:: Another User has logged in on this computer :: message

[kapshure]

I have been consistently having this issue but perhaps its just a feature.

if I'm logged into Zimbra Admin Console... and I also have the web based client open for my mail, then I choose to view another users inbox via the admin console, my session to the web client gets booted with:

"Another user has logged in on this computer. You will need to login again to continue"

Most likely this is a security feature, but I just wanted to double-check.

[phoenix]

Yes, it's a feature. It won't let you have two different users logged into zimbra in the same browser session.

[kapshure]

right. fair enough. that's what I thought. Just checking.

[Bill Brock]

Try using seperate browser windows instead of tabs.

[kapshure]

Okay.. will try that Bill.

Thanks!

[Tamooj]

I get this message *all the time* with the Desktop client, sometimes in the middle of a session. No other Zimbra-related tabs or sessions seem to be open at the time. It's also very unlikely anyone else is using my account when this is occurs.

[LMStone]

Yes, it's a feature. It won't let you have two different users logged into zimbra in the same browser session.

Curious why was this behavior changed from 4.5.x please?

From the Admin UI if I go to help a user who allows me to login in as them, I wind up logging myself out of all my other ZCS sessions (except the Admin UI for some reason) after I RMB on their account and choose "View Mail".

Now, instead of one browser window with a number of tabs, I am forced to view everything in a new window to keep me from logging myself out under this one, but frequent, use case.

I'm a big fan of tabs; I thought they improve efficiency and reduce clutter, so I'm curious why ZCS 5 would introduce behaviour that on the face of it seems almost to be a kind of regression.

I expect I am missing something major here, yes? What was Zimbra trying to fix that they thought was broken in 4.5.x?

All the best,
Mark