--- loncom/interface/createaccount.pm	2009/03/12 13:41:11	1.29
+++ loncom/interface/createaccount.pm	2009/03/12 13:59:49	1.30
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 # institutional log-in ID (institutional authentication required - localauth
 #  or kerberos) or an e-mail address.
 #
-# $Id: createaccount.pm,v 1.29 2009/03/12 13:41:11 bisitz Exp $
+# $Id: createaccount.pm,v 1.30 2009/03/12 13:59:49 raeburn Exp $
 #
 # Copyright Michigan State University Board of Trustees
 #
@@ -86,7 +86,7 @@ sub handler {
     my $start_page;
 
     my $handle = &Apache::lonnet::check_for_valid_session($r);
-    if ($handle ne '') {
+    if (($handle ne '') && ($handle !~ /^publicuser_\d+$/)) {
         $start_page =
             &Apache::loncommon::start_page('Already logged in');
         my $end_page =