--- loncom/lonnet/perl/lonnet.pm	2003/02/13 19:07:46	1.326
+++ loncom/lonnet/perl/lonnet.pm	2003/02/13 21:35:50	1.327
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 # The LearningOnline Network
 # TCP networking package
 #
-# $Id: lonnet.pm,v 1.326 2003/02/13 19:07:46 matthew Exp $
+# $Id: lonnet.pm,v 1.327 2003/02/13 21:35:50 albertel Exp $
 #
 # Copyright Michigan State University Board of Trustees
 #
@@ -76,7 +76,7 @@ qw(%perlvar %hostname %homecache %badSer
    %libserv %pr %prp %metacache %packagetab %titlecache 
    %courselogs %accesshash $processmarker $dumpcount 
    %coursedombuf %coursehombuf %courseresdatacache 
-   %domaindescription);
+   %domaindescription %domain_auth_def %domain_auth_arg_def);
 use IO::Socket;
 use GDBM_File;
 use Apache::Constants qw(:common :http);
@@ -3573,6 +3573,29 @@ BEGIN {
     }
 }
 
+# ------------------------------------------------------------ Read domain file
+{
+    my $fh=Apache::File->new($Apache::lonnet::perlvar{'lonTabDir'}.
+                            '/domain.tab');
+    %domaindescription = ();
+    %domain_auth_def = ();
+    %domain_auth_arg_def = ();
+    if ($fh) {
+       while (<$fh>) {
+           next if /^\#/;
+           chomp;
+           my ($domain, $domain_description, $def_auth, $def_auth_arg)
+               = split(/:/,$_,4);
+           $domain_auth_def{$domain}=$def_auth;
+           $domain_auth_arg_def{$domain}=$def_auth_arg;
+           $domaindescription{$domain}=$domain_description;
+#          &logthis("Domain.tab: $domain, $domain_auth_def{$domain}, $domain_auth_arg_def{$domain},$domaindescription{$domain}");
+#          &logthis("Domain.tab: $domain ".$domaindescription{$domain} );
+       }
+    }
+}
+
+
 # ------------------------------------------------------------- Read hosts file
 {
     my $config=Apache::File->new("$perlvar{'lonTabDir'}/hosts.tab");
@@ -3586,7 +3609,6 @@ BEGIN {
 	 $hostdom{$id}=$domain;
 	 $hostip{$id}=$ip;
 	 $iphost{$ip}=$id;
-	 if ($domdescr) { $domaindescription{$domain}=$domdescr; }
 	 if ($role eq 'library') { $libserv{$id}=$name; }
        } else {
 	 if ($configline) {