sitecore session configuration? how to set expiration?

Question

Hi,

any ideas how sitecore manages session expiration? we tried using

<authentication mode="Forms">
      <forms name=".ASPXAUTH" cookieless="UseCookies" timeout="1" />
    </authentication>

    <sessionState mode="InProc" cookieless="false" timeout="1"/>

but doesn't seem to be doing anything, so we think sitecore has its own configuration, but we can't find where

Answer 1

Take a look at this article. It is a bit outdated (for Sitecore 5.x). For instance, the default values has been changed, the syntax of settings is a bit different, and the setting in number 4 doesn't exist, but it should give you the general idea how to tune the session timeout for your solution.

Hope this helps.