--- loncom/auth/publiccheck.pm	2010/03/17 19:41:11	1.19
+++ loncom/auth/publiccheck.pm	2013/02/05 21:32:45	1.20
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 # The LearningOnline Network
 # Cookie Based Access Handler
 #
-# $Id: publiccheck.pm,v 1.19 2010/03/17 19:41:11 raeburn Exp $
+# $Id: publiccheck.pm,v 1.20 2013/02/05 21:32:45 raeburn Exp $
 #
 # Copyright Michigan State University Board of Trustees
 #
@@ -44,10 +44,16 @@ sub handler {
     my $requrl=$r->uri;
 
     if (&Apache::lonnet::is_domainimage($requrl)) {
+        if ($r->user() eq '') {
+            $r->user('public');
+        }
         return OK;
     }
 
     if ($requrl =~ m{^/res/adm/pages/[^/]+\.(gif|png)$}) {
+        if ($r->user() eq '') {
+            $r->user('public');
+        }
         return OK;
     }