Index: user.module
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RCS file: /cvs/drupal/drupal/modules/user.module,v
retrieving revision 1.441
diff -u -r1.441 user.module
--- user.module	12 Feb 2005 07:51:14 -0000	1.441
+++ user.module	13 Feb 2005 18:36:21 -0000
@@ -788,6 +788,27 @@
 
       user_module_invoke('login', $edit, $user);
 
+      // Get the path to set the cookie for
+      $path = preg_replace("/.+\/\/[^\/]+(.*)/", "\$1/", $base_url);
+      // Find out how long we should keep the cookie session for
+      //
+      // You can override the default (1 month) by putting the following
+      // in the settings.php file, under the $conf variable
+      //   'user_session_lifetime' => 2592000,
+      //
+      // You can set it to any value, here are the most likely ones
+      //    86400 : 1 day
+      //    172800 : 2 days
+      //    604800 : 1 week
+      //    1209600 : 2 weeks
+      //    2592000 : 1 month
+      //    7776000 : 3 months
+      //    15552000 : 6 months
+
+      $session_lifetime = variable_get('user_session_lifetime', 2592000);
+      // Set the cookie
+      setcookie(session_name(), session_id(), time() + $session_lifetime, $path);
+
       // Redirect the user to the page he logged on from.
       drupal_goto();
     }