set long timeout for selected session variable

Question

Hi I am using asp.net 2.0 and I want admin session variable timeout for 1 hour.

Is it possible? and How?

I am using windows authentication.

Answer 1

You can set the session timeout globally in web.config:

<configuration>
  <system.web>
    <sessionState 
      mode="InProc"
      cookieless="true"
      timeout="30" />
  </system.web>
</configuration>

And you can programmatically override that setting in your code (e.g. for the admin's session only), by setting Session.Timeout, e.g:

// set the current session's timeout to 60 minutes
// if the current user is an admin
if (currentUserIsAdmin)
    Session.Timeout = 60;

Have a look at this MSDN page for details.