Hi monks,
To understand cookie setup better, I need the monks help.
The program flow as follows:
I have a home page(index.html) containing user login area (userid and password). On form submission I am calling a perl program(login.cgi) for user validation. If it validates, I should display User Account page , else display Error page.
To set cookie, the following code added to the login.cgi
use CGI qw(:standard);   
use CGI::Cookie;
$q=new CGI;
$cookie= $q->cookie(-name=>'DName', -value=>'userid', -expires=>'+72h'
+, -path=>'/');

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My doubt is that, once cookie set in the client browser and he call index.html page how can I point to User Account page (that is after the userid password validation process page)? In which program should I catch the cookie value? 
$fetch= $q->cookie(-name=>'DName');

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Can anyone please help me?
Thanks

In reply to Help required on cookie set and get by Anonymous Monk

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