--- loncom/lonnet/perl/lonnet.pm	2012/09/02 16:18:24	1.1189
+++ loncom/lonnet/perl/lonnet.pm	2012/09/04 20:48:05	1.1190
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 # The LearningOnline Network
 # TCP networking package
 #
-# $Id: lonnet.pm,v 1.1189 2012/09/02 16:18:24 raeburn Exp $
+# $Id: lonnet.pm,v 1.1190 2012/09/04 20:48:05 raeburn Exp $
 #
 # Copyright Michigan State University Board of Trustees
 #
@@ -10018,7 +10018,7 @@ sub symblist {
 # --------------------------------------------------------------- Verify a symb
 
 sub symbverify {
-    my ($symb,$thisurl)=@_;
+    my ($symb,$thisurl,$encstate)=@_;
     my $thisfn=$thisurl;
     $thisfn=&declutter($thisfn);
 # direct jump to resource in page or to a sequence - will construct own symbs
@@ -10054,11 +10054,14 @@ sub symbverify {
                }
                if (
   &symbclean(&declutter($bighash{'map_id_'.$mapid}).'___'.$resid.'___'.$thisfn)
-   eq $symb) { 
+   eq $symb) {
+                   if (ref($encstate)) {
+                       $$encstate = $bighash{'encrypted_'.$id};
+                   }
 		   if (($env{'request.role.adv'}) ||
 		       ($bighash{'encrypted_'.$id} eq $env{'request.enc'}) ||
                        ($thisurl eq '/adm/navmaps')) {
-		       $okay=1; 
+		       $okay=1;
 		   }
 	       }
 	   }
@@ -12255,12 +12258,14 @@ returns the data handle
 
 =item *
 
-symbverify($symb,$thisfn) : verifies that $symb actually exists and is
-a possible symb for the URL in $thisfn, and if is an encryypted
+symbverify($symb,$thisfn,$encstate) : verifies that $symb actually exists
+and is a possible symb for the URL in $thisfn, and if is an encrypted
 resource that the user accessed using /enc/ returns a 1 on success, 0
-on failure, user must be in a course, as it assumes the existance of
-the course initial hash, and uses $env('request.course.id'}
-
+on failure, user must be in a course, as it assumes the existence of
+the course initial hash, and uses $env('request.course.id'}.  The third
+arg is an optional reference to a scalar.  If this arg is passed in the 
+call to symbverify, it will be set to 1 if the symb has been set to be 
+encrypted; otherwise it will be null.  
 
 =item *