andy206uk — Wed, 20 Oct 2004 12:26:31 +0000

Quote: bares bones minimum to set the cookies

I might have got the wrong end of the stick here, but some browsers have issues if you don't provide values for ALL of the cookie fields (name,value,expire,path,domain,secure). You only seem to be setting four of these values.

reciprocal_link — Mon, 11 Oct 2004 17:00:12 +0000

You many want to find out if they are using a fire wall. If so, it could be the settings that they are using.. For instance norton use to prompt me if I would accept or deny a cookie and I could set it where never to ask me again and no do not accept cookies..

KarenArt — Fri, 10 Sep 2004 14:34:01 +0000

Thanks so much for the advice Busy!
I've been offline so I haven't been able to forward that to him yet.
Hopefully this will get it.

I keep suggesting to everyone that they need to ditch IE, but so far it's not making a big difference.

Busy — Thu, 09 Sep 2004 01:33:16 +0000

Just check they have emptied their Temporary Internet Folder lately, if that is full can cause weird things to happen sometimes

KarenArt — Wed, 08 Sep 2004 21:39:25 +0000

Hmmmmm... well he wrote back and said that didn't work for him.

I'm not sure how that system decides which cookies to accept and which one not to. On Safari all I have to do is decide if I want to accept cookies always, only first party cookies or never... that to me makes sence.

I'm using the bares bones minimum to set the cookies.
On the forum page (which is perl) I have The script check the user name and password, make sure their subscription hasn't run out (because the forum is part of a subscribed service) and check to see if they want to stay logged in or log out at the end of each session.
All it does to set the cookie...

$SetCookies1 = cookie(-name => "$cookieusername",
				-value => "$username",
				-path => "/",
				-expires => "$ck{'len'}");
	$SetCookies2 = cookie(-name => "$cookiepassword",
				-value => "$password",
				-path => "/",
				-expires => "$ck{'len'}");

'

The php page is even simpler since I'm not looking anything up in a database.

$stylename = $_REQUEST['stylename'];
    setcookie("KCstylesheet", "$stylename", time() + (365 * 86400), '/');
print "&lt;script&gt; window.location.replace(\"layouts.php\");&lt;/script&gt;";

'

Sooooo is it a setting or security issue with this customer's system or is there something I should add to the cookie?

I'd appreciate any help!
Thanks!

KarenArt — Wed, 08 Sep 2004 15:33:12 +0000

Thanks so much for the advice Phil!

I'll send it along to him and see what he says.

Guess you can tell I know squat about Windows or IE6.

openmind — Wed, 08 Sep 2004 15:23:37 +0000

Get him to goto Tools > Internet Options > Privacy and click the advanced button

Select the "Override automatic cookie handling" and ask him to try adjusting those levels. Also try making sure that "Always allo session cookies" is ticked. By trial and error he should then find a safe setting for himself...