--- loncom/interface/loncommon.pm	2010/02/15 16:41:31	1.941
+++ loncom/interface/loncommon.pm	2010/02/25 03:43:20	1.943
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 # The LearningOnline Network with CAPA
 # a pile of common routines
 #
-# $Id: loncommon.pm,v 1.941 2010/02/15 16:41:31 bisitz Exp $
+# $Id: loncommon.pm,v 1.943 2010/02/25 03:43:20 raeburn Exp $
 #
 # Copyright Michigan State University Board of Trustees
 #
@@ -10033,8 +10033,10 @@ sub check_clone {
                                          'userroles',['active'],[$ccrole],
 					 [$args->{'clonedomain'}]);
 	        if (($roleshash{$args->{'clonecourse'}.':'.$args->{'clonedomain'}.':'.$ccrole}) || (grep(/^\Q$args->{'ccuname'}\E:\Q$args->{'ccdomain'}\E$/,@cloners))) {
-		    $can_clone = 1;
-	        } else {
+                    $can_clone = 1;
+                } elsif (&Apache::lonnet::is_course_owner($args->{'clonedomain'},$args->{'clonecourse'},$args->{'ccuname'},$args->{'ccdomain'})) {
+                    $can_clone = 1;
+                } else {
                     if ($args->{'type'} eq 'Community') {
                         $clonemsg = &mt('No new community created.').$linefeed.&mt('The new community could not be cloned from the existing community because the new community owner ([_1]) does not have cloning rights in the existing community ([_2]).',$args->{'ccuname'}.':'.$args->{'ccdomain'},$clonedesc{'description'});
                     } else {
@@ -10094,11 +10096,19 @@ sub construct_course {
     # if anyone ever decides to not show this, and Utils::Course::new
     # will need to be suitably modified.
     $outcome .= &mt('New LON-CAPA [_1] ID: [_2]',$crstype,$$courseid).$linefeed;
+    if ($$courseid =~ /^error:/) {
+        return (0,$outcome);
+    }
+
 #
 # Check if created correctly
 #
     ($$crsudom,$$crsunum)= &LONCAPA::split_courseid($$courseid);
     my $crsuhome=&Apache::lonnet::homeserver($$crsunum,$$crsudom);
+    if ($crsuhome eq 'no_host') {
+        $outcome .= &mt('Course creation failed, unrecognized course home server.').$linefeed;
+        return (0,$outcome);
+    }
     $outcome .= &mt('Created on').': '.$crsuhome.$linefeed;
 
 #