--- loncom/auth/checkauthen.pm	2007/04/11 21:36:58	1.11
+++ loncom/auth/checkauthen.pm	2007/10/02 01:09:59	1.12
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 # The LearningOnline Network
 # checks for a cokkie to authenticate a user
 #
-# $Id: checkauthen.pm,v 1.11 2007/04/11 21:36:58 raeburn Exp $
+# $Id: checkauthen.pm,v 1.12 2007/10/02 01:09:59 albertel Exp $
 #
 # Copyright Michigan State University Board of Trustees
 #
@@ -61,17 +61,12 @@ sub handler {
 	}
     }
 
-    my %cookies=CGI::Cookie->parse($r->header_in('Cookie'));
-    my $lonid=$cookies{'lonID'};
-    my $handle;
-    if ($lonid) {
-      	$handle=&LONCAPA::clean_handle($lonid->value);
-        $handle = $r->dir_config('lonIDsDir')."/$handle.id";
-    } else {
+    my $handle = &Apache::lonnet::check_for_valid_session($r);
+    if ($handle eq '') {
         $handle = $env{'user.environment'};
     }
 
-    if (($handle ne '') && (-e $handle)) {
+    if ($handle ne '') {
         return OK;
     }