--- loncom/auth/publiccheck.pm	2007/10/02 01:09:59	1.15
+++ loncom/auth/publiccheck.pm	2009/01/14 15:36:42	1.16
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 # The LearningOnline Network
 # Cookie Based Access Handler
 #
-# $Id: publiccheck.pm,v 1.15 2007/10/02 01:09:59 albertel Exp $
+# $Id: publiccheck.pm,v 1.16 2009/01/14 15:36:42 raeburn Exp $
 #
 # Copyright Michigan State University Board of Trustees
 #
@@ -42,10 +42,15 @@ sub handler {
     my $r = shift;
 
     my $requrl=$r->uri;
+
     if (&Apache::lonnet::is_domainimage($requrl)) {
         return OK;
     }
 
+    if ($requrl =~ m{^/res/adm/pages/[^/]+\.(gif|png)$}) {
+        return OK;
+    }
+
     my $handle = &Apache::lonnet::check_for_valid_session($r);
     if ($handle ne '') {
         my $lonidsdir=$r->dir_config('lonIDsDir');