cookies 1 to many

  • Thread starter Thread starter Kevin Sewell
  • Start date Start date
K

Kevin Sewell

I have a persistant cookie. I'm an administrator. I need a few
thousand other accounts to have that cookie - without requiring them
to visit the site that issued it. Is there a way to distribute a
cookie (or a cookies.txt) to the profiles of many users?

If not, is it possible for a single user to import a cookies.txt file
from the command line?

If not, is there info or an sdk that might help me?

I'd be very grateful for a response - I'm stumped.

Thanks,
Kevin Sewell
Research Support Unit
University of Glamorgan
 
Hi Kevin,

No, you can't - at least not just like that.

- In Windows cookies are stored as separate files in a specific folder (e.g.
C:\Documents and Settings\Administrator\Cookies). Cookies.txt is a Netscape
thing.
- Those cookies are not just text files that you can copy and paste. They
are generated, read and manages by the browser.
- Can you imagine what that mean from a security point of view?
- Why would you like to publish a cookie to everyone? Sounds like a design
problem in the website / web application. You could check for the presence
of the cookie, and if if it isn't present, set.
 
Back
Top