--- loncom/lond	2007/04/04 00:49:13	1.372
+++ loncom/lond	2007/05/31 05:17:48	1.374
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 # The LearningOnline Network
 # lond "LON Daemon" Server (port "LOND" 5663)
 #
-# $Id: lond,v 1.372 2007/04/04 00:49:13 albertel Exp $
+# $Id: lond,v 1.374 2007/05/31 05:17:48 albertel Exp $
 #
 # Copyright Michigan State University Board of Trustees
 #
@@ -59,7 +59,7 @@ my $DEBUG = 0;		       # Non zero to ena
 my $status='';
 my $lastlog='';
 
-my $VERSION='$Revision: 1.372 $'; #' stupid emacs
+my $VERSION='$Revision: 1.374 $'; #' stupid emacs
 my $remoteVERSION;
 my $currenthostid="default";
 my $currentdomainid;
@@ -69,7 +69,6 @@ my $clientip;			# IP address of client.
 my $clientname;			# LonCAPA name of client.
 
 my $server;
-my $thisserver;			# DNS of us.
 
 my $keymode;
 
@@ -172,19 +171,16 @@ sub ResetStatistics {
 #   $Socket      - Socket open on client.
 #   $initcmd     - The full text of the init command.
 #
-# Implicit inputs:
-#    $thisserver - Our DNS name.
-#
 # Returns:
 #     IDEA session key on success.
 #     undef on failure.
 #
 sub LocalConnection {
     my ($Socket, $initcmd) = @_;
-    Debug("Attempting local connection: $initcmd client: $clientip me: $thisserver");
+    Debug("Attempting local connection: $initcmd client: $clientip");
     if($clientip ne "127.0.0.1") {
 	&logthis('<font color="red"> LocalConnection rejecting non local: '
-		 ."$clientip ne $thisserver </font>");
+		 ."$clientip ne 127.0.0.1 </font>");
 	close $Socket;
 	return undef;
     }  else {
@@ -4907,7 +4903,7 @@ sub catchexception {
     $SIG{__DIE__}='DEFAULT';
     &status("Catching exception");
     &logthis("<font color='red'>CRITICAL: "
-     ."ABNORMAL EXIT. Child $$ for server $thisserver died through "
+     ."ABNORMAL EXIT. Child $$ for server ".$perlvar{'lonHostID'}." died through "
      ."a crash with this error msg->[$error]</font>");
     &logthis('Famous last words: '.$status.' - '.$lastlog);
     if ($client) { print $client "error: $error\n"; }
@@ -5052,7 +5048,8 @@ sub UpdateHosts {
 
     foreach my $child (keys(%children)) {
 	my $childip = $children{$child};
-	if (!defined(&Apache::lonnet::get_hosts_from_ip($childip))) {
+	if ($childip ne '127.0.0.1'
+	    && !defined(&Apache::lonnet::get_hosts_from_ip($childip))) {
 	    logthis('<font color="blue"> UpdateHosts killing child '
 		    ." $child for ip $childip </font>");
 	    kill('INT', $child);
@@ -6018,7 +6015,7 @@ sub subscribe {
                 # the metadata
 		unless ($fname=~/\.meta$/) { &unsub("$fname.meta",$clientip); }
 		$fname=~s/\/home\/httpd\/html\/res/raw/;
-		$fname="http://$thisserver/".$fname;
+		$fname="http://".&Apache::lonnet::hostname($perlvar{'lonHostID'})."/".$fname;
 		$result="$fname\n";
 	    }
 	} else {