Auto login user
 

Hi I am doing a autologin for users who come from my site. When they come to vBulletin they are not asked for any credentials. I have the userid in my hand. So, this is how I am trying to log the user in.
$newuserid is the userid I already know.

$newsession->set('userid', $newuserid);
$newsession->set('loggedin', 1);
$newsession->set('bypass', 1);
$newsession->set_session_visibility(($vbulletin->superglobal_size['_COOKIE'] > 0));
$vbulletin->session =& $newsession;

I have set it in global_start. It logs the user fine! but the problem is the first time it logs the user in, it does not show the user as logged in on navbar. However, when I refresh the page, shows the user as logged in.

I believe, I am defining the session after the page is loaded.

Question 1:
How can I escape the login redirect and log the user directly in without refreshing?

It would be of big help if someone could answer my questions ASAP.

Cheers,
Kaiser.

Could anyone please help me with this?
I believe it is cookie problem since I am not using the login redirect!