--- loncom/Attic/lchtmldir	2004/10/20 09:30:57	1.11
+++ loncom/Attic/lchtmldir	2005/01/26 12:13:58	1.15
@@ -69,12 +69,12 @@
 use strict; 
 use Fcntl qw(:mode);
 use DirHandle;
-
+use POSIX;
 
 $ENV{'PATH'} = '/bin:/usr/bin:/usr/local/sbin:/home/httpd/perl';
 delete @ENV{qw{IFS CDPATH ENV BASH_ENV}};
 
-my $DEBUG = 0;                         # .nonzero -> Debug printing enabled.
+my $DEBUG = 1;                         # .nonzero -> Debug printing enabled.
 my $path_sep = "/";		# Unix like operating systems.
 
 
@@ -214,14 +214,15 @@ END
     close OUT;
     }
 
-&System("/bin/chmod  02775  $fulldir");
-&System("/bin/chmod  0775  $fulldir"."/index.html");
+&System("/bin/chmod  02770  $fulldir");
+&System("/bin/chmod  0770  $fulldir"."/index.html");
 
 
 # Based on the authentiation mode, set the ownership of the directory.
 
 if($authentication eq "unix:") {	# Unix mode authentication...
-    &System("/bin/chown -R   $safeuser".":".$safeuser." ".$fulldir);
+    print "Unix auth\n";
+    &System("/bin/chown -R   $safeuser:$safeuser"." ".$fulldir);
     &JoinGroup($safeuser);
 } else {
     # Internal, Kerberos, and Local authentication are for users
@@ -237,11 +238,28 @@ if($authentication eq "unix:") {	# Unix
 	#  user's home directory that can reset ownerships and permissions
 	#  back the way the used to be.
 
-	&write_restore_script($homedir);
-
-	&System("/bin/chown -R root:root ".$homedir);
+	# This can take long enough for lond to time out, so we'll do it
+	# in a separate process that we'll not wait for.
+	#
+	my $fpid = fork;
+	if($fpid) {
+	    &DisableRoot;
+	    exit 0;
+	} else {
+	    print "Forked\n";
+	    POSIX::setsid();	# Disassociate from parent.
+	    print "Separate session\n";
+	    &write_restore_script($homedir);
+	    print "Restore script written\n";
+	    &System("/bin/chown -R root:root ".$homedir);
+	    &System("/bin/chown -R www:www  ".$fulldir);
+	    print "Exiting\n";
+	    exit 0;
+	}
+    } else {
+	&System("/bin/chown -R www:www  ".$fulldir);
     }
-    &System("/bin/chown -R www:www  ".$fulldir);
+
 }
 &DisableRoot;
 
@@ -283,7 +301,10 @@ sub DisableRoot {
 	print("Disable root: id = ".$>."\n");
     }
 }
-
+#
+#  Join the www user to the user's group.
+#  we must be running with euid as root at this time.
+#
 sub JoinGroup {
     my $usergroup = shift;
 
@@ -302,7 +323,16 @@ sub JoinGroup {
 	}
 	exit 6;
     }
-    
+    if (-e '/var/run/httpd.pid') {
+	open(PID,'/var/run/httpd.pid');
+	my $pid=<PID>;
+	close(PID);
+	my ($safepid) = $pid=~ /(\d+)/;
+	$pid = $safepid;
+	if ($pid) {
+	    my $status = system("kill -USR1 $safepid");
+	}
+    }
 }