FormsAuthentication.SetAuthCookie

Question

hi we are using FormsAuthentication.SetAuthCookie(profile.Id, false);

Now the question is when does this cookie expires?

It of course expires once I close all the browsers but it doesn't I keep the browser open and I don't know the timelimit.

Answer 1

It will depend on the Timeout property in web.config.

Answer 2

In the system.web attribute of your web.config file, you must set the following:

<authentication mode="Forms">
  <forms loginUrl="~/Account/Login" timeout="2880" />
</authentication>

then your cookie will expire depending on the value you have set in the timeout attribute.