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Multiple user connections seen on the server

Submitted by ashish on Wed, 2008-03-19 09:28

Connection on the server are not getting disconnected.
I could see one user connected many times on the server.

I have installed mod_ctlextra module.

This is the command which shows live connection : ./ejabberdctl connected-users
I tried to use this option "killsession user server resource", but it kills the current session only, does not kill the old session on the server.

Please suggest, I believe if this continues, server will be bogged down due to multiple connections.

Jabber allows multiple sessions

Submitted by mfoss on Wed, 2008-03-19 22:04.

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.

I am using ejabber 1.1.4

Submitted by ashish on Sat, 2008-03-29 06:39.

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.

Maybe the option max_user_sessions in ejabberd 2.0.0

Submitted by mfoss on Wed, 2008-04-02 00:39.

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.