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Journal by sowth on Thursday July 01, 2004 @04:04PM

The public terminal login setting sucks. I can't even log in and go to /my/amigos. My amigos gives me a login box, which takes me to the front page. I'm considered logged out as soon as I log in.

I understand why they would have a quick expiration time for public terminals, but this is rediculous. Wouldn't 15 minutes (or 30) make more sense?

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I see your point... (Score:1)

by jawtheshark ( 198669 ) * writes:

I never use public terminals. Well, mostly because I only know a few and I'm usually "wired" anyway. I still use the "Public Terminal" setting for one reason: when I'm not on my own computer. I'm over at a friends place I will check it.
The expiration time is on the low side, but it's good for people like me who always forget to log out.
- Re:I see your point... (Score:1)
  
  by sowth ( 748135 ) * writes:
  
  Yeah, but it's useless. Today I logged in, I saw I had some messages, so I clicked the link, and I was already logged out. It's like a 0 second delay. I had to log in without the setting just to check my messages. What good is it if you can't access any of the user specific stuff?

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The solution of this problem is trivial and is left as an exercise for the reader.