Bridge error and stuck in loop

[stryped forever]

I have the following issue when trying to bridge coppermine and phpbb2:
Let's start from the beginning after I login I go to Admin Tools / Bridge Manager / I select enable then click on the start bridge manager button.
Then it just sends me back to the Bridge Manager: emergency recovery log in screen... If I login it just takes me back to the admin area... Around and around I go...
It never gets me to the point where I can configure the settings.

My site, forum & coppermine used to be seamlessly integrated at it was a wonderful thing. If I goof around and login to the forum then click on the login to the gallery it will redirect me back to the forum to login again then if I go back it seems to work but thats crazy for me and my users... How can I just get it to recognize it when you login the first time like it used to...
Please help me fix it.

Coppermine install: http://www.stryper.net/gallery/
Forum install: http://www.stryper.net/forum/
Coppermine version: cpg1.4.1.4
Forum version: phpbb2 app v2.0.22
Test user account: testuser / testme

BridgeManager settings:
Forum URL:  http://mysite.tld/test/foo_bar
Relative path to your BBS's config file:  ../bla/
Use post-based groups?:  0
Cookie name/preifx (if applicable)

[Nibbler]

Please provide correct data when posting.

You are bridging a gallery at stryper.net to a forum at strypedforever.com. You can't expect that to work.

[stryped forever]

No not really...
I have one server...
I have 4 domain names that point to the server for the added traffic, so in essence the forum & gallery are part of both domain names. We prefer going with www.stryper.net when at all possible.

By the way I'm not trying to post wrong or incorrect info...

[Joachim Müller]

Additional domain name aliases that point to one and the same server will not help for bandwidth or traffic usage issues, so I can't see the point in that in the first place.
Please read up the bridging section of the docs, especially the section that explains cookie authentification.