--- loncom/auth/migrateuser.pm	2007/09/29 02:09:50	1.11
+++ loncom/auth/migrateuser.pm	2007/10/01 21:52:50	1.12
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 # The LearningOnline Network
 # Starts a user off based of an existing token.
 #
-# $Id: migrateuser.pm,v 1.11 2007/09/29 02:09:50 albertel Exp $
+# $Id: migrateuser.pm,v 1.12 2007/10/01 21:52:50 albertel Exp $
 #
 # Copyright Michigan State University Board of Trustees
 #
@@ -87,16 +87,8 @@ sub handler {
     my $extra_env = &sso_check(\%data);
 
     if (!$data{'role'}) {
-	# check for exisiting valid session 
-	my %cookies=CGI::Cookie->parse($r->header_in('Cookie'));
-	my $lonid=$cookies{'lonID'};
-	my $handle;
-	if ($lonid) {
-	    $handle=&LONCAPA::clean_handle($lonid->value);
-	}
-	if ($lonid 
-	    && -e $r->dir_config('lonIDsDir').'/'.$handle.'.id' 
-	    && $handle ne '') {
+	my $handle = &Apache::lonnet::check_for_valid_session($r);
+	if ($handle) {
 	    &Apache::lonnet::transfer_profile_to_env($r->dir_config('lonIDsDir'),
 						     $handle);
 	    if ($env{'request.course.id'}) {