--- loncom/lonnet/perl/lonnet.pm	2019/04/29 22:19:45	1.1409
+++ loncom/lonnet/perl/lonnet.pm	2019/05/06 19:28:24	1.1410
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 # The LearningOnline Network
 # TCP networking package
 #
-# $Id: lonnet.pm,v 1.1409 2019/04/29 22:19:45 raeburn Exp $
+# $Id: lonnet.pm,v 1.1410 2019/05/06 19:28:24 raeburn Exp $
 #
 # Copyright Michigan State University Board of Trustees
 #
@@ -8089,9 +8089,21 @@ sub allowed {
                 ($env{'course.'.$env{'request.course.id'}.'.internal.courseowner'} eq $env{'user.name'}.':'.$env{'user.domain'})) {
                 my $cdom = $env{'course.'.$env{'request.course.id'}.'.domain'};
                 if ($cdom ne '') {
-                    my %passwdconf = &Apache::lonnet::get_passwdconf($cdom);
-                    if ($passwdconf{'crsownerchg'}) {
-                        $thisallowed.=$rem;
+                    my %passwdconf = &get_passwdconf($cdom);
+                    if (ref($passwdconf{'crsownerchg'}) eq 'HASH') {
+                        if (ref($passwdconf{'crsownerchg'}{'by'}) eq 'ARRAY') {
+                            if (@{$passwdconf{'crsownerchg'}{'by'}}) {
+                                my @inststatuses = split(':',$env{'environment.inststatus'});
+                                unless (@inststatuses) {
+                                    @inststatuses = ('default');
+                                }
+                                foreach my $status (@inststatuses) {
+                                    if (grep(/^\Q$status\E$/,@{$passwdconf{'crsownerchg'}{'by'}})) {
+                                        $thisallowed.=$rem;
+                                    }
+                                }
+                            }
+                        }
                     }
                 }
             }