--- loncom/auth/lonacc.pm	2009/04/14 23:52:07	1.125
+++ loncom/auth/lonacc.pm	2009/07/23 17:40:29	1.126
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 # The LearningOnline Network
 # Cookie Based Access Handler
 #
-# $Id: lonacc.pm,v 1.125 2009/04/14 23:52:07 raeburn Exp $
+# $Id: lonacc.pm,v 1.126 2009/07/23 17:40:29 raeburn Exp $
 #
 # Copyright Michigan State University Board of Trustees
 #
@@ -278,6 +278,20 @@ sub sso_login {
 
     my ($user) = ($r->user =~ m/([a-zA-Z0-9_\-@.]*)/);
 
+    my $query = $r->args;
+    my %form;
+    if ($query) {
+        foreach my $pair (split(/&/,$query)) {
+            my ($name, $value) = split(/=/,$pair);
+            $name = &unescape($name);
+            if (($name eq 'role') || ($name eq 'symb')) {
+                $value =~ tr/+/ /;
+                $value =~ s/%([a-fA-F0-9][a-fA-F0-9])/pack("C",hex($1))/eg;
+                $form{$name} = $value;
+            }
+        }
+    }
+
     my $domain = $r->dir_config('lonDefDomain');
     my $home=&Apache::lonnet::homeserver($user,$domain);
     if ($home !~ /(con_lost|no_host|no_such_host)/) {
@@ -285,7 +299,7 @@ sub sso_login {
 	if ($r->dir_config("lonBalancer") eq 'yes') {
 	    # login but immeaditly go to switch server to find us a new 
 	    # machine
-	    &Apache::lonauth::success($r,$user,$domain,$home,'noredirect');
+	    &Apache::lonauth::success($r,$user,$domain,$home,'noredirect','',\%form);
             $env{'request.sso.login'} = 1;
             if (defined($r->dir_config("lonSSOReloginServer"))) {
                 $env{'request.sso.reloginserver'} =
@@ -302,6 +316,11 @@ sub sso_login {
 		      'server'    => $r->dir_config('lonHostID'),
 		      'sso.login' => 1
 		      );
+            foreach my $item ('role','symb') {
+                if (exists($form{$item})) {
+                    $info{$item} = $form{$item};
+                }
+            }
             if ($r->dir_config("ssodirecturl") == 1) {
                 $info{'origurl'} = $r->uri;
             }