--- loncom/auth/publiccheck.pm	2009/09/25 13:51:45	1.17
+++ loncom/auth/publiccheck.pm	2013/12/13 01:34:38	1.22
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 # The LearningOnline Network
 # Cookie Based Access Handler
 #
-# $Id: publiccheck.pm,v 1.17 2009/09/25 13:51:45 droeschl Exp $
+# $Id: publiccheck.pm,v 1.22 2013/12/13 01:34:38 raeburn Exp $
 #
 # Copyright Michigan State University Board of Trustees
 #
@@ -44,10 +44,16 @@ sub handler {
     my $requrl=$r->uri;
 
     if (&Apache::lonnet::is_domainimage($requrl)) {
+        if (($r->user() eq '') && ($Apache::lonnet::apache >= 2.4)) {
+            $r->user('public');
+        }
         return OK;
     }
 
     if ($requrl =~ m{^/res/adm/pages/[^/]+\.(gif|png)$}) {
+        if (($r->user() eq '') && ($Apache::lonnet::apache >= 2.4)) {
+            $r->user('public');
+        }
         return OK;
     }
 
@@ -81,7 +87,7 @@ sub handler {
     } elsif ($requrl eq '/adm/blockedaccess') {
        &process_public($r,$requrl);
        return OK;
-    } 
+    }
     return DECLINED;
 }