Log-in on non-vb page...cookies?

I've used the log-in hack for my domain index page...but it isn't recognizing me on my test page.

Its supposed to have "welcome back, kathy" if it recognizes my cookies. Otherwise, it provides the log-in form....

My forums are set in this path:

http://www.mydomain.com/forums

so I've left my cookies path alone in the admin control panel...although I tried:

mydomain.com

www.mydomain.com

and neither pref seemed to help me with my cookies on the non-vb page.

Can someone direct me to figuring out how to get the log in to work this way. I CAN log in...but it then gives me a new set of cookies...a new session....

[Erwin]

Originally posted by Kathy
I've used the log-in hack for my domain index page...but it isn't recognizing me on my test page.

Its supposed to have "welcome back, kathy" if it recognizes my cookies. Otherwise, it provides the log-in form....

My forums are set in this path:

http://www.mydomain.com/forums

so I've left my cookies path alone in the admin control panel...although I tried:

mydomain.com

www.mydomain.com

and neither pref seemed to help me with my cookies on the non-vb page.

Can someone direct me to figuring out how to get the log in to work this way. I CAN log in...but it then gives me a new set of cookies...a new session....

Do this:

Cookie path:

/

Cookie domain:

.mydomain.com

(remember the full stop at the front).

Then clear all your cookies in your browser, and log in again. See if that helps. If your homepage is PHP, make sure you have included global.php in it - if it's not PHP, cookies won't work without a lot of hacking.

[Kathy]

Thanks Erwin,

Just so that you know...i'm not a hacker. But I'll tell you what my log-in has...


I've used a log-in that is an include and then the log-in script that the include calls....
chdir("/usr/local/apache/sites/hystersisters.com/httpdocs/vb2/");
require("global.php");

I'm assuming that is calling global.php since it is included?


I've dumped my cookies and made sure that the admin control panel shows:

/ for path

and .hystersisters.com for cookie domain.

Now interesting...

I dumped my cookies and logged in via my forum home page. I checked my cookies:

hystersisters.com

I then went into my admin control panel...and after logging into my admin control panel I have extra cookies:

www.hystersisters.com bbadmin

I go to my test login (non-vb page) and yes it is all php

It doesn't recognize me. It does allow me to log in...and the log-in produces more cookies for:

hystersisters.com

And when I return to that page...it still doesn't recognize me as a registered member.

Here is the log-in hack I used once you call the "login code" through an include:

<?

// File:  Homepage Login
// Version: 1.0
// By:  RobAC
// Date:  7/24/01
// Source:  Original VB Homepage Login by Demolition
// Reference: http://www.vbulletin.com/forum/showt...threadid=22192

chdir("/usr/local/apache/sites/hystersisters.com/httpdocs/vb2/");
require("global.php");

if ($bbuserinfo['userid']!=0) {
$username=$bbuserinfo['username'];
  
print("<p align='center'>Welcome back,<br /> <b>$username!</b></p>");
print("<p align='center'><b>[ <a href='vb2/index.php'>Enter</a> ]</b></p>");

} else {

?>
<form action="http://www.hystersisters.com/vb2/member.php" method="post" />
<input type="hidden" name="s" value="$session[sessionhash]" />
<input type="hidden" name="action" value="login" />
<table width="100%" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" border="0">
  <tr>
    <td align="left"><font class="verdana, arial, helvetica" size="1"><b>Username:</b></font></td>
    <td align="left"><input type="text" name="username" size="7" /></td>
  </tr>
  <tr>
    <td align="left"><font class="verdana, arial, helvetica" size="1"><b>Password:</b></font></td>
    <td align="left"><input type="password" name="password" size="7" /></td>
  </tr>
  <tr>
    <td align="center" colspan="2"><input type="submit" value="Login!" /></td>
  </tr>
</table>
</form>
<?

}

?>

thanks for your help!

[PennylessZ28]

Look good to me, I had some simlair problems

[Kathy]

Did you find an answer?

Mine still isn't working properly.

I mean, I can log in using the above log-in on my non-vb page but it doesn't recognize the existing cookies...nor the cookies it makes when you log in using it.

Any ideas anyone?

[Nebby]

Hey Kathy,
I don't know if you updated that code above but it works perfectly for me!

I've found many hacks like this, but this is the only one that works for me. CHEERS

EDIT: to see it in action go here http://www.squirrelspit.com/index.template.php
it's under the dodgy page in page box.