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darcie
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Re: Log me on automatically each visit, don't work

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MSUBear42 wrote:It didn't work for me either.

Is there any solution??? It's really annoying to have to log in every time.
My forum is http://www.bear-nation.com
I didn't get a cookie when I visited your forum. Can you post your cookie settings here?
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Re: Log me on automatically each visit, don't work

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Oh shoot, that was my fault.

I had it set up to to to .bearnation.com instead of .bear-nation.com
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Re: Log me on automatically each visit, don't work

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joephus wrote:I actually need to edit my post. I noticed I had a typo in the cookie domain so after fixing that it worked. So having the cookie domain setup right and disabling IP Validation worked for me on FireFox 2.0.0.11 and IE 7.
So are you saying yours wasn't working because of manual changes you made to cookies (e.g. in the "cookie domain"? I don't even know what that is. How would I know if I've got the same problem? Could I even have that issue if I haven't changed any cookie settings? Where would I find that? Is that in my browser or on the admin page?

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Re: Log me on automatically each visit, don't work

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Cookie settings are made by default, but you may need to correct them to act as you want. They are set up in the ACP- the main page of the ACP under the Server Configuration heading. Can you post both your cookie and server settings to see if they look correct?
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Re: Log me on automatically each visit, don't work

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Morning :)

I have the same issue as well .. not only with my own forums, but these, too. Here are my cookie settings:

Domain path: .equestrianlove.com
Cookie name: .equestrianlove.
Cookie path: /
Cookie secure: disabled

Help? :)
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Re: Log me on automatically each visit, don't work

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Yes- set a new unique cookie that does not have dots. You can use an underscore if you wish but no periods.
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Re: Log me on automatically each visit, don't work

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I have installed phpbb3 today but the auto logging is not working
Cookie settings are as follows

Domain path: gdforum.xtreemhost.com (tried .gdforum.xtreemhost.com also)
Cookie name: phpbb3_gdforum
Cookie path: /forums
Cookie secure: disabled

path to the forum is http://gdforum.xtreemhost.com/forum

I am not sure what the problem is, can someome please let me know what need to be done to resolve the problem.
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If the actual board path is /forum and the cookie path is /forums, that will be a problem. You may also be able to just set it as / . The path you have is good- it should be only two dots.
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Re: Log me on automatically each visit, don't work

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Darcie .. that has worked so far - tyvm :)
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Re: Log me on automatically each visit, don't work

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This is happening for me also...it just started today. Here are my cookie settings. I haven't done anything to them.

Cookie domain: gator367.hostgator.com
Cookie name: phpbb3_lomda
Cookie path: /
Cookie secure: disabled
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JoanneGreco wrote:This is happening for me also...it just started today. Here are my cookie settings. I haven't done anything to them.

Cookie domain: gator367.hostgator.com
Cookie name: phpbb3_lomda
Cookie path: /
Cookie secure: disabled
Your forum is not located at http://gator367.hostgator.com that I can tell... :? Where is it located?
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Re: Log me on automatically each visit, don't work

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Darcie....could it be because we just transfered our domain? The new url is http://forums.foreverparents.com/ What changes do I need to make? Thank you!
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Yes, changing domains is definitely a good reason for the cookies to stop working. Change the domain to forums.foreverparents.com (exactly like that, no leading dot or anything else) and make a new unique cookie name (like phpbb3_fpforum or something else with similar format).
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Re: Log me on automatically each visit, don't work

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Thank you darcie....it worked. :mrgreen: I appreciate it!
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Re: Log me on automatically each visit, don't work

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Darcie (and everyone else) - thanks so much for helping people out... I still seem to be having problems but I'm probably just being too dense to figure it out on my own. Incidentally, my ideal fix is to disable any sort of URL/domain/type checking altogether - this is hosted on an internal network anyway so there is zero public access. I imagine others might also benefit if there's some fix they can do to just allow always auto-login without having to go through a domain-check for the cookie to work.

I already have auto-login enabled.

My site is either accessed through http://portal/bb or http://portal.hjw.local/bb (people use both - do I have to pick one or the other for this to work?)

Cookie settings as I have them right now:
cookie domain: portal
cookie name: phpbb3_bb
cookie path: /bb/

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