jidanni@jidanni.org wrote:

Say fellas, how can I be logged in forever? I.e., no more "it's that time of the month again" when one's cookies expire.

Let's see, I've rigged up this Makefile to make all my browser cookies expire in 2037 that I run every day before poweroff. w3m_emacs_cookies_forever:.cookie perl -i.bak -pwle \ 's/("\w{3}, \d\d-[A-Z][a-z]{2}-20)[012]\d( \d\d:\d\d:\d\d GMT")/$(\ )$${1}37$$2/' $?

But is that enough to fool the run of the mill MediaWiki wiki, or must I do something more devious?

Now turning to Wikipedia and its unified login to several projects. Do I need something fancier yet?

What about making cookie expiry length a Preference, instead of "mother knows best"?

I think it used to be one month *since last login*, so if you used it regularly, it was almost infinite. You can test your approach by moving forward the time at your computer and the server. The problem you will face is that in order for to you to stay logged in, the server needs to keep your session active. So not only would you need to change the client but also the server. However, I see little point in storing data forever if the users don't login.