad things are good now.

Is your server behind any kind of special load balancers or other network devices?

Do you know if your IP rotates often at your location?

You might also add this to the config.php file.

$config[‘admin_session_type’] = “c”;
$config[‘user_session_type’] = “c”;
$config[‘require_ip_for_login’] = “n”;

Can you try that? We will go from there.

Cheers,

Hi Shane,

Thanks for following up there. I entered the code but I still have to enter my login information each time I go to the CP. As much as I would like to solve this - just because it is a challenge - I don’t think it is worth any more of your time or mine to pursue this “snipe”.

I appreciate your efforts, but I am going to suggest we close this thread.

Thanks.

Forrest