--- loncom/lonnet/perl/lonnet.pm	2013/02/02 03:29:33	1.1211
+++ loncom/lonnet/perl/lonnet.pm	2013/02/14 16:52:11	1.1215
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 # The LearningOnline Network
 # TCP networking package
 #
-# $Id: lonnet.pm,v 1.1211 2013/02/02 03:29:33 raeburn Exp $
+# $Id: lonnet.pm,v 1.1215 2013/02/14 16:52:11 raeburn Exp $
 #
 # Copyright Michigan State University Board of Trustees
 #
@@ -78,7 +78,7 @@ use Image::Magick;
 
 use Encode;
 
-use vars qw(%perlvar %spareid %pr %prp $memcache %packagetab $tmpdir
+use vars qw(%perlvar %spareid %pr %prp $memcache %packagetab $tmpdir $apache
             $_64bit %env %protocol %loncaparevs %serverhomeIDs %needsrelease
             %managerstab);
 
@@ -634,6 +634,13 @@ sub check_for_valid_session {
 	|| !defined($disk_env{'user.domain'})) {
 	return undef;
     }
+    if (($r->user() eq '') && ($apache >= 2.4)) {
+        if ($disk_env{'user.domain'} eq $r->dir_config('lonDefDomain')) {
+            $r->user($disk_env{'user.name'});
+        } else {
+            $r->user($disk_env{'user.name'}.':'.$disk_env{'user.domain'});
+        }
+    }
     return $handle;
 }
 
@@ -5063,9 +5070,11 @@ sub rolesinit {
 }
 
 sub set_arearole {
-    my ($trole,$area,$tstart,$tend,$domain,$username) = @_;
+    my ($trole,$area,$tstart,$tend,$domain,$username,$nolog) = @_;
+    unless ($nolog) {
 # log the associated role with the area
-    &userrolelog($trole,$username,$domain,$area,$tstart,$tend);
+        &userrolelog($trole,$username,$domain,$area,$tstart,$tend);
+    }
     return ('user.role.'.$trole.'.'.$area => $tstart.'.'.$tend);
 }
 
@@ -5334,7 +5343,7 @@ sub set_adhoc_privileges {
     my $area = '/'.$dcdom.'/'.$pickedcourse;
     my $spec = $role.'.'.$area;
     my %userroles = &set_arearole($role,$area,'','',$env{'user.domain'},
-                                  $env{'user.name'});
+                                  $env{'user.name'},1);
     my %ccrole = ();
     &standard_roleprivs(\%ccrole,$role,$dcdom,$spec,$pickedcourse,$area);
     my ($author,$adv)= &set_userprivs(\%userroles,\%ccrole);
@@ -12190,6 +12199,17 @@ $readit=1;
 	if ($test != 0) { $_64bit=1; } else { $_64bit=0; }
 	&logthis(" Detected 64bit platform ($_64bit)");
     }
+
+    {
+        eval {
+            ($apache) =
+                (Apache2::ServerUtil::get_server_version() =~ m{Apache/(\d+\.\d+)});
+        };
+        if ($@) {
+           $apache = 1.3;
+        }
+    }
+
 }
 }