I use an old forum software package for my message board (DCForum, the CGI / Perl Version 6.x)
I did all of my drupal designing in a sub directory. /drupal/
I wanted everything in the main directory without the redirects so I installed a clean version of Drupal 5.x into my main directory, and things seemed to be going fine.
Then when I logged into my forum software, it just redirected me to the main forum page, not logged in. Clicking refresh, I became logged in. When I click Logout, I cannot logout.
I had my host rebuild my site from a backup. They transferred the files over, but I don't know if they really did everything. I put a clean copy of the .htaccess file in the main directory, so now it looks as if my page were the way it used to be. However, in my forum I am still having problems with logging in and out.
Does Drupal's htaccess file or other settings do anything server/domain wide that could be messing up my cookies for other software packages? Even though I have a clean .htaccess file now, I still have cookie problems. Should I look somewhere else to get back to my previous settings?