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[Nibbler]

Code changes required for the fix:

include/functions.inc.php

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setcookie($CONFIG['cookie_name'].'_data', $data, time()+86400*30, $CONFIG['cookie_path']);

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if (!defined('LOGIN_PHP') && !defined('LOGOUT_PHP')) setcookie($CONFIG['cookie_name'].'_data', $data, time()+86400*30, $CONFIG['cookie_path']);

include/init.inc.php

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    if (!isset($HTTP_COOKIE_VARS[$CONFIG['cookie_name'] . '_uid']) || !isset($HTTP_COOKIE_VARS[$CONFIG['cookie_name'] . '_pass'])) {
        $cookie_uid = 0;
        $cookie_pass = '*';
    } else {
        $cookie_uid = (int)$HTTP_COOKIE_VARS[$CONFIG['cookie_name'] . '_uid'];
        $cookie_pass = substr(addslashes($HTTP_COOKIE_VARS[$CONFIG['cookie_name'] . '_pass']), 0, 32);
    }

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if (!isset($HTTP_COOKIE_VARS[$CONFIG['cookie_name'] . '_id'])) {
$cookie_uid = 0;
$cookie_pass = '*';
    } else {
list($cookie_uid, $cookie_pass) = unserialize($HTTP_COOKIE_VARS[$CONFIG['cookie_name'] . '_id']);
$cookie_pass = substr(addslashes($cookie_pass), 0, 32);
                $cookie_uid = (int) $cookie_uid;
    }

login.php

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setcookie($CONFIG['cookie_name'] . '_uid', $USER_DATA['user_id'], time() + $cookie_life_time, $CONFIG['cookie_path']);
setcookie($CONFIG['cookie_name'] . '_pass', md5($HTTP_POST_VARS['password']), time() + $cookie_life_time, $CONFIG['cookie_path']);

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$data = serialize(array($USER_DATA['user_id'], md5($HTTP_POST_VARS['password'])));
setcookie($CONFIG['cookie_name'] . '_id', $data, time() + $cookie_life_time, $CONFIG['cookie_path']);

logout.php

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setcookie($CONFIG['cookie_name'] . '_pass', '', time()-86400, $CONFIG['cookie_path']);
setcookie($CONFIG['cookie_name'] . '_uid', '', time()-86400, $CONFIG['cookie_path']);

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setcookie($CONFIG['cookie_name'] . '_id', '', time()-86400, $CONFIG['cookie_path']);

Note to others: Only use this workaround if you are sure this is the real reason you are unable to login.

[apathys]

HOT DANM!! you are Good!!!
thank you thank you thank you!!

[Joachim Müller]

...and once you upgrade, Nibbler's fix will be lost. I suggest complaining at your webhost once more - show them a link to this thread, don't let yourself be turned down by a statement like "scripting problem"; it's just a poor excuse if a webhost has a silly server setup...