Disable AdminCP Login Timeout
 

Warning
Using this is a security risk, so please only use it if you know what you are doing!

You are developing vBulletin Stuff on localhost, are running in Debug mode and like me you find it damn annoying having to log in "all the Time", even though the Browser never gets closed?

Then you can use the attached Plugin to disable the Timeout.
When it is installed, you don't have to login again as long as you have the Cookie.

thankyou kirby! i dident know you could do this, i was thinking about that last night!

Thanks for this. I find it quite annoying to have to log in all the time as well. ;)

Isn't there a setting for this already in the vb options?

You're right.

It's the second option under "Admin Control Panel Options".

Still, that option only disables the timeout for an hour. Perhaps this plugin Kirby provided disables it indefinitely. ;)

Yes. It disables the Timeout - until you loose the Cookie.

I installed this plug in, yet i still get logged out after an hour. Once i install the plugin is there a setting somewhere i need to change??

You are operating in debug mode?

I assume this only applies in debug mode after re-reading your initial post. None the less i have managed to achieve what i was looking for :)

Thanks

Question: Is it a huge security risk to disable admincp timeout from the option in the admincp? I'm not going to install this hack, but as of right now I am always editing templates and such in the admincp and find it very annoying when I get a login page after spending several minutes editing one template.

If you install this hack, be even more sure than usual to log out when you're using a public computer.

I'm not going to install it. Thanks for the tip though. And I never log into the admincp from any other computer then my own.

Hey nice hack...
What's the point in !is_array($vbulletin->userinfo) ??? Thanks.

Well, fetch_userinfo() might be called several times from within ACP.
This check makes sure the query will only be executed if this call is the initial call to get the userinfo for the viewing user :)
But I guess just !$vbulletin->userinfo might work as well and cause less overhead.

Is there a way to have a setting or a link to turn this on and off?

Does anyone have an answer to my question a few posts above? I think it was missed.

It should be fine as long as you make sure to log out after each session with your site.

Why don't you post this as a hack? :) That way I could click install :)

Becasue I don't want anybody who does not really know what he is doing to install this.
And if I release it as a Hack chances for this to heppen would be higher ;)

i wanted this one :D

[high]* COBRAws is happy[/high]

Thanks Kirby, this has been on my todo list for a while now - you've just saved me the trouble of figuring out how to do it :)

is there one of these hacks for 3.0.x ?

Does this only affect the admin control panel, or will registered users and guests also obtain unlimited time out? I will want to keep their log in time limited.
Thanks, Jed