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 <LONCAPA TYPE=DIRECTORY DIST="redhat6.2" TARGET="home/httpd/html/adm/rat" CATEGORY="server readonly" DESCRIPTION="home of the rat">  <LONCAPA TYPE=DIRECTORY DIST="redhat6.2" TARGET="home/httpd/html/adm/rat" CATEGORY="server readonly" DESCRIPTION="home of the rat">
 <LONCAPA TYPE=DIRECTORY DIST="redhat6.2" TARGET="home/httpd/html/adm/lonIcons" CATEGORY="server readonly">  <LONCAPA TYPE=DIRECTORY DIST="redhat6.2" TARGET="home/httpd/html/adm/lonIcons" CATEGORY="server readonly">
 <LONCAPA TYPE=DIRECTORY DIST="redhat6.2" TARGET="home/httpd/html/adm/lonKaputt" CATEGORY="server readonly">  <LONCAPA TYPE=DIRECTORY DIST="redhat6.2" TARGET="home/httpd/html/adm/lonKaputt" CATEGORY="server readonly">
 <LONCAPA TYPE=DIRECTORY DIST="redhat6.2" TARGET="home/httpd/lonUsers" CATEGORY="server standard" DESCRIPTION="home directories of local users">  <LONCAPA TYPE=DIRECTORY DIST="redhat6.2" TARGET="home/httpd/lonUsers" CATEGORY="server standard" DESCRIPTION="<BR>Home directories of local users.  There is a five-tier structure to the directories: [domain]/[firstletter]/[secondletter]/[thirdletter]/[userid].  For example, a user fredflint at MSU would have his information located in lonUsers/msu/f/r/e/fredflint.<P>Within this directory there are a variety of files which govern the scope of what a user can do within the LON-CAPA system.  A passwd file determines the type of authentication mechanism to use.  There is also are files such as roles.hist (and its database compilation, roles.db) which specify the roles and privileges for a user in the
   LON-CAPA system.">
 <LONCAPA TYPE=DIRECTORY DIST="redhat6.2" TARGET="home/httpd/html/lon-status" CATEGORY="server standard" DESCRIPTION="status reports">  <LONCAPA TYPE=DIRECTORY DIST="redhat6.2" TARGET="home/httpd/html/lon-status" CATEGORY="server standard" DESCRIPTION="status reports">
 <LONCAPA TYPE=DIRECTORY DIST="redhat6.2" TARGET="usr/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.005" CATEGORY="standard">  <LONCAPA TYPE=DIRECTORY DIST="redhat6.2" TARGET="usr/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.005" CATEGORY="standard">
 <LONCAPA TYPE=DIRECTORY DIST="redhat6.2" TARGET="home/httpd/html/adm/MathML" CATEGORY="server readonly">  <LONCAPA TYPE=DIRECTORY DIST="redhat6.2" TARGET="home/httpd/html/adm/MathML" CATEGORY="server readonly">
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 <METAGROUP>  <METAGROUP>
 <LONCAPA TYPE=LOCATION DIST="redhat6.2" SOURCE="loncom/interface/filetypes.tab" TARGET="home/httpd/lonTabs/filetypes.tab" CATEGORY="static conf">  <LONCAPA TYPE=LOCATION DIST="redhat6.2" SOURCE="loncom/interface/filetypes.tab" TARGET="home/httpd/lonTabs/filetypes.tab" CATEGORY="static conf">
 <DESCRIPTION>  <DESCRIPTION>
 Descriptive list of file extensions, and extension groupings  Descriptive list of file extensions, and extension groupings.
   </DESCRIPTION>
   </METAGROUP>
   <METAGROUP>
   <LONCAPA TYPE=LOCATION DIST="redhat6.2" SOURCE="loncom/interface/default.assesscalc" TARGET="home/httpd/html/res/adm/includes/default.assesscalc" CATEGORY="static conf">
   <DESCRIPTION>
   Default spreadsheet for individual assessment.
   </DESCRIPTION>
   </METAGROUP>
   <METAGROUP>
   <LONCAPA TYPE=LOCATION DIST="redhat6.2" SOURCE="loncom/interface/default.studentcalc" TARGET="home/httpd/html/res/adm/includes/default.studentcalc" CATEGORY="static conf">
   <DESCRIPTION>
   Default spreadsheet for assessment of students.
   </DESCRIPTION>
   </METAGROUP>
   <METAGROUP>
   <LONCAPA TYPE=LOCATION DIST="redhat6.2" SOURCE="loncom/interface/default.classcalc" TARGET="home/httpd/html/res/adm/includes/default.classcalc" CATEGORY="static conf">
   <DESCRIPTION>
   Default spreadsheet for assessment of a class.
 </DESCRIPTION>  </DESCRIPTION>
 </METAGROUP>  </METAGROUP>
 <METAGROUP>  <METAGROUP>
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 <METAGROUP>  <METAGROUP>
 <LONCAPA TYPE=LOCATION DIST="redhat6.2" SOURCE="loncom/lond" TARGET="home/httpd/perl/lond" CATEGORY="script">  <LONCAPA TYPE=LOCATION DIST="redhat6.2" SOURCE="loncom/lond" TARGET="home/httpd/perl/lond" CATEGORY="script">
 <DESCRIPTION>  <DESCRIPTION>
 remote command interpreter  This is a remote command interpreter on a TCP LON-CAPA network layer.
   It accepts and processes incoming requests from other LON-CAPA machines
   on the network.  lond's functionality is self-contained in the sense
   that it does not reference (import, require, use) any other file
   described in this document.  There are only 15 subroutines in this
   script, however the <TT>make_new_child</TT> subroutine is quite
   complex since it parses and responds about 29 different types of 
   network requests (i.e. enc, ping, pong, ekey, load, auth, passwd,
   makeuser, home, update, unsub, sub, log, put, rolesput, get, eget,
   del, keys, dump, store, restore, querysend, queryreply, idput, idget,
   tmpput, tmpget, and ls).
 </DESCRIPTION>  </DESCRIPTION>
 </METAGROUP>  </METAGROUP>
 <METAGROUP>  <METAGROUP>
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 </DESCRIPTION>  </DESCRIPTION>
 </METAGROUP>  </METAGROUP>
 <METAGROUP>  <METAGROUP>
 <LONCAPA TYPE=LOCATION DIST="redhat6.2" SOURCE="loncom/metadata_database/lonsql.pm" TARGET="home/httpd/lib/perl/Apache/lonsql.pm" CATEGORY="handler">  <LONCAPA TYPE=LOCATION DIST="redhat6.2" SOURCE="loncom/publisher/lonupload.pm" TARGET="home/httpd/lib/perl/Apache/lonupload.pm" CATEGORY="handler">
   <DESCRIPTION>
   Handler to upload files through browser into construction space.
   </DESCRIPTION>
   <STATUS>works/unverified</STATUS>
   </METAGROUP>
   <METAGROUP>
   <LONCAPA TYPE=LOCATION DIST="redhat6.2" SOURCE="loncom/homework/essayresponse.pm" TARGET="home/httpd/lib/perl/Apache/essayresponse.pm" CATEGORY="handler">
   <DESCRIPTION>
   Handler to evaluate essay (ungraded) style responses.
   </DESCRIPTION>
   <STATUS>works/unverified</STATUS>
   </METAGROUP>
   <METAGROUP>
   <LONCAPA TYPE=LOCATION DIST="redhat6.2" SOURCE="loncom/publisher/lonpubdir.pm" TARGET="home/httpd/lib/perl/Apache/lonpubdir.pm" CATEGORY="handler">
   <DESCRIPTION>
   Handler to publish directories.
   </DESCRIPTION>
   <STATUS>works/unverified</STATUS>
   </METAGROUP>
   <METAGROUP>
   <LONCAPA TYPE=LOCATION DIST="redhat6.2" SOURCE="loncom/publisher/lonretrieve.pm" TARGET="home/httpd/lib/perl/Apache/lonretrieve.pm" CATEGORY="handler">
 <DESCRIPTION>  <DESCRIPTION>
 Handler for interacting with MySQL database (via lonsql layer).  Handler to retrieve old versions from resource space.
   </DESCRIPTION>
   <STATUS>works/unverified</STATUS>
   </METAGROUP>
   <METAGROUP>
   <LONCAPA TYPE=LOCATION DIST="redhat6.2" SOURCE="loncom/homework/edit.pm" TARGET="home/httpd/lib/perl/Apache/edit.pm" CATEGORY="handler">
   <DESCRIPTION>
   Helper functions when in homework edit mode.
   </DESCRIPTION>
   <STATUS>works/unverified</STATUS>
   </METAGROUP>
   <METAGROUP>
   <LONCAPA TYPE=LOCATION DIST="redhat6.2" SOURCE="loncom/interface/lonmeta.pm" TARGET="home/httpd/lib/perl/Apache/lonmeta.pm" CATEGORY="handler">
   <DESCRIPTION>
   Metadata display handler.
   </DESCRIPTION>
   <STATUS>works/unverified</STATUS>
   </METAGROUP>
   <METAGROUP>
   <LONCAPA TYPE=LOCATION DIST="redhat6.2" SOURCE="rat/lonambiguous.pm" TARGET="home/httpd/lib/perl/Apache/lonambiguous.pm" CATEGORY="handler">
   <DESCRIPTION>
   Handler to resolve ambiguous file locations.
   </DESCRIPTION>
   <STATUS>works/unverified</STATUS>
   </METAGROUP>
   <METAGROUP>
   <LONCAPA TYPE=LOCATION DIST="redhat6.2" SOURCE="rat/lonratparms.pm" TARGET="home/httpd/lib/perl/Apache/lonratparms.pm" CATEGORY="handler">
   <DESCRIPTION>
   Handler to set resource parameters inside of the RAT based on metadata.
   </DESCRIPTION>
   <STATUS>works/unverified</STATUS>
   </METAGROUP>
   <METAGROUP>
   <LONCAPA TYPE=LOCATION DIST="redhat6.2" SOURCE="rat/lonsequence.pm" TARGET="home/httpd/lib/perl/Apache/lonsequence.pm" CATEGORY="handler">
   <DESCRIPTION>
   Handler for showing sequence objects of educational resources.
 </DESCRIPTION>  </DESCRIPTION>
 <STATUS>works/unverified</STATUS>  <STATUS>works/unverified</STATUS>
 </METAGROUP>  </METAGROUP>
 <METAGROUP>  <METAGROUP>
 <LONCAPA TYPE=LOCATION DIST="redhat6.2" SOURCE="loncom/interface/loncreatecourse.pm" TARGET="home/httpd/lib/perl/Apache/loncreatecourse.pm" CATEGORY="handler">  <LONCAPA TYPE=LOCATION DIST="redhat6.2" SOURCE="loncom/interface/loncreatecourse.pm" TARGET="home/httpd/lib/perl/Apache/loncreatecourse.pm" CATEGORY="handler">
 <DESCRIPTION>  <DESCRIPTION>
 Creates a new course and assigns course coordinator  Creates a new course and assigns course coordinator.
 </DESCRIPTION>  </DESCRIPTION>
 <STATUS>works/unverified</STATUS>  <STATUS>works/unverified</STATUS>
 </METAGROUP>  </METAGROUP>
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 <METAGROUP>  <METAGROUP>
 <LONCAPA TYPE=LOCATION DIST="redhat6.2" SOURCE="loncom/auth/lonacc.pm" TARGET="home/httpd/lib/perl/Apache/lonacc.pm" CATEGORY="handler">  <LONCAPA TYPE=LOCATION DIST="redhat6.2" SOURCE="loncom/auth/lonacc.pm" TARGET="home/httpd/lib/perl/Apache/lonacc.pm" CATEGORY="handler">
 <DESCRIPTION>  <DESCRIPTION>
 access to for a LON-CAPA user session  (This module, like loncacc.pm also authenticates with cookies.)  
   <TT>lonacc.pm</TT> coordinates access to a wide range of administrative-type
   functions (e.g. roles, logout, annotations, and bookmarks) as well
   as coordinating access to educational resources.
 </DESCRIPTION>  </DESCRIPTION>
 </METAGROUP>  </METAGROUP>
 <METAGROUP>  <METAGROUP>
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 <DESCRIPTION>  <DESCRIPTION>
 This module provides access to an educational resource construction area.  This module provides access to an educational resource construction area.
 This module is invoked by the URL-related pattern syntax  This module is invoked by the URL-related pattern syntax
 <TT>LocationMatch "^/priv.*"</TT>.  Authentication of user identity  <TT>LocationMatch "^/priv.*"</TT> or <TT>LocationMatch "^/\~.*"</TT>.
 is coordinated through cookies (hence the abbreviation; "cacc" corresponds  Authentication of user identity
 to "cookie-based access").  If the cookie handle is invalid, then  is coordinated through cookies.  The abbreviation "cacc" corresponds
   to "construction-space access").  If the cookie handle is invalid, then
 this module returns a forbidden status and makes appropriate log entries.  this module returns a forbidden status and makes appropriate log entries.
 If the cookie handle is valid, status is determined to be okay (and  If the cookie handle is valid, status is determined to be okay (and,
 the resource is delivered by the <TT>lonconstruct</TT> module).  for the "priv"-type access, the resource is delivered by the
   <TT>lonconstruct</TT> module).
 </DESCRIPTION>  </DESCRIPTION>
 </METAGROUP>  </METAGROUP>
 <METAGROUP>  <METAGROUP>
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 <METAGROUP>  <METAGROUP>
 <LONCAPA TYPE=LOCATION DIST="redhat6.2" SOURCE="loncom/auth/lonroles.pm" TARGET="home/httpd/lib/perl/Apache/lonroles.pm" CATEGORY="handler">  <LONCAPA TYPE=LOCATION DIST="redhat6.2" SOURCE="loncom/auth/lonroles.pm" TARGET="home/httpd/lib/perl/Apache/lonroles.pm" CATEGORY="handler">
 <DESCRIPTION>  <DESCRIPTION>
 roles picking  This perl handling module reads in the available roles available
   for a LON-CAPA user (different courses, different privileges, etc)
   and produces a form-element HTML page which allows the user to select
   which role he wishes to exercise in the LON-CAPA system.  For instance,
   a user may want to select between being a student in a thermodynamics
   physics course or a teaching assistant for an introductory calculus
   class.
 </DESCRIPTION>  </DESCRIPTION>
 </METAGROUP>   </METGROUP> 
 <METAGROUP>  <METAGROUP>
 <LONCAPA TYPE=LOCATION DIST="redhat6.2" SOURCE="loncom/interface/lonindexer.pm" TARGET="home/httpd/lib/perl/Apache/lonindexer.pm" CATEGORY="handler">  <LONCAPA TYPE=LOCATION DIST="redhat6.2" SOURCE="loncom/interface/lonindexer.pm" TARGET="home/httpd/lib/perl/Apache/lonindexer.pm" CATEGORY="handler">
 <DESCRIPTION>  <DESCRIPTION>
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 <METAGROUP>  <METAGROUP>
 <LONCAPA TYPE=LOCATION DIST="redhat6.2" SOURCE="loncom/lonnet/perl/lonnet.pm" TARGET="home/httpd/lib/perl/Apache/lonnet.pm" CATEGORY="handler">  <LONCAPA TYPE=LOCATION DIST="redhat6.2" SOURCE="loncom/lonnet/perl/lonnet.pm" TARGET="home/httpd/lib/perl/Apache/lonnet.pm" CATEGORY="handler">
 <DESCRIPTION>  <DESCRIPTION>
 interface to lonc  This file is an interface to the lonc processes of the LON-CAPA network
   as well as set of elaborated functions for handling information necessary
   for navigating through a given cluster of LON-CAPA machines within a domain.
   There are over 40 specialized functions in this module which handle
   the reading and transmission of metadata, user information
   (ids, names, environments, roles, logs), file information (storage, reading,
   directories, extensions, replication, embedded styles and descriptors),
   educational resources (course descriptions, section names and numbers),
   url hashing (to assign roles on a url basis), and translating abbreviated
   symbols to and from more descriptive phrases or explanations.
 </DESCRIPTION>  </DESCRIPTION>
 </METAGROUP>   </METAGROUP> 
 <METAGROUP>  <METAGROUP>
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 associated with the frameset scheme of displaying bookmarks  associated with the frameset scheme of displaying bookmarks
 </DESCRIPTION>  </DESCRIPTION>
 <FILES>  <FILES>
 aaloader.html  
 bookmarkmenu_bb.html  
 bookmarkmenu_left.html  
 bookmarkmenu_ll.html  
 bookmarkmenu_lr.html  
 bookmarkmenu_right.html  
 bookmarkmenu_toolbar.html  bookmarkmenu_toolbar.html
 bookmarkmenu_ul.html  
 bookmarkmenu_ur.html  
 bookmarkmenu_uu.html  
 bookmarkpal.html  
 bookmarkpal_old.html  bookmarkpal_old.html
 bookmarkpal_v2.html  
 bookmarkpal_v2_backup.html  
 index.html  index.html
 loading_bookmarks.html  
 </FILES>  </FILES>
 </METASUPERGROUP>  </METASUPERGROUP>
 <METAGROUP>  <METAGROUP>
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