IIS 5.1 not timing out correctly

[spamsk8r]

I am working with IIS 5.1 on Windows XP and I wish to have a virtual directory under the Default Web Site time out in 5 minutes. However, when I set it to do so it never actually times out. As far as I can tell I have it set up correctly. Does anyone know of anything that may interfere with IIS timing out correctly?

Thanks,
Geoff

 

[MrChad]

What do you mean by "time out"? How are you measuring the time out?

 

[spamsk8r]

What I mean is that if a user doesn't do anything for 5 minutes it drops their connection. I should have noted that the web site they are on requires them to be authenticated.

 

[MrChad]

Originally posted by: spamsk8r
What I mean is that if a user doesn't do anything for 5 minutes it drops their connection. I should have noted that the web site they are on requires them to be authenticated.

"Drops their connection"? What do you mean? Do you want them redirected to another page? HTTP connections are stateless; once the data has been transmitted, the connection is dropped.

If you're talking about session timeout, you can configure that in the application properties or in your app's global.asa file (assuming you are using ASP). It will be up to your app to recognize that your session has expired and the user needs to be logged out.

 

[spamsk8r]

When I say "drop their connection" I mean that they have to re-authenticate after 5 minutes of inactivity. I guess I do mean session timeout, so I'll look into the global.asa file to see if there's anything I can do in there.