--- loncom/interface/lonhelper.pm	2011/10/17 12:41:30	1.183
+++ loncom/interface/lonhelper.pm	2011/11/07 18:22:03	1.187
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 # The LearningOnline Network with CAPA
 # .helper XML handler to implement the LON-CAPA helper
 #
-# $Id: lonhelper.pm,v 1.183 2011/10/17 12:41:30 raeburn Exp $
+# $Id: lonhelper.pm,v 1.187 2011/11/07 18:22:03 raeburn Exp $
 #
 # Copyright Michigan State University Board of Trustees
 #
@@ -261,7 +261,7 @@ sub real_handler {
     my $uri = shift;
     if (!defined($uri)) { $uri = $r->uri(); }
     $env{'request.uri'} = $uri;
-    my $filename = '/home/httpd/html' . $uri;
+    my $filename = $r->dir_config('lonDocRoot').$uri;
     my $fh = Apache::File->new($filename);
     my $file;
     read $fh, $file, 100000000;
@@ -2975,19 +2975,15 @@ BUTTONS
 
     # If the subdirectory is in local CSTR space
     my $metadir;
-    if ($subdir =~ m|/home/([^/]+)/public_html/(.*)|) {
-	my ($user,$domain)= 
-	    &Apache::loncacc::constructaccess($subdir,
-				     $Apache::lonnet::perlvar{'lonDefDomain'});
-	$metadir='/res/'.$domain.'/'.$user.'/'.$2;
-        ($listref,$listerror) =
-            &Apache::lonnet::dirlist($subdir,$domain,$user,undef,undef,'/');
-    } elsif ($subdir =~ m|^~([^/]+)/(.*)$|) {
-	$subdir='/home/'.$1.'/public_html/'.$2;
+    my $londocroot = $Apache::lonnet::perlvar{'lonDocRoot'};
+    if ($subdir =~ m{^(?:\Q$londocroot\E)*/priv/[^/]+/[^/]+/(.*)$}) {
+        my $innerpath=$1;
+        unless ($subdir=~m{^\Q$londocroot\E}) {
+           $subdir=$londocroot.$subdir;
+        }
 	my ($user,$domain)= 
-	    &Apache::loncacc::constructaccess($subdir,
-				     $Apache::lonnet::perlvar{'lonDefDomain'});
-	$metadir='/res/'.$domain.'/'.$user.'/'.$2;
+	    &Apache::loncacc::constructaccess($subdir);
+	$metadir='/res/'.$domain.'/'.$user.'/'.$innerpath;
         ($listref,$listerror) =
             &Apache::lonnet::dirlist($subdir,$domain,$user,undef,undef,'/');
     } else {
@@ -3094,7 +3090,7 @@ sub fileState {
     }
     my $docroot = $Apache::lonnet::perlvar{'lonDocRoot'};
     my $subdirpart = $constructionSpaceDir;
-    $subdirpart =~ s/^\/home\/$uname\/public_html//;
+    $subdirpart =~ s{^\Q$docroot/priv/$udom/$uname\E}{};
     my $resdir = $docroot . '/res/' . $udom . '/' . $uname .
         $subdirpart;