--- loncom/interface/loncommon.pm	2016/07/18 19:28:58	1.1250
+++ loncom/interface/loncommon.pm	2017/08/13 23:21:04	1.1293
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 # The LearningOnline Network with CAPA
 # a pile of common routines
 #
-# $Id: loncommon.pm,v 1.1250 2016/07/18 19:28:58 raeburn Exp $
+# $Id: loncommon.pm,v 1.1293 2017/08/13 23:21:04 raeburn Exp $
 #
 # Copyright Michigan State University Board of Trustees
 #
@@ -71,6 +71,7 @@ use Apache::lonuserutils();
 use Apache::lonuserstate();
 use Apache::courseclassifier();
 use LONCAPA qw(:DEFAULT :match);
+use LONCAPA::LWPReq;
 use DateTime::TimeZone;
 use DateTime::Locale;
 use Encode();
@@ -83,6 +84,8 @@ use Crypt::DES;
 use DynaLoader; # for Crypt::DES version
 use MIME::Lite;
 use MIME::Types;
+use File::Copy();
+use File::Path::Tiny();
 
 # ---------------------------------------------- Designs
 use vars qw(%defaultdesign);
@@ -267,7 +270,7 @@ BEGIN {
 		next if ($line =~ /^\#/);
 		chomp($line);
                 my ($extension,$category)=(split(/\s+/,$line,2));
-                push @{$category_extensions{lc($category)}},$extension;
+                push(@{$category_extensions{lc($category)}},$extension);
             }
             close($fh);
         }
@@ -943,8 +946,8 @@ ENDSCRT
 }
 
 sub select_timezone {
-   my ($name,$selected,$onchange,$includeempty)=@_;
-   my $output='<select name="'.$name.'" '.$onchange.'>'."\n";
+   my ($name,$selected,$onchange,$includeempty,$disabled)=@_;
+   my $output='<select name="'.$name.'" '.$onchange.$disabled.'>'."\n";
    if ($includeempty) {
        $output .= '<option value=""';
        if (($selected eq '') || ($selected eq 'local')) {
@@ -965,8 +968,8 @@ sub select_timezone {
 }
 
 sub select_datelocale {
-    my ($name,$selected,$onchange,$includeempty)=@_;
-    my $output='<select name="'.$name.'" '.$onchange.'>'."\n";
+    my ($name,$selected,$onchange,$includeempty,$disabled)=@_;
+    my $output='<select name="'.$name.'" '.$onchange.$disabled.'>'."\n";
     if ($includeempty) {
         $output .= '<option value=""';
         if ($selected eq '') {
@@ -1018,7 +1021,7 @@ sub select_datelocale {
 }
 
 sub select_language {
-    my ($name,$selected,$includeempty) = @_;
+    my ($name,$selected,$includeempty,$noedit) = @_;
     my %langchoices;
     if ($includeempty) {
         %langchoices = ('' => 'No language preference');
@@ -1030,7 +1033,7 @@ sub select_language {
         }
     }
     %langchoices = &Apache::lonlocal::texthash(%langchoices);
-    return &select_form($selected,$name,\%langchoices);
+    return &select_form($selected,$name,\%langchoices,undef,$noedit);
 }
 
 =pod
@@ -1054,7 +1057,7 @@ sub list_languages {
 	if ($code) {
 	    my $selector    = $supported_codes{$id};
 	    my $description = &plainlanguagedescription($id);
-	    push (@lang_choices, [$selector, $description]);
+	    push(@lang_choices, [$selector, $description]);
 	}
     }
     return \@lang_choices;
@@ -1176,7 +1179,7 @@ sub linked_select_forms {
         $result.="select2data${suffix}['d_$s1'].texts = new Array(";        
         my @s2texts;
         foreach my $value (@s2values) {
-            push @s2texts, $hashref->{$s1}->{'select2'}->{$value};
+            push(@s2texts, $hashref->{$s1}->{'select2'}->{$value});
         }
         $result.="\"@s2texts\");\n";
     }
@@ -2185,7 +2188,7 @@ sub crsauthor_url {
 }
 
 sub import_crsauthor_form {
-    my ($form,$firstselectname,$secondselectname,$onchangefirst,$only,$suffix) = @_;
+    my ($form,$firstselectname,$secondselectname,$onchangefirst,$only,$suffix,$disabled) = @_;
     return (0) unless ($env{'request.course.id'});
     my $cnum = $env{'course.'.$env{'request.course.id'}.'.num'};
     my $cdom = $env{'course.'.$env{'request.course.id'}.'.domain'};
@@ -2476,10 +2479,24 @@ sub create_text_file {
 # ------------------------------------------
 
 sub domain_select {
-    my ($name,$value,$multiple)=@_;
+    my ($name,$value,$multiple,$incdoms,$excdoms)=@_;
+    my @possdoms;
+    if (ref($incdoms) eq 'ARRAY') {
+        @possdoms = @{$incdoms};
+    } else {
+        @possdoms = &Apache::lonnet::all_domains();
+    }
+
     my %domains=map { 
 	$_ => $_.' '. &Apache::lonnet::domain($_,'description') 
-    } &Apache::lonnet::all_domains();
+    } @possdoms;
+
+    if ((ref($excdoms) eq 'ARRAY') && (@{$excdoms} > 0)) {
+        foreach my $dom (@{$excdoms}) {
+            delete($domains{$dom});
+        }
+    }
+
     if ($multiple) {
 	$domains{''}=&mt('Any domain');
 	$domains{'select_form_order'} = [sort {lc($a) cmp lc($b) } (keys(%domains))];
@@ -2548,12 +2565,15 @@ sub multiple_select_form {
 
 =pod
 
-=item * &select_form($defdom,$name,$hashref,$onchange)
+=item * &select_form($defdom,$name,$hashref,$onchange,$readonly)
 
 Returns a string containing a <select name='$name' size='1'> form to 
 allow a user to select options from a ref to a hash containing:
 option_name => displayed text. An optional $onchange can include
-a javascript onchange item, e.g., onchange="this.form.submit();"  
+a javascript onchange item, e.g., onchange="this.form.submit();".
+An optional arg -- $readonly -- if true will cause the select form
+to be disabled, e.g., for the case where an instructor has a section-
+specific role, and is viewing/modifying parameters. 
 
 See lonrights.pm for an example invocation and use.
 
@@ -2739,7 +2759,7 @@ sub select_level_form {
 
 =pod
 
-=item * &select_dom_form($defdom,$name,$includeempty,$showdomdesc,$onchange,$incdoms,$excdoms)
+=item * &select_dom_form($defdom,$name,$includeempty,$showdomdesc,$onchange,$incdoms,$excdoms,$disabled)
 
 Returns a string containing a <select name='$name' size='1'> form to 
 allow a user to select the domain to preform an operation in.  
@@ -2756,14 +2776,19 @@ The optional $incdoms is a reference to
 
 The optional $excdoms is a reference to an array of domains which will be excluded from the available options.
 
+The optional $disabled argument, if true, adds the disabled attribute to the select tag.
+
 =cut
 
 #-------------------------------------------
 sub select_dom_form {
-    my ($defdom,$name,$includeempty,$showdomdesc,$onchange,$incdoms,$excdoms) = @_;
+    my ($defdom,$name,$includeempty,$showdomdesc,$onchange,$incdoms,$excdoms,$disabled) = @_;
     if ($onchange) {
         $onchange = ' onchange="'.$onchange.'"';
     }
+    if ($disabled) {
+        $disabled = ' disabled="disabled"';
+    }
     my (@domains,%exclude);
     if (ref($incdoms) eq 'ARRAY') {
         @domains = sort {lc($a) cmp lc($b)} (@{$incdoms});
@@ -2774,7 +2799,7 @@ sub select_dom_form {
     if (ref($excdoms) eq 'ARRAY') {
         map { $exclude{$_} = 1; } @{$excdoms}; 
     }
-    my $selectdomain = "<select name=\"$name\" size=\"1\"$onchange>\n";
+    my $selectdomain = "<select name=\"$name\" size=\"1\"$onchange$disabled>\n";
     foreach my $dom (@domains) {
         next if ($exclude{$dom});
         $selectdomain.="<option value=\"$dom\" ".
@@ -3150,13 +3175,16 @@ sub authform_kerberos {
               @_,
               );
     my ($check4,$check5,$krbcheck,$krbarg,$krbver,$result,$authtype,
-        $autharg,$jscall);
+        $autharg,$jscall,$disabled);
     my ($authnum,%can_assign) = &get_assignable_auth($in{'domain'});
     if ($in{'kerb_def_auth'} eq 'krb5') {
        $check5 = ' checked="checked"';
     } else {
        $check4 = ' checked="checked"';
     }
+    if ($in{'readonly'}) {
+        $disabled = ' disabled="disabled"';
+    }
     $krbarg = $in{'kerb_def_dom'};
     if (defined($in{'curr_authtype'})) {
         if ($in{'curr_authtype'} eq 'krb') {
@@ -3201,7 +3229,7 @@ sub authform_kerberos {
         if (defined($in{'mode'})) {
             if ($in{'mode'} eq 'modifycourse') {
                 if ($authnum == 1) {
-                    $authtype = '<input type="radio" name="login" value="krb" />';
+                    $authtype = '<input type="radio" name="login" value="krb"'.$disabled.' />';
                 }
             }
         }
@@ -3210,7 +3238,7 @@ sub authform_kerberos {
     if ($authtype eq '') {
         $authtype = '<input type="radio" name="login" value="krb" '.
                     'onclick="'.$jscall.'" onchange="'.$jscall.'"'.
-                    $krbcheck.' />';
+                    $krbcheck.$disabled.' />';
     }
     if (($can_assign{'krb4'} && $can_assign{'krb5'}) ||
         ($can_assign{'krb4'} && !$can_assign{'krb5'} &&
@@ -3223,9 +3251,9 @@ sub authform_kerberos {
          '<label>'.$authtype,
          '</label><input type="text" size="10" name="krbarg" '.
              'value="'.$krbarg.'" '.
-             'onchange="'.$jscall.'" />',
-         '<label><input type="radio" name="krbver" value="4" '.$check4.' />',
-         '</label><label><input type="radio" name="krbver" value="5" '.$check5.' />',
+             'onchange="'.$jscall.'"'.$disabled.' />',
+         '<label><input type="radio" name="krbver" value="4" '.$check4.$disabled.' />',
+         '</label><label><input type="radio" name="krbver" value="5" '.$check5.$disabled.' />',
 	 '</label>');
     } elsif ($can_assign{'krb4'}) {
         $result .= &mt
@@ -3234,7 +3262,7 @@ sub authform_kerberos {
          '<label>'.$authtype,
          '</label><input type="text" size="10" name="krbarg" '.
              'value="'.$krbarg.'" '.
-             'onchange="'.$jscall.'" />',
+             'onchange="'.$jscall.'"'.$disabled.' />',
          '<label><input type="hidden" name="krbver" value="4" />',
          '</label>');
     } elsif ($can_assign{'krb5'}) {
@@ -3244,7 +3272,7 @@ sub authform_kerberos {
          '<label>'.$authtype,
          '</label><input type="text" size="10" name="krbarg" '.
              'value="'.$krbarg.'" '.
-             'onchange="'.$jscall.'" />',
+             'onchange="'.$jscall.'"'.$disabled.' />',
          '<label><input type="hidden" name="krbver" value="5" />',
          '</label>');
     }
@@ -3257,8 +3285,11 @@ sub authform_internal {
                 kerb_def_dom => 'MSU.EDU',
                 @_,
                 );
-    my ($intcheck,$intarg,$result,$authtype,$autharg,$jscall);
+    my ($intcheck,$intarg,$result,$authtype,$autharg,$jscall,$disabled);
     my ($authnum,%can_assign) = &get_assignable_auth($in{'domain'});
+    if ($in{'readonly'}) {
+        $disabled = ' disabled="disabled"';
+    }
     if (defined($in{'curr_authtype'})) {
         if ($in{'curr_authtype'} eq 'int') {
             if ($can_assign{'int'}) {
@@ -3287,7 +3318,7 @@ sub authform_internal {
         if (defined($in{'mode'})) {
             if ($in{'mode'} eq 'modifycourse') {
                 if ($authnum == 1) {
-                    $authtype = '<input type="radio" name="login" value="int" />';
+                    $authtype = '<input type="radio" name="login" value="int"'.$disabled.' />';
                 }
             }
         }
@@ -3295,14 +3326,14 @@ sub authform_internal {
     $jscall = "javascript:changed_radio('int',$in{'formname'});";
     if ($authtype eq '') {
         $authtype = '<input type="radio" name="login" value="int" '.$intcheck.
-                    ' onchange="'.$jscall.'" onclick="'.$jscall.'" />';
+                    ' onchange="'.$jscall.'" onclick="'.$jscall.'"'.$disabled.' />';
     }
     $autharg = '<input type="password" size="10" name="intarg" value="'.
-               $intarg.'" onchange="'.$jscall.'" />';
+               $intarg.'" onchange="'.$jscall.'"'.$disabled.' />';
     $result = &mt
         ('[_1] Internally authenticated (with initial password [_2])',
          '<label>'.$authtype,'</label>'.$autharg);
-    $result.="<label><input type=\"checkbox\" name=\"visible\" onclick='if (this.checked) { this.form.intarg.type=\"text\" } else { this.form.intarg.type=\"password\" }' />".&mt('Visible input').'</label>';
+    $result.='<label><input type="checkbox" name="visible" onclick="if (this.checked) { this.form.intarg.type='."'text'".' } else { this.form.intarg.type='."'password'".' }"'.$disabled.' />'.&mt('Visible input').'</label>';
     return $result;
 }
 
@@ -3312,8 +3343,11 @@ sub authform_local {
               kerb_def_dom => 'MSU.EDU',
               @_,
               );
-    my ($loccheck,$locarg,$result,$authtype,$autharg,$jscall);
+    my ($loccheck,$locarg,$result,$authtype,$autharg,$jscall,$disabled);
     my ($authnum,%can_assign) = &get_assignable_auth($in{'domain'});
+    if ($in{'readonly'}) {
+        $disabled = ' disabled="disabled"';
+    } 
     if (defined($in{'curr_authtype'})) {
         if ($in{'curr_authtype'} eq 'loc') {
             if ($can_assign{'loc'}) {
@@ -3342,7 +3376,7 @@ sub authform_local {
         if (defined($in{'mode'})) {
             if ($in{'mode'} eq 'modifycourse') {
                 if ($authnum == 1) {
-                    $authtype = '<input type="radio" name="login" value="loc" />';
+                    $authtype = '<input type="radio" name="login" value="loc"'.$disabled.' />';
                 }
             }
         }
@@ -3351,10 +3385,10 @@ sub authform_local {
     if ($authtype eq '') {
         $authtype = '<input type="radio" name="login" value="loc" '.
                     $loccheck.' onchange="'.$jscall.'" onclick="'.
-                    $jscall.'" />';
+                    $jscall.'"'.$disabled.' />';
     }
     $autharg = '<input type="text" size="10" name="locarg" value="'.
-               $locarg.'" onchange="'.$jscall.'" />';
+               $locarg.'" onchange="'.$jscall.'"'.$disabled.' />';
     $result = &mt('[_1] Local Authentication with argument [_2]',
                   '<label>'.$authtype,'</label>'.$autharg);
     return $result;
@@ -3366,8 +3400,11 @@ sub authform_filesystem {
               kerb_def_dom => 'MSU.EDU',
               @_,
               );
-    my ($fsyscheck,$result,$authtype,$autharg,$jscall);
+    my ($fsyscheck,$result,$authtype,$autharg,$jscall,$disabled);
     my ($authnum,%can_assign) = &get_assignable_auth($in{'domain'});
+    if ($in{'readonly'}) {
+        $disabled = ' disabled="disabled"';
+    }
     if (defined($in{'curr_authtype'})) {
         if ($in{'curr_authtype'} eq 'fsys') {
             if ($can_assign{'fsys'}) {
@@ -3380,7 +3417,7 @@ sub authform_filesystem {
             } else {
                 $result = &mt('Currently Filesystem Authenticated.');
                 return $result;
-            }           
+            }
         }
     } else {
         if ($authnum == 1) {
@@ -3393,7 +3430,7 @@ sub authform_filesystem {
         if (defined($in{'mode'})) {
             if ($in{'mode'} eq 'modifycourse') {
                 if ($authnum == 1) {
-                    $authtype = '<input type="radio" name="login" value="fsys" />';
+                    $authtype = '<input type="radio" name="login" value="fsys"'.$disabled.' />';
                 }
             }
         }
@@ -3402,16 +3439,16 @@ sub authform_filesystem {
     if ($authtype eq '') {
         $authtype = '<input type="radio" name="login" value="fsys" '.
                     $fsyscheck.' onchange="'.$jscall.'" onclick="'.
-                    $jscall.'" />';
+                    $jscall.'"'.$disabled.' />';
     }
     $autharg = '<input type="text" size="10" name="fsysarg" value=""'.
-               ' onchange="'.$jscall.'" />';
+               ' onchange="'.$jscall.'"'.$disabled.' />';
     $result = &mt
         ('[_1] Filesystem Authenticated (with initial password [_2])',
          '<label><input type="radio" name="login" value="fsys" '.
-         $fsyscheck.'onchange="'.$jscall.'" onclick="'.$jscall.'" />',
+         $fsyscheck.'onchange="'.$jscall.'" onclick="'.$jscall.'"'.$disabled.' />',
          '</label><input type="password" size="10" name="fsysarg" value="" '.
-                  'onchange="'.$jscall.'" />');
+                  'onchange="'.$jscall.'"'.$disabled.' />');
     return $result;
 }
 
@@ -3433,7 +3470,7 @@ sub get_assignable_auth {
             my $context;
             if ($env{'request.role'} =~ /^au/) {
                 $context = 'author';
-            } elsif ($env{'request.role'} =~ /^dc/) {
+            } elsif ($env{'request.role'} =~ /^(dc|dh)/) {
                 $context = 'domain';
             } elsif ($env{'request.course.id'}) {
                 $context = 'course';
@@ -4971,7 +5008,8 @@ sub blockcheck {
     # boards, chat or groups, check for blocking in current course only.
 
     if (($activity eq 'boards' || $activity eq 'chat' ||
-         $activity eq 'groups' || $activity eq 'printout') &&
+         $activity eq 'groups' || $activity eq 'printout' ||
+         $activity eq 'reinit' || $activity eq 'alert') &&
         ($env{'request.course.id'})) {
         foreach my $key (keys(%live_courses)) {
             if ($key ne $env{'request.course.id'}) {
@@ -5055,7 +5093,7 @@ sub blockcheck {
                                                                 $tdom,$spec,$trest,$area);
                         }
                     }
-                    my ($author,$adv) = &Apache::lonnet::set_userprivs(\%userroles,\%allroles);
+                    my ($author,$adv,$rar) = &Apache::lonnet::set_userprivs(\%userroles,\%allroles);
                     if ($userroles{'user.priv.'.$checkrole} =~ /evb\&([^\:]*)/) {
                         if ($1) {
                             $no_userblock = 1;
@@ -5079,7 +5117,7 @@ sub blockcheck {
 
         # Retrieve blocking times and identity of locker for course
         # of specified user, unless user has 'evb' privilege.
-        
+
         my ($start,$end,$trigger) = 
             &get_blocks($setters,$activity,$cdom,$cnum,$url);
         if (($start != 0) && 
@@ -5166,13 +5204,19 @@ sub get_blocks {
                 my $end = $start + $env{'course.'.$cdom.'_'.$cnum.'.timerinterval.'.$timersymb}; 
                 if ($start && $end) {
                     if (($start <= time) && ($end >= time)) {
-                        unless (grep(/^\Q$block\E$/,@blockers)) {
-                            push(@blockers,$block);
-                            $triggered{$block} = {
-                                                   start => $start,
-                                                   end   => $end,
-                                                   type  => $type,
-                                                 };
+                        if (ref($commblocks{$block}) eq 'HASH') {
+                            if (ref($commblocks{$block}{'blocks'}) eq 'HASH') {
+                                if ($commblocks{$block}{'blocks'}{$activity} eq 'on') {
+                                    unless(grep(/^\Q$block\E$/,@blockers)) {
+                                        push(@blockers,$block);
+                                        $triggered{$block} = {
+                                                               start => $start,
+                                                               end   => $end,
+                                                               type  => $type,
+                                                             };
+                                    }
+                                }
+                            }
                         }
                     }
                 }
@@ -5282,6 +5326,10 @@ END_MYBLOCK
         $text = &mt('Printing Blocked');
     } elsif ($activity eq 'passwd') {
         $text = &mt('Password Changing Blocked');
+    } elsif ($activity eq 'alert') {
+        $text = &mt('Checking Critical Messages Blocked');
+    } elsif ($activity eq 'reinit') {
+        $text = &mt('Checking Course Update Blocked');
     }
     $output .= <<"END_BLOCK";
 <div class='$class'>
@@ -5306,7 +5354,7 @@ sub check_ip_acc {
         return 1;
     }
     my $allowed;
-    my $ip=$env{'request.host'} || $ENV{'REMOTE_ADDR'} || $clientip;
+    my $ip=$ENV{'REMOTE_ADDR'} || $clientip || $env{'request.host'};
 
     my $name;
     my %access = (
@@ -5789,6 +5837,10 @@ Inputs:
 
 =item * $args, optional argument valid values are
             no_auto_mt_title -> prevents &mt()ing the title arg
+            use_absolute     -> for external resource or syllabus, this will
+                                contain https://<hostname> if server uses
+                                https (as per hosts.tab), but request is for http
+            hostname         -> hostname, from $r->hostname().
 
 =item * $advtoolsref, optional argument, ref to an array containing
             inlineremote items to be added in "Functions" menu below
@@ -5814,6 +5866,7 @@ sub bodytag {
     }
     if (!$args->{'no_auto_mt_title'}) { $title = &mt($title); }
     my $httphost = $args->{'use_absolute'};
+    my $hostname = $args->{'hostname'};
 
     $function = &get_users_function() if (!$function);
     my $img =    &designparm($function.'.img',$domain);
@@ -5841,6 +5894,14 @@ sub bodytag {
     if ($env{'request.course.id'}) {
         if ($env{'request.role'} !~ /^cr/) {
             $role = &Apache::lonnet::plaintext($role,&course_type());
+        } elsif ($role =~ m{^cr/($match_domain)/\1-domainconfig/(\w+)$}) {
+            if ($env{'request.role.desc'}) {
+                $role = $env{'request.role.desc'};
+            } else {
+                $role = &mt('Helpdesk[_1]','&nbsp;'.$2);
+            }
+        } else {
+            $role = (split(/\//,$role,4))[-1]; 
         }
         if ($env{'request.course.sec'}) {
             $role .= ('&nbsp;'x2).'-&nbsp;'.&mt('section:').'&nbsp;'.$env{'request.course.sec'};
@@ -5934,16 +5995,18 @@ sub bodytag {
             $bodytag .= Apache::lonhtmlcommon::scripttag('', 'end');
             if ($env{'request.state'} eq 'construct') {
                 $bodytag .= &Apache::lonmenu::innerregister($forcereg,
-                                $args->{'bread_crumbs'});
+                                $args->{'bread_crumbs'},'','',$hostname);
             } elsif ($forcereg) {
                 $bodytag .= &Apache::lonmenu::innerregister($forcereg,undef,
-                                                            $args->{'group'});
+                                                            $args->{'group'},
+                                                            $args->{'hide_buttons'},
+                                                            $hostname);
             } else {
                 $bodytag .= 
                     &Apache::lonmenu::prepare_functions($env{'request.noversionuri'},
                                                         $forcereg,$args->{'group'},
                                                         $args->{'bread_crumbs'},
-                                                        $advtoolsref);
+                                                        $advtoolsref,'',$hostname);
             }
         }else{
             # this is to seperate menu from content when there's no secondary
@@ -6405,6 +6468,11 @@ td.LC_menubuttons_text {
   background: $tabbg;
 }
 
+td.LC_zero_height {
+  line-height: 0; 
+  cellpadding: 0;
+}
+
 table.LC_data_table {
   border: 1px solid #000000;
   border-collapse: separate;
@@ -6726,6 +6794,12 @@ td.LC_parm_overview_restrictions  {
   border-collapse: collapse;
 }
 
+span.LC_parm_recursive,
+td.LC_parm_recursive {
+  font-weight: bold;
+  font-size: smaller;
+}
+
 table.LC_parm_overview_restrictions td {
   border-width: 1px 4px 1px 4px;
   border-style: solid;
@@ -7077,6 +7151,12 @@ table.LC_data_table tr > td.LC_docs_entr
   color: #990000;
 }
 
+.LC_docs_alias {
+  color: #440055;  
+}
+
+.LC_domprefs_email,
+.LC_docs_alias_name,
 .LC_docs_reinit_warn,
 .LC_docs_ext_edit {
   font-size: x-small;
@@ -8097,6 +8177,39 @@ section.role-warning>h1:before {
   content:url('/adm/daxe/images/section_icons/warning.png');
 }
 
+#LC_minitab_header {
+  float:left;
+  width:100%;
+  background:#DAE0D2 url("/res/adm/pages/minitabmenu_bg.gif") repeat-x bottom;
+  font-size:93%;
+  line-height:normal;
+  margin: 0.5em 0 0.5em 0;
+}
+#LC_minitab_header ul {
+  margin:0;
+  padding:10px 10px 0;
+  list-style:none;
+}
+#LC_minitab_header li {
+  float:left;
+  background:url("/res/adm/pages/minitabmenu_left.gif") no-repeat left top;
+  margin:0;
+  padding:0 0 0 9px;
+}
+#LC_minitab_header a {
+  display:block;
+  background:url("/res/adm/pages/minitabmenu_right.gif") no-repeat right top;
+  padding:5px 15px 4px 6px;
+}
+#LC_minitab_header #LC_current_minitab {
+  background-image:url("/res/adm/pages/minitabmenu_left_on.gif");
+}
+#LC_minitab_header #LC_current_minitab a {
+  background-image:url("/res/adm/pages/minitabmenu_right_on.gif");
+  padding-bottom:5px;
+}
+
+
 END
 }
 
@@ -8289,6 +8402,7 @@ OFFLOAD
 <meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1.0, user-scalable=0, minimum-scale=1.0, maximum-scale=1.0">
 <meta name="apple-mobile-web-app-capable" content="yes" />';
     }
+    $result .= '<meta name="google" content="notranslate" />'."\n";
     return $result.'</head>';
 }
 
@@ -8468,8 +8582,14 @@ $args - additional optional args support
              no_auto_mt_title -> prevent &mt()ing the title arg
              bread_crumbs ->             Array containing breadcrumbs
              bread_crumbs_component ->  if exists show it as headline else show only the breadcrumbs
+             bread_crumbs_nomenu -> if true will pass false as the value of $menulink
+                                    to lonhtmlcommon::breadcrumbs
              group          -> includes the current group, if page is for a 
-                               specific group  
+                               specific group
+             use_absolute   -> for request for external resource or syllabus, this
+                               will contain https://<hostname> if server uses
+                               https (as per hosts.tab), but request is for http
+             hostname       -> hostname, originally from $r->hostname(), (optional).
 
 =back
 
@@ -8533,15 +8653,21 @@ sub start_page {
                 if (@advtools > 0) {
                     &Apache::lonmenu::advtools_crumbs(@advtools);
                 }
-
+                my $menulink;
+                # if arg: bread_crumbs_nomenu is true pass 0 as $menulink item.
+                if ((exists($args->{'bread_crumbs_nomenu'})) ||
+                     ((($args->{'crstype'} eq 'Placement') || (($env{'request.course.id'}) &&
+                     ($env{'course.'.$env{'request.course.id'}.'.type'} eq 'Placement'))) &&
+                     (!$env{'request.role.adv'}))) {
+                    $menulink = 0;
+                } else {
+                    undef($menulink);
+                }
 		#if bread_crumbs_component exists show it as headline else show only the breadcrumbs
 		if(exists($args->{'bread_crumbs_component'})){
-			$result .= &Apache::lonhtmlcommon::breadcrumbs($args->{'bread_crumbs_component'});
-		} elsif ($args->{'crstype'} eq 'Placement') {
-			$result .= &Apache::lonhtmlcommon::breadcrumbs('','','','','','','','','',
-                                                                       $args->{'crstype'});
+			$result .= &Apache::lonhtmlcommon::breadcrumbs($args->{'bread_crumbs_component'},'',$menulink);
                 } else {
-			$result .= &Apache::lonhtmlcommon::breadcrumbs();
+			$result .= &Apache::lonhtmlcommon::breadcrumbs('','',$menulink);
 		}
     }
     return $result;
@@ -8638,7 +8764,7 @@ var modalWindow = {
 };
 	var openMyModal = function(source,width,height,scrolling,transparency,style)
 	{
-                source = source.replace("'","&#39;");
+                source = source.replace(/'/g,"&#39;");
 		modalWindow.windowId = "myModal";
 		modalWindow.width = width;
 		modalWindow.height = height;
@@ -9957,8 +10083,24 @@ sub get_secgrprole_info {
 }
 
 sub user_picker {
-    my ($dom,$srch,$forcenewuser,$caller,$cancreate,$usertype,$context) = @_;
+    my ($dom,$srch,$forcenewuser,$caller,$cancreate,$usertype,$context,$fixeddom,$noinstd) = @_;
     my $currdom = $dom;
+    my @alldoms = &Apache::lonnet::all_domains();
+    if (@alldoms == 1) {
+        my %domsrch = &Apache::lonnet::get_dom('configuration',
+                                               ['directorysrch'],$alldoms[0]);
+        my $domdesc = &Apache::lonnet::domain($alldoms[0],'description');
+        my $showdom = $domdesc;
+        if ($showdom eq '') {
+            $showdom = $dom;
+        }
+        if (ref($domsrch{'directorysrch'}) eq 'HASH') {
+            if ((!$domsrch{'directorysrch'}{'available'}) &&
+                ($domsrch{'directorysrch'}{'lcavailable'} eq '0')) {
+                return (&mt('LON-CAPA directory search is not available in domain: [_1]',$showdom),0);
+            }
+        }
+    }
     my %curr_selected = (
                         srchin => 'dom',
                         srchby => 'lastname',
@@ -10005,7 +10147,23 @@ sub user_picker {
                                        );
     &html_escape(\%html_lt);
     &js_escape(\%js_lt);
-    my $domform = &select_dom_form($currdom,'srchdomain',1,1);
+    my $domform;
+    my $allow_blank = 1;
+    if ($fixeddom) {
+        $allow_blank = 0;
+        $domform = &select_dom_form($currdom,'srchdomain',$allow_blank,1,undef,[$currdom]);
+    } else {
+        my $defdom = $env{'request.role.domain'};
+        my ($trusted,$untrusted);
+        if (($context eq 'requestcrs') || ($context eq 'course')) {
+            ($trusted,$untrusted) = &Apache::lonnet::trusted_domains('enroll',$defdom);
+        } elsif ($context eq 'author') {
+            ($trusted,$untrusted) = &Apache::lonnet::trusted_domains('othcoau',$defdom);
+        } elsif ($context eq 'domain') {
+            ($trusted,$untrusted) = &Apache::lonnet::trusted_domains('domroles',$defdom);
+        }
+        $domform = &select_dom_form($currdom,'srchdomain',$allow_blank,1,undef,$trusted,$untrusted);
+    }
     my $srchinsel = ' <select name="srchin">';
 
     my @srchins = ('crs','dom','alc','instd');
@@ -10017,6 +10175,7 @@ sub user_picker {
         next if ($option eq 'alc');
         next if (($option eq 'crs') && ($env{'form.form'} eq 'requestcrs'));  
         next if ($option eq 'crs' && !$env{'request.course.id'});
+        next if (($option eq 'instd') && ($noinstd));
         if ($curr_selected{'srchin'} eq $option) {
             $srchinsel .= ' 
    <option value="'.$option.'" selected="selected">'.$html_lt{$option}.'</option>';
@@ -10199,7 +10358,7 @@ END_BLOCK
                &Apache::lonhtmlcommon::row_closure(1). 
                &Apache::lonhtmlcommon::end_pick_box().
                '<br />';
-    return $output;
+    return ($output,1);
 }
 
 sub user_rule_check {
@@ -10514,7 +10673,7 @@ sub get_institutional_codes {
         foreach (@currxlists) {
             if (m/^([^:]+):(\w*)$/) {
                 unless (grep/^$1$/,@{$allcourses}) {
-                    push @{$allcourses},$1;
+                    push(@{$allcourses},$1);
                     $$LC_code{$1} = $2;
                 }
             }
@@ -10527,7 +10686,7 @@ sub get_institutional_codes {
                 my $sec = $coursecode.$1;
                 my $lc_sec = $2;
                 unless (grep/^$sec$/,@{$allcourses}) {
-                    push @{$allcourses},$sec;
+                    push(@{$allcourses},$sec);
                     $$LC_code{$sec} = $lc_sec;
                 }
             }
@@ -12437,6 +12596,18 @@ sub decompress_uploaded_file {
 
 sub process_decompression {
     my ($docudom,$docuname,$file,$destination,$dir_root,$hiddenelem) = @_;
+    unless (($dir_root eq '/userfiles') && ($destination =~ m{^(docs|supplemental)/(default|\d+)/\d+$})) {
+        return '<p class="LC_error">'.&mt('Not extracted.').'<br />'.
+               &mt('Unexpected file path.').'</p>'."\n";
+    }
+    unless (($docudom =~ /^$match_domain$/) && ($docuname =~ /^$match_courseid$/)) {
+        return '<p class="LC_error">'.&mt('Not extracted.').'<br />'.
+               &mt('Unexpected course context.').'</p>'."\n";
+    }
+    unless ($file eq &Apache::lonnet::clean_filename($file)) {
+        return '<p class="LC_error">'.&mt('Not extracted.').'<br />'.
+               &mt('Filename contained unexpected characters.').'</p>'."\n";
+    }
     my ($dir,$error,$warning,$output);
     if ($file !~ /\.(zip|tar|bz2|gz|tar.gz|tar.bz2|tgz)$/i) {
         $error = &mt('Filename not a supported archive file type.').
@@ -12471,30 +12642,44 @@ sub process_decompression {
                 }
             }
             my $numskip = scalar(@to_skip);
-            if (($numskip > 0) && 
-                ($numskip == $env{'form.archive_itemcount'})) {
+            my $numoverwrite = scalar(@to_overwrite);
+            if (($numskip) && (!$numoverwrite)) { 
                 $warning = &mt('All items in the archive file already exist, and no overwriting of existing files has been requested.');         
             } elsif ($dir eq '') {
                 $error = &mt('Directory containing archive file unavailable.');
             } elsif (!$error) {
                 my ($decompressed,$display);
-                if ($numskip > 0) {
+                if (($numskip) || ($numoverwrite)) {
                     my $tempdir = time.'_'.$$.int(rand(10000));
                     mkdir("$dir/$tempdir",0755);
-                    system("mv $dir/$file $dir/$tempdir/$file");
-                    ($decompressed,$display) = 
-                        &decompress_uploaded_file($file,"$dir/$tempdir");
-                    foreach my $item (@to_skip) {
-                        if (($item ne '') && ($item !~ /\.\./)) {
-                            if (-f "$dir/$tempdir/$item") { 
-                                unlink("$dir/$tempdir/$item");
-                            } elsif (-d "$dir/$tempdir/$item") {
-                                system("rm -rf $dir/$tempdir/$item");
+                    if (&File::Copy::move("$dir/$file","$dir/$tempdir/$file")) {
+                        ($decompressed,$display) = 
+                            &decompress_uploaded_file($file,"$dir/$tempdir");
+                        foreach my $item (@to_skip) {
+                            if (($item ne '') && ($item !~ /\.\./)) {
+                                if (-f "$dir/$tempdir/$item") { 
+                                    unlink("$dir/$tempdir/$item");
+                                } elsif (-d "$dir/$tempdir/$item") {
+                                    &File::Path::Tiny::rm("$dir/$tempdir/$item");
+                                }
                             }
                         }
+                        foreach my $item (@to_overwrite) {
+                            if ((-e "$dir/$tempdir/$item") && (-e "$dir/$item")) {
+                                if (($item ne '') && ($item !~ /\.\./)) {
+                                    if (-f "$dir/$item") {
+                                        unlink("$dir/$item");
+                                    } elsif (-d "$dir/$item") {
+                                        &File::Path::Tiny::rm("$dir/$item");
+                                    }
+                                    &File::Copy::move("$dir/$tempdir/$item","$dir/$item");
+                                }
+                            }
+                        }
+                        if (&File::Copy::move("$dir/$tempdir/$file","$dir/$file")) {
+                            &File::Path::Tiny::rm("$dir/$tempdir");
+                        }
                     }
-                    system("mv $dir/$tempdir/* $dir");
-                    rmdir("$dir/$tempdir");   
                 } else {
                     ($decompressed,$display) = 
                         &decompress_uploaded_file($file,$dir);
@@ -12512,8 +12697,7 @@ sub process_decompression {
                     if (ref($newdirlistref) eq 'ARRAY') {
                         foreach my $dir_line (@{$newdirlistref}) {
                             my ($item,undef,undef,$testdir)=split(/\&/,$dir_line,5);
-                            unless (($item =~ /^\.+$/) || ($item eq $file) || 
-                                    ((@to_skip > 0) && (grep(/^\Q$item\E$/,@to_skip)))) {
+                            unless (($item =~ /^\.+$/) || ($item eq $file)) {
                                 push(@newitems,$item);
                                 if ($dirptr&$testdir) {
                                     $is_dir{$item} = 1;
@@ -13116,12 +13300,13 @@ sub process_extracted_files {
                                 mkdir("$prefix$dir/$docstype/$mapinner{$outer}/$newidx");
                             }
                             if (-e "$prefix$dir/$docstype/$mapinner{$outer}/$newidx") {
-                                system("mv $prefix$path $prefix$dir/$docstype/$mapinner{$outer}/$newidx/$title");
-                                $newdest{$i} = "$prefix$dir/$docstype/$mapinner{$outer}/$newidx";
-                                unless ($ishome) {
-                                    my $fetch = "$newdest{$i}/$title";
-                                    $fetch =~ s/^\Q$prefix$dir\E//;
-                                    $prompttofetch{$fetch} = 1;
+                                if (rename("$prefix$path","$prefix$dir/$docstype/$mapinner{$outer}/$newidx/$title")) {
+                                    $newdest{$i} = "$prefix$dir/$docstype/$mapinner{$outer}/$newidx";
+                                    unless ($ishome) {
+                                        my $fetch = "$newdest{$i}/$title";
+                                        $fetch =~ s/^\Q$prefix$dir\E//;
+                                        $prompttofetch{$fetch} = 1;
+                                    }
                                 }
                             }
                             $LONCAPA::map::resources[$newidx]=
@@ -13201,7 +13386,9 @@ sub process_extracted_files {
                         }
                         if ($fullpath ne '') {
                             if (-e "$prefix$path") {
-                                system("mv $prefix$path $fullpath/$title");
+                                unless (rename("$prefix$path","$fullpath/$title")) {
+                                     $warning .= &mt('Failed to rename dependency').'<br />';
+                                }
                             }
                             if (-e "$fullpath/$title") {
                                 my $showpath;
@@ -13211,11 +13398,11 @@ sub process_extracted_files {
                                     $showpath = "/$title";
                                 } 
                                 $result .= '<li>'.&mt('[_1] included as a dependency',$showpath).'</li>'."\n";
-                            } 
-                            unless ($ishome) {
-                                my $fetch = "$fullpath/$title";
-                                $fetch =~ s/^\Q$prefix$dir\E//; 
-                                $prompttofetch{$fetch} = 1;
+                                unless ($ishome) {
+                                    my $fetch = "$fullpath/$title";
+                                    $fetch =~ s/^\Q$prefix$dir\E//; 
+                                    $prompttofetch{$fetch} = 1;
+                                }
                             }
                         }
                     }
@@ -13513,20 +13700,21 @@ sub upfile_store {
 
 =pod
 
-=item * &load_tmp_file($r)
+=item * &load_tmp_file($r,$datatoken)
 
 Load uploaded file from tmp, $r should be the HTTP Request object,
-needs $env{'form.datatoken'},
+$datatoken is the name to assign to the temporary file.
 sets $env{'form.upfile'} to the contents of the file
 
 =cut
 
 sub load_tmp_file {
-    my $r=shift;
+    my ($r,$datatoken) = @_;
+    return if ($datatoken eq '');
     my @studentdata=();
     {
         my $studentfile = $r->dir_config('lonDaemons').
-                              '/tmp/'.$env{'form.datatoken'}.'.tmp';
+                              '/tmp/'.$datatoken.'.tmp';
         if ( open(my $fh,"<$studentfile") ) {
             @studentdata=<$fh>;
             close($fh);
@@ -13535,6 +13723,14 @@ sub load_tmp_file {
     $env{'form.upfile'}=join('',@studentdata);
 }
 
+sub valid_datatoken {
+    my ($datatoken) = @_;
+    if ($datatoken =~ /^$match_username\_$match_domain\_enroll_$match_domain\_$match_courseid\_\d+_\d+$/) {
+        return $datatoken;
+    }
+    return;
+}
+
 =pod
 
 =item * &upfile_record_sep()
@@ -13975,7 +14171,7 @@ sub DrawBarGraph {
         @Labels = @$labels;
     } else {
         for (my $i=0;$i<@{$Values[0]};$i++) {
-            push (@Labels,$i+1);
+            push(@Labels,$i+1);
         }
     }
     #
@@ -14434,9 +14630,9 @@ Returns: comma separated list of address
 sub build_recipient_list {
     my ($defmail,$mailing,$defdom,$origmail) = @_;
     my @recipients;
-    my $otheremails;
+    my ($otheremails,$lastresort,$allbcc,$addtext);
     my %domconfig =
-         &Apache::lonnet::get_dom('configuration',['contacts'],$defdom);
+        &Apache::lonnet::get_dom('configuration',['contacts'],$defdom);
     if (ref($domconfig{'contacts'}) eq 'HASH') {
         if (exists($domconfig{'contacts'}{$mailing})) {
             if (ref($domconfig{'contacts'}{$mailing}) eq 'HASH') {
@@ -14448,14 +14644,96 @@ sub build_recipient_list {
                             push(@recipients,$addr);
                         }
                     }
-                    $otheremails = $domconfig{'contacts'}{$mailing}{'others'};
+                }
+                $otheremails = $domconfig{'contacts'}{$mailing}{'others'};
+                if ($mailing eq 'helpdeskmail') {
+                    if ($domconfig{'contacts'}{$mailing}{'bcc'}) {
+                        my @bccs = split(/,/,$domconfig{'contacts'}{$mailing}{'bcc'});
+                        my @ok_bccs;
+                        foreach my $bcc (@bccs) {
+                            $bcc =~ s/^\s+//g;
+                            $bcc =~ s/\s+$//g;
+                            if ($bcc =~ m/^[^\@]+\@[^\@]+$/) {
+                                if (!(grep(/^\Q$bcc\E$/,@ok_bccs))) {
+                                    push(@ok_bccs,$bcc);
+                                }
+                            }
+                        }
+                        if (@ok_bccs > 0) {
+                            $allbcc = join(', ',@ok_bccs);
+                        }
+                    }
+                    $addtext = $domconfig{'contacts'}{$mailing}{'include'};
                 }
             }
         } elsif ($origmail ne '') {
-            push(@recipients,$origmail);
+            $lastresort = $origmail;
         }
     } elsif ($origmail ne '') {
-        push(@recipients,$origmail);
+        $lastresort = $origmail;
+    }
+
+    if (($mailing eq 'helpdesk') && ($lastresort ne '')) {
+        unless (grep(/^\Q$defdom\E$/,&Apache::lonnet::current_machine_domains())) {
+            my $lonhost = $Apache::lonnet::perlvar{'lonHostID'};
+            my $machinedom = $Apache::lonnet::perlvar{'lonDefDomain'};
+            my %what = (
+                          perlvar => 1,
+                       );
+            my $primary = &Apache::lonnet::domain($defdom,'primary');
+            if ($primary) {
+                my $gotaddr;
+                my ($result,$returnhash) =
+                    &Apache::lonnet::get_remote_globals($primary,{ perlvar => 1 });
+                if (($result eq 'ok') && (ref($returnhash) eq 'HASH')) {
+                    if ($returnhash->{'lonSupportEMail'} =~ /^[^\@]+\@[^\@]+$/) {
+                        $lastresort = $returnhash->{'lonSupportEMail'};
+                        $gotaddr = 1;
+                    }
+                }
+                unless ($gotaddr) {
+                    my $uintdom = &Apache::lonnet::internet_dom($primary);
+                    my $intdom = &Apache::lonnet::internet_dom($lonhost);
+                    unless ($uintdom eq $intdom) {
+                        my %domconfig =
+                            &Apache::lonnet::get_dom('configuration',['contacts'],$machinedom);
+                        if (ref($domconfig{'contacts'}) eq 'HASH') {
+                            if (ref($domconfig{'contacts'}{'otherdomsmail'}) eq 'HASH') {
+                                my @contacts = ('adminemail','supportemail');
+                                foreach my $item (@contacts) {
+                                    if ($domconfig{'contacts'}{'otherdomsmail'}{$item}) {
+                                        my $addr = $domconfig{'contacts'}{$item};
+                                        if (!grep(/^\Q$addr\E$/,@recipients)) {
+                                            push(@recipients,$addr);
+                                        }
+                                    }
+                                }
+                                if ($domconfig{'contacts'}{'otherdomsmail'}{'others'}) {
+                                    $otheremails = $domconfig{'contacts'}{'otherdomsmail'}{'others'};
+                                }
+                                if ($domconfig{'contacts'}{'otherdomsmail'}{'bcc'}) {
+                                    my @bccs = split(/,/,$domconfig{'contacts'}{'otherdomsmail'}{'bcc'});
+                                    my @ok_bccs;
+                                    foreach my $bcc (@bccs) {
+                                        $bcc =~ s/^\s+//g;
+                                        $bcc =~ s/\s+$//g;
+                                        if ($bcc =~ m/^[^\@]+\@[^\@]+$/) {
+                                            if (!(grep(/^\Q$bcc\E$/,@ok_bccs))) {
+                                                push(@ok_bccs,$bcc);
+                                            }
+                                        }
+                                    }
+                                    if (@ok_bccs > 0) {
+                                        $allbcc = join(', ',@ok_bccs);
+                                    }
+                                }
+                                $addtext = $domconfig{'contacts'}{'otherdomsmail'}{'include'};
+                            }
+                        }
+                    }
+                }
+            }
+        }
     }
     if (defined($defmail)) {
         if ($defmail ne '') {
@@ -14475,8 +14753,21 @@ sub build_recipient_list {
             }
         }
     }
-    my $recipientlist = join(',',@recipients); 
-    return $recipientlist;
+    if ($mailing eq 'helpdesk') {
+        if ((!@recipients) && ($lastresort ne '')) {
+            push(@recipients,$lastresort);
+        }
+    } elsif ($lastresort ne '') {
+        if (!grep(/^\Q$lastresort\E$/,@recipients)) {
+            push(@recipients,$lastresort);
+        }
+    }
+    my $recipientlist = join(',',@recipients);
+    if (wantarray) {
+        return ($recipientlist,$allbcc,$addtext);
+    } else {
+        return $recipientlist;
+    }
 }
 
 ############################################################
@@ -14783,12 +15074,15 @@ currcat - scalar with an & separated lis
 
 type    - scalar contains course type (Course or Community).
 
+disabled - scalar (optional) contains disabled="disabled" if input elements are
+           to be readonly (e.g., Domain Helpdesk role viewing course settings).
+
 Returns: $output (markup to be displayed) 
 
 =cut
 
 sub assign_categories_table {
-    my ($cathash,$currcat,$type) = @_;
+    my ($cathash,$currcat,$type,$disabled) = @_;
     my $output;
     if (ref($cathash) eq 'HASH') {
         my (@cats,@trails,%allitems,%idx,@jsarray,@path,$maxdepth);
@@ -14828,11 +15122,11 @@ sub assign_categories_table {
                     }
                     $table .= '<tr '.$css_class.'><td><span class="LC_nobreak">'.
                               '<input type="checkbox" name="usecategory" value="'.
-                              $item.'"'.$checked.' />'.$parent_title.'</span>'.
+                              $item.'"'.$checked.$disabled.' />'.$parent_title.'</span>'.
                               '<input type="hidden" name="catname" value="'.$parent.'" /></td>';
                     my $depth = 1;
                     push(@path,$parent);
-                    $table .= &assign_category_rows($itemcount,\@cats,$depth,$parent,\@path,\@currcategories);
+                    $table .= &assign_category_rows($itemcount,\@cats,$depth,$parent,\@path,\@currcategories,$disabled);
                     pop(@path);
                     $table .= '</tr><tr><td colspan="'.$maxdepth.'" class="LC_row_separator"></td></tr>';
                     $itemcount ++;
@@ -14871,12 +15165,15 @@ path - Array containing all categories b
 
 currcategories - reference to array of current categories assigned to the course
 
+disabled - scalar (optional) contains disabled="disabled" if input elements are
+           to be readonly (e.g., Domain Helpdesk role viewing course settings).
+
 Returns: $output (markup to be displayed).
 
 =cut
 
 sub assign_category_rows {
-    my ($itemcount,$cats,$depth,$parent,$path,$currcategories) = @_;
+    my ($itemcount,$cats,$depth,$parent,$path,$currcategories,$disabled) = @_;
     my ($text,$name,$item,$chgstr);
     if (ref($cats) eq 'ARRAY') {
         my $maxdepth = scalar(@{$cats});
@@ -14899,12 +15196,12 @@ sub assign_category_rows {
                     }
                     $text .= '<tr><td><span class="LC_nobreak"><label>'.
                              '<input type="checkbox" name="usecategory" value="'.
-                             $item.'"'.$checked.' />'.$name.'</label></span>'.
+                             $item.'"'.$checked.$disabled.' />'.$name.'</label></span>'.
                              '<input type="hidden" name="catname" value="'.$name.'" />'.
                              '</td><td>';
                     if (ref($path) eq 'ARRAY') {
                         push(@{$path},$name);
-                        $text .= &assign_category_rows($itemcount,$cats,$deeper,$name,$path,$currcategories);
+                        $text .= &assign_category_rows($itemcount,$cats,$deeper,$name,$path,$currcategories,$disabled);
                         pop(@{$path});
                     }
                     $text .= '</td></tr>';
@@ -15131,11 +15428,11 @@ sub check_clone {
 	my %clonedesc = &Apache::lonnet::coursedescription($cloneid,{'one_time' => 1});
         if ($args->{'crstype'} eq 'Community') {
             if ($clonedesc{'type'} ne 'Community') {
-                 $clonemsg = &mt('No new community created.').$linefeed.&mt('A new community could not be cloned from the specified original - [_1] - because it is a course not a community.',$args->{'clonecourse'}.':'.$args->{'clonedomain'});
+                $clonemsg = &mt('No new community created.').$linefeed.&mt('A new community could not be cloned from the specified original - [_1] - because it is a course not a community.',$args->{'clonecourse'}.':'.$args->{'clonedomain'});
                 return ($can_clone, $clonemsg, $cloneid, $clonehome);
             }
         }
-	if (($env{'request.role.domain'} eq $args->{'clonedomain'}) && 
+	if (($env{'request.role.domain'} eq $args->{'clonedomain'}) &&
             (&Apache::lonnet::allowed('ccc',$env{'request.role.domain'}))) {
 	    $can_clone = 1;
 	} else {
@@ -15232,7 +15529,8 @@ sub check_clone {
 }
 
 sub construct_course {
-    my ($args,$logmsg,$courseid,$crsudom,$crsunum,$udom,$uname,$context,$cnum,$category,$coderef) = @_;
+    my ($args,$logmsg,$courseid,$crsudom,$crsunum,$udom,$uname,$context,
+        $cnum,$category,$coderef) = @_;
     my $outcome;
     my $linefeed =  '<br />'."\n";
     if ($context eq 'auto') {
@@ -15385,7 +15683,7 @@ sub construct_course {
                 my $addcheck = &Apache::lonnet::auto_new_course($$crsunum,$$crsudom,$class,$cenv{'internal.courseowner'});
                 $cenv{'internal.sectionnums'} .= $item.',';
                 unless ($addcheck eq 'ok') {
-                    push @badclasses, $class;
+                    push(@badclasses,$class);
                 }
             }
             $cenv{'internal.sectionnums'} =~ s/,$//;
@@ -15413,7 +15711,7 @@ sub construct_course {
                 my $addcheck =  &Apache::lonnet::auto_new_course($$crsunum,$$crsudom,$xl,$cenv{'internal.courseowner'});
                 $cenv{'internal.crosslistings'} .= $item.',';
                 unless ($addcheck eq 'ok') {
-                    push @badclasses, $xl;
+                    push(@badclasses,$xl);
                 }
             }
             $cenv{'internal.crosslistings'} =~ s/,$//;
@@ -15448,27 +15746,28 @@ sub construct_course {
     }
     if (@badclasses > 0) {
         my %lt=&Apache::lonlocal::texthash(
-                'tclb' => 'The courses listed below were included as sections or crosslistings affiliated with your new LON-CAPA course.  However, if automated course roster updates are enabled for this class, these particular sections/crosslistings will not contribute towards enrollment, because the user identified as the course owner for this LON-CAPA course',
-                'dnhr' => 'does not have rights to access enrollment in these classes',
-                'adby' => 'as determined by the policies of your institution on access to official classlists'
+                'tclb' => 'The courses listed below were included as sections or crosslistings affiliated with your new LON-CAPA course.',
+                'howi' => 'However, if automated course roster updates are enabled for this class, these particular sections/crosslistings are not guaranteed to contribute towards enrollment.',
+                'itis' => 'It is possible that rights to access enrollment for these classes will be available through assignment of co-owners.',
         );
-        my $badclass_msg = $cenv{'internal.courseowner'}.') - '.$lt{'dnhr'}.
-                           ' ('.$lt{'adby'}.')';
+        my $badclass_msg = $lt{'tclb'}.$linefeed.$lt{'howi'}.$linefeed.
+                           &mt('That is because the user identified as the course owner ([_1]) does not have rights to access enrollment in these classes, as determined by the policies of your institution on access to official classlists',$cenv{'internal.courseowner'}).$linefeed.$lt{'itis'};
         if ($context eq 'auto') {
             $outcome .= $badclass_msg.$linefeed;
+        } else {
             $outcome .= '<div class="LC_warning">'.$badclass_msg.$linefeed.'<ul>'."\n";
-            foreach my $item (@badclasses) {
-                if ($context eq 'auto') {
-                    $outcome .= " - $item\n";
-                } else {
-                    $outcome .= "<li>$item</li>\n";
-                }
-            }
+        }
+        foreach my $item (@badclasses) {
             if ($context eq 'auto') {
-                $outcome .= $linefeed;
+                $outcome .= " - $item\n";
             } else {
-                $outcome .= "</ul><br /><br /></div>\n";
+                $outcome .= "<li>$item</li>\n";
             }
+        }
+        if ($context eq 'auto') {
+            $outcome .= $linefeed;
+        } else {
+            $outcome .= "</ul><br /><br /></div>\n";
         } 
     }
     if ($args->{'no_end_date'}) {
@@ -15501,6 +15800,9 @@ sub construct_course {
        if ($args->{'setcontent'}) {
            $cenv{'question.email'}=$args->{'ccuname'}.':'.$args->{'ccdomain'};
        }
+       if ($args->{'setcomment'}) {
+           $cenv{'comment.email'}=$args->{'ccuname'}.':'.$args->{'ccdomain'};
+       }
     }
     if ($args->{'reshome'}) {
 	$cenv{'reshome'}=$args->{'reshome'}.'/';
@@ -15808,8 +16110,6 @@ sub init_user_environment {
 
     my $public=($username eq 'public' && $domain eq 'public');
 
-# See if old ID present, if so, remove
-
     my ($filename,$cookie,$userroles,$firstaccenv,$timerintenv);
     my $now=time;
 
@@ -15831,7 +16131,8 @@ sub init_user_environment {
 	}
 	if (!$cookie) { $cookie="publicuser_$oldest"; }
     } else {
-	# if this isn't a robot, kill any existing non-robot sessions
+	# See if old ID present, if so, remove if this isn't a robot,
+	# killing any existing non-robot sessions
 	if (!$args->{'robot'}) {
 	    opendir(DIR,$lonids);
 	    while ($filename=readdir(DIR)) {
@@ -15871,8 +16172,7 @@ sub init_user_environment {
 
     my %userenv = &Apache::lonnet::dump('environment',$domain,$username);
     my ($tmp) = keys(%userenv);
-    if ($tmp !~ /^(con_lost|error|no_such_host)/i) {
-    } else {
+    if ($tmp =~ /^(con_lost|error|no_such_host)/i) {
 	undef(%userenv);
     }
     if (($userenv{'interface'}) && (!$form->{'interface'})) {
@@ -15924,39 +16224,75 @@ sub init_user_environment {
             $env{'user.noloadbalance'} = $lonhost;
         }
 
-        my %is_adv = ( is_adv => $env{'user.adv'} );
-        my %domdef;
-        unless ($domain eq 'public') {
-            %domdef = &Apache::lonnet::get_domain_defaults($domain);
+        if ($form->{'noloadbalance'}) {
+            my @hosts = &Apache::lonnet::current_machine_ids();
+            my $hosthere = $form->{'noloadbalance'};
+            if (grep(/^\Q$hosthere\E$/,@hosts)) {
+                $initial_env{"user.noloadbalance"} = $hosthere;
+                $env{'user.noloadbalance'} = $hosthere;
+            }
         }
 
-        foreach my $tool ('aboutme','blog','webdav','portfolio') {
-            $userenv{'availabletools.'.$tool} = 
-                &Apache::lonnet::usertools_access($username,$domain,$tool,'reload',
-                                                  undef,\%userenv,\%domdef,\%is_adv);
-        }
+        unless ($domain eq 'public') {
+            my %is_adv = ( is_adv => $env{'user.adv'} );
+            my %domdef = &Apache::lonnet::get_domain_defaults($domain);
 
-        foreach my $crstype ('official','unofficial','community','textbook','placement') {
-            $userenv{'canrequest.'.$crstype} =
-                &Apache::lonnet::usertools_access($username,$domain,$crstype,
-                                                  'reload','requestcourses',
-                                                  \%userenv,\%domdef,\%is_adv);
-        }
+            foreach my $tool ('aboutme','blog','webdav','portfolio') {
+                $userenv{'availabletools.'.$tool} = 
+                    &Apache::lonnet::usertools_access($username,$domain,$tool,'reload',
+                                                      undef,\%userenv,\%domdef,\%is_adv);
+            }
 
-        $userenv{'canrequest.author'} =
-            &Apache::lonnet::usertools_access($username,$domain,'requestauthor',
-                                        'reload','requestauthor',
-                                        \%userenv,\%domdef,\%is_adv);
-        my %reqauthor = &Apache::lonnet::get('requestauthor',['author_status','author'],
-                                             $domain,$username);
-        my $reqstatus = $reqauthor{'author_status'};
-        if ($reqstatus eq 'approval' || $reqstatus eq 'approved') { 
-            if (ref($reqauthor{'author'}) eq 'HASH') {
-                $userenv{'requestauthorqueued'} = $reqstatus.':'.
-                                                  $reqauthor{'author'}{'timestamp'};
+            foreach my $crstype ('official','unofficial','community','textbook','placement') {
+                $userenv{'canrequest.'.$crstype} =
+                    &Apache::lonnet::usertools_access($username,$domain,$crstype,
+                                                      'reload','requestcourses',
+                                                      \%userenv,\%domdef,\%is_adv);
             }
-        }
 
+            $userenv{'canrequest.author'} =
+                &Apache::lonnet::usertools_access($username,$domain,'requestauthor',
+                                                  'reload','requestauthor',
+                                                  \%userenv,\%domdef,\%is_adv);
+            my %reqauthor = &Apache::lonnet::get('requestauthor',['author_status','author'],
+                                                 $domain,$username);
+            my $reqstatus = $reqauthor{'author_status'};
+            if ($reqstatus eq 'approval' || $reqstatus eq 'approved') { 
+                if (ref($reqauthor{'author'}) eq 'HASH') {
+                    $userenv{'requestauthorqueued'} = $reqstatus.':'.
+                                                      $reqauthor{'author'}{'timestamp'};
+                }
+            }
+            my ($types,$typename) = &course_types();
+            if (ref($types) eq 'ARRAY') {
+                my @options = ('approval','validate','autolimit');
+                my $optregex = join('|',@options);
+                my (%willtrust,%trustchecked);
+                foreach my $type (@{$types}) {
+                    my $dom_str = $env{'environment.reqcrsotherdom.'.$type};
+                    if ($dom_str ne '') {
+                        my $updatedstr = '';
+                        my @possdomains = split(',',$dom_str);
+                        foreach my $entry (@possdomains) {
+                            my ($extdom,$extopt) = split(':',$entry);
+                            unless ($trustchecked{$extdom}) {
+                                $willtrust{$extdom} = &Apache::lonnet::will_trust('reqcrs',$domain,$extdom);
+                                $trustchecked{$extdom} = 1;
+                            }
+                            if ($willtrust{$extdom}) {
+                                $updatedstr .= $entry.',';
+                            }
+                        }
+                        $updatedstr =~ s/,$//;
+                        if ($updatedstr) {
+                            $userenv{'reqcrsotherdom.'.$type} = $updatedstr;
+                        } else {
+                            delete($userenv{'reqcrsotherdom.'.$type});
+                        }
+                    }
+                }
+            }
+        }
 	$env{'user.environment'} = "$lonids/$cookie.id";
 
 	if (tie(my %disk_env,'GDBM_File',"$lonids/$cookie.id",
@@ -16573,7 +16909,7 @@ sub search_courses {
                 if (ref($courses{$cid}) eq 'HASH') {
                     if (ref($courses{$cid}{roles}) eq 'ARRAY') {
                         if (!grep(/^\Q$courserole\E$/,@{$courses{$cid}{roles}})) {
-                            push (@{$courses{$cid}{roles}},$courserole);
+                            push(@{$courses{$cid}{roles}},$courserole);
                         }
                     } else {
                         $courses{$cid}{roles} = [$courserole];
@@ -16769,8 +17105,12 @@ sub needs_coursereinit {
         $interval = 600;
     }
     if (($now-$env{'request.course.timechecked'})>$interval) {
-        my $lastchange = &Apache::lonnet::get_coursechange($cdom,$cnum);
         &Apache::lonnet::appenv({'request.course.timechecked'=>$now});
+        my $blocked = &blocking_status('reinit',$cnum,$cdom,undef,1);
+        if ($blocked) {
+            return ();
+        }
+        my $lastchange = &Apache::lonnet::get_coursechange($cdom,$cnum);
         if ($lastchange > $env{'request.course.tied'}) {
             my %curr_reqd_hash = &Apache::lonnet::userenvironment($cdom,$cnum,'internal.releaserequired');
             if ($curr_reqd_hash{'internal.releaserequired'} ne '') {
@@ -16903,8 +17243,8 @@ sub recurse_supplemental {
 }
 
 sub symb_to_docspath {
-    my ($symb) = @_;
-    return unless ($symb);
+    my ($symb,$navmapref) = @_;
+    return unless ($symb && ref($navmapref));
     my ($mapurl,$id,$resurl) = &Apache::lonnet::decode_symb($symb);
     if ($resurl=~/\.(sequence|page)$/) {
         $mapurl=$resurl;
@@ -16912,9 +17252,11 @@ sub symb_to_docspath {
         $mapurl=$env{'course.'.$env{'request.course.id'}.'.url'};
     }
     my $mapresobj;
-    my $navmap = Apache::lonnavmaps::navmap->new();
-    if (ref($navmap)) {
-        $mapresobj = $navmap->getResourceByUrl($mapurl);
+    unless (ref($$navmapref)) {
+        $$navmapref = Apache::lonnavmaps::navmap->new();
+    }
+    if (ref($$navmapref)) {
+        $mapresobj = $$navmapref->getResourceByUrl($mapurl);
     }
     $mapurl=~s{^.*/([^/]+)\.(\w+)$}{$1};
     my $type=$2;
@@ -16924,7 +17266,7 @@ sub symb_to_docspath {
         if ($pcslist ne '') {
             foreach my $pc (split(/,/,$pcslist)) {
                 next if ($pc <= 1);
-                my $res = $navmap->getByMapPc($pc);
+                my $res = $$navmapref->getByMapPc($pc);
                 if (ref($res)) {
                     my $thisurl = $res->src();
                     $thisurl=~s{^.*/([^/]+)\.\w+$}{$1};
@@ -17133,14 +17475,19 @@ sub check_recaptcha {
     my ($privkey,$version) = @_;
     my $captcha_chk;
     if ($version >= 2) {
-        my $ua = LWP::UserAgent->new;
-        $ua->timeout(10);
         my %info = (
                      secret   => $privkey, 
                      response => $env{'form.g-recaptcha-response'},
                      remoteip => $ENV{'REMOTE_ADDR'},
                    );
-        my $response = $ua->post('https://www.google.com/recaptcha/api/siteverify',\%info);
+        my $request=new HTTP::Request('POST','https://www.google.com/recaptcha/api/siteverify');
+        $request->content(join('&',map {
+                         my $name = escape($_);
+                         "$name=" . ( ref($info{$_}) eq 'ARRAY'
+                         ? join("&$name=", map {escape($_) } @{$info{$_}})
+                         : &escape($info{$_}) );
+        } keys(%info)));
+        my $response = &LONCAPA::LWPReq::makerequest('',$request,'','',10,1);
         if ($response->is_success)  {
             my $data = JSON::DWIW->from_json($response->decoded_content);
             if (ref($data) eq 'HASH') {
@@ -17203,9 +17550,25 @@ sub cleanup_html {
 
 # Checks for critical messages and returns a redirect url if one exists.
 # $interval indicates how often to check for messages.
+# $context is the calling context -- roles, grades, contents, menu or flip. 
 sub critical_redirect {
-    my ($interval) = @_;
+    my ($interval,$context) = @_;
     if ((time-$env{'user.criticalcheck.time'})>$interval) {
+        if (($env{'request.course.id'}) && (($context eq 'flip') || ($context eq 'contents'))) {
+            my $cdom = $env{'course.'.$env{'request.course.id'}.'.domain'};
+            my $cnum = $env{'course.'.$env{'request.course.id'}.'.num'};
+            my $blocked = &blocking_status('alert',$cnum,$cdom,undef,1);
+            if ($blocked) {
+                my $checkrole = "cm./$cdom/$cnum";
+                if ($env{'request.course.sec'} ne '') {
+                    $checkrole .= "/$env{'request.course.sec'}";
+                }
+                unless ((&Apache::lonnet::allowed('evb',undef,undef,$checkrole)) &&
+                        ($env{'request.role'} !~ m{^st\./$cdom/$cnum})) {
+                    return;
+                }
+            }
+        }
         my @what=&Apache::lonnet::dump('critical', $env{'user.domain'}, 
                                         $env{'user.name'});
         &Apache::lonnet::appenv({'user.criticalcheck.time'=>time});