Recent install - can't log in with initial user

Hello all! I have installed drupal 4.1.0 on my machine and have been having trouble straight out of the gate. I followed the instructions for my system (RH 8.0, MySQL 3.23, Apache 2.0.40) located in the Drupal handbook without a hitch. I created an account on my drupal server, and it gave me the default password and said sicne I was user 1 I needed to log in and then go to the admin.php page. The problem is, when I try to log in it just brings me back to the login page. I get a session ID attached to the URL, but no permissions for admin.php. I checked MYSQL using phpMySQLAdmin and see that the user shows up in the "user" table. If I use the "forgot my password" function I get an email containing another password, but when I try to use that password it simply brings me back to the login page.

Nothing is showing up in my Apache or MySQL logs besides the GET requests to the HTTPD server...is there anythin else I could look for?

I've dropped and readded the tables several times in MYSQL, and removed and reinstalled drupal twice. Any suggestions?