--- loncom/html/adm/helper/course.initialization.helper	2007/09/05 12:46:21	1.20
+++ loncom/html/adm/helper/course.initialization.helper	2007/10/29 19:26:48	1.21
@@ -252,26 +252,27 @@
           $cloners[0] = $val;
       }
       foreach my $item (@cloners) {
-          if ($item ne '*') {
-              my ($clname,$cldom) = split(/:/,$item);
-              if ($clname eq '*') {
-                  if ($cldom =~ /^$match_dom$/) {
-                      if (!&Apache::lonnet::domain($cldom)) {
-                          $disallowed{'domain'} .= $item.',';
-                      }
-                  } else {
-                      $disallowed{'format'} .= $item.',';
-                  }
-              } elsif ($item !~/^($match_uname)\:($match_dom)$/) {
-                  $disallowed{'format'} .= $item.',';
-              } else {
-                  if (!&Apache::lonnet::domain($cldom)) {
-                      $disallowed{'domain'} .= $item.','; 
-                  } elsif (&Apache::lonnet::homeserver($clname,$cldom) eq 'no_host') {
-                      $disallowed{'newuser'} .= $item.',';
-                  }
-              }
-          }
+	  next if ($item =~ /^\s*$/);
+	  next if ($item eq '*');
+       
+	  my ($clname,$cldom) = split(/:/,$item);
+	  if ($clname eq '*') {
+	      if ($cldom =~ /^$match_dom$/) {
+		  if (!&Apache::lonnet::domain($cldom)) {
+		      $disallowed{'domain'} .= $item.',';
+		  }
+	      } else {
+		  $disallowed{'format'} .= $item.',';
+	      }
+	  } elsif ($item !~/^($match_uname)\:($match_dom)$/) {
+	      $disallowed{'format'} .= $item.',';
+	  } else {
+	      if (!&Apache::lonnet::domain($cldom)) {
+		  $disallowed{'domain'} .= $item.','; 
+	      } elsif (&Apache::lonnet::homeserver($clname,$cldom) eq 'no_host') {
+		  $disallowed{'newuser'} .= $item.',';
+	      }
+	  }
       }
       foreach my $key (keys(%disallowed)) {
           $disallowed{$key} =~ s/,$//;
@@ -290,7 +291,7 @@
               $output .= '<li>LON-CAPA user(s) do(es) not exist: '.
                          '<b>'.$disallowed{'newuser'}.'</b></li>';
           }
-          $output .= '.</ul>';
+          $output .= '</ul>';
       }
       return $output;
     </validator>