--- loncom/lonnet/perl/lonnet.pm	2007/11/17 02:41:17	1.925
+++ loncom/lonnet/perl/lonnet.pm	2007/11/20 00:13:56	1.926
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 # The LearningOnline Network
 # TCP networking package
 #
-# $Id: lonnet.pm,v 1.925 2007/11/17 02:41:17 albertel Exp $
+# $Id: lonnet.pm,v 1.926 2007/11/20 00:13:56 albertel Exp $
 #
 # Copyright Michigan State University Board of Trustees
 #
@@ -2670,7 +2670,9 @@ sub get_first_access {
     my ($symb,$courseid,$udom,$uname)=&whichuser();
     if ($argsymb) { $symb=$argsymb; }
     my ($map,$id,$res)=&decode_symb($symb);
-    if ($type eq 'map') {
+    if ($type eq 'course') {
+	$res='course';
+    } elsif ($type eq 'map') {
 	$res=&symbread($map);
     } else {
 	$res=$symb;