[SOLVED] Cookies set by CMS made simple
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[SOLVED] Cookies set by CMS made simple
One of my clients is somewhat overcomplying with the EU cookie law and wants me to list all cookies used on the site. I have informed them that it is only people with backend access that will be receiving any cookies, but they still want it on there. Can anyone tell me what the names of the cookies used are? Cheers!
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Re: Cookies set by CMS made simple
CMSMS (core) uses only one cookie on the frontend. it's 'CMSSESSID' (or something like that). It is a session cookie (deleted when the browser closes). and contains only a single string (the unique session id).
More cookies are used on the backend for various purposes
(viewing alerts, login authentication, etc).
Additionally, third party modules may create cookies.
Best is to use the chrome/firefox/IE developer tools and look at the response and request headers and see the cookies yourself.
More cookies are used on the backend for various purposes
(viewing alerts, login authentication, etc).
Additionally, third party modules may create cookies.
Best is to use the chrome/firefox/IE developer tools and look at the response and request headers and see the cookies yourself.
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Re: Cookies set by CMS made simple
I did look, but they seemed to be related to admin, as I'm an admin, I figured that would relate to me only, so I wondered what the other ones are. I've tried to tell them that it doesn't matter, but they are adamant that the cookie policy lists all cookies used by the site.
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Re: Cookies set by CMS made simple
It seems they are CMSSESSID, cms_admin_user_id, and cms_passhash if anybody wants to know. I logged in as an editor and it still used cms_admin_user_id to indentify me, not cms_editor_id or similar.
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Re: [SOLVED] Cookies set by CMS made simple
There are more cookies set at various times in the admin console depending upon your permission level, and what messages you see etc. I cannot say that this is an exhaustive list.
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Re: [SOLVED] Cookies set by CMS made simple
Firefox shows you the cookies present. I just checked on one of my CMSMS sites (visiting as a normal visitor, not a logged in admin person) and it shows CMSSESSID cookie as you mention but also 3 cookies relating to the Statistics module. So it depends on what modules you are running.