diff -Naur elog-3.1.4-3.org/src/elogd.c elog-3.1.4-3/src/elogd.c
--- elog-3.1.4-3.org/src/elogd.c	2021-02-19 09:55:03.000000000 +0100
+++ elog-3.1.4-3/src/elogd.c	2021-08-17 17:26:06.492232620 +0200
@@ -13273,7 +13273,7 @@
 
    /* if we outsourced the authentication, use external username */
    getcfg(lbs->name, "Authentication", str, sizeof(str));
-   if (stristr(str, "Webserver")) {
+   if (!is_admin_user(lbs, http_user) && stristr(str, "Webserver")) {
       /* do not allow HTML in user name */
       strencode2(user_enc, http_user, sizeof(user_enc));
    } else {
@@ -26139,6 +26139,8 @@
    }
 
    /* make sure user is logged in */
+   if (strcmp(user, http_user) == 0)
+      return TRUE;
    if (lbs && !logged_in(lbs))
       return FALSE;