--- loncom/lonnet/perl/lonnet.pm	2002/04/10 15:28:45	1.208
+++ loncom/lonnet/perl/lonnet.pm	2002/05/06 13:46:41	1.211
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 # The LearningOnline Network
 # TCP networking package
 #
-# $Id: lonnet.pm,v 1.208 2002/04/10 15:28:45 albertel Exp $
+# $Id: lonnet.pm,v 1.211 2002/05/06 13:46:41 www Exp $
 #
 # Copyright Michigan State University Board of Trustees
 #
@@ -1877,11 +1877,11 @@ sub modifyuser {
 # ----------------------------------------------------------------- Create User
     if (($uhome eq 'no_host') && ($umode) && ($upass)) {
         my $unhome='';
-	if ($ENV{'course.'.$ENV{'request.course.id'}.'.domain'} eq $udom) {
-	    $unhome=$ENV{'course.'.$ENV{'request.course.id'}.'.home'};
-        } elsif (defined($desiredhome) && $hostdom{$desiredhome} eq $udom) { 
+        if (defined($desiredhome) && $hostdom{$desiredhome} eq $udom) { 
             $unhome = $desiredhome;
-        } else {
+	} elsif($ENV{'course.'.$ENV{'request.course.id'}.'.domain'} eq $udom) {
+	    $unhome=$ENV{'course.'.$ENV{'request.course.id'}.'.home'};
+        } else { # load balancing routine for determining $unhome
             my $tryserver;
             my $loadm=10000000;
             foreach $tryserver (keys %libserv) {
@@ -1907,7 +1907,7 @@ sub modifyuser {
         if (($uhome eq '') || ($uhome eq 'no_host') || ($uhome ne $unhome)) {
 	    return 'error: verify home';
         }
-    }
+    }   # End of creation of new user
 # ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Add ID
     if ($uid) {
        $uid=~tr/A-Z/a-z/;
@@ -1943,14 +1943,15 @@ sub modifyuser {
 
 sub modifystudent {
     my ($udom,$uname,$uid,$umode,$upass,$first,$middle,$last,$gene,$usec,
-        $end,$start,$forceid)=@_;
+        $end,$start,$forceid,$desiredhome)=@_;
     my $cid='';
     unless ($cid=$ENV{'request.course.id'}) {
 	return 'not_in_class';
     }
 # --------------------------------------------------------------- Make the user
     my $reply=&modifyuser
-	($udom,$uname,$uid,$umode,$upass,$first,$middle,$last,$gene,$forceid);
+	($udom,$uname,$uid,$umode,$upass,$first,$middle,$last,$gene,$forceid,
+         $desiredhome);
     unless ($reply eq 'ok') { return $reply; }
     my $uhome=&homeserver($uname,$udom);
     if (($uhome eq '') || ($uhome eq 'no_host')) { 
@@ -2516,12 +2517,23 @@ sub symblist {
     return 'error';
 }
 
+# --------------------------------------------------------------- Clean-up symb
+
+sub symbclean {
+    my $symb=shift;
+# remove version from map
+    $symb=~s/\.(\d+)\.(\w+)\_\_\_/\.$2\_\_\_/;
+# remove version from URL
+    $symb=~s/\.(\d+)\.(\w+)$/\.$2/;
+    return $symb;
+}
+
 # ------------------------------------------------------ Return symb list entry
 
 sub symbread {
     my $thisfn=shift;
     unless ($thisfn) {
-        if ($ENV{'request.symb'}) { return $ENV{'request.symb'}; }
+        if ($ENV{'request.symb'}) { return &symbclean($ENV{'request.symb'}); }
 	$thisfn=$ENV{'request.filename'};
     }
     $thisfn=declutter($thisfn);
@@ -2580,7 +2592,7 @@ sub symbread {
            } 
         }
         if ($syval) {
-           return $syval.'___'.$thisfn; 
+           return &symbclean($syval.'___'.$thisfn); 
         }
     }
     &appenv('request.ambiguous' => $thisfn);