[support] Login issues

[Cog Rusty]

Drupal uses cookies, not IP. If other users don't have this problem,
then it is probably the same computer.


On 10/9/07, Daniel Carrera <daniel.carrera at zmsl.com> wrote:
> Hello,
>
> I have a Drupal 4.7 website (I think it's 4.7) and some of my users are
> experiencing login problems. "Alice" will log in and end up inside
> "Bob"'s account. Alice can see Bob's account details, edit his blog,
> etc. Alice is 100% logged in as Bob.
>
> Alice and Bob are in the same building, probably behind a firewall.
>
> Does anyone know what could cause this problem? My first guess is that
> they are using a shared computer and Bob forgot to log out, but I'm not
> sure that this is true (btw, this is a school, Alice is a student and
> Bob a teacher, and Bob is not happy that his students can use his account).
>
> How does Drupal store login information? Does it use a cookie? Or does
> it use the IP address? I have every reason to believe that Alice and Bob
> would show up as the same IP, so I hope that's not what Drupal uses. If
> Drupal only uses cookies, then that means that Bob didn't log out,
> right? Or is there another possibility?
>
> Thanks for the help.
>
> Cheers,
> Daniel.
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