--- loncom/lonnet/perl/lonnet.pm	2005/09/01 06:47:26	1.654
+++ loncom/lonnet/perl/lonnet.pm	2005/09/13 19:33:58	1.655
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 # The LearningOnline Network
 # TCP networking package
 #
-# $Id: lonnet.pm,v 1.654 2005/09/01 06:47:26 albertel Exp $
+# $Id: lonnet.pm,v 1.655 2005/09/13 19:33:58 albertel Exp $
 #
 # Copyright Michigan State University Board of Trustees
 #
@@ -2485,8 +2485,13 @@ sub rolesinit {
 	    
             my ($trole,$tend,$tstart);
 	    if ($role=~/^cr/) { 
-		($trole,my $trest)=($role=~m|^(cr/\w+/\w+/[a-zA-Z0-9]+)_(.*)$|);
-		($tend,$tstart)=split('_',$trest);
+		&logthis(" $role $area ");
+		if ($role=~m|^(cr/\w+/\w+/[a-zA-Z0-9]+)_(.*)$|) {
+		    ($trole,my $trest)=($role=~m|^(cr/\w+/\w+/[a-zA-Z0-9]+)_(.*)$|);
+		    ($tend,$tstart)=split('_',$trest);
+		} else {
+		    $trole=$role;
+		}
 	    } else {
 		($trole,$tend,$tstart)=split(/_/,$role);
 	    }