Hello,

My web application is using FormsAuthentication but I can't find any cookie in the folder where my browser stores cookies from other websites.

Where is the AuthenticationCookie stored?

Is the AuthCookie only stored in the HttpRequest and HttpReponse?

Please let me know of any links that explain this.

I appreciate any assistance.

this type of cookie is generally referred to as an In-Memory Cookie.

It does not get written to disk so it exists only in the browsers memory.  once the browser is closed, the cookie is gone.

So how can we make the authentication cookie be stored on disk so that it will returned back to server even after browser is reopened ??

Hi hossein007

In asp.net 1.1,Form authentication tickets were always stored in cookies. Persistent cookies had a 50 year lifetime.  This means that you could close your browser down and open it  without having to login again to your site again.

This has been changed with in Asp.net 2.0. You now need to set the lifetime of your cookie with the timeout  (the timeout attribute in the <forms /> configuration element) .

HTH

/Kadji

The timeout property set in <forms> element determines the time span the cookie is valid while the browser is open and when you close the browser the cookie has gone and you must relogin. I have tested it and it is the case .