[Koha-bugs] [Bug 3208] New: Inactivity "timeout" for OPAC - enhancement idea

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           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 at liblime.com
        ReportedBy: adrea at moablibrary.org
   Estimated Hours: 0.0
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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!


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