ejabberd - Comments for "Multiple user connections seen on the server"

How to deny new sessions without killing old sessions

zjt — Thu, 19 Jun 2008 18:28:39 +0000

shalti wrote:

How to do follow: don't disconnect early opened sessions but deny access for new sessions if the old sessions are fine?

We use our layer4 switch to do this.

It is not implemented. Check

mfoss — Mon, 09 Jun 2008 16:05:45 +0000

It is not implemented.

Check the related feature request ticket: Option to disallow new session if resource conflict

How to decline new connections?

shalti — Thu, 05 Jun 2008 13:36:12 +0000

How to do follow: don't disconnect early opened sessions but deny access for new sessions if the old sessions are fine?

Maybe the option max_user_sessions in ejabberd 2.0.0

mfoss — Wed, 02 Apr 2008 00:39:05 +0000

I installed ejabberd 1.1.4 in Linux, and Pandion in Windows. I logged in and out several times, and the session was always closed. So the problem you describe doesn't seem easy to reproduce.

Maybe your are interested in this option, which was included in ejabberd 2.0.0:

The special access max_user_sessions specifies the maximum number of sessions (authenticated connections) per user. If a user tries to open more sessions by using different resources, the first opened session will be disconnected.

I am using ejabber 1.1.4

ashish — Sat, 29 Mar 2008 06:39:22 +0000

No, we are using only one client – Pandion. When user logs out sometimes connection is not closed. When he logs in back a new connection is opened.

I am worried because everyday the number of connections per user are increasing.

I am using ejabber 1.1.4

What do yo suggest how can I remove the unwanted connection. If use the kill command it kills only the current session not the old connections.

Jabber allows multiple sessions

mfoss — Wed, 19 Mar 2008 22:04:49 +0000

In Jabber, a user can connect several times to his account if he provides different resources. So, an account can have several sessions simultaneously.

If you want to limit the number of sessions a user can have with his account, you could use the option max_user_sessions in ejabberd 2.0.0 and newer.