--- loncom/auth/lonacc.pm	2005/11/23 20:46:04	1.69
+++ loncom/auth/lonacc.pm	2005/11/29 21:12:03	1.70
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 # The LearningOnline Network
 # Cookie Based Access Handler
 #
-# $Id: lonacc.pm,v 1.69 2005/11/23 20:46:04 www Exp $
+# $Id: lonacc.pm,v 1.70 2005/11/29 21:12:03 albertel Exp $
 #
 # Copyright Michigan State University Board of Trustees
 #
@@ -44,10 +44,31 @@ sub handler {
     my %cookies=CGI::Cookie->parse($r->header_in('Cookie'));
     my $lonid=$cookies{'lonID'};
     my $cookie;
+    my $lonidsdir=$r->dir_config('lonIDsDir');
+
+    my $handle;
     if ($lonid) {
-	my $handle=$lonid->value;
+	$handle=$lonid->value;
         $handle=~s/\W//g;
-        my $lonidsdir=$r->dir_config('lonIDsDir');
+    }
+      
+    if ($r->user 
+	&& (!$lonid || !-e "$lonidsdir/$handle.id" || $handle eq '') ) {
+	my $domain = $r->dir_config('lonDefDomain');
+	my $home=&Apache::lonnet::homeserver($r->user,$domain);
+	if ($home !~ /(con_lost|no_such_host)/) {
+	    $handle=&Apache::lonauth::success($r,$r->user,$domain,
+					     $home,'noredirect');
+	    $r->header_out('Set-cookie',"lonID=$handle; path=/");
+	}
+    }
+
+    if ($r->dir_config("lonBalancer") eq 'yes') {
+	$r->set_handlers('PerlResponseHandler'=>
+			 [\&Apache::switchserver::handler]);
+    }
+
+    if ($handle ne '') {
         if ((-e "$lonidsdir/$handle.id") && ($handle ne '')) {
 
 # ------------------------------------------------------ Initialize Environment