Why here, not there?

Yes, I'm at a different machine now, which was switched off overnight - and I didn't have to log in.

Hmmm. I just quit my browser to see what happened, and had to log back in. No message about linking (I've already done it). But ... when I switch my computer off at night and come back, I'm still logged in. How does that work for the security folk?

I have no idea whether my "account linking" attempt worked or not, because of the loopy "Now I'm logged on, now I'm not" thing that happened the other day (Friday night, I think. When I tried to figure out what was going on at that time, I ditched all my old Adobeforums.com cookies to attempt a fresh start).

I DO know that the "Phos...." login I'm currently enjoying is not the same one I'd been using as "Phos±four dots."

I just logged out, then logged back in, and I'm still seeing a message asking me to link my accounts or "Do it later."

I'll also report that this login expires when I quit Firefox (3.0.4), requiring me to login again after I relaunch it.

I also know that trying to login to the account where my user name has been "Phos±four dots" for years doesn't work anymore. I have my password physically written in a notebook sitting in front of me. I even tried a couple alternates that I've been known to use. Nope. No getting in.

FF 2, SeaMonkey will as well also.

there is that...

I don't know yet. I think it really depends on how many users go through the account migration/association path. In the two or three weeks before the cookie changed only 96 people configured their accounts. Since Saturday there have been about 1900. So, from that point of view it appears to be working.

I know that Firefox 3 will ask to store your login info for the Forums and auto fill when prompted to log in. I don't know if other browsers can/will do this.

I can tell you that the security folks are happier with the session cookies because of the situation of people using shared computers (libraries, etc.) and not remembering to log out.

> the cookie has been changed.

Permanently?

Into an early easter bun?

Right. Before Friday the permanent cookie worked. On Friday it was disabled so that everyone gets a chance to have their messages moved over from one system to the other. It doesn't have anything to do with the linking of the accounts (that has been in place for a few weeks). But it is somewhat associated in that if we didn't turn off the cookie folks not logging in would lose all their old content. No matter what you selected (associate my account now, do it later, don't do it at all), the cookie has been changed.

John, it's set at http://www.adobeforums.com

(or: http://www.adobeforums.com/cgi-bin/webx?14@@.3bb41392 to be precise)

A couple of things that may be of relevance:

I'm using Linux Firefox on Ubuntu 8.04.

The login is only required after closing the browser, which I do frequently as I'm running Internet on a laptop and space is a consideration. Note that this was not the case before I linked up, I was always logged in then regardless of how many times I shut down the browser.