--- loncom/lond	2004/04/26 10:37:47	1.178.2.19
+++ loncom/lond	2004/03/16 20:48:49	1.184
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 # The LearningOnline Network
 # lond "LON Daemon" Server (port "LOND" 5663)
 #
-# $Id: lond,v 1.178.2.19 2004/04/26 10:37:47 foxr Exp $
+# $Id: lond,v 1.184 2004/03/16 20:48:49 raeburn Exp $
 #
 # Copyright Michigan State University Board of Trustees
 #
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@
 #
 # You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
 # along with LON-CAPA; if not, write to the Free Software
-# Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place, Suite 330, Boston, MA  02111-1307  USA    
+# Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place, Suite 330, Boston, MA  02111-1307  USA
 #
 # /home/httpd/html/adm/gpl.txt
 #
@@ -48,12 +48,12 @@ use localauth;
 use File::Copy;
 use LONCAPA::ConfigFileEdit;
 
-my $DEBUG = 1;		       # Non zero to enable debug log entries.
+my $DEBUG = 0;		       # Non zero to enable debug log entries.
 
 my $status='';
 my $lastlog='';
 
-my $VERSION='$Revision: 1.178.2.19 $'; #' stupid emacs
+my $VERSION='$Revision: 1.184 $'; #' stupid emacs
 my $remoteVERSION;
 my $currenthostid;
 my $currentdomainid;
@@ -62,9 +62,6 @@ my $client;
 my $clientip;
 my $clientname;
 
-my $cipher;			# Cipher key negotiated with client.
-my $tmpsnum = 0;;		# Id of tmpputs.
-
 my $server;
 my $thisserver;
 
@@ -86,19 +83,6 @@ my %managers;			# Ip -> manager names
 my %perlvar;			# Will have the apache conf defined perl vars.
 
 #
-#   The hash below is used for command dispatching, and is therefore keyed on the request keyword.
-#    Each element of the hash contains a reference to an array that contains:
-#          A reference to a sub that executes the request corresponding to the keyword.
-#          A flag that is true if the request must be encoded to be acceptable.
-#          A mask with bits as follows:
-#                      CLIENT_OK    - Set when the function is allowed by ordinary clients
-#                      MANAGER_OK   - Set when the function is allowed to manager clients.
-#
-my $CLIENT_OK  = 1;
-my $MANAGER_OK = 2;
-my %Dispatcher;
-
-#
 #  The array below are password error strings."
 #
 my $lastpwderror    = 13;		# Largest error number from lcpasswd.
@@ -135,2616 +119,6 @@ my @adderrors    = ("ok",
 		    "lcuseradd Could not add user.",
 		    "lcuseradd Password mismatch");
 
-#
-#   Statistics that are maintained and dislayed in the status line.
-#
-my $Transactions;		# Number of attempted transactions.
-my $Failures;			# Number of transcations failed.
-
-#   ResetStatistics: 
-#      Resets the statistics counters:
-#
-sub ResetStatistics {
-    $Transactions = 0;
-    $Failures     = 0;
-}
-
-#
-#   Return true if client is a manager.
-#
-sub isManager {
-    return (($ConnectionType eq "manager") || ($ConnectionType eq "both"));
-}
-#
-#   Return tru if client can do client functions
-#
-sub isClient {
-    return (($ConnectionType eq "client") || ($ConnectionType eq "both"));
-}
-#
-#  Ties a domain level resource file to a hash.
-#  If requested a history entry is created in the associated hist file.
-#
-#  Parameters:
-#     domain    - Name of the domain in which the resource file lives.
-#     namespace - Name of the hash within that domain.
-#     how       - How to tie the hash (e.g. GDBM_WRCREAT()).
-#     loghead   - Optional parameter, if present a log entry is created
-#                 in the associated history file and this is the first part
-#                  of that entry.
-#     logtail   - Goes along with loghead,  The actual logentry is of the
-#                 form $loghead:<timestamp>:logtail.
-# Returns:
-#    Reference to a hash bound to the db file or alternatively undef
-#    if the tie failed.
-#
-sub TieDomainHash {
-    my $domain    = shift;
-    my $namespace = shift;
-    my $how       = shift;
-    
-    # Filter out any whitespace in the domain name:
-    
-    $domain =~ s/\W//g;
-    
-    # We have enough to go on to tie the hash:
-    
-    my $UserTopDir   = $perlvar{'lonUsersDir'};
-    my $DomainDir    = $UserTopDir."/$domain";
-    my $ResourceFile = $DomainDir."/$namespace.db";
-    my %hash;
-    if(tie(%hash, 'GDBM_File', $ResourceFile, $how, 0640)) {
-	if (scalar @_) {	# Need to log the operation.
-	    my $logFh = IO::File->new(">>$DomainDir/$namespace.hist");
-	    if($logFh) {
-		my $TimeStamp = time;
-		my ($loghead, $logtail) = @_;
-		print $logFh "$loghead:$TimeStamp:$logtail\n";
-	    }
-	}
-	return \%hash;		# Return the tied hash.
-    }
-    else {
-	return undef;		# Tie failed.
-    }
-}
-
-#
-#   Ties a user's resource file to a hash.  
-#   If necessary, an appropriate history
-#   log file entry is made as well.
-#   This sub factors out common code from the subs that manipulate
-#   the various gdbm files that keep keyword value pairs.
-# Parameters:
-#   domain       - Name of the domain the user is in.
-#   user         - Name of the 'current user'.
-#   namespace    - Namespace representing the file to tie.
-#   how          - What the tie is done to (e.g. GDBM_WRCREAT().
-#   loghead      - Optional first part of log entry if there may be a
-#                  history file.
-#   what         - Optional tail of log entry if there may be a history
-#                  file.
-# Returns:
-#   hash to which the database is tied.  It's up to the caller to untie.
-#   undef if the has could not be tied.
-#
-sub TieUserHash {
-    my $domain      = shift;
-    my $user        = shift;
-    my $namespace   = shift;
-    my $how         = shift;
-    
-    $namespace=~s/\//\_/g;	# / -> _
-    $namespace=~s/\W//g;		# whitespace eliminated.
-    my $proname     = propath($domain, $user);
-   
-    # If this is a namespace for which a history is kept,
-    # make the history log entry:
-    
-    
-    unless ($namespace =~/^nohist\_/ && (scalar @_ > 0)) {
-	my $hfh = IO::File->new(">>$proname/$namespace.hist"); 
-	if($hfh) {
-	    my $now = time;
-	    my $loghead  = shift;
-	    my $what    = shift;
-	    print $hfh "$loghead:$now:$what\n";
-	}
-    }
-    #  Tie the database.
-    
-    my %hash;
-    if(tie(%hash, 'GDBM_File', "$proname/$namespace.db",
-	   $how, 0640)) {
-	return \%hash;
-    }
-    else {
-	return undef;
-    }
-    
-}
-
-#
-#   Get a Request:
-#   Gets a Request message from the client.  The transaction
-#   is defined as a 'line' of text.  We remove the new line
-#   from the text line.  
-#   
-sub GetRequest {
-    my $input = <$client>;
-    chomp($input);
-
-    Debug("Request = $input\n");
-
-    &status('Processing '.$clientname.':'.$input);
-
-    return $input;
-}
-#
-#   Decipher encoded traffic
-#  Parameters:
-#     input      - Encoded data.
-#  Returns:
-#     Decoded data or undef if encryption key was not yet negotiated.
-#  Implicit input:
-#     cipher  - This global holds the negotiated encryption key.
-#
-sub Decipher {
-    my $input  = shift;
-    my $output = '';
-   
-   
-    if($cipher) {
-	my($enc, $enclength, $encinput) = split(/:/, $input);
-	for(my $encidx = 0; $encidx < length($encinput); $encidx += 16) {
-	    $output .= 
-		$cipher->decrypt(pack("H16", substr($encinput, $encidx, 16)));
-	}
-	return substr($output, 0, $enclength);
-    } else {
-	return undef;
-    }
-}
-
-#
-#   Register a command processor.  This function is invoked to register a sub
-#   to process a request.  Once registered, the ProcessRequest sub can automatically
-#   dispatch requests to an appropriate sub, and do the top level validity checking
-#   as well:
-#    - Is the keyword recognized.
-#    - Is the proper client type attempting the request.
-#    - Is the request encrypted if it has to be.
-#   Parameters:
-#    $RequestName         - Name of the request being registered.
-#                           This is the command request that will match
-#                           against the hash keywords to lookup the information
-#                           associated with the dispatch information.
-#    $Procedure           - Reference to a sub to call to process the request.
-#                           All subs get called as follows:
-#                             Procedure($cmd, $tail, $replyfd, $key)
-#                             $cmd    - the actual keyword that invoked us.
-#                             $tail   - the tail of the request that invoked us.
-#                             $replyfd- File descriptor connected to the client
-#    $MustEncode          - True if the request must be encoded to be good.
-#    $ClientOk            - True if it's ok for a client to request this.
-#    $ManagerOk           - True if it's ok for a manager to request this.
-# Side effects:
-#      - On success, the Dispatcher hash has an entry added for the key $RequestName
-#      - On failure, the program will die as it's a bad internal bug to try to 
-#        register a duplicate command handler.
-#
-sub RegisterHandler {
-    my $RequestName    = shift;
-    my $Procedure      = shift;
-    my $MustEncode     = shift;
-    my $ClientOk       = shift;
-    my $ManagerOk      = shift;
-   
-    #  Don't allow duplication#
-   
-    if (defined $Dispatcher{$RequestName}) {
-	die "Attempting to define a duplicate request handler for $RequestName\n";
-    }
-    #   Build the client type mask:
-    
-    my $ClientTypeMask = 0;
-    if($ClientOk) {
-	$ClientTypeMask  |= $CLIENT_OK;
-    }
-    if($ManagerOk) {
-	$ClientTypeMask  |= $MANAGER_OK;
-    }
-   
-    #  Enter the hash:
-      
-    my @entry = ($Procedure, $MustEncode, $ClientTypeMask);
-   
-    $Dispatcher{$RequestName} = \@entry;
-   
-   
-}
-
-#--------------------- Request Handlers --------------------------------------------
-#
-#   By convention each request handler registers itself prior to the sub declaration:
-#
-
-#  Handles ping requests.
-#  Parameters:
-#      $cmd    - the actual keyword that invoked us.
-#      $tail   - the tail of the request that invoked us.
-#      $replyfd- File descriptor connected to the client
-#  Implicit Inputs:
-#      $currenthostid - Global variable that carries the name of the host we are
-#                       known as.
-#  Returns:
-#      1       - Ok to continue processing.
-#      0       - Program should exit.
-#  Side effects:
-#      Reply information is sent to the client.
-
-sub PingHandler {
-    my $cmd    = shift;
-    my $tail   = shift;
-    my $client = shift;
-   
-    Reply( $client,"$currenthostid\n","$cmd:$tail");
-   
-    return 1;
-}
-RegisterHandler("ping", \&PingHandler, 0, 1, 1);       # Ping unencoded, client or manager.
-#
-# Handles pong reequests:
-# Parameters:
-#      $cmd    - the actual keyword that invoked us.
-#      $tail   - the tail of the request that invoked us.
-#      $replyfd- File descriptor connected to the client
-#  Implicit Inputs:
-#      $currenthostid - Global variable that carries the name of the host we are
-#                       connected to.
-#  Returns:
-#      1       - Ok to continue processing.
-#      0       - Program should exit.
-#  Side effects:
-#      Reply information is sent to the client.
-
-sub PongHandler {
-    my $cmd     = shift;
-    my $tail    = shift;
-    my $replyfd = shift;
-
-    my $reply=&reply("ping",$clientname);
-    Reply( $replyfd, "$currenthostid:$reply\n", "$cmd:$tail"); 
-    return 1;
-}
-RegisterHandler("pong", \&PongHandler, 0, 1, 1);       # Pong unencoded, client or manager
-
-#
-#   EstablishKeyHandler:
-#      Called to establish an encrypted session key with the remote client.
-#
-# Parameters:
-#      $cmd    - the actual keyword that invoked us.
-#      $tail   - the tail of the request that invoked us.
-#      $replyfd- File descriptor connected to the client
-#  Implicit Inputs:
-#      $currenthostid - Global variable that carries the name of the host
-#                       known as.
-#      $clientname    - Global variable that carries the name of the hsot we're connected to.
-#  Returns:
-#      1       - Ok to continue processing.
-#      0       - Program should exit.
-#  Implicit Outputs:
-#      Reply information is sent to the client.
-#      $cipher is set with a reference to a new IDEA encryption object.
-#
-sub EstablishKeyHandler {
-    my $cmd      = shift;
-    my $tail     = shift;
-    my $replyfd  = shift;
-
-    my $buildkey=time.$$.int(rand 100000);
-    $buildkey=~tr/1-6/A-F/;
-    $buildkey=int(rand 100000).$buildkey.int(rand 100000);
-    my $key=$currenthostid.$clientname;
-    $key=~tr/a-z/A-Z/;
-    $key=~tr/G-P/0-9/;
-    $key=~tr/Q-Z/0-9/;
-    $key=$key.$buildkey.$key.$buildkey.$key.$buildkey;
-    $key=substr($key,0,32);
-    my $cipherkey=pack("H32",$key);
-    $cipher=new IDEA $cipherkey;
-    Reply($replyfd, "$buildkey\n", "$cmd:$tail"); 
-   
-    return 1;
-
-}
-RegisterHandler("ekey", \&EstablishKeyHandler, 0, 1,1);
-
-#  LoadHandler:
-#     Handler for the load command.  Returns the current system load average
-#     to the requestor.
-#
-# Parameters:
-#      $cmd    - the actual keyword that invoked us.
-#      $tail   - the tail of the request that invoked us.
-#      $replyfd- File descriptor connected to the client
-#  Implicit Inputs:
-#      $currenthostid - Global variable that carries the name of the host
-#                       known as.
-#      $clientname    - Global variable that carries the name of the hsot we're connected to.
-#  Returns:
-#      1       - Ok to continue processing.
-#      0       - Program should exit.
-#  Side effects:
-#      Reply information is sent to the client.
-sub LoadHandler {
-    my $cmd     = shift;
-    my $tail    = shift;
-    my $replyfd = shift;
-
-   # Get the load average from /proc/loadavg and calculate it as a percentage of
-   # the allowed load limit as set by the perl global variable lonLoadLim
-
-    my $loadavg;
-    my $loadfile=IO::File->new('/proc/loadavg');
-   
-    $loadavg=<$loadfile>;
-    $loadavg =~ s/\s.*//g;                      # Extract the first field only.
-   
-    my $loadpercent=100*$loadavg/$perlvar{'lonLoadLim'};
-
-    Reply( $replyfd, "$loadpercent\n", "$cmd:$tail");
-   
-    return 1;
-}
-RegisterHandler("load", \&LoadHandler, 0, 1, 0);
-
-
-#
-#   Process the userload request.  This sub returns to the client the current
-#  user load average.  It can be invoked either by clients or managers.
-#
-# Parameters:
-#      $cmd    - the actual keyword that invoked us.
-#      $tail   - the tail of the request that invoked us.
-#      $replyfd- File descriptor connected to the client
-#  Implicit Inputs:
-#      $currenthostid - Global variable that carries the name of the host
-#                       known as.
-#      $clientname    - Global variable that carries the name of the hsot we're connected to.
-#  Returns:
-#      1       - Ok to continue processing.
-#      0       - Program should exit
-# Implicit inputs:
-#     whatever the userload() function requires.
-#  Implicit outputs:
-#     the reply is written to the client.
-#
-sub UserLoadHandler {
-    my $cmd     = shift;
-    my $tail    = shift;
-    my $replyfd = shift;
-
-    my $userloadpercent=&userload();
-    Reply($replyfd, "$userloadpercent\n", "$cmd:$tail");
-    
-    return 1;
-}
-RegisterHandler("userload", \&UserLoadHandler, 0, 1, 0);
-
-#   Process a request for the authorization type of a user:
-#   (userauth).
-#
-# Parameters:
-#      $cmd    - the actual keyword that invoked us.
-#      $tail   - the tail of the request that invoked us.
-#      $replyfd- File descriptor connected to the client
-#  Returns:
-#      1       - Ok to continue processing.
-#      0       - Program should exit
-# Implicit outputs:
-#    The user authorization type is written to the client.
-#
-sub UserAuthorizationType {
-    my $cmd     = shift;
-    my $tail    = shift;
-    my $replyfd = shift;
-   
-    my $userinput = "$cmd:$tail";
-   
-    #  Pull the domain and username out of the command tail.
-    # and call GetAuthType to determine the authentication type.
-   
-    my ($udom,$uname)=split(/:/,$tail);
-    my $result = GetAuthType($udom, $uname);
-    if($result eq "nouser") {
-	Failure( $replyfd, "unknown_user\n", $userinput);
-    } else {
-	#
-	# We only want to pass the second field from GetAuthType
-	# for ^krb.. otherwise we'll be handing out the encrypted
-	# password for internals e.g.
-	#
-	my ($type,$otherinfo) = split(/:/,$result);
-	if($type =~ /^krb/) {
-	    $type = $result;
-	}
-	Reply( $replyfd, "$type\n", $userinput);
-    }
-  
-    return 1;
-}
-RegisterHandler("currentauth", \&UserAuthorizationType, 1, 1, 0);
-#
-#   Process a request by a manager to push a hosts or domain table 
-#   to us.  We pick apart the command and pass it on to the subs
-#   that already exist to do this.
-#
-# Parameters:
-#      $cmd    - the actual keyword that invoked us.
-#      $tail   - the tail of the request that invoked us.
-#      $client - File descriptor connected to the client
-#  Returns:
-#      1       - Ok to continue processing.
-#      0       - Program should exit
-# Implicit Output:
-#    a reply is written to the client.
-
-sub PushFileHandler {
-    my $cmd    = shift;
-    my $tail   = shift;
-    my $client = shift;
-
-    my $userinput = "$cmd:$tail";
-
-    # At this time we only know that the IP of our partner is a valid manager
-    # the code below is a hook to do further authentication (e.g. to resolve
-    # spoofing).
-
-    my $cert = GetCertificate($userinput);
-    if(ValidManager($cert)) { 
-
-	# Now presumably we have the bona fides of both the peer host and the
-	# process making the request.
-      
-	my $reply = PushFile($userinput);
-	Reply($client, "$reply\n", $userinput);
-
-    } else {
-	Failure( $client, "refused\n", $userinput);
-    } 
-}
-RegisterHandler("pushfile", \&PushFileHandler, 1, 0, 1);
-
-
-
-#   Process a reinit request.  Reinit requests that either
-#   lonc or lond be reinitialized so that an updated 
-#   host.tab or domain.tab can be processed.
-#
-# Parameters:
-#      $cmd    - the actual keyword that invoked us.
-#      $tail   - the tail of the request that invoked us.
-#      $client - File descriptor connected to the client
-#  Returns:
-#      1       - Ok to continue processing.
-#      0       - Program should exit
-#  Implicit output:
-#     a reply is sent to the client.
-#
-sub ReinitProcessHandler {
-    my $cmd    = shift;
-    my $tail   = shift;
-    my $client = shift;
-   
-    my $userinput = "$cmd:$tail";
-   
-    my $cert = GetCertificate($userinput);
-    if(ValidManager($cert)) {
-	chomp($userinput);
-	my $reply = ReinitProcess($userinput);
-	Reply( $client,  "$reply\n", $userinput);
-    } else {
-	Failure( $client, "refused\n", $userinput);
-    }
-    return 1;
-}
-
-RegisterHandler("reinit", \&ReinitProcessHandler, 1, 0, 1);
-
-#  Process the editing script for a table edit operation.
-#  the editing operation must be encrypted and requested by
-#  a manager host.
-#
-# Parameters:
-#      $cmd    - the actual keyword that invoked us.
-#      $tail   - the tail of the request that invoked us.
-#      $client - File descriptor connected to the client
-#  Returns:
-#      1       - Ok to continue processing.
-#      0       - Program should exit
-#  Implicit output:
-#     a reply is sent to the client.
-#
-sub EditTableHandler {
-    my $command    = shift;
-    my $tail       = shift;
-    my $client     = shift;
-   
-    my $userinput = "$command:$tail";
-
-    my $cert = GetCertificate($userinput);
-    if(ValidManager($cert)) {
-	my($filetype, $script) = split(/:/, $tail);
-	if (($filetype eq "hosts") || 
-	    ($filetype eq "domain")) {
-	    if($script ne "") {
-		Reply($client,              # BUGBUG - EditFile
-		      EditFile($userinput), #   could fail.
-		      $userinput);
-	    } else {
-		Failure($client,"refused\n",$userinput);
-	    }
-	} else {
-	    Failure($client,"refused\n",$userinput);
-	}
-    } else {
-	Failure($client,"refused\n",$userinput);
-    }
-    return 1;
-}
-RegisterHandler("edit", \&EditTableHandler, 1, 0, 1);
-
-
-#
-#   Authenticate a user against the LonCAPA authentication
-#   database.  Note that there are several authentication
-#   possibilities:
-#   - unix     - The user can be authenticated against the unix
-#                password file.
-#   - internal - The user can be authenticated against a purely 
-#                internal per user password file.
-#   - kerberos - The user can be authenticated against either a kerb4 or kerb5
-#                ticket granting authority.
-#   - user     - The person tailoring LonCAPA can supply a user authentication
-#                mechanism that is per system.
-#
-# Parameters:
-#    $cmd      - The command that got us here.
-#    $tail     - Tail of the command (remaining parameters).
-#    $client   - File descriptor connected to client.
-# Returns
-#     0        - Requested to exit, caller should shut down.
-#     1        - Continue processing.
-# Implicit inputs:
-#    The authentication systems describe above have their own forms of implicit
-#    input into the authentication process that are described above.
-#
-sub AuthenticateHandler {
-    my $cmd        = shift;
-    my $tail       = shift;
-    my $client     = shift;
-    
-    #  Regenerate the full input line 
-    
-    my $userinput  = $cmd.":".$tail;
-    
-    #  udom    - User's domain.
-    #  uname   - Username.
-    #  upass   - User's password.
-    
-    my ($udom,$uname,$upass)=split(/:/,$tail);
-    Debug(" Authenticate domain = $udom, user = $uname, password = $upass");
-    chomp($upass);
-    $upass=unescape($upass);
-
-    my $pwdcorrect = ValidateUser($udom, $uname, $upass);
-    if($pwdcorrect) {
-	Reply( $client, "authorized\n", $userinput);
-	#
-	#  Bad credentials: Failed to authorize
-	#
-    } else {
-	Failure( $client, "non_authorized\n", $userinput);
-    }
-
-    return 1;
-}
-RegisterHandler("auth", \&AuthenticateHandler, 1, 1, 0);
-
-#
-#   Change a user's password.  Note that this function is complicated by
-#   the fact that a user may be authenticated in more than one way:
-#   At present, we are not able to change the password for all types of
-#   authentication methods.  Only for:
-#      unix    - unix password or shadow passoword style authentication.
-#      local   - Locally written authentication mechanism.
-#   For now, kerb4 and kerb5 password changes are not supported and result
-#   in an error.
-# FUTURE WORK:
-#    Support kerberos passwd changes?
-# Parameters:
-#    $cmd      - The command that got us here.
-#    $tail     - Tail of the command (remaining parameters).
-#    $client   - File descriptor connected to client.
-# Returns
-#     0        - Requested to exit, caller should shut down.
-#     1        - Continue processing.
-# Implicit inputs:
-#    The authentication systems describe above have their own forms of implicit
-#    input into the authentication process that are described above.
-sub ChangePasswordHandler {
-    my $cmd     = shift;
-    my $tail    = shift;
-    my $client  = shift;
-   
-    my $userinput = $cmd.":".$tail;           # Reconstruct client's string.
-
-    #
-    #  udom  - user's domain.
-    #  uname - Username.
-    #  upass - Current password.
-    #  npass - New password.
-   
-    my ($udom,$uname,$upass,$npass)=split(/:/,$tail);
-    chomp($npass);
-    $upass=&unescape($upass);
-    $npass=&unescape($npass);
-    &Debug("Trying to change password for $uname");
-
-    # First require that the user can be authenticated with their
-    # old password:
-
-    my $validated = ValidateUser($udom, $uname, $upass);
-    if($validated) {
-	my $realpasswd  = GetAuthType($udom, $uname); # Defined since authd.
-	
-	my ($howpwd,$contentpwd)=split(/:/,$realpasswd);
-	if ($howpwd eq 'internal') {
-	    &Debug("internal auth");
-	    my $salt=time;
-	    $salt=substr($salt,6,2);
-	    my $ncpass=crypt($npass,$salt);
-	    if(RewritePwFile($udom, $uname, "internal:$ncpass")) {
-		&logthis("Result of password change for "
-			 ."$uname: pwchange_success");
-		Reply($client, "ok\n", $userinput);
-	    } else {
-		&logthis("Unable to open $uname passwd "               
-			 ."to change password");
-		Failure( $client, "non_authorized\n",$userinput);
-	    }
-	} elsif ($howpwd eq 'unix') {
-	    # Unix means we have to access /etc/password
-	    &Debug("auth is unix");
-	    my $execdir=$perlvar{'lonDaemons'};
-	    &Debug("Opening lcpasswd pipeline");
-	    my $pf = IO::File->new("|$execdir/lcpasswd > "
-				   ."$perlvar{'lonDaemons'}"
-				   ."/logs/lcpasswd.log");
-	    print $pf "$uname\n$npass\n$npass\n";
-	    close $pf;
-	    my $err = $?;
-	    my $result = ($err>0 ? 'pwchange_failure' : 'ok');
-	    &logthis("Result of password change for $uname: ".
-		     &lcpasswdstrerror($?));
-	    Reply($client, "$result\n", $userinput);
-	} else {
-	    # this just means that the current password mode is not
-	    # one we know how to change (e.g the kerberos auth modes or
-	    # locally written auth handler).
-	    #
-	    Reply( $client, "auth_mode_error\n", $userinput);
-	}  
-	
-    }
-    else {
-	Reply( $client, "non_authorized\n", $userinput);
-    }
-
-    return 1;
-}
-RegisterHandler("passwd", \&ChangePasswordHandler, 1, 1, 0);
-
-#
-#   Create a new user.  User in this case means a lon-capa user.
-#   The user must either already exist in some authentication realm
-#   like kerberos or the /etc/passwd.  If not, a user completely local to
-#   this loncapa system is created.
-#
-# Parameters:
-#    $cmd      - The command that got us here.
-#    $tail     - Tail of the command (remaining parameters).
-#    $client   - File descriptor connected to client.
-# Returns
-#     0        - Requested to exit, caller should shut down.
-#     1        - Continue processing.
-# Implicit inputs:
-#    The authentication systems describe above have their own forms of implicit
-#    input into the authentication process that are described above.
-sub AddUserHandler {
-    my $cmd     = shift;
-    my $tail    = shift;
-    my $client  = shift;
-
-    my ($udom,$uname,$umode,$npass)=split(/:/,$tail);
-    my $userinput = $cmd.":".$tail; # Reconstruct the full request line.
-
-    &Debug("cmd =".$cmd." $udom =".$udom." uname=".$uname);
-
-
-    if($udom eq $currentdomainid) { # Reject new users for other domains...
-	
-	my $oldumask=umask(0077);
-	chomp($npass);
-	$npass=&unescape($npass);
-	my $passfilename  = PasswordPath($udom, $uname);
-	&Debug("Password file created will be:".$passfilename);
-	if (-e $passfilename) {
-	    Failure( $client, "already_exists\n", $userinput);
-	} else {
-	    my @fpparts=split(/\//,$passfilename);
-	    my $fpnow=$fpparts[0].'/'.$fpparts[1].'/'.$fpparts[2];
-	    my $fperror='';
-	    for (my $i=3;$i<= ($#fpparts-1);$i++) {
-		$fpnow.='/'.$fpparts[$i]; 
-		unless (-e $fpnow) {
-		    &logthis("mkdir $fpnow");
-		    unless (mkdir($fpnow,0777)) {
-			$fperror="error: ".($!+0)." mkdir failed while attempting "
-			    ."makeuser";
-		    }
-		}
-	    }
-	    unless ($fperror) {
-		my $result=&make_passwd_file($uname, $umode,$npass, $passfilename);
-		Reply($client, $result, $userinput);     #BUGBUG - could be fail
-	    } else {
-		Failure($client, "$fperror\n", $userinput);
-	    }
-	}
-	umask($oldumask);
-    }  else {
-	Failure($client, "not_right_domain\n",
-		$userinput);	# Even if we are multihomed.
-    
-    }
-    return 1;
-
-}
-RegisterHandler("makeuser", \&AddUserHandler, 1, 1, 0);
-
-#
-#   Change the authentication method of a user.  Note that this may
-#   also implicitly change the user's password if, for example, the user is
-#   joining an existing authentication realm.  Known authentication realms at
-#   this time are:
-#    internal   - Purely internal password file (only loncapa knows this user)
-#    local      - Institutionally written authentication module.
-#    unix       - Unix user (/etc/passwd with or without /etc/shadow).
-#    kerb4      - kerberos version 4
-#    kerb5      - kerberos version 5
-#
-# Parameters:
-#    $cmd      - The command that got us here.
-#    $tail     - Tail of the command (remaining parameters).
-#    $client   - File descriptor connected to client.
-# Returns
-#     0        - Requested to exit, caller should shut down.
-#     1        - Continue processing.
-# Implicit inputs:
-#    The authentication systems describe above have their own forms of implicit
-#    input into the authentication process that are described above.
-#
-sub ChangeAuthenticationHandler {
-    my $cmd     = shift;
-    my $tail    = shift;
-    my $client  = shift;
-   
-    my $userinput  = "$cmd:$tail";              # Reconstruct user input.
-
-    my ($udom,$uname,$umode,$npass)=split(/:/,$tail);
-    &Debug("cmd = ".$cmd." domain= ".$udom."uname =".$uname." umode= ".$umode);
-    if ($udom ne $currentdomainid) {
-	Failure( $client, "not_right_domain\n", $client);
-    } else {
-	
-	chomp($npass);
-	
-	$npass=&unescape($npass);
-	my $passfilename = PasswordPath($udom, $uname);
-	if ($passfilename) {	# Not allowed to create a new user!!
-	    my $result=&make_passwd_file($uname, $umode,$npass,$passfilename);
-	    Reply($client, $result, $userinput);
-	} else {	       
-	    Failure($client, "non_authorized", $userinput); # Fail the user now.
-	}
-    }
-    return 1;
-}
-RegisterHandler("changeuserauth", \&ChangeAuthenticationHandler, 1,1, 0);
-
-#
-#   Determines if this is the home server for a user.  The home server
-#   for a user will have his/her lon-capa passwd file.  Therefore all we need
-#   to do is determine if this file exists.
-#
-# Parameters:
-#    $cmd      - The command that got us here.
-#    $tail     - Tail of the command (remaining parameters).
-#    $client   - File descriptor connected to client.
-# Returns
-#     0        - Requested to exit, caller should shut down.
-#     1        - Continue processing.
-# Implicit inputs:
-#    The authentication systems describe above have their own forms of implicit
-#    input into the authentication process that are described above.
-#
-sub IsHomeHandler {
-    my $cmd     = shift;
-    my $tail    = shift;
-    my $client  = shift;
-   
-    my $userinput  = "$cmd:$tail";
-   
-    my ($udom,$uname)=split(/:/,$tail);
-    chomp($uname);
-    my $passfile = PasswordFilename($udom, $uname);
-    if($passfile) {
-	Reply( $client, "found\n", $userinput);
-    } else {
-	Failure($client, "not_found\n", $userinput);
-    }
-    return 1;
-}
-RegisterHandler("home", \&IsHomeHandler, 0,1,0);
-#
-#   Process an update request for a resource?? I think what's going on here is
-#   that a resource has been modified that we hold a subscription to.
-#   If the resource is not local, then we must update, or at least invalidate our
-#   cached copy of the resource. 
-#   FUTURE WORK:
-#      I need to look at this logic carefully.  My druthers would be to follow
-#      typical caching logic, and simple invalidate the cache, drop any subscription
-#      an let the next fetch start the ball rolling again... however that may
-#      actually be more difficult than it looks given the complex web of
-#      proxy servers.
-# Parameters:
-#    $cmd      - The command that got us here.
-#    $tail     - Tail of the command (remaining parameters).
-#    $client   - File descriptor connected to client.
-# Returns
-#     0        - Requested to exit, caller should shut down.
-#     1        - Continue processing.
-# Implicit inputs:
-#    The authentication systems describe above have their own forms of implicit
-#    input into the authentication process that are described above.
-#
-sub UpdateResourceHandler {
-    my $cmd    = shift;
-    my $tail   = shift;
-    my $client = shift;
-   
-    my $userinput = "$cmd:$tail";
-   
-    my $fname=$tail;
-    my $ownership=ishome($fname);
-    if ($ownership eq 'not_owner') {
-	if (-e $fname) {
-	    my ($dev,$ino,$mode,$nlink,$uid,$gid,$rdev,$size,
-		$atime,$mtime,$ctime,$blksize,$blocks)=stat($fname);
-	    my $now=time;
-	    my $since=$now-$atime;
-	    if ($since>$perlvar{'lonExpire'}) {
-		my $reply=&reply("unsub:$fname","$clientname");
-		unlink("$fname");
-	    } else {
-		my $transname="$fname.in.transfer";
-		my $remoteurl=&reply("sub:$fname","$clientname");
-		my $response;
-		alarm(120);
-		{
-		    my $ua=new LWP::UserAgent;
-		    my $request=new HTTP::Request('GET',"$remoteurl");
-		    $response=$ua->request($request,$transname);
-		}
-		alarm(0);
-		if ($response->is_error()) {
-		    unlink($transname);
-		    my $message=$response->status_line;
-		    &logthis("LWP GET: $message for $fname ($remoteurl)");
-		} else {
-		    if ($remoteurl!~/\.meta$/) {
-			alarm(120);
-			{
-			    my $ua=new LWP::UserAgent;
-			    my $mrequest=new HTTP::Request('GET',$remoteurl.'.meta');
-			    my $mresponse=$ua->request($mrequest,$fname.'.meta');
-			    if ($mresponse->is_error()) {
-				unlink($fname.'.meta');
-			    }
-			}
-			alarm(0);
-		    }
-		    rename($transname,$fname);
-		}
-	    }
-	    Reply( $client, "ok\n", $userinput);
-	} else {
-	    Failure($client, "not_found\n", $userinput);
-	}
-    } else {
-	Failure($client, "rejected\n", $userinput);
-    }
-    return 1;
-}
-RegisterHandler("update", \&UpdateResourceHandler, 0 ,1, 0);
-
-#
-#   Fetch a user file from a remote server:
-# Parameters:
-#    $cmd      - The command that got us here.
-#    $tail     - Tail of the command (remaining parameters).
-#    $client   - File descriptor connected to client.
-# Returns
-#     0        - Requested to exit, caller should shut down.
-#     1        - Continue processing.
-#
-sub FetchUserFileHandler {
-    my $cmd     = shift;
-    my $tail    = shift;
-    my $client  = shift;
-   
-    my $userinput = "$cmd:$tail";
-    my $fname           = $tail;
-    my ($udom,$uname,$ufile)=split(/\//,$fname);
-    my $udir=propath($udom,$uname).'/userfiles';
-    unless (-e $udir) {
-	mkdir($udir,0770); 
-    }
-    if (-e $udir) {
-	$ufile=~s/^[\.\~]+//;
-	$ufile=~s/\///g;
-	my $destname=$udir.'/'.$ufile;
-	my $transname=$udir.'/'.$ufile.'.in.transit';
-	my $remoteurl='http://'.$clientip.'/userfiles/'.$fname;
-	my $response;
-	alarm(120);
-	{
-	    my $ua=new LWP::UserAgent;
-	    my $request=new HTTP::Request('GET',"$remoteurl");
-	    $response=$ua->request($request,$transname);
-	}
-	alarm(0);
-	if ($response->is_error()) {
-	    unlink($transname);
-	    my $message=$response->status_line;
-	    &logthis("LWP GET: $message for $fname ($remoteurl)");
-	    Failure($client, "failed\n", $userinput);
-	} else {
-	    if (!rename($transname,$destname)) {
-		&logthis("Unable to move $transname to $destname");
-		unlink($transname);
-		Failure($client, "failed\n", $userinput);
-	    } else {
-		Reply($client, "ok\n", $userinput);
-	    }
-	}   
-    } else {
-	Failure($client, "not_home\n", $userinput);
-    }
-    return 1;
-}
-RegisterHandler("fetchuserfile", \&FetchUserFileHandler, 0, 1, 0);
-#
-#   Authenticate access to a user file. 
-#
-# Parameters:
-#    $cmd      - The command that got us here.
-#    $tail     - Tail of the command (remaining parameters).
-#    $client   - File descriptor connected to client.
-# Returns
-#     0        - Requested to exit, caller should shut down.
-#     1        - Continue processing.
-sub AuthenticateUserFileAccess {
-    my $cmd       = shift;
-    my $tail      = shift;
-    my $client    = shift;
-    my $userinput = "$cmd:$tail";
-
-    my ($fname,$session)=split(/:/,$tail);
-    chomp($session);
-    my $reply='non_auth';
-    if (open(ENVIN,$perlvar{'lonIDsDir'}.'/'.$session.'.id')) {
-	while (my $line=<ENVIN>) {
-	    if ($line=~/userfile\.$fname\=/) { 
-		$reply='ok'; 
-	    }
-	}
-	close(ENVIN);
-	Reply($client, $reply."\n", $userinput);
-    } else {
-	Failure($client, "invalid_token\n", $userinput);
-    }
-    return 1;
-   
-}
-RegisterHandler("tokenauthuserfile", \&AuthenticateUserFileAccess, 0, 1, 0);
-#
-#   Unsubscribe from a resource.
-#
-# Parameters:
-#    $cmd      - The command that got us here.
-#    $tail     - Tail of the command (remaining parameters).
-#    $client   - File descriptor connected to client.
-# Returns
-#     0        - Requested to exit, caller should shut down.
-#     1        - Continue processing.
-#
-sub UnsubscribeHandler {
-    my $cmd      = shift;
-    my $tail     = shift;
-    my $client   = shift;
-    my $userinput= "$cmd:$tail";
-    
-    my $fname = $tail;
-    if (-e $fname) {
-	Reply($client, &unsub($client,$fname,$clientip), $userinput);
-    } else {
-	Failure($client, "not_found\n", $userinput);
-    }
-    return 1;
-}
-RegisterHandler("unusb", \&UnsubscribeHandler, 0, 1, 0);
-
-#   Subscribe to a resource
-#
-# Parameters:
-#    $cmd      - The command that got us here.
-#    $tail     - Tail of the command (remaining parameters).
-#    $client   - File descriptor connected to client.
-# Returns
-#     0        - Requested to exit, caller should shut down.
-#     1        - Continue processing.
-#
-sub SubscribeHandler {
-    my $cmd        = shift;
-    my $tail       = shift;
-    my $client     = shift;
-    my $userinput  = "$cmd:$tail";
-
-    Reply( $client, &subscribe($userinput,$clientip), $userinput);
-
-    return 1;
-}
-RegisterHandler("sub", \&SubscribeHandler, 0, 1, 0);
-
-#
-#   Determine the version of a resource (?) Or is it return
-#   the top version of the resource?  Not yet clear from the
-#   code in currentversion.
-#
-# Parameters:
-#    $cmd      - The command that got us here.
-#    $tail     - Tail of the command (remaining parameters).
-#    $client   - File descriptor connected to client.
-# Returns
-#     0        - Requested to exit, caller should shut down.
-#     1        - Continue processing.
-#
-sub CurrentVersionHandler {
-    my $cmd      = shift;
-    my $tail     = shift;
-    my $client   = shift;
-    my $userinput= "$cmd:$tail";
-   
-    my $fname   = $tail;
-    Reply( $client, &currentversion($fname)."\n", $userinput);
-    return 1;
-
-}
-RegisterHandler("currentversion", \&CurrentVersionHandler, 0, 1, 0);
-
-
-#  Make an entry in a user's activity log.
-#
-# Parameters:
-#    $cmd      - The command that got us here.
-#    $tail     - Tail of the command (remaining parameters).
-#    $client   - File descriptor connected to client.
-# Returns
-#     0        - Requested to exit, caller should shut down.
-#     1        - Continue processing.
-#
-sub ActivityLogEntryHandler {
-    my $cmd      = shift;
-    my $tail     = shift;
-    my $client   = shift;
-    my $userinput= "$cmd:$tail";
-
-    my ($udom,$uname,$what)=split(/:/,$tail);
-    chomp($what);
-    my $proname=propath($udom,$uname);
-    my $now=time;
-    my $hfh;
-    if ($hfh=IO::File->new(">>$proname/activity.log")) { 
-	print $hfh "$now:$clientname:$what\n";
-	Reply( $client, "ok\n", $userinput); 
-    } else {
-	Failure($client, "error: ".($!+0)." IO::File->new Failed "
-	      ."while attempting log\n", 
-	      $userinput);
-    }
-
-    return 1;
-}
-RegisterHandler("log", \&ActivityLogEntryHandler, 0, 1, 0);
-#
-#   Put a namespace entry in a user profile hash.
-#   My druthers would be for this to be an encrypted interaction too.
-#   anything that might be an inadvertent covert channel about either
-#   user authentication or user personal information....
-#
-# Parameters:
-#    $cmd      - The command that got us here.
-#    $tail     - Tail of the command (remaining parameters).
-#    $client   - File descriptor connected to client.
-# Returns
-#     0        - Requested to exit, caller should shut down.
-#     1        - Continue processing.
-#
-sub PutUserProfileEntry {
-    my $cmd       = shift;
-    my $tail      = shift;
-    my $client    = shift;
-    my $userinput = "$cmd:$tail";
-    
-    my ($udom,$uname,$namespace,$what) =split(/:/,$tail);
-    if ($namespace ne 'roles') {
-	chomp($what);
-	my $hashref = TieUserHash($udom, $uname, $namespace,
-				  &GDBM_WRCREAT(),"P",$what);
-	if($hashref) {
-	    my @pairs=split(/\&/,$what);
-	    foreach my $pair (@pairs) {
-		my ($key,$value)=split(/=/,$pair);
-		$hashref->{$key}=$value;
-	    }
-	    if (untie(%$hashref)) {
-		Reply( $client, "ok\n", $userinput);
-	    } else {
-		Failure($client, "error: ".($!+0)." untie(GDBM) failed ".
-			"while attempting put\n", 
-			$userinput);
-	    }
-	} else {
-	    Failure( $client, "error: ".($!)." tie(GDBM) Failed ".
-		     "while attempting put\n", $userinput);
-	}
-    } else {
-        Failure( $client, "refused\n", $userinput);
-    }
-    
-    return 1;
-}
-RegisterHandler("put", \&PutUserProfileEntry, 0, 1, 0);
-
-# 
-#   Increment a profile entry in the user history file.
-#   The history contains keyword value pairs.  In this case,
-#   The value itself is a pair of numbers.  The first, the current value
-#   the second an increment that this function applies to the current
-#   value.
-#
-# Parameters:
-#    $cmd      - The command that got us here.
-#    $tail     - Tail of the command (remaining parameters).
-#    $client   - File descriptor connected to client.
-# Returns
-#     0        - Requested to exit, caller should shut down.
-#     1        - Continue processing.
-#
-sub IncrementUserValueHandler {
-    my $cmd         = shift;
-    my $tail        = shift;
-    my $client      = shift;
-    my $userinput   = "$cmd:$tail";
-
-    my ($udom,$uname,$namespace,$what) =split(/:/,$tail);
-    if ($namespace ne 'roles') {
-        chomp($what);
-	my $hashref = TieUserHash($udom, $uname,
-				  $namespace, &GDBM_WRCREAT(),
-				  "P",$what);
-	if ($hashref) {
-	    my @pairs=split(/\&/,$what);
-	    foreach my $pair (@pairs) {
-		my ($key,$value)=split(/=/,$pair);
-		# We could check that we have a number...
-		if (! defined($value) || $value eq '') {
-		    $value = 1;
-		}
-		$hashref->{$key}+=$value;
-	    }
-	    if (untie(%$hashref)) {
-		Reply( $client, "ok\n", $userinput);
-	    } else {
-		Failure($client, "error: ".($!+0)." untie(GDBM) failed ".
-			"while attempting inc\n", $userinput);
-	    }
-	} else {
-	    Failure($client, "error: ".($!+0)." tie(GDBM) Failed ".
-		    "while attempting inc\n", $userinput);
-	}
-    } else {
-	Failure($client, "refused\n", $userinput);
-    }
-    
-    return 1;
-}
-RegisterHandler("inc", \&IncrementUserValueHandler, 0, 1, 0);
-#
-#   Put a new role for a user.  Roles are LonCAPA's packaging of permissions.
-#   Each 'role' a user has implies a set of permissions.  Adding a new role
-#   for a person grants the permissions packaged with that role
-#   to that user when the role is selected.
-#
-# Parameters:
-#    $cmd       - The command string (rolesput).
-#    $tail      - The remainder of the request line.  For rolesput this
-#                 consists of a colon separated list that contains:
-#                 The domain and user that is granting the role (logged).
-#                 The domain and user that is getting the role.
-#                 The roles being granted as a set of & separated pairs.
-#                 each pair a key value pair.
-#    $client    - File descriptor connected to the client.
-# Returns:
-#     0         - If the daemon should exit
-#     1         - To continue processing.
-#
-#
-sub RolesPutHandler {
-    my $cmd        = shift;
-    my $tail       = shift;
-    my $client     = shift;
-    my $userinput  = "$cmd:$tail";
-
-    my ( $exedom, $exeuser, $udom, $uname,  $what) = split(/:/,$tail);
-    
-
-    my $namespace='roles';
-    chomp($what);
-    my $hashref = TieUserHash($udom, $uname, $namespace,
-			      &GDBM_WRCREAT(), "P",
-			      "$exedom:$exeuser:$what");
-    #
-    #  Log the attempt to set a role.  The {}'s here ensure that the file 
-    #  handle is open for the minimal amount of time.  Since the flush
-    #  is done on close this improves the chances the log will be an un-
-    #  corrupted ordered thing.
-    if ($hashref) {
-	my @pairs=split(/\&/,$what);
-	foreach my $pair (@pairs) {
-	    my ($key,$value)=split(/=/,$pair);
-	    &ManagePermissions($key, $udom, $uname,
-			       &GetAuthType( $udom, $uname));
-	    $hashref->{$key}=$value;
-	}
-	if (untie($hashref)) {
-	    Reply($client, "ok\n", $userinput);
-	} else {
-	    Failure( $client, "error: ".($!+0)." untie(GDBM) Failed ".
-		     "while attempting rolesput\n", $userinput);
-	}
-    } else {
-	Failure( $client, "error: ".($!+0)." tie(GDBM) Failed ".
-		 "while attempting rolesput\n", $userinput);
-    }
-    return 1;
-}
-RegisterHandler("rolesput", \&RolesPutHandler, 1,1,0);  # Encoded client only.
-#
-#   Deletes (removes) a role for a user.   This is equivalent to removing
-#  a permissions package associated with the role from the user's profile.
-#
-# Parameters:
-#     $cmd                 - The command (rolesdel)
-#     $tail                - The remainder of the request line. This consists
-#                             of:
-#                             The domain and user requesting the change (logged)
-#                             The domain and user being changed.
-#                             The roles being revoked.  These are shipped to us
-#                             as a bunch of & separated role name keywords.
-#     $client              - The file handle open on the client.
-# Returns:
-#     1                    - Continue processing
-#     0                    - Exit.
-#
-sub RolesDeleteHandler {
-    my $cmd          = shift;
-    my $tail         = shift;
-    my $client       = shift;
-    my $userinput    = "$cmd:$tail";
-   
-    my ($exedom,$exeuser,$udom,$uname,$what)=split(/:/,$tail);
-    &Debug("cmd = ".$cmd." exedom= ".$exedom."user = ".$exeuser." udom=".$udom.
-	   "what = ".$what);
-    my $namespace='roles';
-    chomp($what);
-    my $hashref = TieUserHash($udom, $uname, $namespace,
-			      &GDBM_WRCREAT(), "D",
-			      "$exedom:$exeuser:$what");
-    
-    if ($hashref) {
-	my @rolekeys=split(/\&/,$what);
-	
-	foreach my $key (@rolekeys) {
-	    delete $hashref->{$key};
-	}
-	if (untie(%$hashref)) {
-	    Reply($client, "ok\n", $userinput);
-	} else {
-	    Failure( $client, "error: ".($!+0)." untie(GDBM) Failed ".
-		     "while attempting rolesdel\n", $userinput);
-	}
-    } else {
-        Failure( $client, "error: ".($!+0)." tie(GDBM) Failed ".
-		 "while attempting rolesdel\n", $userinput);
-    }
-    
-    return 1;
-}
-RegisterHandler("rolesdel", \&RolesDeleteHandler, 1,1, 0); # Encoded client only
-
-# Unencrypted get from a user's profile database.  See 
-# GetProfileEntryEncrypted for a version that does end-to-end encryption.
-# This function retrieves a keyed item from a specific named database in the
-# user's directory.
-#
-# Parameters:
-#   $cmd             - Command request keyword (get).
-#   $tail            - Tail of the command.  This is a colon separated list
-#                      consisting of the domain and username that uniquely
-#                      identifies the profile,
-#                      The 'namespace' which selects the gdbm file to 
-#                      do the lookup in, 
-#                      & separated list of keys to lookup.  Note that
-#                      the values are returned as an & separated list too.
-#   $client          - File descriptor open on the client.
-# Returns:
-#   1       - Continue processing.
-#   0       - Exit.
-#
-sub GetProfileEntry {
-    my $cmd      = shift;
-    my $tail     = shift;
-    my $client   = shift;
-    my $userinput= "$cmd:$tail";
-   
-    my ($udom,$uname,$namespace,$what) = split(/:/,$tail);
-    chomp($what);
-    my $hashref = TieUserHash($udom, $uname, $namespace,
-			      &GDBM_READER());
-    if ($hashref) {
-        my @queries=split(/\&/,$what);
-        my $qresult='';
-	
-	for (my $i=0;$i<=$#queries;$i++) {
-	    $qresult.="$hashref->{$queries[$i]}&";    # Presumably failure gives empty string.
-	}
-	$qresult=~s/\&$//;              # Remove trailing & from last lookup.
-	if (untie(%$hashref)) {
-	    Reply($client, "$qresult\n", $userinput);
-	} else {
-	    Failure($client, "error: ".($!+0)." untie(GDBM) Failed ".
-		    "while attempting get\n", $userinput);
-	}
-    } else {
-	if ($!+0 == 2) {               # +0 coerces errno -> number 2 is ENOENT
-	    Failure($client, "error:No such file or ".
-		    "GDBM reported bad block error\n", $userinput);
-	} else {                        # Some other undifferentiated err.
-	    Failure($client, "error: ".($!+0)." tie(GDBM) Failed ".
-		    "while attempting get\n", $userinput);
-	}
-    }
-    return 1;
-}
-RegisterHandler("get", \&GetProfileEntry, 0,1,0);
-#
-#  Process the encrypted get request.  Note that the request is sent
-#  in clear, but the reply is encrypted.  This is a small covert channel:
-#  information about the sensitive keys is given to the snooper.  Just not
-#  information about the values of the sensitive key.  Hmm if I wanted to
-#  know these I'd snoop for the egets. Get the profile item names from them
-#  and then issue a get for them since there's no enforcement of the
-#  requirement of an encrypted get for particular profile items.  If I
-#  were re-doing this, I'd force the request to be encrypted as well as the
-#  reply.  I'd also just enforce encrypted transactions for all gets since
-#  that would prevent any covert channel snooping.
-#
-#  Parameters:
-#     $cmd               - Command keyword of request (eget).
-#     $tail              - Tail of the command.  See GetProfileEntry
#                          for more information about this.
-#     $client            - File open on the client.
-#  Returns:
-#     1      - Continue processing
-#     0      - server should exit.
-sub GetProfileEntryEncrypted {
-    my $cmd       = shift;
-    my $tail      = shift;
-    my $client    = shift;
-    my $userinput = "$cmd:$tail";
-   
-    my ($cmd,$udom,$uname,$namespace,$what) = split(/:/,$userinput);
-    chomp($what);
-    my $hashref = TieUserHash($udom, $uname, $namespace,
-				  &GDBM_READER());
-    if ($hashref) {
-        my @queries=split(/\&/,$what);
-        my $qresult='';
-	for (my $i=0;$i<=$#queries;$i++) {
-	    $qresult.="$hashref->{$queries[$i]}&";
-	}
-	if (untie(%$hashref)) {
-	    $qresult=~s/\&$//;
-	    if ($cipher) {
-		my $cmdlength=length($qresult);
-		$qresult.="         ";
-		my $encqresult='';
-		for(my $encidx=0;$encidx<=$cmdlength;$encidx+=8) {
-		    $encqresult.= unpack("H16", 
-					 $cipher->encrypt(substr($qresult,
-								 $encidx,
-								 8)));
-		}
-		Reply( $client, "enc:$cmdlength:$encqresult\n", $userinput);
-	    } else {
-		Failure( $client, "error:no_key\n", $userinput);
-	    }
-	} else {
-	    Failure($client, "error: ".($!+0)." untie(GDBM) Failed ".
-		    "while attempting eget\n", $userinput);
-	}
-    } else {
-	Failure($client, "error: ".($!+0)." tie(GDBM) Failed ".
-		"while attempting eget\n", $userinput);
-    }
-    
-    return 1;
-}
-RegisterHandler("eget", \&GetProfileEntryEncrypted, 0, 1, 0);
-
-#
-#   Deletes a key in a user profile database.
-#   
-#   Parameters:
-#       $cmd                  - Command keyword (del).
-#       $tail                 - Command tail.  IN this case a colon
-#                               separated list containing:
-#                               The domain and user that identifies uniquely
-#                               the identity of the user.
-#                               The profile namespace (name of the profile
-#                               database file).
-#                               & separated list of keywords to delete.
-#       $client              - File open on client socket.
-# Returns:
-#     1   - Continue processing
-#     0   - Exit server.
-#
-#
-
-sub DeleteProfileEntry {
-    my $cmd      = shift;
-    my $tail     = shift;
-    my $client   = shift;
-    my $userinput = "cmd:$tail";
-
-    my ($udom,$uname,$namespace,$what) = split(/:/,$tail);
-    chomp($what);
-    my $hashref = TieUserHash($udom, $uname, $namespace,
-				  &GDBM_WRCREAT(),
-				  "D",$what);
-    if ($hashref) {
-        my @keys=split(/\&/,$what);
-	foreach my $key (@keys) {
-	    delete($hashref->{$key});
-	}
-	if (untie(%$hashref)) {
-	    Reply($client, "ok\n", $userinput);
-	} else {
-	    Failure($client, "error: ".($!+0)." untie(GDBM) Failed ".
-		    "while attempting del\n", $userinput);
-	}
-    } else {
-	Failure( $client, "error: ".($!+0)." tie(GDBM) Failed ".
-		 "while attempting del\n", $userinput);
-    }
-    return 1;
-}
-RegisterHandler("del", \&DeleteProfileEntry, 0, 1, 0);
-#
-#  List the set of keys that are defined in a profile database file.
-#  A successful reply from this will contain an & separated list of
-#  the keys. 
-# Parameters:
-#     $cmd              - Command request (keys).
-#     $tail             - Remainder of the request, a colon separated
-#                         list containing domain/user that identifies the
-#                         user being queried, and the database namespace
-#                         (database filename essentially).
-#     $client           - File open on the client.
-#  Returns:
-#    1    - Continue processing.
-#    0    - Exit the server.
-#
-sub GetProfileKeys {
-    my $cmd       = shift;
-    my $tail      = shift;
-    my $client    = shift;
-    my $userinput = "$cmd:$tail";
-
-    my ($udom,$uname,$namespace)=split(/:/,$tail);
-    my $qresult='';
-    my $hashref = TieUserHash($udom, $uname, $namespace,
-				  &GDBM_READER());
-    if ($hashref) {
-	foreach my $key (keys %$hashref) {
-	    $qresult.="$key&";
-	}
-	if (untie(%$hashref)) {
-	    $qresult=~s/\&$//;
-	    Reply($client, "$qresult\n", $userinput);
-	} else {
-	    Failure($client, "error: ".($!+0)." untie(GDBM) Failed ".
-		    "while attempting keys\n", $userinput);
-	}
-    } else {
-	Failure( $client, "error: ".($!+0)." tie(GDBM) Failed ".
-		 "while attempting keys\n", $userinput);
-    }
-   
-    return 1;
-}
-RegisterHandler("keys", \&GetProfileKeys, 0, 1, 0);
-#
-#   Dump the contents of a user profile database.
-#   Note that this constitutes a very large covert channel too since
-#   the dump will return sensitive information that is not encrypted.
-#   The naive security assumption is that the session negotiation ensures
-#   our client is trusted and I don't believe that's assured at present.
-#   Sure want badly to go to ssl or tls.  Of course if my peer isn't really
-#   a LonCAPA node they could have negotiated an encryption key too so >sigh<.
-# 
-#  Parameters:
-#     $cmd           - The command request keyword (currentdump).
-#     $tail          - Remainder of the request, consisting of a colon
-#                      separated list that has the domain/username and
-#                      the namespace to dump (database file).
-#     $client        - file open on the remote client.
-# Returns:
-#     1    - Continue processing.
-#     0    - Exit the server.
-#
-sub DumpProfileDatabase {
-    my $cmd       = shift;
-    my $tail      = shift;
-    my $client    = shift;
-    my $userinput = "$cmd:$tail";
-   
-    my ($udom,$uname,$namespace) = split(/:/,$tail);
-    my $hashref = TieUserHash($udom, $uname, $namespace,
-				  &GDBM_READER());
-    if ($hashref) {
-	# Structure of %data:
-	# $data{$symb}->{$parameter}=$value;
-	# $data{$symb}->{'v.'.$parameter}=$version;
-	# since $parameter will be unescaped, we do not
- 	# have to worry about silly parameter names...
-	
-        my $qresult='';
-	my %data = ();                     # A hash of anonymous hashes..
-	while (my ($key,$value) = each(%$hashref)) {
-	    my ($v,$symb,$param) = split(/:/,$key);
-	    next if ($v eq 'version' || $symb eq 'keys');
-	    next if (exists($data{$symb}) && 
-		     exists($data{$symb}->{$param}) &&
-		     $data{$symb}->{'v.'.$param} > $v);
-	    $data{$symb}->{$param}=$value;
-	    $data{$symb}->{'v.'.$param}=$v;
-	}
-	if (untie(%$hashref)) {
-	    while (my ($symb,$param_hash) = each(%data)) {
-		while(my ($param,$value) = each (%$param_hash)){
-		    next if ($param =~ /^v\./);       # Ignore versions...
-		    #
-		    #   Just dump the symb=value pairs separated by &
-		    #
-		    $qresult.=$symb.':'.$param.'='.$value.'&';
-		}
-	    }
-	    chop($qresult);
-	    Reply($client , "$qresult\n", $userinput);
-	} else {
-	    Failure( $client, "error: ".($!+0)." untie(GDBM) Failed ".
-		     "while attempting currentdump\n", $userinput);
-	}
-    } else {
-	Failure($client, "error: ".($!+0)." tie(GDBM) Failed ".
-		"while attempting currentdump\n", $userinput);
-    }
-
-    return 1;
-}
-RegisterHandler("currentdump", \&DumpProfileDatabase, 0, 1, 0);
-#
-#   Dump a profile database with an optional regular expression
-#   to match against the keys.  In this dump, no effort is made
-#   to separate symb from version information. Presumably the
-#   databases that are dumped by this command are of a different
-#   structure.  Need to look at this and improve the documentation of
-#   both this and the currentdump handler.
-# Parameters:
-#    $cmd                     - The command keyword.
-#    $tail                    - All of the characters after the $cmd:
-#                               These are expected to be a colon
-#                               separated list containing:
-#                               domain/user - identifying the user.
-#                               namespace   - identifying the database.
-#                               regexp      - optional regular expression
-#                                             that is matched against
-#                                             database keywords to do
-#                                             selective dumps.
-#   $client                   - Channel open on the client.
-# Returns:
-#    1    - Continue processing.
-# Side effects:
-#    response is written to $client.
-#
-sub DumpWithRegexp {
-    my $cmd    = shift;
-    my $tail   = shift;
-    my $client = shift;
-
-    my $userinput = "$cmd:$tail";
-
-    my ($udom,$uname,$namespace,$regexp)=split(/:/,$tail);
-    if (defined($regexp)) {
-	$regexp=&unescape($regexp);
-    } else {
-	$regexp='.';
-    }
-    my $hashref =TieUserHash($udom, $uname, $namespace,
-				 &GDBM_READER());
-    if ($hashref) {
-        my $qresult='';
-	while (my ($key,$value) = each(%$hashref)) {
-	    if ($regexp eq '.') {
-		$qresult.=$key.'='.$value.'&';
-	    } else {
-		my $unescapeKey = &unescape($key);
-		if (eval('$unescapeKey=~/$regexp/')) {
-		    $qresult.="$key=$value&";
-		}
-	    }
-	}
-	if (untie(%$hashref)) {
-	    chop($qresult);
-	    Reply($client, "$qresult\n", $userinput);
-	} else {
-	    Failure( $client, "error: ".($!+0)." untie(GDBM) Failed ".
-		     "while attempting dump\n", $userinput);
-	}
-    } else {
-	Failure($client, "error: ".($!+0)." tie(GDBM) Failed ".
-		"while attempting dump\n", $userinput);
-    }
-
-    return 1;
-}
-RegisterHandler("dump", \&DumpWithRegexp, 0, 1, 0);
-
-#  Store an aitem in any resource meta data(?) or database with
-#  versioning?
-#
-#  Parameters:
-#    $cmd                - Request command keyword.
-#    $tail               - Tail of the request.  This is a colon
-#                          separated list containing:
-#                          domain/user - User and authentication domain.
-#                          namespace   - Name of the database being modified
-#                          rid         - Resource keyword to modify.
-#                          what        - new value associated with rid.
-#
-#    $client             - Socket open on the client.
-#
-#
-#  Returns:
-#      1 (keep on processing).
-#  Side-Effects:
-#    Writes to the client
-sub StoreHandler {
-    my $cmd    = shift;
-    my $tail   = shift;
-    my $client = shift;
- 
-    my $userinput = "$cmd:$tail";
-
-    my ($udom,$uname,$namespace,$rid,$what) =split(/:/,$tail);
-    if ($namespace ne 'roles') {
-
-	chomp($what);
-	my @pairs=split(/\&/,$what);
-	my $hashref  = TieUserHash($udom, $uname, $namespace,
-				       &GDBM_WRCREAT(), "P",
-				       "$rid:$what");
-	if ($hashref) {
-	    my $now = time;
-	    my @previouskeys=split(/&/,$hashref->{"keys:$rid"});
-	    my $key;
-	    $hashref->{"version:$rid"}++;
-	    my $version=$hashref->{"version:$rid"};
-	    my $allkeys=''; 
-	    foreach my $pair (@pairs) {
-		my ($key,$value)=split(/=/,$pair);
-		$allkeys.=$key.':';
-		$hashref->{"$version:$rid:$key"}=$value;
-	    }
-	    $hashref->{"$version:$rid:timestamp"}=$now;
-	    $allkeys.='timestamp';
-	    $hashref->{"$version:keys:$rid"}=$allkeys;
-	    if (untie($hashref)) {
-		Reply($client, "ok\n", $userinput);
-	    } else {
-		Failure($client, "error: ".($!+0)." untie(GDBM) Failed ".
-			"while attempting store\n", $userinput);
-	    }
-	} else {
-	    Failure( $client, "error: ".($!+0)." tie(GDBM) Failed ".
-		     "while attempting store\n", $userinput);
-	}
-    } else {
-	Failure($client, "refused\n", $userinput);
-    }
-
-    return 1;
-}
-RegisterHandler("store", \&StoreHandler, 0, 1, 0);
-#
-#   Restore a prior version of a resource.
-#
-#  Parameters:
-#     $cmd               - Command keyword.
-#     $tail              - Remainder of the request which consists of:
-#                          domain/user   - User and auth. domain.
-#                          namespace     - name of resource database.
-#                          rid           - Resource id.
-#    $client             - socket open on the client.
-#
-# Returns:
-#      1  indicating the caller should not yet exit.
-# Side-effects:
-#   Writes a reply to the client.
-#
-sub RestoreHandler {
-    my $cmd     = shift;
-    my $tail    = shift;
-    my $client  = shift;
-
-    my $userinput = "$cmd:$tail";	# Only used for logging purposes.
-
-    my ($cmd,$udom,$uname,$namespace,$rid) = split(/:/,$userinput);
-    $namespace=~s/\//\_/g;
-    $namespace=~s/\W//g;
-    chomp($rid);
-    my $proname=propath($udom,$uname);
-    my $qresult='';
-    my %hash;
-    if (tie(%hash,'GDBM_File',"$proname/$namespace.db",
-	    &GDBM_READER(),0640)) {
-	my $version=$hash{"version:$rid"};
-	$qresult.="version=$version&";
-	my $scope;
-	for ($scope=1;$scope<=$version;$scope++) {
-	    my $vkeys=$hash{"$scope:keys:$rid"};
-	    my @keys=split(/:/,$vkeys);
-	    my $key;
-	    $qresult.="$scope:keys=$vkeys&";
-	    foreach $key (@keys) {
-		$qresult.="$scope:$key=".$hash{"$scope:$rid:$key"}."&";
-	    }                                  
-	}
-	if (untie(%hash)) {
-	    $qresult=~s/\&$//;
-	    Reply( $client, "$qresult\n", $userinput);
-	} else {
-	    Failure($client, "error: ".($!+0)." untie(GDBM) Failed ".
-		    "while attempting restore\n", $userinput);
-	}
-    } else {
-	Failure($client, "error: ".($!+0)." tie(GDBM) Failed ".
-		"while attempting restore\n", $userinput);
-    }
-  
-    return 1;
-
-
-}
-RegisterHandler("restore", \&RestoreHandler, 0,1,0);
-
-#
-#   Add a chat message to to a discussion board.
-#
-# Parameters:
-#    $cmd                - Request keyword.
-#    $tail               - Tail of the command. A colon separated list
-#                          containing:
-#                          cdom    - Domain on which the chat board lives
-#                          cnum    - Identifier of the discussion group.
-#                          post    - Body of the posting.
-#   $client              - Socket open on the client.
-# Returns:
-#   1    - Indicating caller should keep on processing.
-#
-# Side-effects:
-#   writes a reply to the client.
-#
-#
-sub SendChatHandler {
-    my $cmd     = shift;
-    my $tail    = shift;
-    my $client  = shift;
-    
-    my $userinput = "$cmd:$tail";
-
-    my ($cdom,$cnum,$newpost)=split(/\:/,$tail);
-    &chatadd($cdom,$cnum,$newpost);
-    Reply($client, "ok\n", $userinput);
-
-    return 1;
-}
-RegisterHandler("chatsend", \&SendChatHandler, 0, 1, 0);
-#
-#   Retrieve the set of chat messagss from a discussion board.
-#
-#  Parameters:
-#    $cmd             - Command keyword that initiated the request.
-#    $tail            - Remainder of the request after the command
-#                       keyword.  In this case a colon separated list of
-#                       chat domain    - Which discussion board.
-#                       chat id        - Discussion thread(?)
-#                       domain/user    - Authentication domain and username
-#                                        of the requesting person.
-#   $client           - Socket open on the client program.
-# Returns:
-#    1     - continue processing
-# Side effects:
-#    Response is written to the client.
-#
-sub RetrieveChatHandler {
-    my $cmd      = shift;
-    my $tail     = shift;
-    my $client   = shift;
-
-    my $userinput = "$cmd:$tail";
-
-    my ($cdom,$cnum,$udom,$uname)=split(/\:/,$tail);
-    my $reply='';
-    foreach (&getchat($cdom,$cnum,$udom,$uname)) {
-	$reply.=&escape($_).':';
-    }
-    $reply=~s/\:$//;
-    Reply($client, $reply."\n", $userinput);
-
-
-    return 1;
-}
-RegisterHandler("chatretr", \&RetrieveChatHandler, 0, 1, 0);
-#
-#  Initiate a query of an sql database.  SQL query repsonses get put in
-#  a file for later retrieval.  This prevents sql query results from
-#  bottlenecking the system.  Note that with loncnew, perhaps this is
-#  less of an issue since multiple outstanding requests can be concurrently
-#  serviced.
-#
-#  Parameters:
-#     $cmd       - COmmand keyword that initiated the request.
-#     $tail      - Remainder of the command after the keyword.
-#                  For this function, this consists of a query and
-#                  3 arguments that are self-documentingly labelled
-#                  in the original arg1, arg2, arg3.
-#     $client    - Socket open on the client.
-# Return:
-#    1   - Indicating processing should continue.
-# Side-effects:
-#    a reply is written to $client.
-#
-sub SendQueryHandler {
-    my $cmd     = shift;
-    my $tail    = shift;
-    my $client  = shift;
-
-    my $userinput = "$cmd:$tail";
-
-    my ($query,$arg1,$arg2,$arg3)=split(/\:/,$tail);
-    $query=~s/\n*$//g;
-    Reply($client, "". sqlreply("$clientname\&$query".
-				"\&$arg1"."\&$arg2"."\&$arg3")."\n",
-	  $userinput);
-    
-    return 1;
-}
-RegisterHandler("querysend", \&SendQueryHandler, 0, 1, 0);
-
-#
-#   Add a reply to an sql query.  SQL queries are done asyncrhonously.
-#   The query is submitted via a "querysend" transaction.
-#   There it is passed on to the lonsql daemon, queued and issued to
-#   mysql.
-#     This transaction is invoked when the sql transaction is complete
-#   it stores the query results in flie and indicates query completion.
-#   presumably local software then fetches this response... I'm guessing
-#   the sequence is: lonc does a querysend, we ask lonsql to do it.
-#   lonsql on completion of the query interacts with the lond of our
-#   client to do a query reply storing two files:
-#    - id     - The results of the query.
-#    - id.end - Indicating the transaction completed. 
-#    NOTE: id is a unique id assigned to the query and querysend time.
-# Parameters:
-#    $cmd        - Command keyword that initiated this request.
-#    $tail       - Remainder of the tail.  In this case that's a colon
-#                  separated list containing the query Id and the 
-#                  results of the query.
-#    $client     - Socket open on the client.
-# Return:
-#    1           - Indicating that we should continue processing.
-# Side effects:
-#    ok written to the client.
-#
-sub ReplyQueryHandler {
-    my $cmd    = shift;
-    my $tail   = shift;
-    my $client = shift;
-
-    my $userinput = "$cmd:$tail";
-
-    my ($cmd,$id,$reply)=split(/:/,$userinput); 
-    my $store;
-    my $execdir=$perlvar{'lonDaemons'};
-    if ($store=IO::File->new(">$execdir/tmp/$id")) {
-	$reply=~s/\&/\n/g;
-	print $store $reply;
-	close $store;
-	my $store2=IO::File->new(">$execdir/tmp/$id.end");
-	print $store2 "done\n";
-	close $store2;
-	Reply($client, "ok\n", $userinput);
-    } else {
-	Failure($client, "error: ".($!+0)
-		." IO::File->new Failed ".
-		"while attempting queryreply\n", $userinput);
-    }
- 
-
-    return 1;
-}
-RegisterHandler("queryreply", \&ReplyQueryHandler, 0, 1, 0);
-#
-#  Process the courseidput query.  Not quite sure what this means
-#  at the system level sense.  It appears a gdbm file in the 
-#  /home/httpd/lonUsers/$domain/nohist_courseids is tied and
-#  a set of entries made in that database.
-#
-# Parameters:
-#   $cmd      - The command keyword that initiated this request.
-#   $tail     - Tail of the command.  In this case consists of a colon
-#               separated list contaning the domain to apply this to and
-#               an ampersand separated list of keyword=value pairs.
-#   $client   - Socket open on the client.
-# Returns:
-#   1    - indicating that processing should continue
-#
-# Side effects:
-#   reply is written to the client.
-#
-sub PutCourseIdHandler {
-    my $cmd    = shift;
-    my $tail   = shift;
-    my $client = shift;
-
-    my $userinput = "$cmd:$tail";
-
-    my ($udom, $what) = split(/:/, $tail);
-    chomp($what);
-    my $now=time;
-    my @pairs=split(/\&/,$what);
-
-    my $hashref = TieDomainHash($udom, "nohist_courseids", &GDBM_WRCREAT());
-    if ($hashref) {
-	foreach my $pair (@pairs) {
-	    my ($key,$value)=split(/=/,$pair);
-	    $hashref->{$key}=$value.':'.$now;
-	}
-	if (untie(%$hashref)) {
-	    Reply($client, "ok\n", $userinput);
-	} else {
-	    Failure( $client, "error: ".($!+0)
-		     ." untie(GDBM) Failed ".
-		     "while attempting courseidput\n", $userinput);
-	}
-    } else {
-	Failure( $client, "error: ".($!+0)
-		 ." tie(GDBM) Failed ".
-		 "while attempting courseidput\n", $userinput);
-    }
-
-    return 1;
-}
-RegisterHandler("courseidput", \&PutCourseIdHandler, 0, 1, 0);
-
-#  Retrieves the value of a course id resource keyword pattern
-#  defined since a starting date.  Both the starting date and the
-#  keyword pattern are optional.  If the starting date is not supplied it
-#  is treated as the beginning of time.  If the pattern is not found,
-#  it is treatred as "." matching everything.
-#
-#  Parameters:
-#     $cmd     - Command keyword that resulted in us being dispatched.
-#     $tail    - The remainder of the command that, in this case, consists
-#                of a colon separated list of:
-#                 domain   - The domain in which the course database is 
-#                            defined.
-#                 since    - Optional parameter describing the minimum
-#                            time of definition(?) of the resources that
-#                            will match the dump.
-#                 description - regular expression that is used to filter
-#                            the dump.  Only keywords matching this regexp
-#                            will be used.
-#     $client  - The socket open on the client.
-# Returns:
-#    1     - Continue processing.
-# Side Effects:
-#   a reply is written to $client.
-sub DumpCourseIdHandler {
-    my $cmd    = shift;
-    my $tail   = shift;
-    my $client = shift;
-
-    my $userinput = "$cmd:$tail";
-
-    my ($udom,$since,$description) =split(/:/,$tail);
-    if (defined($description)) {
-	$description=&unescape($description);
-    } else {
-	$description='.';
-    }
-    unless (defined($since)) { $since=0; }
-    my $qresult='';
-    logthis(" Looking for $description  since $since");
-    my $hashref = TieDomainHash($udom, "nohist_courseids", &GDBM_WRCREAT());
-    if ($hashref) {
-	while (my ($key,$value) = each(%$hashref)) {
-	    my ($descr,$lasttime)=split(/\:/,$value);
-	    logthis("Got:  key = $key descr = $descr time: $lasttime");
-	    if ($lasttime<$since) { 
-		logthis("Skipping .. too early");
-		next; 
-	    }
-	    if ($description eq '.') {
-		logthis("Adding wildcard match");
-		$qresult.=$key.'='.$descr.'&';
-	    } else {
-		my $unescapeVal = &unescape($descr);
-		logthis("Matching with $unescapeVal");
-		if (eval('$unescapeVal=~/$description/i')) {
-		    logthis("Adding on match");
-		    $qresult.="$key=$descr&";
-		}
-	    }
-	}
-	if (untie(%$hashref)) {
-	    chop($qresult);
-	    Reply($client, "$qresult\n", $userinput);
-	} else {
-	    Failure($client, "error: ".($!+0)." untie(GDBM) Failed ".
-		    "while attempting courseiddump\n", $userinput);
-	}
-    } else {
-	Failure($client, "error: ".($!+0)." tie(GDBM) Failed ".
-		"while attempting courseiddump\n", $userinput);
-    }
-
-
-    return 1;
-}
-RegisterHandler("courseiddump", \&DumpCourseIdHandler, 0, 1, 0);
-#
-#  Puts an id to a domains id database. 
-#
-#  Parameters:
-#   $cmd     - The command that triggered us.
-#   $tail    - Remainder of the request other than the command. This is a 
-#              colon separated list containing:
-#              $domain  - The domain for which we are writing the id.
-#              $pairs  - The id info to write... this is and & separated list
-#                        of keyword=value.
-#   $client  - Socket open on the client.
-#  Returns:
-#    1   - Continue processing.
-#  Side effects:
-#     reply is written to $client.
-#
-sub PutIdHandler {
-    my $cmd    = shift;
-    my $tail   = shift;
-    my $client = shift;
-
-    my $userinput = "$cmd:$tail";
-
-    my ($udom,$what)=split(/:/,$tail);
-    chomp($what);
-    my @pairs=split(/\&/,$what);
-    my $hashref = TieDomainHash($udom, "ids", &GDBM_WRCREAT(),
-				"P", $what);
-    if ($hashref) {
-	foreach my $pair (@pairs) {
-	    my ($key,$value)=split(/=/,$pair);
-	    $hashref->{$key}=$value;
-	}
-	if (untie(%$hashref)) {
-	    Reply($client, "ok\n", $userinput);
-	} else {
-	    Failure($client, "error: ".($!+0)." untie(GDBM) Failed ".
-		    "while attempting idput\n", $userinput);
-	}
-    } else {
-	Failure( $client, "error: ".($!+0)." tie(GDBM) Failed ".
-		 "while attempting idput\n", $userinput);
-    }
-
-    return 1;
-}
-
-RegisterHandler("idput", \&PutIdHandler, 0, 1, 0);
-#
-#  Retrieves a set of id values from the id database.
-#  Returns an & separated list of results, one for each requested id to the
-#  client.
-#
-# Parameters:
-#   $cmd       - Command keyword that caused us to be dispatched.
-#   $tail      - Tail of the command.  Consists of a colon separated:
-#               domain - the domain whose id table we dump
-#               ids      Consists of an & separated list of
-#                        id keywords whose values will be fetched.
-#                        nonexisting keywords will have an empty value.
-#   $client    - Socket open on the client.
-#
-# Returns:
-#    1 - indicating processing should continue.
-# Side effects:
-#   An & separated list of results is written to $client.
-#
-sub GetIdHandler {
-    my $cmd    = shift;
-    my $tail   = shift;
-    my $client = shift;
-    
-    my $userinput = "$client:$tail";
-    
-    my ($udom,$what)=split(/:/,$tail);
-    chomp($what);
-    my @queries=split(/\&/,$what);
-    my $qresult='';
-    my $hashref = TieDomainHash($udom, "ids", &GDBM_READER());
-    if ($hashref) {
-	for (my $i=0;$i<=$#queries;$i++) {
-	    $qresult.="$hashref->{$queries[$i]}&";
-	}
-	if (untie(%$hashref)) {
-	    $qresult=~s/\&$//;
-	    Reply($client, "$qresult\n", $userinput);
-	} else {
-	    Failure( $client, "error: ".($!+0)." untie(GDBM) Failed ".
-		     "while attempting idget\n",$userinput);
-	}
-    } else {
-	Failure($client, "error: ".($!+0)." tie(GDBM) Failed ".
-		"while attempting idget\n",$userinput);
-    }
-    
-    return 1;
-}
-
-RegisterHandler("idget", \&GetIdHandler, 0, 1, 0);
-#
-#  Process the tmpput command I'm not sure what this does.. Seems to
-#  create a file in the lonDaemons/tmp directory of the form $id.tmp
-# where Id is the client's ip concatenated with a sequence number.
-# The file will contain some value that is passed in.  Is this e.g.
-# a login token?
-#
-# Parameters:
-#    $cmd     - The command that got us dispatched.
-#    $tail    - The remainder of the request following $cmd:
-#               In this case this will be the contents of the file.
-#    $client  - Socket connected to the client.
-# Returns:
-#    1 indicating processing can continue.
-# Side effects:
-#   A file is created in the local filesystem.
-#   A reply is sent to the client.
-sub TmpPutHandler {
-    my $cmd       = shift;
-    my $what      = shift;
-    my $client    = shift;
-
-    my $userinput = "$cmd:$what";	# Reconstruct for logging.
-
-
-    my $store;
-    $tmpsnum++;
-    my $id=$$.'_'.$clientip.'_'.$tmpsnum;
-    $id=~s/\W/\_/g;
-    $what=~s/\n//g;
-    my $execdir=$perlvar{'lonDaemons'};
-    if ($store=IO::File->new(">$execdir/tmp/$id.tmp")) {
-	print $store $what;
-	close $store;
-	Reply($client, "$id\n", $userinput);
-    } else {
-	Failure( $client, "error: ".($!+0)."IO::File->new Failed ".
-		 "while attempting tmpput\n", $userinput);
-    }
-    return 1;
-  
-}
-RegisterHandler("tmpput", \&TmpPutHandler, 0, 1, 0);
-
-#   Processes the tmpget command.  This command returns the contents
-#  of a temporary resource file(?) created via tmpput.
-#
-# Paramters:
-#    $cmd      - Command that got us dispatched.
-#    $id       - Tail of the command, contain the id of the resource
-#                we want to fetch.
-#    $client   - socket open on the client.
-# Return:
-#    1         - Inidcating processing can continue.
-# Side effects:
-#   A reply is sent to the client.
-
-#
-sub TmpGetHandler {
-    my $cmd       = shift;
-    my $id        = shift;
-    my $client    = shift;
-    my $userinput = "$cmd:$id"; 
-    
-    chomp($id);
-    $id=~s/\W/\_/g;
-    my $store;
-    my $execdir=$perlvar{'lonDaemons'};
-    if ($store=IO::File->new("$execdir/tmp/$id.tmp")) {
-	my $reply=<$store>;
-	Reply( $client, "$reply\n", $userinput);
-	close $store;
-    } else {
-	Failure( $client, "error: ".($!+0)."IO::File->new Failed ".
-		 "while attempting tmpget\n", $userinput);
-    }
-
-    return 1;
-}
-RegisterHandler("tmpget", \&TmpGetHandler, 0, 1, 0);
-#
-#  Process the tmpdel command.  This command deletes a temp resource
-#  created by the tmpput command.
-#
-# Parameters:
-#   $cmd      - Command that got us here.
-#   $id       - Id of the temporary resource created.
-#   $client   - socket open on the client process.
-#
-# Returns:
-#   1     - Indicating processing should continue.
-# Side Effects:
-#   A file is deleted
-#   A reply is sent to the client.
-sub TmpDelHandler {
-    my $cmd      = shift;
-    my $id       = shift;
-    my $client   = shift;
-    
-    my $userinput= "$cmd:$id";
-    
-    chomp($id);
-    $id=~s/\W/\_/g;
-    my $execdir=$perlvar{'lonDaemons'};
-    if (unlink("$execdir/tmp/$id.tmp")) {
-	Reply($client, "ok\n", $userinput);
-    } else {
-	Failure( $client, "error: ".($!+0)."Unlink tmp Failed ".
-		 "while attempting tmpdel\n", $userinput);
-    }
-    
-    return 1;
-
-}
-RegisterHandler("tmpdel", \&TmpDelHandler, 0, 1, 0);
-#
-#   ls  - list the contents of a directory.  For each file in the
-#    selected directory the filename followed by the full output of
-#    the stat function is returned.  The returned info for each
-#    file are separated by ':'.  The stat fields are separated by &'s.
-# Parameters:
-#    $cmd        - The command that dispatched us (ls).
-#    $ulsdir     - The directory path to list... I'm not sure what this
-#                  is relative as things like ls:. return e.g.
-#                  no_such_dir.
-#    $client     - Socket open on the client.
-# Returns:
-#     1 - indicating that the daemon should not disconnect.
-# Side Effects:
-#   The reply is written to  $client.
-#
-sub LsHandler {
-    my $cmd     = shift;
-    my $ulsdir  = shift;
-    my $client  = shift;
-
-    my $userinput = "$cmd:$ulsdir";
-
-    chomp($ulsdir);
-
-    my $ulsout='';
-    my $ulsfn;
-    logthis("ls for '$ulsdir'");
-    if (-e $ulsdir) {
-	logthis("ls - directory exists");
-	if(-d $ulsdir) {
-	    logthis("ls  $ulsdir is a file");
-	    if (opendir(LSDIR,$ulsdir)) {
-		while ($ulsfn=readdir(LSDIR)) {
-		    my @ulsstats=stat($ulsdir.'/'.$ulsfn);
-		    $ulsout.=$ulsfn.'&'.
-			join('&',@ulsstats).':';
-		}
-		closedir(LSDIR);
-	    }
-	} else {
-	    my @ulsstats=stat($ulsdir);
-	    $ulsout.=$ulsfn.'&'.join('&',@ulsstats).':';
-	}
-    } else {
-	$ulsout='no_such_dir';
-    }
-    if ($ulsout eq '') { $ulsout='empty'; }
-    Reply($client, "$ulsout\n", $userinput);
-
-
-    return 1;
-}
-RegisterHandler("ls", \&LsHandler, 0, 1, 0);
-
-
-#
-#   Processes the setannounce command.  This command
-#   creates a file named announce.txt in the top directory of
-#   the documentn root and sets its contents.  The announce.txt file is
-#   printed in its entirety at the LonCAPA login page.  Note:
-#   once the announcement.txt fileis created it cannot be deleted.
-#   However, setting the contents of the file to empty removes the
-#   announcement from the login page of loncapa so who cares.
-#
-# Parameters:
-#    $cmd          - The command that got us dispatched.
-#    $announcement - The text of the announcement.
-#    $client       - Socket open on the client process.
-# Retunrns:
-#   1             - Indicating request processing should continue
-# Side Effects:
-#   The file {DocRoot}/announcement.txt is created.
-#   A reply is sent to $client.
-#
-sub SetAnnounceHandler {
-    my $cmd          = shift;
-    my $announcement = shift;
-    my $client       = shift;
-  
-    my $userinput    = "$cmd:$announcement";
-
-    chomp($announcement);
-    $announcement=&unescape($announcement);
-    if (my $store=IO::File->new('>'.$perlvar{'lonDocRoot'}.
-				'/announcement.txt')) {
-	print $store $announcement;
-	close $store;
-	Reply($client, "ok\n", $userinput);
-    } else {
-	Failure($client, "error: ".($!+0)."\n", $userinput);
-    }
-
-    return 1;
-}
-RegisterHandler("setannounce", \&SetAnnounceHandler, 0, 1, 0);
-
-#
-#  Return the version of the daemon.  This can be used to determine
-#  the compatibility of cross version installations or, alternatively to
-#  simply know who's out of date and who isn't.  Note that the version
-#  is returned concatenated with the tail.
-# Parameters:
-#   $cmd        - the request that dispatched to us.
-#   $tail       - Tail of the request (client's version?).
-#   $client     - Socket open on the client.
-#Returns:
-#   1 - continue processing requests.
-# Side Effects:
-#   Replies with version to $client.
-sub GetVersionHandler {
-    my $client     = shift;
-    my $tail       = shift;
-    my $client     = shift;
-    my $userinput  = $client;
-    
-    Reply($client, &version($userinput)."\n", $userinput);
-
-
-    return 1;
-}
-RegisterHandler("version", \&GetVersionHandler, 0, 1, 0);
-
-#  Set the current host and domain.  This is used to support
-#  multihomed systems.  Each IP of the system, or even separate daemons
-#  on the same IP can be treated as handling a separate lonCAPA virtual
-#  machine.  This command selects the virtual lonCAPA.  The client always
-#  knows the right one since it is lonc and it is selecting the domain/system
-#  from the hosts.tab file.
-# Parameters:
-#    $cmd      - Command that dispatched us.
-#    $tail     - Tail of the command (domain/host requested).
-#    $socket   - Socket open on the client.
-#
-# Returns:
-#     1   - Indicates the program should continue to process requests.
-# Side-effects:
-#     The default domain/system context is modified for this daemon.
-#     a reply is sent to the client.
-#
-sub SelectHostHandler {
-    my $cmd        = shift;
-    my $tail       = shift;
-    my $socket     = shift;
-  
-    my $userinput  ="$cmd:$tail";
-
-    Reply($client, &sethost($userinput)."\n", $userinput);
-
-
-    return 1;
-}
-RegisterHandler("sethost", \&SelectHostHandler, 0, 1, 0);
-
-#  Process a request to exit:
-#   - "bye" is sent to the client.
-#   - The client socket is shutdown and closed.
-#   - We indicate to the caller that we should exit.
-# Formal Parameters:
-#   $cmd                - The command that got us here.
-#   $tail               - Tail of the command (empty).
-#   $client             - Socket open on the tail.
-# Returns:
-#   0      - Indicating the program should exit!!
-#
-sub ExitHandler {
-    my $cmd     = shift;
-    my $tail    = shift;
-    my $client  = shift;
-
-    my $userinput = "$cmd:$tail";
-
-    &logthis("Client $clientip ($clientname) hanging up: $userinput");
-    Reply($client, "bye\n", $userinput);
-    $client->shutdown(2);        # shutdown the socket forcibly.
-    $client->close();
-
-    return 0;
-}
-RegisterHandler("exit", \&ExitHandler, 0, 1,1);
-RegisterHandler("init", \&ExitHandler, 0, 1,1);	# RE-init is like exit.
-RegisterHandler("quit", \&ExitHandler, 0, 1,1); # I like this too!
-#------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
-#
-#   Process a Request.  Takes a request from the client validates
-#   it and performs the operation requested by it.  Returns
-#   a response to the client.
-#
-#  Parameters:
-#      request      - A string containing the user's request.
-#  Returns:
-#      0            - Requested to exit, caller should shut down.
-#      1            - Accept additional requests from the client.
-#
-sub ProcessRequest {
-    my $Request      = shift;
-    my $KeepGoing    = 1;	# Assume we're not asked to stop.
-    
-    my $wasenc=0;
-    my $userinput = $Request;   # for compatibility with oldcode <yeach>
-
-
-# ------------------------------------------------------------ See if encrypted
-   
-    if($userinput =~ /^enc/) {
-	$wasenc = 1;
-	$userinput = Decipher($userinput);
-	if(! $userinput) {
-	    Failure($client,"error:Encrypted data without negotiating key");
-	    return 0;                      # Break off with this imposter.
-	}
-    }
-    # Split off the request keyword from the rest of the stuff.
-   
-    my ($command, $tail) = split(/:/, $userinput, 2);
-    chomp($command);
-    chomp($tail);
-
-    Debug("Command received: $command, encoded = $wasenc");
-
-   
-# ------------------------------------------------------------- Normal commands
-
-    # 
-    #   If the command is in the hash, then execute it via the hash dispatch:
-    #
-    if(defined $Dispatcher{$command}) {
-
-	my $DispatchInfo = $Dispatcher{$command};
-	my $Handler      = $$DispatchInfo[0];
-	my $NeedEncode   = $$DispatchInfo[1];
-	my $ClientTypes  = $$DispatchInfo[2];
-	Debug("Matched dispatch hash: mustencode: $NeedEncode ClientType $ClientTypes");
-      
-	#  Validate the request:
-      
-	my $ok = 1;
-	my $requesterprivs = 0;
-	if(isClient()) {
-	    $requesterprivs |= $CLIENT_OK;
-	}
-	if(isManager()) {
-	    $requesterprivs |= $MANAGER_OK;
-	}
-	if($NeedEncode && (!$wasenc)) {
-	    Debug("Must encode but wasn't: $NeedEncode $wasenc");
-	    $ok = 0;
-	}
-	if(($ClientTypes & $requesterprivs) == 0) {
-	    Debug("Client not privileged to do this operation");
-	    $ok = 0;
-	}
-
-	if($ok) {
-	    Debug("Dispatching to handler $command $tail");
-	    $KeepGoing = &$Handler($command, $tail, $client);
-	} else {
-	    Debug("Refusing to dispatch because ok is false");
-	    Failure($client, "refused\n", $userinput);
-	}
-
-
-# ------------------------------------------------------------- unknown command
-
-    } else {
-	# unknown command
-	Failure($client, "unknown_cmd\n", $userinput);
-    }
-
-    return $KeepGoing;
-}
-
 
 #
 #   GetCertificate: Given a transaction that requires a certificate,
@@ -2763,6 +137,18 @@ sub GetCertificate {
     return $clientip;
 }
 
+#
+#   Return true if client is a manager.
+#
+sub isManager {
+    return (($ConnectionType eq "manager") || ($ConnectionType eq "both"));
+}
+#
+#   Return tru if client can do client functions
+#
+sub isClient {
+    return (($ConnectionType eq "client") || ($ConnectionType eq "both"));
+}
 
 
 #
@@ -2777,42 +163,42 @@ sub ReadManagerTable {
 
     #   Clean out the old table first..
 
-    foreach my $key (keys %managers) {
-	delete $managers{$key};
-    }
-
-    my $tablename = $perlvar{'lonTabDir'}."/managers.tab";
-    if (!open (MANAGERS, $tablename)) {
-	logthis('<font color="red">No manager table.  Nobody can manage!!</font>');
-	return;
-    }
-    while(my $host = <MANAGERS>) {
-	chomp($host);
-	if ($host =~ "^#") {                  # Comment line.
-	    logthis('<font color="green"> Skipping line: '. "$host</font>\n");
-	    next;
-	}
-	if (!defined $hostip{$host}) { # This is a non cluster member
+   foreach my $key (keys %managers) {
+      delete $managers{$key};
+   }
+
+   my $tablename = $perlvar{'lonTabDir'}."/managers.tab";
+   if (!open (MANAGERS, $tablename)) {
+      logthis('<font color="red">No manager table.  Nobody can manage!!</font>');
+      return;
+   }
+   while(my $host = <MANAGERS>) {
+      chomp($host);
+      if ($host =~ "^#") {                  # Comment line.
+         logthis('<font color="green"> Skipping line: '. "$host</font>\n");
+         next;
+      }
+      if (!defined $hostip{$host}) { # This is a non cluster member
 	    #  The entry is of the form:
 	    #    cluname:hostname
 	    #  cluname - A 'cluster hostname' is needed in order to negotiate
 	    #            the host key.
 	    #  hostname- The dns name of the host.
 	    #
-	    my($cluname, $dnsname) = split(/:/, $host);
-	    
-	    my $ip = gethostbyname($dnsname);
-	    if(defined($ip)) {                 # bad names don't deserve entry.
-		my $hostip = inet_ntoa($ip);
-		$managers{$hostip} = $cluname;
-		logthis('<font color="green"> registering manager '.
-			"$dnsname as $cluname with $hostip </font>\n");
-	    }
-	} else {
-	    logthis('<font color="green"> existing host'." $host</font>\n");
-	    $managers{$hostip{$host}} = $host;  # Use info from cluster tab if clumemeber
-	}
-    }
+          my($cluname, $dnsname) = split(/:/, $host);
+          
+          my $ip = gethostbyname($dnsname);
+          if(defined($ip)) {                 # bad names don't deserve entry.
+            my $hostip = inet_ntoa($ip);
+            $managers{$hostip} = $cluname;
+            logthis('<font color="green"> registering manager '.
+                    "$dnsname as $cluname with $hostip </font>\n");
+         }
+      } else {
+         logthis('<font color="green"> existing host'." $host</font>\n");
+         $managers{$hostip{$host}} = $host;  # Use info from cluster tab if clumemeber
+      }
+   }
 }
 
 #
@@ -2846,7 +232,7 @@ sub CopyFile {
 
     if(-e $oldfile) {
 
-	# Read the old file.
+	 # Read the old file.
 
 	my $oldfh = IO::File->new("< $oldfile");
 	if(!$oldfh) {
@@ -2899,30 +285,30 @@ sub AdjustHostContents {
     my $adjusted;
     my $me        = $perlvar{'lonHostID'};
 
-    foreach my $line (split(/\n/,$contents)) {
+ foreach my $line (split(/\n/,$contents)) {
 	if(!(($line eq "") || ($line =~ /^ *\#/) || ($line =~ /^ *$/))) {
 	    chomp($line);
 	    my ($id,$domain,$role,$name,$ip,$maxcon,$idleto,$mincon)=split(/:/,$line);
 	    if ($id eq $me) {
-		my $ip = gethostbyname($name);
-		my $ipnew = inet_ntoa($ip);
-		$ip = $ipnew;
+          my $ip = gethostbyname($name);
+          my $ipnew = inet_ntoa($ip);
+         $ip = $ipnew;
 		#  Reconstruct the host line and append to adjusted:
 		
-		my $newline = "$id:$domain:$role:$name:$ip";
-		if($maxcon ne "") { # Not all hosts have loncnew tuning params
-		    $newline .= ":$maxcon:$idleto:$mincon";
-		}
-		$adjusted .= $newline."\n";
+		   my $newline = "$id:$domain:$role:$name:$ip";
+		   if($maxcon ne "") { # Not all hosts have loncnew tuning params
+		     $newline .= ":$maxcon:$idleto:$mincon";
+		   }
+		   $adjusted .= $newline."\n";
 		
-	    } else {		# Not me, pass unmodified.
-		$adjusted .= $line."\n";
-	    }
+      } else {		# Not me, pass unmodified.
+		   $adjusted .= $line."\n";
+      }
 	} else {                  # Blank or comment never re-written.
 	    $adjusted .= $line."\n";	# Pass blanks and comments as is.
 	}
-    }
-    return $adjusted;
+ }
+ return $adjusted;
 }
 #
 #   InstallFile: Called to install an administrative file:
@@ -2945,14 +331,14 @@ sub InstallFile {
     my $TempFile = $Filename.".tmp";
 
     #  Open the file for write:
-    
+
     my $fh = IO::File->new("> $TempFile"); # Write to temp.
     if(!(defined $fh)) {
 	&logthis('<font color="red"> Unable to create '.$TempFile."</font>");
 	return 0;
     }
     #  write the contents of the file:
-    
+
     print $fh ($Contents); 
     $fh->close;			# In case we ever have a filesystem w. locking
 
@@ -3035,7 +421,7 @@ sub PushFile {
 	return "error:$!";
     }
     &logthis('<font color="green"> Pushfile: backed up '
-	     .$tablefile." to $backupfile</font>");
+	    .$tablefile." to $backupfile</font>");
     
     #  If the file being pushed is the host file, we adjust the entry for ourself so that the
     #  IP will be our current IP as looked up in dns.  Note this is only 99% good as it's possible
@@ -3051,12 +437,13 @@ sub PushFile {
 
     if(!InstallFile($tablefile, $contents)) {
 	&logthis('<font color="red"> Pushfile: unable to install '
-		 .$tablefile." $! </font>");
+	 .$tablefile." $! </font>");
 	return "error:$!";
-    } else {
+    }
+    else {
 	&logthis('<font color="green"> Installed new '.$tablefile
 		 ."</font>");
-	
+
     }
 
 
@@ -3193,7 +580,7 @@ sub ApplyEdit {
     } elsif ($command eq "delete") {
 	$editor->DeleteLine($p1);         # p1 - key p2 null.
     } else {			          # Should not get here!!!
-	die "Invalid command given to ApplyEdit $command";
+	die "Invalid command given to ApplyEdit $command"
     }
 }
 #
@@ -3363,8 +750,8 @@ sub catchexception {
     $SIG{__DIE__}='DEFAULT';
     &status("Catching exception");
     &logthis("<font color=red>CRITICAL: "
-	     ."ABNORMAL EXIT. Child $$ for server $thisserver died through "
-	     ."a crash with this error msg->[$error]</font>");
+     ."ABNORMAL EXIT. Child $$ for server $thisserver died through "
+     ."a crash with this error msg->[$error]</font>");
     &logthis('Famous last words: '.$status.' - '.$lastlog);
     if ($client) { print $client "error: $error\n"; }
     $server->close();
@@ -3390,11 +777,11 @@ undef $perlvarref;
 # ----------------------------- Make sure this process is running from user=www
 my $wwwid=getpwnam('www');
 if ($wwwid!=$<) {
-    my $emailto="$perlvar{'lonAdmEMail'},$perlvar{'lonSysEMail'}";
-    my $subj="LON: $currenthostid User ID mismatch";
-    system("echo 'User ID mismatch.  lond must be run as user www.' |\
+   my $emailto="$perlvar{'lonAdmEMail'},$perlvar{'lonSysEMail'}";
+   my $subj="LON: $currenthostid User ID mismatch";
+   system("echo 'User ID mismatch.  lond must be run as user www.' |\
  mailto $emailto -s '$subj' > /dev/null");
-    exit 1;
+   exit 1;
 }
 
 # --------------------------------------------- Check if other instance running
@@ -3402,10 +789,10 @@ if ($wwwid!=$<) {
 my $pidfile="$perlvar{'lonDaemons'}/logs/lond.pid";
 
 if (-e $pidfile) {
-    my $lfh=IO::File->new("$pidfile");
-    my $pide=<$lfh>;
-    chomp($pide);
-    if (kill 0 => $pide) { die "already running"; }
+   my $lfh=IO::File->new("$pidfile");
+   my $pide=<$lfh>;
+   chomp($pide);
+   if (kill 0 => $pide) { die "already running"; }
 }
 
 # ------------------------------------------------------------- Read hosts file
@@ -3418,25 +805,33 @@ $server = IO::Socket::INET->new(LocalPor
                                 Proto     => 'tcp',
                                 Reuse     => 1,
                                 Listen    => 10 )
-    or die "making socket: $@\n";
+  or die "making socket: $@\n";
 
 # --------------------------------------------------------- Do global variables
 
 # global variables
 
 my %children               = ();       # keys are current child process IDs
-my $children               = 0;        # current number of children
 
 sub REAPER {                        # takes care of dead children
     $SIG{CHLD} = \&REAPER;
     &status("Handling child death");
-    my $pid = wait;
-    if (defined($children{$pid})) {
-	&logthis("Child $pid died");
-	$children --;
-	delete $children{$pid};
-    } else {
-	&logthis("Unknown Child $pid died");
+    my $pid;
+    do {
+	$pid = waitpid(-1,&WNOHANG());
+	if (defined($children{$pid})) {
+	    &logthis("Child $pid died");
+	    delete($children{$pid});
+	} elsif ($pid > 0) {
+	    &logthis("Unknown Child $pid died");
+	}
+    } while ( $pid > 0 );
+    foreach my $child (keys(%children)) {
+	$pid = waitpid($child,&WNOHANG());
+	if ($pid > 0) {
+	    &logthis("Child $child - $pid looks like we missed it's death");
+	    delete($children{$pid});
+	}
     }
     &status("Finished Handling child death");
 }
@@ -3492,12 +887,14 @@ sub ReadHostTable {
     open (CONFIG,"$perlvar{'lonTabDir'}/hosts.tab") || die "Can't read host file";
     
     while (my $configline=<CONFIG>) {
-	my ($id,$domain,$role,$name,$ip)=split(/:/,$configline);
-	chomp($ip); $ip=~s/\D+$//;
-	$hostid{$ip}=$id;
-	$hostdom{$id}=$domain;
-	$hostip{$id}=$ip;
-	if ($id eq $perlvar{'lonHostID'}) { $thisserver=$name; }
+	if (!($configline =~ /^\s*\#/)) {
+	    my ($id,$domain,$role,$name,$ip)=split(/:/,$configline);
+	    chomp($ip); $ip=~s/\D+$//;
+	    $hostid{$ip}=$id;
+	    $hostdom{$id}=$domain;
+	    $hostip{$id}=$ip;
+	    if ($id eq $perlvar{'lonHostID'}) { $thisserver=$name; }
+	}
     }
     close(CONFIG);
 }
@@ -3571,17 +968,17 @@ sub checkchildren {
     &status("Checking on the children (waiting for reports)");
     foreach (sort keys %children) {
         unless (-e "$docdir/lon-status/londchld/$_.txt") {
-	    eval {
-		alarm(300);
-		&logthis('Child '.$_.' did not respond');
-		kill 9 => $_;
-		#$emailto="$perlvar{'lonAdmEMail'},$perlvar{'lonSysEMail'}";
-		#$subj="LON: $currenthostid killed lond process $_";
-		#my $result=`echo 'Killed lond process $_.' | mailto $emailto -s '$subj' > /dev/null`;
-		#$execdir=$perlvar{'lonDaemons'};
-		#$result=`/bin/cp $execdir/logs/lond.log $execdir/logs/lond.log.$_`;
-		alarm(0);
-	    }
+          eval {
+            alarm(300);
+	    &logthis('Child '.$_.' did not respond');
+	    kill 9 => $_;
+	    #$emailto="$perlvar{'lonAdmEMail'},$perlvar{'lonSysEMail'}";
+	    #$subj="LON: $currenthostid killed lond process $_";
+	    #my $result=`echo 'Killed lond process $_.' | mailto $emailto -s '$subj' > /dev/null`;
+	    #$execdir=$perlvar{'lonDaemons'};
+	    #$result=`/bin/cp $execdir/logs/lond.log $execdir/logs/lond.log.$_`;
+	    alarm(0);
+	  }
         }
     }
     $SIG{ALRM} = 'DEFAULT';
@@ -3617,10 +1014,7 @@ sub Debug {
 #     reply   - Text to send to client.
 #     request - Original request from client.
 #
-#  Note: This increments Transactions
-#
 sub Reply {
-    alarm(120);
     my $fd      = shift;
     my $reply   = shift;
     my $request = shift;
@@ -3628,33 +1022,6 @@ sub Reply {
     print $fd $reply;
     Debug("Request was $request  Reply was $reply");
 
-    $Transactions++;
-    alarm(0);
-
-
-}
-#
-#    Sub to report a failure.
-#    This function:
-#     -   Increments the failure statistic counters.
-#     -   Invokes Reply to send the error message to the client.
-# Parameters:
-#    fd       - File descriptor open on the client
-#    reply    - Reply text to emit.
-#    request  - The original request message (used by Reply
-#               to debug if that's enabled.
-# Implicit outputs:
-#    $Failures- The number of failures is incremented.
-#    Reply (invoked here) sends a message to the 
-#    client:
-#
-sub Failure {
-    my $fd      = shift;
-    my $reply   = shift;
-    my $request = shift;
-   
-    $Failures++;
-    Reply($fd, $reply, $request);      # That's simple eh?
 }
 # ------------------------------------------------------------------ Log status
 
@@ -3662,19 +1029,17 @@ sub logstatus {
     &status("Doing logging");
     my $docdir=$perlvar{'lonDocRoot'};
     {
-	my $fh=IO::File->new(">>$docdir/lon-status/londstatus.txt");
-	print $fh $$."\t".$currenthostid."\t".$status."\t".$lastlog."\n";
-	$fh->close();
+    my $fh=IO::File->new(">>$docdir/lon-status/londstatus.txt");
+    print $fh $$."\t".$clientname."\t".$currenthostid."\t".$status."\t".$lastlog."\n";
+    $fh->close();
     }
     &status("Finished londstatus.txt");
     {
 	my $fh=IO::File->new(">$docdir/lon-status/londchld/$$.txt");
-	print $fh $status."\n".$lastlog."\n".time;
-	$fh->close();
+        print $fh $status."\n".$lastlog."\n".time;
+        $fh->close();
     }
-    ResetStatistics;
     &status("Finished logging");
-   
 }
 
 sub initnewstatus {
@@ -3696,11 +1061,8 @@ sub status {
     my $what=shift;
     my $now=time;
     my $local=localtime($now);
-    my $status = "lond: $what $local ";
-    if($Transactions) {
-	$status .= " Transactions: $Transactions Failed; $Failures";
-    }
-    $0=$status;
+    $status=$local.': '.$what;
+    $0='lond: '.$what.' '.$local;
 }
 
 # -------------------------------------------------------- Escape Special Chars
@@ -3732,11 +1094,12 @@ sub reconlonc {
 	    &logthis("lonc at pid $loncpid responding, sending USR1");
             kill USR1 => $loncpid;
         } else {
-	    &logthis("<font color=red>CRITICAL: "
-		     ."lonc at pid $loncpid not responding, giving up</font>");
+	    &logthis(
+              "<font color=red>CRITICAL: "
+             ."lonc at pid $loncpid not responding, giving up</font>");
         }
     } else {
-	&logthis('<font color=red>CRITICAL: lonc not running, giving up</font>');
+      &logthis('<font color=red>CRITICAL: lonc not running, giving up</font>');
     }
 }
 
@@ -3748,7 +1111,7 @@ sub subreply {
     my $sclient=IO::Socket::UNIX->new(Peer    =>"$peerfile",
                                       Type    => SOCK_STREAM,
                                       Timeout => 10)
-	or return "con_lost";
+       or return "con_lost";
     print $sclient "$cmd\n";
     my $answer=<$sclient>;
     chomp($answer);
@@ -3757,22 +1120,22 @@ sub subreply {
 }
 
 sub reply {
-    my ($cmd,$server)=@_;
-    my $answer;
-    if ($server ne $currenthostid) { 
-	$answer=subreply($cmd,$server);
-	if ($answer eq 'con_lost') {
-	    $answer=subreply("ping",$server);
-	    if ($answer ne $server) {
-		&logthis("sub reply: answer != server answer is $answer, server is $server");
-		&reconlonc("$perlvar{'lonSockDir'}/$server");
-	    }
-	    $answer=subreply($cmd,$server);
-	}
-    } else {
-	$answer='self_reply';
-    } 
-    return $answer;
+  my ($cmd,$server)=@_;
+  my $answer;
+  if ($server ne $currenthostid) { 
+    $answer=subreply($cmd,$server);
+    if ($answer eq 'con_lost') {
+	$answer=subreply("ping",$server);
+        if ($answer ne $server) {
+	    &logthis("sub reply: answer != server answer is $answer, server is $server");
+           &reconlonc("$perlvar{'lonSockDir'}/$server");
+        }
+        $answer=subreply($cmd,$server);
+    }
+  } else {
+    $answer='self_reply';
+  } 
+  return $answer;
 }
 
 # -------------------------------------------------------------- Talk to lonsql
@@ -3791,7 +1154,7 @@ sub subsqlreply {
     my $sclient=IO::Socket::UNIX->new(Peer    =>"$peerfile",
                                       Type    => SOCK_STREAM,
                                       Timeout => 10)
-	or return "con_lost";
+       or return "con_lost";
     print $sclient "$cmd\n";
     my $answer=<$sclient>;
     chomp($answer);
@@ -3803,14 +1166,11 @@ sub subsqlreply {
 
 sub propath {
     my ($udom,$uname)=@_;
-    Debug("Propath:$udom:$uname");
     $udom=~s/\W//g;
     $uname=~s/\W//g;
-    Debug("Propath2:$udom:$uname");
     my $subdir=$uname.'__';
     $subdir =~ s/(.)(.)(.).*/$1\/$2\/$3/;
     my $proname="$perlvar{'lonUsersDir'}/$udom/$subdir/$uname";
-    Debug("Propath returning $proname");
     return $proname;
 } 
 
@@ -3861,7 +1221,6 @@ $SIG{USR2} = \&UpdateHosts;
 
 ReadHostTable;
 
-
 # --------------------------------------------------------------
 #   Accept connections.  When a connection comes in, it is validated
 #   and if good, a child process is created to process transactions
@@ -3877,6 +1236,7 @@ while (1) {
 
 sub make_new_child {
     my $pid;
+    my $cipher;
     my $sigset;
 
     $client = shift;
@@ -3887,7 +1247,7 @@ sub make_new_child {
     $sigset = POSIX::SigSet->new(SIGINT);
     sigprocmask(SIG_BLOCK, $sigset)
         or die "Can't block SIGINT for fork: $!\n";
-    
+
     die "fork: $!" unless defined ($pid = fork);
 
     $client->sockopt(SO_KEEPALIVE, 1); # Enable monitoring of
@@ -3898,15 +1258,24 @@ sub make_new_child {
     #  the pid hash.
     #
     my $caller = getpeername($client);
-    my ($port,$iaddr)=unpack_sockaddr_in($caller);
-    $clientip=inet_ntoa($iaddr);
+    my ($port,$iaddr);
+    if (defined($caller) && length($caller) > 0) {
+	($port,$iaddr)=unpack_sockaddr_in($caller);
+    } else {
+	&logthis("Unable to determine who caller was, getpeername returned nothing");
+    }
+    if (defined($iaddr)) {
+	$clientip=inet_ntoa($iaddr);
+    } else {
+	&logthis("Unable to determine clinetip");
+	$clientip='Unavailable';
+    }
     
     if ($pid) {
         # Parent records the child's birth and returns.
         sigprocmask(SIG_UNBLOCK, $sigset)
             or die "Can't unblock SIGINT for fork: $!\n";
         $children{$pid} = $clientip;
-        $children++;
         &status('Started child '.$pid);
         return;
     } else {
@@ -3923,11 +1292,11 @@ sub make_new_child {
         sigprocmask(SIG_UNBLOCK, $sigset)
             or die "Can't unblock SIGINT for fork: $!\n";
 
-
-	
+        my $tmpsnum=0;
+#---------------------------------------------------- kerberos 5 initialization
         &Authen::Krb5::init_context();
         &Authen::Krb5::init_ets();
-	
+
 	&status('Accepted connection');
 # =============================================================================
             # do something with the connection
@@ -3954,7 +1323,7 @@ sub make_new_child {
 	    &status("Waiting for init from $clientip $clientname");
 	    &logthis('<font color="yellow">INFO: Connection, '.
 		     $clientip.
-		     " ($clientname) connection type = $ConnectionType </font>" );
+		  " ($clientname) connection type = $ConnectionType </font>" );
 	    &status("Connecting $clientip  ($clientname))"); 
 	    my $remotereq=<$client>;
 	    $remotereq=~s/[^\w:]//g;
@@ -3962,23 +1331,27 @@ sub make_new_child {
 		&sethost("sethost:$perlvar{'lonHostID'}");
 		my $challenge="$$".time;
 		print $client "$challenge\n";
-		&status("Waiting for challenge reply from $clientip ($clientname)"); 
+		&status(
+			"Waiting for challenge reply from $clientip ($clientname)"); 
 		$remotereq=<$client>;
 		$remotereq=~s/\W//g;
 		if ($challenge eq $remotereq) {
 		    $clientok=1;
 		    print $client "ok\n";
 		} else {
-		    &logthis("<font color=blue>WARNING: $clientip did not reply challenge</font>");
+		    &logthis(
+			     "<font color=blue>WARNING: $clientip did not reply challenge</font>");
 		    &status('No challenge reply '.$clientip);
 		}
 	    } else {
-		&logthis("<font color=blue>WARNING: "
+		&logthis(
+			 "<font color=blue>WARNING: "
 			 ."$clientip failed to initialize: >$remotereq< </font>");
 		&status('No init '.$clientip);
 	    }
 	} else {
-	    &logthis("<font color=blue>WARNING: Unknown client $clientip</font>");
+	    &logthis(
+		     "<font color=blue>WARNING: Unknown client $clientip</font>");
 	    &status('Hung up on '.$clientip);
 	}
 	if ($clientok) {
@@ -3994,15 +1367,1480 @@ sub make_new_child {
 	    }
 	    &logthis("<font color=green>Established connection: $clientname</font>");
 	    &status('Will listen to '.$clientname);
+# ------------------------------------------------------------ Process requests
+	    while (my $userinput=<$client>) {
+                chomp($userinput);
+		Debug("Request = $userinput\n");
+                &status('Processing '.$clientname.': '.$userinput);
+                my $wasenc=0;
+                alarm(120);
+# ------------------------------------------------------------ See if encrypted
+		if ($userinput =~ /^enc/) {
+		    if ($cipher) {
+			my ($cmd,$cmdlength,$encinput)=split(/:/,$userinput);
+			$userinput='';
+			for (my $encidx=0;$encidx<length($encinput);$encidx+=16) {
+			    $userinput.=
+				$cipher->decrypt(
+						 pack("H16",substr($encinput,$encidx,16))
+						 );
+			}
+			$userinput=substr($userinput,0,$cmdlength);
+			$wasenc=1;
+		    }
+		}
+		
+# ------------------------------------------------------------- Normal commands
+# ------------------------------------------------------------------------ ping
+		if ($userinput =~ /^ping/) {	# client only
+		    if(isClient) {
+			print $client "$currenthostid\n";
+		    } else {
+			Reply($client, "refused\n", $userinput);
+		    }
+# ------------------------------------------------------------------------ pong
+		}elsif ($userinput =~ /^pong/) { # client only
+		    if(isClient) {
+			my $reply=&reply("ping",$clientname);
+			print $client "$currenthostid:$reply\n"; 
+		    } else {
+			Reply($client, "refused\n", $userinput);
+		    }
+# ------------------------------------------------------------------------ ekey
+		} elsif ($userinput =~ /^ekey/) { # ok for both clients & mgrs
+		    my $buildkey=time.$$.int(rand 100000);
+		    $buildkey=~tr/1-6/A-F/;
+		    $buildkey=int(rand 100000).$buildkey.int(rand 100000);
+		    my $key=$currenthostid.$clientname;
+		    $key=~tr/a-z/A-Z/;
+		    $key=~tr/G-P/0-9/;
+		    $key=~tr/Q-Z/0-9/;
+		    $key=$key.$buildkey.$key.$buildkey.$key.$buildkey;
+		    $key=substr($key,0,32);
+		    my $cipherkey=pack("H32",$key);
+		    $cipher=new IDEA $cipherkey;
+		    print $client "$buildkey\n"; 
+# ------------------------------------------------------------------------ load
+		} elsif ($userinput =~ /^load/) { # client only
+		    if (isClient) {
+			my $loadavg;
+			{
+			    my $loadfile=IO::File->new('/proc/loadavg');
+			    $loadavg=<$loadfile>;
+			}
+			$loadavg =~ s/\s.*//g;
+			my $loadpercent=100*$loadavg/$perlvar{'lonLoadLim'};
+			print $client "$loadpercent\n";
+		    } else {
+			Reply($client, "refused\n", $userinput);
+	       
+		    }
+# -------------------------------------------------------------------- userload
+		} elsif ($userinput =~ /^userload/) { # client only
+		    if(isClient) {
+			my $userloadpercent=&userload();
+			print $client "$userloadpercent\n";
+		    } else {
+			Reply($client, "refused\n", $userinput);
+		     
+		    }
+#
+#        Transactions requiring encryption:
+#
+# ----------------------------------------------------------------- currentauth
+		} elsif ($userinput =~ /^currentauth/) {
+		    if (($wasenc==1)  && isClient) { # Encoded & client only.
+			my ($cmd,$udom,$uname)=split(/:/,$userinput);
+			my $result = GetAuthType($udom, $uname);
+			if($result eq "nouser") {
+			    print $client "unknown_user\n";
+			}
+			else {
+			    print $client "$result\n"
+			    }
+		    } else {
+			Reply($client, "refused\n", $userinput);
+			
+		    }
+#--------------------------------------------------------------------- pushfile
+		} elsif($userinput =~ /^pushfile/) {	# encoded & manager.
+		    if(($wasenc == 1) && isManager) {
+			my $cert = GetCertificate($userinput);
+			if(ValidManager($cert)) {
+			    my $reply = PushFile($userinput);
+			    print $client "$reply\n";
+			} else {
+			    print $client "refused\n";
+			} 
+		    } else {
+			Reply($client, "refused\n", $userinput);
+			
+		    }
+#--------------------------------------------------------------------- reinit
+		} elsif($userinput =~ /^reinit/) { # Encoded and manager
+			if (($wasenc == 1) && isManager) {
+				my $cert = GetCertificate($userinput);
+				if(ValidManager($cert)) {
+					chomp($userinput);
+					my $reply = ReinitProcess($userinput);
+					print $client  "$reply\n";
+				} else {
+					 print $client "refused\n";
+				}
+			} else {
+				Reply($client, "refused\n", $userinput);
+			}
+#------------------------------------------------------------------------- edit
+		    } elsif ($userinput =~ /^edit/) {    # encoded and manager:
+			if(($wasenc ==1) && (isManager)) {
+			    my $cert = GetCertificate($userinput);
+			    if(ValidManager($cert)) {
+               my($command, $filetype, $script) = split(/:/, $userinput);
+               if (($filetype eq "hosts") || ($filetype eq "domain")) {
+                  if($script ne "") {
+		      Reply($client, EditFile($userinput));
+                  } else {
+                     Reply($client,"refused\n",$userinput);
+                  }
+               } else {
+                  Reply($client,"refused\n",$userinput);
+               }
+            } else {
+               Reply($client,"refused\n",$userinput);
+            }
+         } else {
+	     Reply($client,"refused\n",$userinput);
+	 }
+# ------------------------------------------------------------------------ auth
+		    } elsif ($userinput =~ /^auth/) { # Encoded and client only.
+		    if (($wasenc==1) && isClient) {
+			my ($cmd,$udom,$uname,$upass)=split(/:/,$userinput);
+			chomp($upass);
+			$upass=unescape($upass);
+			my $proname=propath($udom,$uname);
+			my $passfilename="$proname/passwd";
+			if (-e $passfilename) {
+			    my $pf = IO::File->new($passfilename);
+			    my $realpasswd=<$pf>;
+			    chomp($realpasswd);
+			    my ($howpwd,$contentpwd)=split(/:/,$realpasswd);
+			    my $pwdcorrect=0;
+			    if ($howpwd eq 'internal') {
+				&Debug("Internal auth");
+				$pwdcorrect=
+				    (crypt($upass,$contentpwd) eq $contentpwd);
+			    } elsif ($howpwd eq 'unix') {
+				&Debug("Unix auth");
+				if((getpwnam($uname))[1] eq "") { #no such user!
+				    $pwdcorrect = 0;
+				} else {
+				    $contentpwd=(getpwnam($uname))[1];
+				    my $pwauth_path="/usr/local/sbin/pwauth";
+				    unless ($contentpwd eq 'x') {
+					$pwdcorrect=
+					    (crypt($upass,$contentpwd) eq 
+					     $contentpwd);
+				    }
+				    
+				    elsif (-e $pwauth_path) {
+					open PWAUTH, "|$pwauth_path" or
+					    die "Cannot invoke authentication";
+					print PWAUTH "$uname\n$upass\n";
+					close PWAUTH;
+					$pwdcorrect=!$?;
+				    }
+				}
+			    } elsif ($howpwd eq 'krb4') {
+				my $null=pack("C",0);
+				unless ($upass=~/$null/) {
+				    my $krb4_error = &Authen::Krb4::get_pw_in_tkt
+					($uname,"",$contentpwd,'krbtgt',
+					 $contentpwd,1,$upass);
+				    if (!$krb4_error) {
+					$pwdcorrect = 1;
+				    } else { 
+					$pwdcorrect=0; 
+					# log error if it is not a bad password
+					if ($krb4_error != 62) {
+					    &logthis('krb4:'.$uname.','.$contentpwd.','.
+						     &Authen::Krb4::get_err_txt($Authen::Krb4::error));
+					}
+				    }
+				}
+			    } elsif ($howpwd eq 'krb5') {
+				my $null=pack("C",0);
+				unless ($upass=~/$null/) {
+				    my $krbclient=&Authen::Krb5::parse_name($uname.'@'.$contentpwd);
+				    my $krbservice="krbtgt/".$contentpwd."\@".$contentpwd;
+				    my $krbserver=&Authen::Krb5::parse_name($krbservice);
+				    my $credentials=&Authen::Krb5::cc_default();
+				    $credentials->initialize($krbclient);
+				    my $krbreturn = 
+					&Authen::Krb5::get_in_tkt_with_password(
+										$krbclient,$krbserver,$upass,$credentials);
+#				  unless ($krbreturn) {
+#				      &logthis("Krb5 Error: ".
+#					       &Authen::Krb5::error());
+#				  }
+				    $pwdcorrect = ($krbreturn == 1);
+				} else { $pwdcorrect=0; }
+			    } elsif ($howpwd eq 'localauth') {
+				$pwdcorrect=&localauth::localauth($uname,$upass,
+								  $contentpwd);
+			    }
+			    if ($pwdcorrect) {
+				print $client "authorized\n";
+			    } else {
+				print $client "non_authorized\n";
+			    }  
+			} else {
+			    print $client "unknown_user\n";
+			}
+		    } else {
+			Reply($client, "refused\n", $userinput);
+		       
+		    }
+# ---------------------------------------------------------------------- passwd
+		} elsif ($userinput =~ /^passwd/) { # encoded and client
+		    if (($wasenc==1) && isClient) {
+			my 
+			    ($cmd,$udom,$uname,$upass,$npass)=split(/:/,$userinput);
+			chomp($npass);
+			$upass=&unescape($upass);
+			$npass=&unescape($npass);
+			&Debug("Trying to change password for $uname");
+			my $proname=propath($udom,$uname);
+			my $passfilename="$proname/passwd";
+			if (-e $passfilename) {
+			    my $realpasswd;
+			    { my $pf = IO::File->new($passfilename);
+			      $realpasswd=<$pf>; }
+			    chomp($realpasswd);
+			    my ($howpwd,$contentpwd)=split(/:/,$realpasswd);
+			    if ($howpwd eq 'internal') {
+				&Debug("internal auth");
+				if (crypt($upass,$contentpwd) eq $contentpwd) {
+				    my $salt=time;
+				    $salt=substr($salt,6,2);
+				    my $ncpass=crypt($npass,$salt);
+				    {
+					my $pf;
+					if ($pf = IO::File->new(">$passfilename")) {
+					    print $pf "internal:$ncpass\n";
+					    &logthis("Result of password change for $uname: pwchange_success");
+					    print $client "ok\n";
+					} else {
+					    &logthis("Unable to open $uname passwd to change password");
+					    print $client "non_authorized\n";
+					}
+				    }             
+				    
+				} else {
+				    print $client "non_authorized\n";
+				}
+			    } elsif ($howpwd eq 'unix') {
+				# Unix means we have to access /etc/password
+				# one way or another.
+				# First: Make sure the current password is
+				#        correct
+				&Debug("auth is unix");
+				$contentpwd=(getpwnam($uname))[1];
+				my $pwdcorrect = "0";
+				my $pwauth_path="/usr/local/sbin/pwauth";
+				unless ($contentpwd eq 'x') {
+				    $pwdcorrect=
+					(crypt($upass,$contentpwd) eq $contentpwd);
+				} elsif (-e $pwauth_path) {
+				    open PWAUTH, "|$pwauth_path" or
+					die "Cannot invoke authentication";
+				    print PWAUTH "$uname\n$upass\n";
+				    close PWAUTH;
+				    &Debug("exited pwauth with $? ($uname,$upass) ");
+				    $pwdcorrect=($? == 0);
+				}
+				if ($pwdcorrect) {
+				    my $execdir=$perlvar{'lonDaemons'};
+				    &Debug("Opening lcpasswd pipeline");
+				    my $pf = IO::File->new("|$execdir/lcpasswd > $perlvar{'lonDaemons'}/logs/lcpasswd.log");
+				    print $pf "$uname\n$npass\n$npass\n";
+				    close $pf;
+				    my $err = $?;
+				    my $result = ($err>0 ? 'pwchange_failure' 
+						  : 'ok');
+				    &logthis("Result of password change for $uname: ".
+					     &lcpasswdstrerror($?));
+				    print $client "$result\n";
+				} else {
+				    print $client "non_authorized\n";
+				}
+			    } else {
+				print $client "auth_mode_error\n";
+			    }  
+			} else {
+			    print $client "unknown_user\n";
+			}
+		    } else {
+			Reply($client, "refused\n", $userinput);
+		       
+		    }
+# -------------------------------------------------------------------- makeuser
+		} elsif ($userinput =~ /^makeuser/) { # encoded and client.
+		    &Debug("Make user received");
+		    my $oldumask=umask(0077);
+		    if (($wasenc==1) && isClient) {
+			my 
+			    ($cmd,$udom,$uname,$umode,$npass)=split(/:/,$userinput);
+			&Debug("cmd =".$cmd." $udom =".$udom.
+			       " uname=".$uname);
+			chomp($npass);
+			$npass=&unescape($npass);
+			my $proname=propath($udom,$uname);
+			my $passfilename="$proname/passwd";
+			&Debug("Password file created will be:".
+			       $passfilename);
+			if (-e $passfilename) {
+			    print $client "already_exists\n";
+			} elsif ($udom ne $currentdomainid) {
+			    print $client "not_right_domain\n";
+			} else {
+			    my @fpparts=split(/\//,$proname);
+			    my $fpnow=$fpparts[0].'/'.$fpparts[1].'/'.$fpparts[2];
+			    my $fperror='';
+			    for (my $i=3;$i<=$#fpparts;$i++) {
+				$fpnow.='/'.$fpparts[$i]; 
+				unless (-e $fpnow) {
+				    unless (mkdir($fpnow,0777)) {
+					$fperror="error: ".($!+0)
+					    ." mkdir failed while attempting "
+					    ."makeuser";
+				    }
+				}
+			    }
+			    unless ($fperror) {
+				my $result=&make_passwd_file($uname, $umode,$npass,
+							     $passfilename);
+				print $client $result;
+			    } else {
+				print $client "$fperror\n";
+			    }
+			}
+		    } else {
+			Reply($client, "refused\n", $userinput);
+	      
+		    }
+		    umask($oldumask);
+# -------------------------------------------------------------- changeuserauth
+		} elsif ($userinput =~ /^changeuserauth/) { # encoded & client
+		    &Debug("Changing authorization");
+		    if (($wasenc==1) && isClient) {
+			my 
+			    ($cmd,$udom,$uname,$umode,$npass)=split(/:/,$userinput);
+			chomp($npass);
+			&Debug("cmd = ".$cmd." domain= ".$udom.
+			       "uname =".$uname." umode= ".$umode);
+			$npass=&unescape($npass);
+			my $proname=&propath($udom,$uname);
+			my $passfilename="$proname/passwd";
+			if ($udom ne $currentdomainid) {
+			    print $client "not_right_domain\n";
+			} else {
+			    my $result=&make_passwd_file($uname, $umode,$npass,
+							 $passfilename);
+			    print $client $result;
+			}
+		    } else {
+			Reply($client, "refused\n", $userinput);
+		   
+		    }
+# ------------------------------------------------------------------------ home
+		} elsif ($userinput =~ /^home/) { # client clear or encoded
+		    if(isClient) {
+			my ($cmd,$udom,$uname)=split(/:/,$userinput);
+			chomp($uname);
+			my $proname=propath($udom,$uname);
+			if (-e $proname) {
+			    print $client "found\n";
+			} else {
+			    print $client "not_found\n";
+			}
+		    } else {
+			Reply($client, "refused\n", $userinput);
 
-	    ResetStatistics();
+		    }
+# ---------------------------------------------------------------------- update
+		} elsif ($userinput =~ /^update/) { # client clear or encoded.
+		    if(isClient) {
+			my ($cmd,$fname)=split(/:/,$userinput);
+			my $ownership=ishome($fname);
+			if ($ownership eq 'not_owner') {
+			    if (-e $fname) {
+				my ($dev,$ino,$mode,$nlink,
+				    $uid,$gid,$rdev,$size,
+				    $atime,$mtime,$ctime,
+				    $blksize,$blocks)=stat($fname);
+				my $now=time;
+				my $since=$now-$atime;
+				if ($since>$perlvar{'lonExpire'}) {
+				    my $reply=
+					&reply("unsub:$fname","$clientname");
+				    unlink("$fname");
+				} else {
+				    my $transname="$fname.in.transfer";
+				    my $remoteurl=
+					&reply("sub:$fname","$clientname");
+				    my $response;
+				    {
+					my $ua=new LWP::UserAgent;
+					my $request=new HTTP::Request('GET',"$remoteurl");
+					$response=$ua->request($request,$transname);
+				    }
+				    if ($response->is_error()) {
+					unlink($transname);
+					my $message=$response->status_line;
+					&logthis(
+						 "LWP GET: $message for $fname ($remoteurl)");
+				    } else {
+					if ($remoteurl!~/\.meta$/) {
+					    my $ua=new LWP::UserAgent;
+					    my $mrequest=
+						new HTTP::Request('GET',$remoteurl.'.meta');
+					    my $mresponse=
+						$ua->request($mrequest,$fname.'.meta');
+					    if ($mresponse->is_error()) {
+						unlink($fname.'.meta');
+					    }
+					}
+					rename($transname,$fname);
+				    }
+				}
+				print $client "ok\n";
+			    } else {
+				print $client "not_found\n";
+			    }
+			} else {
+			    print $client "rejected\n";
+			}
+		    } else {
+			Reply($client, "refused\n", $userinput);
 
-# ------------------------------------------------------------ Process requests
-	    my $KeepGoing = 1;
-	    while ((my $userinput=GetRequest) && $KeepGoing) {
-		$KeepGoing = ProcessRequest($userinput);
-# -------------------------------------------------------------------- complete
+		    }
+# -------------------------------------- fetch a user file from a remote server
+		} elsif ($userinput =~ /^fetchuserfile/) { # Client clear or enc.
+		    if(isClient) {
+			my ($cmd,$fname)=split(/:/,$userinput);
+			my ($udom,$uname,$ufile) = ($fname =~ /^([^\/]+)\/([^\/]+)\/(.+)$/);
+			my $udir=propath($udom,$uname).'/userfiles';
+			unless (-e $udir) { mkdir($udir,0770); }
+			if (-e $udir) {
+                            $ufile=~s/^[\.\~]+//;
+                            my $path = $udir;
+                            if ($ufile =~/(.+)\/([^\/]+)$/) {
+                                my @parts=split(/\//,$1);
+                                foreach my $part (@parts) {
+                                    $path .= '/'.$part;
+                                    if ((-e $path)!=1) {
+                                        mkdir($path,0770);
+                                    }
+                                }
+                            }
+			    my $destname=$udir.'/'.$ufile;
+			    my $transname=$udir.'/'.$ufile.'.in.transit';
+			    my $remoteurl='http://'.$clientip.'/userfiles/'.$fname;
+			    my $response;
+			    {
+				my $ua=new LWP::UserAgent;
+				my $request=new HTTP::Request('GET',"$remoteurl");
+				$response=$ua->request($request,$transname);
+			    }
+			    if ($response->is_error()) {
+				unlink($transname);
+				my $message=$response->status_line;
+				&logthis("LWP GET: $message for $fname ($remoteurl)");
+				print $client "failed\n";
+			    } else {
+				if (!rename($transname,$destname)) {
+				    &logthis("Unable to move $transname to $destname");
+				    unlink($transname);
+				    print $client "failed\n";
+				} else {
+				    print $client "ok\n";
+				}
+			    }
+			} else {
+			    print $client "not_home\n";
+			}
+		    } else {
+			Reply($client, "refused\n", $userinput);
+		    }
+# ------------------------------------------ authenticate access to a user file
+		} elsif ($userinput =~ /^tokenauthuserfile/) { # Client only
+		    if(isClient) {
+			my ($cmd,$fname,$session)=split(/:/,$userinput);
+			chomp($session);
+			my $reply='non_auth';
+			if (open(ENVIN,$perlvar{'lonIDsDir'}.'/'.
+				 $session.'.id')) {
+			    while (my $line=<ENVIN>) {
+				if ($line=~ m|userfile\.$fname\=|) { $reply='ok'; }
+			    }
+			    close(ENVIN);
+			    print $client $reply."\n";
+			} else {
+			    print $client "invalid_token\n";
+			}
+		    } else {
+			Reply($client, "refused\n", $userinput);
+
+		    }
+# ----------------------------------------------------------------- unsubscribe
+		} elsif ($userinput =~ /^unsub/) {
+		    if(isClient) {
+			my ($cmd,$fname)=split(/:/,$userinput);
+			if (-e $fname) {
+			    print $client &unsub($client,$fname,$clientip);
+			} else {
+			    print $client "not_found\n";
+			}
+		    } else {
+			Reply($client, "refused\n", $userinput);
+
+		    }
+# ------------------------------------------------------------------- subscribe
+		} elsif ($userinput =~ /^sub/) {
+		    if(isClient) {
+			print $client &subscribe($userinput,$clientip);
+		    } else {
+			Reply($client, "refused\n", $userinput);
 
+		    }
+# ------------------------------------------------------------- current version
+		} elsif ($userinput =~ /^currentversion/) {
+		    if(isClient) {
+			my ($cmd,$fname)=split(/:/,$userinput);
+			print $client &currentversion($fname)."\n";
+		    } else {
+			Reply($client, "refused\n", $userinput);
+
+		    }
+# ------------------------------------------------------------------------- log
+		} elsif ($userinput =~ /^log/) {
+		    if(isClient) {
+			my ($cmd,$udom,$uname,$what)=split(/:/,$userinput);
+			chomp($what);
+			my $proname=propath($udom,$uname);
+			my $now=time;
+			{
+			    my $hfh;
+			    if ($hfh=IO::File->new(">>$proname/activity.log")) { 
+				print $hfh "$now:$clientname:$what\n";
+				print $client "ok\n"; 
+			    } else {
+				print $client "error: ".($!+0)
+				    ." IO::File->new Failed "
+				    ."while attempting log\n";
+			    }
+			}
+		    } else {
+			Reply($client, "refused\n", $userinput);
+
+		    }
+# ------------------------------------------------------------------------- put
+		} elsif ($userinput =~ /^put/) {
+		    if(isClient) {
+			my ($cmd,$udom,$uname,$namespace,$what)
+			    =split(/:/,$userinput);
+			$namespace=~s/\//\_/g;
+			$namespace=~s/\W//g;
+			if ($namespace ne 'roles') {
+			    chomp($what);
+			    my $proname=propath($udom,$uname);
+			    my $now=time;
+			    unless ($namespace=~/^nohist\_/) {
+				my $hfh;
+				if (
+				    $hfh=IO::File->new(">>$proname/$namespace.hist")
+				    ) { print $hfh "P:$now:$what\n"; }
+			    }
+			    my @pairs=split(/\&/,$what);
+			    my %hash;
+			    if (tie(%hash,'GDBM_File',
+				    "$proname/$namespace.db",
+				    &GDBM_WRCREAT(),0640)) {
+				foreach my $pair (@pairs) {
+				    my ($key,$value)=split(/=/,$pair);
+				    $hash{$key}=$value;
+				}
+				if (untie(%hash)) {
+				    print $client "ok\n";
+				} else {
+				    print $client "error: ".($!+0)
+					." untie(GDBM) failed ".
+					"while attempting put\n";
+				}
+			    } else {
+				print $client "error: ".($!)
+				    ." tie(GDBM) Failed ".
+				    "while attempting put\n";
+			    }
+			} else {
+			    print $client "refused\n";
+			}
+		    } else {
+			Reply($client, "refused\n", $userinput);
+
+		    }
+# ------------------------------------------------------------------- inc
+		} elsif ($userinput =~ /^inc:/) {
+		    if(isClient) {
+			my ($cmd,$udom,$uname,$namespace,$what)
+			    =split(/:/,$userinput);
+			$namespace=~s/\//\_/g;
+			$namespace=~s/\W//g;
+			if ($namespace ne 'roles') {
+			    chomp($what);
+			    my $proname=propath($udom,$uname);
+			    my $now=time;
+			    unless ($namespace=~/^nohist\_/) {
+				my $hfh;
+				if (
+				    $hfh=IO::File->new(">>$proname/$namespace.hist")
+				    ) { print $hfh "P:$now:$what\n"; }
+			    }
+			    my @pairs=split(/\&/,$what);
+			    my %hash;
+			    if (tie(%hash,'GDBM_File',
+				    "$proname/$namespace.db",
+				    &GDBM_WRCREAT(),0640)) {
+				foreach my $pair (@pairs) {
+				    my ($key,$value)=split(/=/,$pair);
+                                    # We could check that we have a number...
+                                    if (! defined($value) || $value eq '') {
+                                        $value = 1;
+                                    }
+				    $hash{$key}+=$value;
+				}
+				if (untie(%hash)) {
+				    print $client "ok\n";
+				} else {
+				    print $client "error: ".($!+0)
+					." untie(GDBM) failed ".
+					"while attempting inc\n";
+				}
+			    } else {
+				print $client "error: ".($!)
+				    ." tie(GDBM) Failed ".
+				    "while attempting inc\n";
+			    }
+			} else {
+			    print $client "refused\n";
+			}
+		    } else {
+			Reply($client, "refused\n", $userinput);
+
+		    }
+# -------------------------------------------------------------------- rolesput
+		} elsif ($userinput =~ /^rolesput/) {
+		    if(isClient) {
+			&Debug("rolesput");
+			if ($wasenc==1) {
+			    my ($cmd,$exedom,$exeuser,$udom,$uname,$what)
+				=split(/:/,$userinput);
+			    &Debug("cmd = ".$cmd." exedom= ".$exedom.
+				   "user = ".$exeuser." udom=".$udom.
+				   "what = ".$what);
+			    my $namespace='roles';
+			    chomp($what);
+			    my $proname=propath($udom,$uname);
+			    my $now=time;
+			    {
+				my $hfh;
+				if (
+				    $hfh=IO::File->new(">>$proname/$namespace.hist")
+				    ) { 
+				    print $hfh "P:$now:$exedom:$exeuser:$what\n";
+				}
+			    }
+			    my @pairs=split(/\&/,$what);
+			    my %hash;
+			    if (tie(%hash,'GDBM_File',"$proname/$namespace.db",&GDBM_WRCREAT(),0640)) {
+				foreach my $pair (@pairs) {
+				    my ($key,$value)=split(/=/,$pair);
+				    &ManagePermissions($key, $udom, $uname,
+						       &GetAuthType( $udom, 
+								     $uname));
+				    $hash{$key}=$value;
+				}
+				if (untie(%hash)) {
+				    print $client "ok\n";
+				} else {
+				    print $client "error: ".($!+0)
+					." untie(GDBM) Failed ".
+					"while attempting rolesput\n";
+				}
+			    } else {
+				print $client "error: ".($!+0)
+				    ." tie(GDBM) Failed ".
+				    "while attempting rolesput\n";
+			    }
+			} else {
+			    print $client "refused\n";
+			}
+		    } else {
+			Reply($client, "refused\n", $userinput);
+		  
+		    }
+# -------------------------------------------------------------------- rolesdel
+		} elsif ($userinput =~ /^rolesdel/) {
+		    if(isClient) {
+			&Debug("rolesdel");
+			if ($wasenc==1) {
+			    my ($cmd,$exedom,$exeuser,$udom,$uname,$what)
+				=split(/:/,$userinput);
+			    &Debug("cmd = ".$cmd." exedom= ".$exedom.
+				   "user = ".$exeuser." udom=".$udom.
+				   "what = ".$what);
+			    my $namespace='roles';
+			    chomp($what);
+			    my $proname=propath($udom,$uname);
+			    my $now=time;
+			    {
+				my $hfh;
+				if (
+				    $hfh=IO::File->new(">>$proname/$namespace.hist")
+				    ) { 
+				    print $hfh "D:$now:$exedom:$exeuser:$what\n";
+				}
+			    }
+			    my @rolekeys=split(/\&/,$what);
+			    my %hash;
+			    if (tie(%hash,'GDBM_File',"$proname/$namespace.db",&GDBM_WRCREAT(),0640)) {
+				foreach my $key (@rolekeys) {
+				    delete $hash{$key};
+				}
+				if (untie(%hash)) {
+				    print $client "ok\n";
+				} else {
+				    print $client "error: ".($!+0)
+					." untie(GDBM) Failed ".
+					"while attempting rolesdel\n";
+				}
+			    } else {
+				print $client "error: ".($!+0)
+				    ." tie(GDBM) Failed ".
+				    "while attempting rolesdel\n";
+			    }
+			} else {
+			    print $client "refused\n";
+			}
+		    } else {
+			Reply($client, "refused\n", $userinput);
+		      
+		    }
+# ------------------------------------------------------------------------- get
+		} elsif ($userinput =~ /^get/) {
+		    if(isClient) {
+			my ($cmd,$udom,$uname,$namespace,$what)
+			    =split(/:/,$userinput);
+			$namespace=~s/\//\_/g;
+			$namespace=~s/\W//g;
+			chomp($what);
+			my @queries=split(/\&/,$what);
+			my $proname=propath($udom,$uname);
+			my $qresult='';
+			my %hash;
+			if (tie(%hash,'GDBM_File',"$proname/$namespace.db",&GDBM_READER(),0640)) {
+			    for (my $i=0;$i<=$#queries;$i++) {
+				$qresult.="$hash{$queries[$i]}&";
+			    }
+			    if (untie(%hash)) {
+				$qresult=~s/\&$//;
+				print $client "$qresult\n";
+			    } else {
+				print $client "error: ".($!+0)
+				    ." untie(GDBM) Failed ".
+				    "while attempting get\n";
+			    }
+			} else {
+			    if ($!+0 == 2) {
+				print $client "error:No such file or ".
+				    "GDBM reported bad block error\n";
+			    } else {
+				print $client "error: ".($!+0)
+				    ." tie(GDBM) Failed ".
+				    "while attempting get\n";
+			    }
+			}
+		    } else {
+			Reply($client, "refused\n", $userinput);
+		       
+		    }
+# ------------------------------------------------------------------------ eget
+		} elsif ($userinput =~ /^eget/) {
+		    if (isClient) {
+			my ($cmd,$udom,$uname,$namespace,$what)
+			    =split(/:/,$userinput);
+			$namespace=~s/\//\_/g;
+			$namespace=~s/\W//g;
+			chomp($what);
+			my @queries=split(/\&/,$what);
+			my $proname=propath($udom,$uname);
+			my $qresult='';
+			my %hash;
+			if (tie(%hash,'GDBM_File',"$proname/$namespace.db",&GDBM_READER(),0640)) {
+			    for (my $i=0;$i<=$#queries;$i++) {
+				$qresult.="$hash{$queries[$i]}&";
+			    }
+			    if (untie(%hash)) {
+				$qresult=~s/\&$//;
+				if ($cipher) {
+				    my $cmdlength=length($qresult);
+				    $qresult.="         ";
+				    my $encqresult='';
+				    for 
+					(my $encidx=0;$encidx<=$cmdlength;$encidx+=8) {
+					    $encqresult.=
+						unpack("H16",
+						       $cipher->encrypt(substr($qresult,$encidx,8)));
+					}
+				    print $client "enc:$cmdlength:$encqresult\n";
+				} else {
+				    print $client "error:no_key\n";
+				}
+			    } else {
+				print $client "error: ".($!+0)
+				    ." untie(GDBM) Failed ".
+				    "while attempting eget\n";
+			    }
+			} else {
+			    print $client "error: ".($!+0)
+				." tie(GDBM) Failed ".
+				"while attempting eget\n";
+			}
+		    } else {
+			Reply($client, "refused\n", $userinput);
+		    
+		    }
+# ------------------------------------------------------------------------- del
+		} elsif ($userinput =~ /^del/) {
+		    if(isClient) {
+			my ($cmd,$udom,$uname,$namespace,$what)
+			    =split(/:/,$userinput);
+			$namespace=~s/\//\_/g;
+			$namespace=~s/\W//g;
+			chomp($what);
+			my $proname=propath($udom,$uname);
+			my $now=time;
+			unless ($namespace=~/^nohist\_/) {
+			    my $hfh;
+			    if (
+				$hfh=IO::File->new(">>$proname/$namespace.hist")
+				) { print $hfh "D:$now:$what\n"; }
+			}
+			my @keys=split(/\&/,$what);
+			my %hash;
+			if (tie(%hash,'GDBM_File',"$proname/$namespace.db",&GDBM_WRCREAT(),0640)) {
+			    foreach my $key (@keys) {
+				delete($hash{$key});
+			    }
+			    if (untie(%hash)) {
+				print $client "ok\n";
+			    } else {
+				print $client "error: ".($!+0)
+				    ." untie(GDBM) Failed ".
+				    "while attempting del\n";
+			    }
+			} else {
+			    print $client "error: ".($!+0)
+				." tie(GDBM) Failed ".
+				"while attempting del\n";
+			}
+		    } else {
+			Reply($client, "refused\n", $userinput);
+			
+		    }
+# ------------------------------------------------------------------------ keys
+		} elsif ($userinput =~ /^keys/) {
+		    if(isClient) {
+			my ($cmd,$udom,$uname,$namespace)
+			    =split(/:/,$userinput);
+			$namespace=~s/\//\_/g;
+			$namespace=~s/\W//g;
+			my $proname=propath($udom,$uname);
+			my $qresult='';
+			my %hash;
+			if (tie(%hash,'GDBM_File',"$proname/$namespace.db",&GDBM_READER(),0640)) {
+			    foreach my $key (keys %hash) {
+				$qresult.="$key&";
+			    }
+			    if (untie(%hash)) {
+				$qresult=~s/\&$//;
+				print $client "$qresult\n";
+			    } else {
+				print $client "error: ".($!+0)
+				    ." untie(GDBM) Failed ".
+				    "while attempting keys\n";
+			    }
+			} else {
+			    print $client "error: ".($!+0)
+				." tie(GDBM) Failed ".
+				"while attempting keys\n";
+			}
+		    } else {
+			Reply($client, "refused\n", $userinput);
+		   
+		    }
+# ----------------------------------------------------------------- dumpcurrent
+		} elsif ($userinput =~ /^currentdump/) {
+		    if (isClient) {
+			my ($cmd,$udom,$uname,$namespace)
+			    =split(/:/,$userinput);
+			$namespace=~s/\//\_/g;
+			$namespace=~s/\W//g;
+			my $qresult='';
+			my $proname=propath($udom,$uname);
+			my %hash;
+			if (tie(%hash,'GDBM_File',
+				"$proname/$namespace.db",
+				&GDBM_READER(),0640)) {
+			    # Structure of %data:
+			    # $data{$symb}->{$parameter}=$value;
+			    # $data{$symb}->{'v.'.$parameter}=$version;
+			    # since $parameter will be unescaped, we do not
+			    # have to worry about silly parameter names...
+			    my %data = ();
+			    while (my ($key,$value) = each(%hash)) {
+				my ($v,$symb,$param) = split(/:/,$key);
+				next if ($v eq 'version' || $symb eq 'keys');
+				next if (exists($data{$symb}) && 
+					 exists($data{$symb}->{$param}) &&
+					 $data{$symb}->{'v.'.$param} > $v);
+				$data{$symb}->{$param}=$value;
+				$data{$symb}->{'v.'.$param}=$v;
+			    }
+			    if (untie(%hash)) {
+				while (my ($symb,$param_hash) = each(%data)) {
+				    while(my ($param,$value) = each (%$param_hash)){
+					next if ($param =~ /^v\./);
+					$qresult.=$symb.':'.$param.'='.$value.'&';
+				    }
+				}
+				chop($qresult);
+				print $client "$qresult\n";
+			    } else {
+				print $client "error: ".($!+0)
+				    ." untie(GDBM) Failed ".
+				    "while attempting currentdump\n";
+			    }
+			} else {
+			    print $client "error: ".($!+0)
+				." tie(GDBM) Failed ".
+				"while attempting currentdump\n";
+			}
+		    } else {
+			Reply($client, "refused\n", $userinput);
+		    }
+# ------------------------------------------------------------------------ dump
+		} elsif ($userinput =~ /^dump/) {
+		    if(isClient) {
+			my ($cmd,$udom,$uname,$namespace,$regexp)
+			    =split(/:/,$userinput);
+			$namespace=~s/\//\_/g;
+			$namespace=~s/\W//g;
+			if (defined($regexp)) {
+			    $regexp=&unescape($regexp);
+			} else {
+			    $regexp='.';
+			}
+			my $qresult='';
+			my $proname=propath($udom,$uname);
+			my %hash;
+			if (tie(%hash,'GDBM_File',"$proname/$namespace.db",&GDBM_READER(),0640)) {
+			       while (my ($key,$value) = each(%hash)) {
+				   if ($regexp eq '.') {
+				       $qresult.=$key.'='.$value.'&';
+				   } else {
+				       my $unescapeKey = &unescape($key);
+				       if (eval('$unescapeKey=~/$regexp/')) {
+					   $qresult.="$key=$value&";
+				       }
+				   }
+			       }
+			       if (untie(%hash)) {
+				   chop($qresult);
+				   print $client "$qresult\n";
+			       } else {
+				   print $client "error: ".($!+0)
+				       ." untie(GDBM) Failed ".
+                                       "while attempting dump\n";
+			       }
+			   } else {
+			       print $client "error: ".($!+0)
+				   ." tie(GDBM) Failed ".
+				   "while attempting dump\n";
+			   }
+		    } else {
+			Reply($client, "refused\n", $userinput);
+		 
+		    }
+# ----------------------------------------------------------------------- store
+		} elsif ($userinput =~ /^store/) {
+		    if(isClient) {
+			my ($cmd,$udom,$uname,$namespace,$rid,$what)
+			    =split(/:/,$userinput);
+			$namespace=~s/\//\_/g;
+			$namespace=~s/\W//g;
+			if ($namespace ne 'roles') {
+			    chomp($what);
+			    my $proname=propath($udom,$uname);
+			    my $now=time;
+			    unless ($namespace=~/^nohist\_/) {
+				my $hfh;
+				if (
+				    $hfh=IO::File->new(">>$proname/$namespace.hist")
+				    ) { print $hfh "P:$now:$rid:$what\n"; }
+			    }
+			    my @pairs=split(/\&/,$what);
+			    my %hash;
+			    if (tie(%hash,'GDBM_File',"$proname/$namespace.db",&GDBM_WRCREAT(),0640)) {
+				my @previouskeys=split(/&/,$hash{"keys:$rid"});
+				my $key;
+				$hash{"version:$rid"}++;
+				my $version=$hash{"version:$rid"};
+				my $allkeys=''; 
+				foreach my $pair (@pairs) {
+				    my ($key,$value)=split(/=/,$pair);
+				    $allkeys.=$key.':';
+				    $hash{"$version:$rid:$key"}=$value;
+				}
+				$hash{"$version:$rid:timestamp"}=$now;
+				$allkeys.='timestamp';
+				$hash{"$version:keys:$rid"}=$allkeys;
+				if (untie(%hash)) {
+				    print $client "ok\n";
+				} else {
+				    print $client "error: ".($!+0)
+					." untie(GDBM) Failed ".
+					"while attempting store\n";
+				}
+			    } else {
+				print $client "error: ".($!+0)
+				    ." tie(GDBM) Failed ".
+				    "while attempting store\n";
+			    }
+			} else {
+			    print $client "refused\n";
+			}
+		    } else {
+			Reply($client, "refused\n", $userinput);
+		     
+		    }
+# --------------------------------------------------------------------- restore
+		} elsif ($userinput =~ /^restore/) {
+		    if(isClient) {
+			my ($cmd,$udom,$uname,$namespace,$rid)
+			    =split(/:/,$userinput);
+			$namespace=~s/\//\_/g;
+			$namespace=~s/\W//g;
+			chomp($rid);
+			my $proname=propath($udom,$uname);
+			my $qresult='';
+			my %hash;
+			if (tie(%hash,'GDBM_File',"$proname/$namespace.db",&GDBM_READER(),0640)) {
+			    my $version=$hash{"version:$rid"};
+			    $qresult.="version=$version&";
+			    my $scope;
+			    for ($scope=1;$scope<=$version;$scope++) {
+				my $vkeys=$hash{"$scope:keys:$rid"};
+				my @keys=split(/:/,$vkeys);
+				my $key;
+				$qresult.="$scope:keys=$vkeys&";
+				foreach $key (@keys) {
+				    $qresult.="$scope:$key=".$hash{"$scope:$rid:$key"}."&";
+				}                                  
+			    }
+			    if (untie(%hash)) {
+				$qresult=~s/\&$//;
+				print $client "$qresult\n";
+			    } else {
+				print $client "error: ".($!+0)
+				    ." untie(GDBM) Failed ".
+				    "while attempting restore\n";
+			    }
+			} else {
+			    print $client "error: ".($!+0)
+				." tie(GDBM) Failed ".
+				"while attempting restore\n";
+			}
+		    } else  {
+			Reply($client, "refused\n", $userinput);
+		       
+		    }
+# -------------------------------------------------------------------- chatsend
+		} elsif ($userinput =~ /^chatsend/) {
+		    if(isClient) {
+			my ($cmd,$cdom,$cnum,$newpost)=split(/\:/,$userinput);
+			&chatadd($cdom,$cnum,$newpost);
+			print $client "ok\n";
+		    } else {
+			Reply($client, "refused\n", $userinput);
+		      
+		    }
+# -------------------------------------------------------------------- chatretr
+		} elsif ($userinput =~ /^chatretr/) {
+		    if(isClient) {
+			my 
+			    ($cmd,$cdom,$cnum,$udom,$uname)=split(/\:/,$userinput);
+			my $reply='';
+			foreach (&getchat($cdom,$cnum,$udom,$uname)) {
+			    $reply.=&escape($_).':';
+			}
+			$reply=~s/\:$//;
+			print $client $reply."\n";
+		    } else {
+			Reply($client, "refused\n", $userinput);
+		       
+		    }
+# ------------------------------------------------------------------- querysend
+		} elsif ($userinput =~ /^querysend/) {
+		    if(isClient) {
+			my ($cmd,$query,
+			    $arg1,$arg2,$arg3)=split(/\:/,$userinput);
+			$query=~s/\n*$//g;
+			print $client "".
+			    sqlreply("$clientname\&$query".
+				     "\&$arg1"."\&$arg2"."\&$arg3")."\n";
+		    } else {
+			Reply($client, "refused\n", $userinput);
+		      
+		    }
+# ------------------------------------------------------------------ queryreply
+		} elsif ($userinput =~ /^queryreply/) {
+		    if(isClient) {
+			my ($cmd,$id,$reply)=split(/:/,$userinput); 
+			my $store;
+			my $execdir=$perlvar{'lonDaemons'};
+			if ($store=IO::File->new(">$execdir/tmp/$id")) {
+			    $reply=~s/\&/\n/g;
+			    print $store $reply;
+			    close $store;
+			    my $store2=IO::File->new(">$execdir/tmp/$id.end");
+			    print $store2 "done\n";
+			    close $store2;
+			    print $client "ok\n";
+			}
+			else {
+			    print $client "error: ".($!+0)
+				." IO::File->new Failed ".
+				"while attempting queryreply\n";
+			}
+		    } else {
+			Reply($client, "refused\n", $userinput);
+		     
+		    }
+# ----------------------------------------------------------------- courseidput
+		} elsif ($userinput =~ /^courseidput/) {
+		    if(isClient) {
+			my ($cmd,$udom,$what)=split(/:/,$userinput);
+			chomp($what);
+			$udom=~s/\W//g;
+			my $proname=
+			    "$perlvar{'lonUsersDir'}/$udom/nohist_courseids";
+			my $now=time;
+			my @pairs=split(/\&/,$what);
+			my %hash;
+			if (tie(%hash,'GDBM_File',"$proname.db",&GDBM_WRCREAT(),0640)) {
+			    foreach my $pair (@pairs) {
+				my ($key,$value)=split(/=/,$pair);
+				$hash{$key}=$value.':'.$now;
+			    }
+			    if (untie(%hash)) {
+				print $client "ok\n";
+			    } else {
+				print $client "error: ".($!+0)
+				    ." untie(GDBM) Failed ".
+				    "while attempting courseidput\n";
+			    }
+			} else {
+			    print $client "error: ".($!+0)
+				." tie(GDBM) Failed ".
+				"while attempting courseidput\n";
+			}
+		    } else {
+			Reply($client, "refused\n", $userinput);
+		       
+		    }
+# ---------------------------------------------------------------- courseiddump
+		} elsif ($userinput =~ /^courseiddump/) {
+		    if(isClient) {
+			my ($cmd,$udom,$since,$description)
+			    =split(/:/,$userinput);
+			if (defined($description)) {
+			    $description=&unescape($description);
+			} else {
+			    $description='.';
+			}
+			unless (defined($since)) { $since=0; }
+			my $qresult='';
+			my $proname=
+			    "$perlvar{'lonUsersDir'}/$udom/nohist_courseids";
+			my %hash;
+			if (tie(%hash,'GDBM_File',"$proname.db",&GDBM_READER(),0640)) {
+			    while (my ($key,$value) = each(%hash)) {
+				my ($descr,$lasttime)=split(/\:/,$value);
+				if ($lasttime<$since) { next; }
+				if ($description eq '.') {
+				    $qresult.=$key.'='.$descr.'&';
+				} else {
+				    my $unescapeVal = &unescape($descr);
+				    if (eval('$unescapeVal=~/$description/i')) {
+					$qresult.="$key=$descr&";
+				    }
+				}
+			    }
+			    if (untie(%hash)) {
+				chop($qresult);
+				print $client "$qresult\n";
+			    } else {
+				print $client "error: ".($!+0)
+				    ." untie(GDBM) Failed ".
+				    "while attempting courseiddump\n";
+			    }
+			} else {
+			    print $client "error: ".($!+0)
+				." tie(GDBM) Failed ".
+				"while attempting courseiddump\n";
+			}
+		    } else {
+			Reply($client, "refused\n", $userinput);
+		       
+		    }
+# ----------------------------------------------------------------------- idput
+		} elsif ($userinput =~ /^idput/) {
+		    if(isClient) {
+			my ($cmd,$udom,$what)=split(/:/,$userinput);
+			chomp($what);
+			$udom=~s/\W//g;
+			my $proname="$perlvar{'lonUsersDir'}/$udom/ids";
+			my $now=time;
+			{
+			    my $hfh;
+			    if (
+				$hfh=IO::File->new(">>$proname.hist")
+				) { print $hfh "P:$now:$what\n"; }
+			}
+			my @pairs=split(/\&/,$what);
+			my %hash;
+			if (tie(%hash,'GDBM_File',"$proname.db",&GDBM_WRCREAT(),0640)) {
+			    foreach my $pair (@pairs) {
+				my ($key,$value)=split(/=/,$pair);
+				$hash{$key}=$value;
+			    }
+			    if (untie(%hash)) {
+				print $client "ok\n";
+			    } else {
+				print $client "error: ".($!+0)
+				    ." untie(GDBM) Failed ".
+				    "while attempting idput\n";
+			    }
+			} else {
+			    print $client "error: ".($!+0)
+				." tie(GDBM) Failed ".
+				"while attempting idput\n";
+			}
+		    } else {
+			Reply($client, "refused\n", $userinput);
+		       
+		    }
+# ----------------------------------------------------------------------- idget
+		} elsif ($userinput =~ /^idget/) {
+		    if(isClient) {
+			my ($cmd,$udom,$what)=split(/:/,$userinput);
+			chomp($what);
+			$udom=~s/\W//g;
+			my $proname="$perlvar{'lonUsersDir'}/$udom/ids";
+			my @queries=split(/\&/,$what);
+			my $qresult='';
+			my %hash;
+			if (tie(%hash,'GDBM_File',"$proname.db",&GDBM_READER(),0640)) {
+			    for (my $i=0;$i<=$#queries;$i++) {
+				$qresult.="$hash{$queries[$i]}&";
+			    }
+			    if (untie(%hash)) {
+				$qresult=~s/\&$//;
+				print $client "$qresult\n";
+			    } else {
+				print $client "error: ".($!+0)
+				    ." untie(GDBM) Failed ".
+				    "while attempting idget\n";
+			    }
+			} else {
+			    print $client "error: ".($!+0)
+				." tie(GDBM) Failed ".
+				"while attempting idget\n";
+			}
+		    } else {
+			Reply($client, "refused\n", $userinput);
+		       
+		    }
+# ---------------------------------------------------------------------- tmpput
+		} elsif ($userinput =~ /^tmpput/) {
+		    if(isClient) {
+			my ($cmd,$what)=split(/:/,$userinput);
+			my $store;
+			$tmpsnum++;
+			my $id=$$.'_'.$clientip.'_'.$tmpsnum;
+			$id=~s/\W/\_/g;
+			$what=~s/\n//g;
+			my $execdir=$perlvar{'lonDaemons'};
+			if ($store=IO::File->new(">$execdir/tmp/$id.tmp")) {
+			    print $store $what;
+			    close $store;
+			    print $client "$id\n";
+			}
+			else {
+			    print $client "error: ".($!+0)
+				."IO::File->new Failed ".
+				"while attempting tmpput\n";
+			}
+		    } else {
+			Reply($client, "refused\n", $userinput);
+		    
+		    }
+		    
+# ---------------------------------------------------------------------- tmpget
+		} elsif ($userinput =~ /^tmpget/) {
+		    if(isClient) {
+			my ($cmd,$id)=split(/:/,$userinput);
+			chomp($id);
+			$id=~s/\W/\_/g;
+			my $store;
+			my $execdir=$perlvar{'lonDaemons'};
+			if ($store=IO::File->new("$execdir/tmp/$id.tmp")) {
+			    my $reply=<$store>;
+			    print $client "$reply\n";
+			    close $store;
+			}
+			else {
+			    print $client "error: ".($!+0)
+				."IO::File->new Failed ".
+				"while attempting tmpget\n";
+			}
+		    } else {
+			Reply($client, "refused\n", $userinput);
+		      
+		    }
+# ---------------------------------------------------------------------- tmpdel
+		} elsif ($userinput =~ /^tmpdel/) {
+		    if(isClient) {
+			my ($cmd,$id)=split(/:/,$userinput);
+			chomp($id);
+			$id=~s/\W/\_/g;
+			my $execdir=$perlvar{'lonDaemons'};
+			if (unlink("$execdir/tmp/$id.tmp")) {
+			    print $client "ok\n";
+			} else {
+			    print $client "error: ".($!+0)
+				."Unlink tmp Failed ".
+				"while attempting tmpdel\n";
+			}
+		    } else {
+			Reply($client, "refused\n", $userinput);
+		     
+		    }
+# -------------------------------------------------------------------------- ls
+		} elsif ($userinput =~ /^ls/) {
+		    if(isClient) {
+			my $obs;
+			my $rights;
+			my ($cmd,$ulsdir)=split(/:/,$userinput);
+			my $ulsout='';
+			my $ulsfn;
+			if (-e $ulsdir) {
+			    if(-d $ulsdir) {
+				if (opendir(LSDIR,$ulsdir)) {
+				    while ($ulsfn=readdir(LSDIR)) {
+					undef $obs, $rights; 
+					my @ulsstats=stat($ulsdir.'/'.$ulsfn);
+					#We do some obsolete checking here
+					if(-e $ulsdir.'/'.$ulsfn.".meta") { 
+					    open(FILE, $ulsdir.'/'.$ulsfn.".meta");
+					    my @obsolete=<FILE>;
+					    foreach my $obsolete (@obsolete) {
+					        if($obsolete =~ m|(<obsolete>)(on)|) { $obs = 1; } 
+						if($obsolete =~ m|(<copyright>)(default)|) { $rights = 1; }
+					    }
+					}
+					$ulsout.=$ulsfn.'&'.join('&',@ulsstats);
+					if($obs eq '1') { $ulsout.="&1"; }
+					else { $ulsout.="&0"; }
+					if($rights eq '1') { $ulsout.="&1:"; }
+					else { $ulsout.="&0:"; }
+				    }
+				    closedir(LSDIR);
+				}
+			    } else {
+				my @ulsstats=stat($ulsdir);
+				$ulsout.=$ulsfn.'&'.join('&',@ulsstats).':';
+			    }
+			} else {
+			    $ulsout='no_such_dir';
+			}
+			if ($ulsout eq '') { $ulsout='empty'; }
+			print $client "$ulsout\n";
+		    } else {
+			Reply($client, "refused\n", $userinput);
+		     
+		    }
+# ----------------------------------------------------------------- setannounce
+		} elsif ($userinput =~ /^setannounce/) {
+		    if (isClient) {
+			my ($cmd,$announcement)=split(/:/,$userinput);
+			chomp($announcement);
+			$announcement=&unescape($announcement);
+			if (my $store=IO::File->new('>'.$perlvar{'lonDocRoot'}.
+						    '/announcement.txt')) {
+			    print $store $announcement;
+			    close $store;
+			    print $client "ok\n";
+			} else {
+			    print $client "error: ".($!+0)."\n";
+			}
+		    } else {
+			Reply($client, "refused\n", $userinput);
+		       
+		    }
+# ------------------------------------------------------------------ Hanging up
+		} elsif (($userinput =~ /^exit/) ||
+			 ($userinput =~ /^init/)) { # no restrictions.
+		    &logthis(
+			     "Client $clientip ($clientname) hanging up: $userinput");
+		    print $client "bye\n";
+		    $client->shutdown(2);        # shutdown the socket forcibly.
+		    $client->close();
+		    last;
+
+# ---------------------------------- set current host/domain
+		} elsif ($userinput =~ /^sethost:/) {
+		    if (isClient) {
+			print $client &sethost($userinput)."\n";
+		    } else {
+			print $client "refused\n";
+		    }
+#---------------------------------- request file (?) version.
+		} elsif ($userinput =~/^version:/) {
+		    if (isClient) {
+			print $client &version($userinput)."\n";
+		    } else {
+			print $client "refused\n";
+		    }
+# ------------------------------------------------------------- unknown command
+
+		} else {
+		    # unknown command
+		    print $client "unknown_cmd\n";
+		}
+# -------------------------------------------------------------------- complete
+		alarm(0);
 		&status('Listening to '.$clientname);
 	    }
 # --------------------------------------------- client unknown or fishy, refuse
@@ -4039,14 +2877,14 @@ sub make_new_child {
 #    user      - Name of the user for which the role is being put.
 #    authtype  - The authentication type associated with the user.
 #
-sub ManagePermissions {
+sub ManagePermissions
+{
     my $request = shift;
     my $domain  = shift;
     my $user    = shift;
     my $authtype= shift;
 
     # See if the request is of the form /$domain/_au
-    &logthis("request is $request");
     if($request =~ /^(\/$domain\/_au)$/) { # It's an author rolesput...
 	my $execdir = $perlvar{'lonDaemons'};
 	my $userhome= "/home/$user" ;
@@ -4054,231 +2892,39 @@ sub ManagePermissions {
 	system("$execdir/lchtmldir $userhome $user $authtype");
     }
 }
-
-#
-#  Return the full path of a user password file, whether it exists or not.
-# Parameters:
-#   domain     - Domain in which the password file lives.
-#   user       - name of the user.
-# Returns:
-#    Full passwd path:
-#
-sub PasswordPath {
-    my $domain = shift;
-    my $user   = shift;
-
-    my $path   = &propath($domain, $user);
-    $path  .= "/passwd";
-
-    return $path;
-}
-
-#   Password Filename
-#   Returns the path to a passwd file given domain and user... only if
-#  it exists.
-# Parameters:
-#   domain    - Domain in which to search.
-#   user      - username.
-# Returns:
-#   - If the password file exists returns its path.
-#   - If the password file does not exist, returns undefined.
-#
-sub PasswordFilename {
-    my $domain    = shift;
-    my $user      = shift;
-
-    Debug ("PasswordFilename called: dom = $domain user = $user");
-
-    my $path  = PasswordPath($domain, $user);
-    Debug("PasswordFilename got path: $path");
-    if(-e $path) {
-	return $path;
-    } else {
-	return undef;
-    }
-}
-
-#
-#   Rewrite the contents of the user's passwd file.
-#  Parameters:
-#    domain    - domain of the user.
-#    name      - User's name.
-#    contents  - New contents of the file.
-# Returns:
-#   0    - Failed.
-#   1    - Success.
-#
-sub RewritePwFile {
-    my $domain   = shift;
-    my $user     = shift;
-    my $contents = shift;
-
-    my $file = PasswordFilename($domain, $user);
-    if (defined $file) {
-	my $pf = IO::File->new(">$file");
-	if($pf) {
-	    print $pf "$contents\n";
-	    return 1;
-	} else {
-	    return 0;
-	}
-    } else {
-	return 0;
-    }
-
-}
 #
 #   GetAuthType - Determines the authorization type of a user in a domain.
 
 #     Returns the authorization type or nouser if there is no such user.
 #
-sub GetAuthType {
+sub GetAuthType 
+{
     my $domain = shift;
     my $user   = shift;
 
     Debug("GetAuthType( $domain, $user ) \n");
-    my $passwdfile = PasswordFilename($domain, $user);
-    if( defined $passwdfile ) {
+    my $proname    = &propath($domain, $user); 
+    my $passwdfile = "$proname/passwd";
+    if( -e $passwdfile ) {
 	my $pf = IO::File->new($passwdfile);
 	my $realpassword = <$pf>;
 	chomp($realpassword);
 	Debug("Password info = $realpassword\n");
-	return $realpassword;
-    } else {
-	Debug("Returning nouser");
-	return "nouser";
-    }
-}
-
-#
-#  Validate a user given their domain, name and password.  This utility
-#  function is used by both  AuthenticateHandler and ChangePasswordHandler
-#  to validate the login credentials of a user.
-# Parameters:
-#    $domain    - The domain being logged into (this is required due to
-#                 the capability for multihomed systems.
-#    $user      - The name of the user being validated.
-#    $password  - The user's propoposed password.
-#
-# Returns:
-#     1        - The domain,user,pasword triplet corresponds to a valid
-#                user.
-#     0        - The domain,user,password triplet is not a valid user.
-#
-sub ValidateUser {
-    my $domain  = shift;
-    my $user    = shift;
-    my $password= shift;
-
-    # Why negative ~pi you may well ask?  Well this function is about
-    # authentication, and therefore very important to get right.
-    # I've initialized the flag that determines whether or not I've 
-    # validated correctly to a value it's not supposed to get.
-    # At the end of this function. I'll ensure that it's not still that
-    # value so we don't just wind up returning some accidental value
-    # as a result of executing an unforseen code path that
-    # did not set $validated.
-
-    my $validated = -3.14159;
-
-    #  How we authenticate is determined by the type of authentication
-    #  the user has been assigned.  If the authentication type is
-    #  "nouser", the user does not exist so we will return 0.
-
-    my $contents = GetAuthType($domain, $user);
-    my ($howpwd, $contentpwd) = split(/:/, $contents);
-
-    my $null = pack("C",0);	# Used by kerberos auth types.
-
-    if ($howpwd ne 'nouser') {
-
-	if($howpwd eq "internal") { # Encrypted is in local password file.
-	    $validated = (crypt($password, $contentpwd) eq $contentpwd);
-	}
-	elsif ($howpwd eq "unix") { # User is a normal unix user.
-	    $contentpwd = (getpwnam($user))[1];
-	    if($contentpwd) {
-		if($contentpwd eq 'x') { # Shadow password file...
-		    my $pwauth_path = "/usr/local/sbin/pwauth";
-		    open PWAUTH,  "|$pwauth_path" or
-			die "Cannot invoke authentication";
-		    print PWAUTH "$user\n$password\n";
-		    close PWAUTH;
-		    $validated = ! $?;
-
-		} else { 	         # Passwords in /etc/passwd. 
-		    $validated = (crypt($password,
-					$contentpwd) eq $contentpwd);
-		}
-	    } else {
-		$validated = 0;
-	    }
-	}
-	elsif ($howpwd eq "krb4") { # user is in kerberos 4 auth. domain.
-	    if(! ($password =~ /$null/) ) {
-		my $k4error = &Authen::Krb4::get_pw_in_tkt($user,
-							   "",
-							   $contentpwd,,
-							   'krbtgt',
-							   $contentpwd,
-							   1,
-							   $password);
-		if(!$k4error) {
-		    $validated = 1;
-		}
-		else {
-		    $validated = 0;
-		    &logthis('krb4: '.$user.', '.$contentpwd.', '.
-			     &Authen::Krb4::get_err_txt($Authen::Krb4::error));
-		}
-	    }
-	    else {
-		$validated = 0; # Password has a match with null.
-	    }
-	}
-	elsif ($howpwd eq "krb5") { # User is in kerberos 5 auth. domain.
-	    if(!($password =~ /$null/)) { # Null password not allowed.
-		my $krbclient = &Authen::Krb5::parse_name($user.'@'
-							  .$contentpwd);
-		my $krbservice = "krbtgt/".$contentpwd."\@".$contentpwd;
-		my $krbserver  = &Authen::Krb5::parse_name($krbservice);
-		my $credentials= &Authen::Krb5::cc_default();
-		$credentials->initialize($krbclient);
-		my $krbreturn  = &Authen::KRb5::get_in_tkt_with_password($krbclient,
-									 $krbserver,
-									 $password,
-									 $credentials);
-		$validated = ($krbreturn == 1);
-	    }
-	    else {
-		$validated = 0;
-	    }
-	}
-	elsif ($howpwd eq "localauth") { 
-	    #  Authenticate via installation specific authentcation method:
-	    $validated = &localauth::localauth($user, 
-					       $password, 
-					       $contentpwd);
+	my ($authtype, $contentpwd) = split(/:/, $realpassword);
+	Debug("Authtype = $authtype, content = $contentpwd\n");
+	my $availinfo = '';
+	if($authtype eq 'krb4' or $authtype eq 'krb5') {
+	    $availinfo = $contentpwd;
 	}
-	else {			# Unrecognized auth is also bad.
-	    $validated = 0;
-	}
-    } else {
-	$validated = 0;
-    }
-    #
-    #  $validated has the correct stat of the authentication:
-    #
 
-    unless ($validated != -3.14159) {
-	die "ValidateUser - failed to set the value of validated";
+	return "$authtype:$availinfo";
+    }
+    else {
+	Debug("Returning nouser");
+	return "nouser";
     }
-    return $validated;
 }
 
-#
-#    Add a line to the subscription list?
-#
 sub addline {
     my ($fname,$hostid,$ip,$newline)=@_;
     my $contents;
@@ -4298,9 +2944,7 @@ sub addline {
     $sh->close();
     return $found;
 }
-#
-#    Get chat messages.
-#
+
 sub getchat {
     my ($cdom,$cname,$udom,$uname)=@_;
     my %hash;
@@ -4325,9 +2969,7 @@ sub getchat {
     }
     return (@participants,@entries);
 }
-#
-#   Add a chat message
-#
+
 sub chatadd {
     my ($cdom,$cname,$newchat)=@_;
     my %hash;
@@ -4386,7 +3028,7 @@ sub currentversion {
     my $version=-1;
     my $ulsdir='';
     if ($fname=~/^(.+)\/[^\/]+$/) {
-	$ulsdir=$1;
+       $ulsdir=$1;
     }
     my ($fnamere1,$fnamere2);
     # remove version if already specified
@@ -4443,8 +3085,8 @@ sub subscribe {
                     symlink($root.'.'.$extension,
                             $root.'.'.$currentversion.'.'.$extension);
                     unless ($extension=~/\.meta$/) {
-			symlink($root.'.'.$extension.'.meta',
-				$root.'.'.$currentversion.'.'.$extension.'.meta');
+                       symlink($root.'.'.$extension.'.meta',
+                            $root.'.'.$currentversion.'.'.$extension.'.meta');
 		    }
                 }
             }
@@ -4498,35 +3140,23 @@ sub make_passwd_file {
 	    print $pf "localauth:$npass\n";
 	}
     } elsif ($umode eq 'unix') {
-	#
-	#  Don't allow the creation of privileged accounts!!! that would
-	#  be real bad!!!
-	#
-	my $uid = getpwnam($uname);
-	if((defined $uid) && ($uid == 0)) {
-	    &logthis(">>>Attempted add of privileged account blocked<<<");
-	    return "no_priv_account_error\n";
-	}
-
-	#
-	my $execpath="$perlvar{'lonDaemons'}/"."lcuseradd";
-	
-	&Debug("Executing external: ".$execpath);
-	&Debug("user  = ".$uname.", Password =". $npass);
-	my $se = IO::File->new("|$execpath > $perlvar{'lonDaemons'}/logs/lcuseradd.log");
-	print $se "$uname\n";
-	print $se "$npass\n";
-	print $se "$npass\n";
-	
-	my $useraddok = $?;
-	if($useraddok > 0) {
-	    my $lcstring = lcuseraddstrerror($useraddok);
-	    &logthis("Failed lcuseradd: $lcstring");
-	    return "error: lcuseradd failed: $lcstring\n";
+	{
+	    my $execpath="$perlvar{'lonDaemons'}/"."lcuseradd";
+	    {
+		&Debug("Executing external: ".$execpath);
+		&Debug("user  = ".$uname.", Password =". $npass);
+		my $se = IO::File->new("|$execpath > $perlvar{'lonDaemons'}/logs/lcuseradd.log");
+		print $se "$uname\n";
+		print $se "$npass\n";
+		print $se "$npass\n";
+	    }
+	    my $useraddok = $?;
+	    if($useraddok > 0) {
+		&logthis("Failed lcuseradd: ".&lcuseraddstrerror($useraddok));
+	    }
+	    my $pf = IO::File->new(">$passfilename");
+	    print $pf "unix:\n";
 	}
-	my $pf = IO::File->new(">$passfilename");
-	print $pf "unix:\n";
- 
     } elsif ($umode eq 'none') {
 	{
 	    my $pf = IO::File->new(">$passfilename");
@@ -4540,10 +3170,8 @@ sub make_passwd_file {
 
 sub sethost {
     my ($remotereq) = @_;
-    Debug("sethost got $remotereq");
     my (undef,$hostid)=split(/:/,$remotereq);
     if (!defined($hostid)) { $hostid=$perlvar{'lonHostID'}; }
-    Debug("sethost attempting to set host $hostid");
     if ($hostip{$perlvar{'lonHostID'}} eq $hostip{$hostid}) {
 	$currenthostid=$hostid;
 	$currentdomainid=$hostdom{$hostid};
@@ -4561,10 +3189,8 @@ sub version {
     $remoteVERSION=(split(/:/,$userinput))[1];
     return "version:$VERSION";
 }
-############## >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> FUTUREWORK <<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<
+
 #There is a copy of this in lonnet.pm
-#   Can we hoist these lil' things out into common places?
-#
 sub userload {
     my $numusers=0;
     {