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Set Persistent Cookies

If you want to use single sign-on for multiple browser sessions, use persistent cookies. If you set persistent cookies, users can end their browser sessions before a SiteMinder session expires, start a new browser session, and still have single sign-on capability.

Beginning with Web Agent 5.x QMR1, cookies that are written to a client system's hard disk remain valid for the configured maximum session time-out plus 7 days. Typically, a persistent cookie is deleted from a Web browser's cookie file after the cookie expires; however, browsers may handle persistent cookies differently.

To set persistent cookies

1. Set the PersistentCookies parameter to yes

   The SMSESSION cookies will be persistent.

2. Set the TransientIDCookies parameter to no.

   The SMIDENTITY cookies will be persistent.