PHP: CKFinder AccessControl and RoleSessionVar problem

I'm trying to integrate ckfinder into a cms that I'm currently working on (PHP) and I've been having problems left and right with ckfinder -- so, here's the synopsis:

1) Upon a user logging in, I'm creating two cookies "ckf_authorized", "ckf_key" and "ckf_role", which are being pulled from SQL. Using ckf_authorized within the CheckAuthorization() function works fine -- though, the cookie itself will be changed to ensure security. ckf_role's cookie is being set, but CKFinder is doing something weird... Continue reading..
2) I'm setting the RoleSessionVar from the cookie "ckf_role" such as this:

// Either "admin", "user" or "none"
$config['RoleSessionVar'] = !empty($_COOKIE['ckf_role']) ? strtolower($_COOKIE['ckf_role']) : "none";

And, below that, I've tried using this:

// Block all actions for 'everyone'
$config['AccessControl'][] = array(
    'role' => '*',
    'resourceType' => '*',
    'folder' => '/',

    'role' => 'none',
    'resourceType' => '*',
    'folder' => '/',

    'folderView' => false,
    'folderCreate' => false,
    'folderRename' => false,
    'folderDelete' => false,

    'fileView' => false,
    'fileUpload' => false,
    'fileRename' => false,
    'fileDelete' => false
);

// Admin
$config['AccessControl'][] = Array(
    'role' => 'admin',

    'folderView' => true,
    'folderCreate' => true,
    'folderRename' => true,
    'folderDelete' => true,

    'fileView' => true,
    'fileUpload' => true,
    'fileRename' => true,
    'fileDelete' => true
);

// User
$config['AccessControl'][] = array(
    'role' => 'user',

    'folderView' => true,
    'folderCreate' => true,

    'fileView' => true,
    'fileUpload' => true
);

3) I can javascript:alert(document.cookie) to see the cookies that are set, ensuring that "ckf_role" is set to "admin" or "user", however, CKFinder draws a blank page (as in, can't see folders or contents in main window).

Am I misunderstanding something here? I've been following the docs on http://docs.cksource.com/CKFinder/Devel ... ss_Control and even cleared cookies/cache, still nothing works.

Thanks