You need to be using a browser that can accept cookies and you have to let your browser do so.

You didn't say which browser you were using (or which OS, for that matter), so I have to guess. Since all I have at hand is Win32, here's what to check if you're using:

• Netscape 4.7/6: Choose Edit | Preferences | Advanced and then make certain that the Cookies panel is *not* set to Disable Cookies.

• IE 5.x (p'tui): Choose Tools | Options | Custom. Scroll through the list until you see Cookies and, again, make certain they're *not* disabled

• Opera 5.x: Choose File | Preferences and then select Privacy. Again, ensure that some cookies can be accepted.

• And so on...

If you're certain that cookies will be accepted, then you might check out the little story called For all your nodelet sorrow. That might also help.

Finally, make sure you're using the same domain suffix to login and to locate nodes. For example, if I log into perlmonks.org and then try to access nodes from perlmonks.com, the latter will not see the cookie logging me into the other--meaning I'll have to log in again.

Hope one of these things helps....I'm out of (reasonable) ideas...

--f