--- loncom/lonnet/perl/lonnet.pm	2011/12/20 22:40:06	1.1150
+++ loncom/lonnet/perl/lonnet.pm	2012/01/08 23:23:58	1.1151
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 # The LearningOnline Network
 # TCP networking package
 #
-# $Id: lonnet.pm,v 1.1150 2011/12/20 22:40:06 raeburn Exp $
+# $Id: lonnet.pm,v 1.1151 2012/01/08 23:23:58 raeburn Exp $
 #
 # Copyright Michigan State University Board of Trustees
 #
@@ -930,7 +930,7 @@ sub choose_server {
     my %domconfhash = &Apache::loncommon::get_domainconf($udom);
     my %servers = &get_servers($udom);
     my $lowest_load = 30000;
-    my ($login_host,$hostname,$portal_path);
+    my ($login_host,$hostname,$portal_path,$isredirect);
     foreach my $lonhost (keys(%servers)) {
         my $loginvia;
         if ($checkloginvia) {
@@ -941,12 +941,14 @@ sub choose_server {
                     &compare_server_load($server, $login_host, $lowest_load);
                 if ($login_host eq $server) {
                     $portal_path = $path;
+                    $isredirect = 1;
                 }
             } else {
                 ($login_host, $lowest_load) =
                     &compare_server_load($lonhost, $login_host, $lowest_load);
                 if ($login_host eq $lonhost) {
                     $portal_path = '';
+                    $isredirect = ''; 
                 }
             }
         } else {
@@ -957,7 +959,7 @@ sub choose_server {
     if ($login_host ne '') {
         $hostname = &hostname($login_host);
     }
-    return ($login_host,$hostname,$portal_path);
+    return ($login_host,$hostname,$portal_path,$isredirect);
 }
 
 # --------------------------------------------- Try to change a user's password