--- loncom/auth/switchserver.pm	2007/09/29 04:03:46	1.17
+++ loncom/auth/switchserver.pm	2007/11/14 02:54:11	1.18
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 # The LearningOnline Network
 # Switch Servers Handler
 #
-# $Id: switchserver.pm,v 1.17 2007/09/29 04:03:46 albertel Exp $
+# $Id: switchserver.pm,v 1.18 2007/11/14 02:54:11 albertel Exp $
 #
 # Copyright Michigan State University Board of Trustees
 #
@@ -42,18 +42,11 @@ sub init_env {
 	return  $env{'user.environment'};
     }
     my $requrl=$r->uri;
-    my %cookies=CGI::Cookie->parse($r->header_in('Cookie'));
-    my $lonid=$cookies{'lonID'};
-    my $cookie;
-    if (!$lonid) { return undef; }
-
-    my $handle=&LONCAPA::clean_handle($lonid->value);
-    my $lonidsdir=$r->dir_config('lonIDsDir');
-    if ((!-e "$lonidsdir/$handle.id") || ($handle eq '')) {
-	$r->log_reason("Cookie $handle not valid", $r->filename); 
+    my $handle= &Apache::lonnet::check_for_valid_session($r);
+    if ($handle ne '') {
 	return undef;
     }
-
+    my $lonidsdir=$r->dir_config('lonIDsDir');
     &Apache::lonnet::transfer_profile_to_env($lonidsdir,$handle);
     
     return $r->dir_config('lonIDsDir')."/$handle.id";