--- loncom/auth/lonlogin.pm	2006/08/18 17:44:44	1.77
+++ loncom/auth/lonlogin.pm	2006/08/18 20:24:53	1.78
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 # The LearningOnline Network
 # Login Screen
 #
-# $Id: lonlogin.pm,v 1.77 2006/08/18 17:44:44 albertel Exp $
+# $Id: lonlogin.pm,v 1.78 2006/08/18 20:24:53 albertel Exp $
 #
 # Copyright Michigan State University Board of Trustees
 #
@@ -163,8 +163,7 @@ ENDFAILED
     my $userloadpercent=&Apache::lonnet::userload();
 
 # ------------------------------------------------------- Do the load balancing
-    my $otherserver=
-	($ENV{'SERVER_PORT'} == 443?'https://':'HTTP://').$host_name;
+    my $otherserver= &Apache::loncommon::absolute_url($host_name);
     my $firsturl=
     ($env{'request.firsturl'}?$env{'request.firsturl'}:$env{'form.firsturl'});
 # ---------------------------------------- Are we access server and overloaded?