How the User Force Logout feature works in Drupal

Overview

In this document, you will see how this feature helps forcefully log out user or admin accounts after a set period of time. The Drupal User Session Management module is compatible with Drupal 8, Drupal 9, Drupal 10 and Drupal 11.

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Installation Steps

Configuration Steps

Note: You will require the Premium Version of the module to configure the User Session History feature.

• Navigate to Configuration > People > Session Management.
  (/admin/config/people/session-management/session-management)

User Session History:

Note: If you're not logged in, please log in using the miniOrange credentials used to purchase the license.

• Under the Auto Logout Settings tab, go to the User Force Logout Settings section.
• Turn on the Force User Logout toggle button.
• Under Force User Logout Time, you can set the time after which you want the system to log you out forcefully.
• Click on the Save Configuration button.




Lets see how it works:

• Open a new browser, such as Edge, or a private/incognito window and log in (base_url/user/login) to the Drupal site.
• The user is forcefully logged out after the configured time period, as shown in the GIF below.




Congratulations! You have successfully configured the User Force Logout feature.

If the configuration was not successful, please contact us at drupalsupport@xecurify.com. Kindly include a screenshot of the error message, and we will help you resolve the issue and guide you through the setup.

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