#!/usr/bin/perl
use CGI::Cookie;
print "Content-type:text/html\n";

read(STDIN, $buffer, $ENV{'CONTENT_LENGTH'});
@pairs = split(/&/, $buffer);
foreach $pair (@pairs) {
    ($name, $value) = split(/=/, $pair);
    $value =~ tr/+/ /;
    $value =~ s/%([a-fA-F0-9][a-fA-F0-9])/pack("C", hex($1))/eg;
    $FORM{$name} = $value;
}
$log = $FORM{username};
$pass = $FORM{password};


open (FILE, "users");
while(<FILE>){
$fl = <FILE>;
   chomp $fl;
    ($name, $value) = split(/,/, $fl);
$refpass = $value;
$reflog = $name;
close FILE;
if ($pass eq $refpass && $log eq $reflog) {

print "Set-Cookie: usernamefromzybak=$refpass\n\n";

print <<EndHTML;
<html><head><title>testing</title></head>
<body>
welcome , $FORM{username}
<br /> to 171:4's headquarters!<br />
<a href="hq.cgi">Enter now!</a>
</body></html>
EndHTML
close FILE;
}

}
close FILE;

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This is the latest update I have done... it may be working, or I may have been in the middle of something... but this is the entire script.

Thanks to those that have answered

In reply to Re: file input problem by Anonymous Monk
in thread file input problem by Anonymous Monk

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