http://bugs.koha.org/cgi-bin/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=3208 Summary: Inactivity "timeout" for OPAC - enhancement idea Product: Koha Version: rel_3_0 Platform: PC OS/Version: Windows 2000 Status: NEW Severity: enhancement Priority: P5 Component: OPAC AssignedTo: jmf@liblime.com ReportedBy: adrea@moablibrary.org Estimated Hours: 0.0 Change sponsored?: --- Notes below are copied from the KOHA mailing list...

From Adrea... "We have computers in our library which are only used as OPACs - we would like to set up these OPAC computers to clear search history/login info/cart contents etc. after a certain period of inactivity (perhaps 2-3 minutes). So that when you sit down at an OPAC in the library you are not already logged into someone else's account. Does anyone have a solution for how to set this up?

We have already experimented with the "timeout" admin system preference. It does not do the trick, because we do not want staff to be logged out of our staff module after a period of inactivity, and we do not want folks accessing their account from home to get logged out of their account automatically. We just need a solution for the OPAC computers in the library. Thanks for your help!" 1st response... from Owen Leonard "I think it'd be a great idea to create an OPAC timeout feature, and I suspect it would be fairly easy to implement. I would think you could embed a meta refresh tag on each page with the timeout set via a system preference. When the timeout was reached, the page would redirect to the logout script. Unfortunately, logging out of the OPAC doesn't empty the cart. I consider that a bug. Maybe we can get both fixed at the same time. The system I'm thinking of would necessarily apply to all OPAC sessions whether they were inside the library or out. Perhaps that means we need to build in some kind of warning message ("You are about to be logged out. Click OK to continue your session"). I'm not sure how you'd set up the feature so that it only timed out specific workstations." Adrea - see the KOHA list archives from May 2009 for more comments... my library understands that there are issues with being able to clear the search history, but our library would like to see the following... cart is cleared, account is logged out, and browser page is redirected to the catalog home page. Thanks! -- Configure bugmail: http://bugs.koha.org/cgi-bin/bugzilla3/userprefs.cgi?tab=email ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- You are watching all bug changes.