--- loncom/auth/lonacc.pm	2001/08/12 01:18:37	1.20
+++ loncom/auth/lonacc.pm	2001/09/26 14:07:45	1.21
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 # 5/21/99,5/22,5/29,5/31,6/15,16/11,22/11,
 # 01/06,01/13,05/31,06/01,09/06,09/25,09/28,10/30,11/6,
 # 12/25,12/26,
-# 01/06/01,05/28,8/11 Gerd Kortemeyer
+# 01/06/01,05/28,8/11,9/26 Gerd Kortemeyer
 
 package Apache::lonacc;
 
@@ -137,8 +137,18 @@ sub handler {
         };
     }
 
+# -------------------------------------------- See if this is a public resource
+    if (&Apache::lonnet::metadata($requrl,'copyright') eq 'public') {
+        &Apache::lonnet::logthis('Granting public access: '.$requrl);
+	$ENV{'user.name'}='public';
+        $ENV{'user.domain'}='public';
+        $ENV{'request.state'} = "published";
+        $ENV{'request.publicaccess'} = 1;
+        $ENV{'request.filename'} = $r->filename;
+        return OK;
+    }
 # ----------------------------------------------- Store where they wanted to go
-
+    
     $ENV{'request.firsturl'}=$requrl;
     return FORBIDDEN;
 }