Session State asp.net 1.1 / IIS 6

[Joey]

I have an asp.net 1.1 web app written in C# and running on IIS6. The
app loses session state information if I log in and then leave the
webpage for say, 45 minutes or so. I have configured the
authentication section in web.config to allow for a timeout value of
120 (forms authentication). And then I also set the IIS session
timeout to 150 minutes. That didn't help. Why does the session state
not last for at least 120 minutes, when I have my app configured in
this way? Is there something else I need to do?

 

[bruce barker]

you need to set the idleTimeout in <processModel> which causes shutdown
after idle time. a recycle loses inproc sessions

-- bruce (sqlwork.com)

 

[Guest]

Also, the "IIS" session timeout is for classic ASP only. For ASP.NET, change
the setting in the web.config file.
Peter

 

[Joey]

you need to set the idleTimeout in <processModel> which causes shutdown
after idle time. a recycle loses inproc sessions

-- bruce (sqlwork.com)




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Bruce, there is not <processModel> tag in web.config. I checked in the
machine.config file, and both "timeout" and "idleTimeout" are set to
"Infinite". Does anyone else have any ideas?

 

[Latish Sehgal]

What about idle timeout settings in the App pool properties in IIS
(performance tab)?

 

[Joey]

What about idle timeout settings in the App pool properties in IIS
(performance tab)?

I only have two options on the performance tab: "Bandwidth throttling"
and "Web site connections". There is no option for idle timeout, or
even for App pool. Can you explain where I need to look to change this?

 

[Joey]

I only have two options on the performance tab: "Bandwidth throttling"
and "Web site connections". There is no option for idle timeout, or
even for App pool. Can you explain where I need to look to change this?

Does anyone have any ideas about how I can address this problem (refer
to top of thread)? How can I make a pop up box showing that the
session is about to expire?