The problem is when i put a user/pass into the fields and click submit, nothing happens, unlike i think it should

Where in the code you submitted are you processing the data coming back from submission? Where are you starting the form? What does the form look like?

The form is here and i put it into my html using a HTML::Template VAR later in the code

my $login = "login <input type=\"text\" name=\"user\"> password <input
+ type=\"text\" name=\"pass\">  <input type=\"submit\" value=\"Submit\
+" name=\"submit\">";
.....
$template->param(LOGIN => $login);
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Then i try and get the variables using $cgi->param('user'); etc :)
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