Problems getting cookies

Anonymous Monk has asked for the wisdom of the Perl Monks concerning the following question:

Hello Monks,

I am having a problem getting these set/get cookie scripts to work with Firefox or any Mozilla browsers. I'm befuddled and would appreciate any suggestions.

setacookie.cgi

#!/usr/bin/perl
use CGI;
use CGI::Carp qw(fatalsToBrowser);

$query2 = new CGI;
$cookie = $query2->cookie(-name=>'TEST-COOKIE',
             -value=>'test cookie ',
                         -expires=>'24h',
                         -path=>'');


print $query2->header(-cookie=>$cookie);
print"<html>
<body>
<a href='http://www.yourdomain.com/cgi-bin/getacookie.cgi'>This is a l
+ink</a>
</body>
</html>";

print $query2->end_html;
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getacookie.cgi

#!/usr/bin/perl

use CGI;
use CGI::Carp qw(fatalsToBrowser);

$cgi_query = new CGI;
print $cgi_query->header;

print $cgi_query->start_html('getacookie program');

print $cgi_query->h4('Your cookie name is...');

$testCookie = $cgi_query->cookie('TEST-COOKIE');

print "<PRE>\n";
print $testCookie;
print $cgi_query->end_html;
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Re: Problems getting cookies by moritz (Cardinal) on Oct 14, 2010 at 06:38 UTC
Your browser has a feature to show you all stored cookies. Does it show the test cookie after you visit the setacookie.cgi script? Perl 6 - links to (nearly) everything that is Perl 6.	[reply]
Re^2: Problems getting cookies by Anonymous Monk on Oct 14, 2010 at 07:38 UTC
Yes, the cookie appears in the 'Cookie Manager'.	[reply]
Re^3: Problems getting cookies by mjscott2702 (Pilgrim) on Oct 14, 2010 at 08:33 UTC
Are the domains consistent, in terms of where the set/get cookie code is being executed? My guess would be yes, if they are running on the same server, but worth checking...	[reply]
Re^4: Problems getting cookies by Anonymous Monk on Oct 14, 2010 at 13:28 UTC
Re^3: Problems getting cookies by moritz (Cardinal) on Oct 14, 2010 at 09:30 UTC
Next step: look at the source of the generate HTML page - maybe your browser doesn't display something that's actually there. If that's not the case, use a network traffic analyzer like wireshark to see if the cookie is actually included on the request to the second script. Perl 6 - links to (nearly) everything that is Perl 6.	[reply]
Re^4: Problems getting cookies by Anonymous Monk on Oct 14, 2010 at 13:33 UTC
Re: Problems getting cookies by Anonymous Monk on Oct 14, 2010 at 16:14 UTC
I tried the scripts on a different server and the browsers on a different computer but still nothing. -- This is so bizarre.	[reply]
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