--- loncom/lonnet/perl/lonnet.pm	2004/01/30 23:43:04	1.468
+++ loncom/lonnet/perl/lonnet.pm	2004/08/25 16:03:17	1.532
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 # The LearningOnline Network
 # TCP networking package
 #
-# $Id: lonnet.pm,v 1.468 2004/01/30 23:43:04 albertel Exp $
+# $Id: lonnet.pm,v 1.532 2004/08/25 16:03:17 albertel Exp $
 #
 # Copyright Michigan State University Board of Trustees
 #
@@ -32,11 +32,13 @@ package Apache::lonnet;
 use strict;
 use LWP::UserAgent();
 use HTTP::Headers;
+use HTTP::Date;
+# use Date::Parse;
 use vars 
 qw(%perlvar %hostname %homecache %badServerCache %hostip %iphost %spareid %hostdom 
    %libserv %pr %prp %metacache %packagetab %titlecache %courseresversioncache %resversioncache
    %courselogs %accesshash %userrolehash $processmarker $dumpcount 
-   %coursedombuf %coursenumbuf %coursehombuf %coursedescrbuf %courseresdatacache 
+   %coursedombuf %coursenumbuf %coursehombuf %coursedescrbuf %courseinstcodebuf %courseresdatacache 
    %userresdatacache %usectioncache %domaindescription %domain_auth_def %domain_auth_arg_def 
    %domain_lang_def %domain_city %domain_longi %domain_lati $tmpdir);
 
@@ -377,7 +379,12 @@ sub delenv {
 	    return 'error: '.$!;
 	}
 	foreach (@oldenv) {
-	    unless ($_=~/^$delthis/) { print $fh $_; }
+	    if ($_=~/^$delthis/) { 
+                my ($key,undef) = split('=',$_);
+                delete($ENV{$key});
+            } else {
+                print $fh $_; 
+            }
 	}
 	close($fh);
     }
@@ -427,7 +434,7 @@ sub overloaderror {
     if ($overload>0) {
 	$r->err_headers_out->{'Retry-After'}=$overload;
         $r->log_error('Overload of '.$overload.' on '.$checkserver);
-        return 413;
+        return 409;
     }    
     return '';
 }
@@ -524,38 +531,21 @@ sub authenticate {
     my ($uname,$upass,$udom)=@_;
     $upass=escape($upass);
     $uname=~s/\W//g;
-    if (($perlvar{'lonRole'} eq 'library') && 
-        ($udom eq $perlvar{'lonDefDomain'})) {
-    my $answer=reply("encrypt:auth:$udom:$uname:$upass",$perlvar{'lonHostID'});
-        if ($answer =~ /authorized/) {
-              if ($answer eq 'authorized') {
-                 &logthis("User $uname at $udom authorized by local server"); 
-                 return $perlvar{'lonHostID'}; 
-              }
-              if ($answer eq 'non_authorized') {
-                 &logthis("User $uname at $udom rejected by local server"); 
-                 return 'no_host'; 
-              }
-	}
+    my $uhome=&homeserver($uname,$udom);
+    if (!$uhome) {
+	&logthis("User $uname at $udom is unknown in authenticate");
+	return 'no_host';
     }
-
-    my $tryserver;
-    foreach $tryserver (keys %libserv) {
-	if ($hostdom{$tryserver} eq $udom) {
-           my $answer=reply("encrypt:auth:$udom:$uname:$upass",$tryserver);
-           if ($answer =~ /authorized/) {
-              if ($answer eq 'authorized') {
-                 &logthis("User $uname at $udom authorized by $tryserver"); 
-                 return $tryserver; 
-              }
-              if ($answer eq 'non_authorized') {
-                 &logthis("User $uname at $udom rejected by $tryserver");
-                 return 'no_host';
-              } 
-	   }
-       }
+    my $answer=reply("encrypt:auth:$udom:$uname:$upass",$uhome);
+    if ($answer eq 'authorized') {
+	&logthis("User $uname at $udom authorized by $uhome"); 
+	return $uhome; 
+    }
+    if ($answer eq 'non_authorized') {
+	&logthis("User $uname at $udom rejected by $uhome");
+	return 'no_host'; 
     }
-    &logthis("User $uname at $udom could not be authenticated");    
+    &logthis("User $uname at $udom threw error $answer when checking authentication mechanism");
     return 'no_host';
 }
 
@@ -627,6 +617,7 @@ sub idput {
     my ($udom,%ids)=@_;
     my %servers=();
     foreach (keys %ids) {
+	&cput('environment',{'id'=>$ids{$_}},$udom,$_);
         my $uhom=&homeserver($_,$udom);
         if ($uhom ne 'no_host') {
             my $id=&escape($ids{$_});
@@ -637,7 +628,6 @@ sub idput {
             } else {
                 $servers{$uhom}=$id.'='.$unam;
             }
-            &critical('put:'.$udom.':'.$unam.':environment:id='.$id,$uhom);
         }
     }
     foreach (keys %servers) {
@@ -652,24 +642,28 @@ sub assign_access_key {
 # a valid key looks like uname:udom#comments
 # comments are being appended
 #
-    my ($ckey,$cdom,$cnum,$udom,$uname,$logentry)=@_;
+    my ($ckey,$kdom,$knum,$cdom,$cnum,$udom,$uname,$logentry)=@_;
+    $kdom=
+   $ENV{'course.'.$ENV{'request.course.id'}.'.domain'} unless (defined($kdom));
+    $knum=
+   $ENV{'course.'.$ENV{'request.course.id'}.'.num'} unless (defined($knum));
     $cdom=
    $ENV{'course.'.$ENV{'request.course.id'}.'.domain'} unless (defined($cdom));
     $cnum=
    $ENV{'course.'.$ENV{'request.course.id'}.'.num'} unless (defined($cnum));
     $udom=$ENV{'user.name'} unless (defined($udom));
     $uname=$ENV{'user.domain'} unless (defined($uname));
-    my %existing=&get('accesskeys',[$ckey],$cdom,$cnum);
+    my %existing=&get('accesskeys',[$ckey],$kdom,$knum);
     if (($existing{$ckey}=~/^\#(.*)$/) || # - new key
-        ($existing{$ckey}=~/^$uname\:$udom\#(.*)$/)) { 
+        ($existing{$ckey}=~/^\Q$uname\E\:\Q$udom\E\#(.*)$/)) { 
                                                   # assigned to this person
                                                   # - this should not happen,
                                                   # unless something went wrong
                                                   # the first time around
 # ready to assign
         $logentry=$1.'; '.$logentry;
-        if (&put('accesskey',{$ckey=>$uname.':'.$udom.'#'.$logentry},
-                                                 $cdom,$cnum) eq 'ok') {
+        if (&put('accesskeys',{$ckey=>$uname.':'.$udom.'#'.$logentry},
+                                                 $kdom,$knum) eq 'ok') {
 # key now belongs to user
 	    my $envkey='key.'.$cdom.'_'.$cnum;
             if (&put('environment',{$envkey => $ckey}) eq 'ok') {
@@ -765,10 +759,10 @@ sub validate_access_key {
    $ENV{'course.'.$ENV{'request.course.id'}.'.domain'} unless (defined($cdom));
     $cnum=
    $ENV{'course.'.$ENV{'request.course.id'}.'.num'} unless (defined($cnum));
-    $udom=$ENV{'user.name'} unless (defined($udom));
-    $uname=$ENV{'user.domain'} unless (defined($uname));
+    $udom=$ENV{'user.domain'} unless (defined($udom));
+    $uname=$ENV{'user.name'} unless (defined($uname));
     my %existing=&get('accesskeys',[$ckey],$cdom,$cnum);
-    return ($existing{$ckey}=~/^$uname\:$udom\#/);
+    return ($existing{$ckey}=~/^\Q$uname\E\:\Q$udom\E\#/);
 }
 
 # ------------------------------------- Find the section of student in a course
@@ -796,7 +790,7 @@ sub getsection {
                         &homeserver($unam,$udom)))) {
         my ($key,$value)=split(/\=/,$_);
         $key=&unescape($key);
-        next if ($key !~/^$courseid(?:\/)*(\w+)*\_st$/);
+        next if ($key !~/^\Q$courseid\E(?:\/)*(\w+)*\_st$/);
         my $section=$1;
         if ($key eq $courseid.'_st') { $section=''; }
         my ($dummy,$end,$start)=split(/\_/,&unescape($value));
@@ -975,7 +969,7 @@ sub usection {
                         &homeserver($unam,$udom)))) {
         my ($key,$value)=split(/\=/,$_);
         $key=&unescape($key);
-        if ($key=~/^$courseid(?:\/)*(\w+)*\_st$/) {
+        if ($key=~/^\Q$courseid\E(?:\/)*(\w+)*\_st$/) {
             my $section=$1;
             if ($key eq $courseid.'_st') { $section=''; }
 	    my ($dummy,$end,$start)=split(/\_/,&unescape($value));
@@ -1053,6 +1047,7 @@ sub currentversion {
 sub subscribe {
     my $fname=shift;
     if ($fname=~/\/(aboutme|syllabus|bulletinboard|smppg)$/) { return ''; }
+    $fname=~s/[\n\r]//g;
     my $author=$fname;
     $author=~s/\/home\/httpd\/html\/res\/([^\/]*)\/([^\/]*).*/$1\/$2/;
     my ($udom,$uname)=split(/\//,$author);
@@ -1073,6 +1068,7 @@ sub repcopy {
     my $filename=shift;
     $filename=~s/\/+/\//g;
     if ($filename=~/^\/home\/httpd\/html\/adm\//) { return OK; }
+    $filename=~s/[\n\r]//g;
     my $transname="$filename.in.transfer";
     if ((-e $filename) || (-e $transname)) { return OK; }
     my $remoteurl=subscribe($filename);
@@ -1137,10 +1133,10 @@ sub ssi_body {
     my ($filelink,%form)=@_;
     my $output=($filelink=~/^http\:/?&externalssi($filelink):
                                      &ssi($filelink,%form));
-    $output=~s/^.*?\<body[^\>]*\>//si;
-    $output=~s/(.*)\<\/body\s*\>.*?$/$1/si;
     $output=~
             s/\/\/ BEGIN LON\-CAPA Internal.+\/\/ END LON\-CAPA Internal\s//gs;
+    $output=~s/^.*?\<body[^\>]*\>//si;
+    $output=~s/(.*)\<\/body\s*\>.*?$/$1/si;
     return $output;
 }
 
@@ -1175,31 +1171,106 @@ sub externalssi {
     return $response->content;
 }
 
-# ------- Add a token to a remote URI's query string to vouch for access rights
+# -------------------------------- Allow a /uploaded/ URI to be vouched for
 
-sub tokenwrapper {
-    my $uri=shift;
-    $uri=~s/^http\:\/\/([^\/]+)//;
-    $uri=~s/^\///;
-    $ENV{'user.environment'}=~/\/([^\/]+)\.id/;
-    my $token=$1;
-    if ($uri=~/^uploaded\/([^\/]+)\/([^\/]+)\/([^\/]+)(\?\.*)*$/) {
-	&appenv('userfile.'.$1.'/'.$2.'/'.$3 => $ENV{'request.course.id'});
-        return 'http://'.$hostname{ &homeserver($2,$1)}.'/'.$uri.
-               (($uri=~/\?/)?'&':'?').'token='.$token.
-                               '&tokenissued='.$perlvar{'lonHostID'};
+sub allowuploaded {
+    my ($srcurl,$url)=@_;
+    $url=&clutter(&declutter($url));
+    my $dir=$url;
+    $dir=~s/\/[^\/]+$//;
+    my %httpref=();
+    my $httpurl=&hreflocation('',$url);
+    $httpref{'httpref.'.$httpurl}=$srcurl;
+    &Apache::lonnet::appenv(%httpref);
+}
+
+# --------- File operations in /home/httpd/html/userfiles/$domain/1/2/3/$course
+# input: action, courseID, current domain, home server for course, intended
+#        path to file, source of file.
+# output: url to file (if action was uploaddoc), 
+#         ok if successful, or diagnostic message otherwise (if action was propagate or copy)
+#
+# Allows directory structure to be used within lonUsers/../userfiles/ for a 
+# course.
+#
+# action = propagate - /home/httpd/html/userfiles/$domain/1/2/3/$course/$file
+#          will be copied to /home/httpd/lonUsers/1/2/3/$course/userfiles in
+#          course's home server.
+#
+# action = copy - /home/httpd/html/userfiles/$domain/1/2/3/$course/$file will
+#          be copied from $source (current location) to 
+#          /home/httpd/html/userfiles/$domain/1/2/3/$course/$file
+#         and will then be copied to
+#          /home/httpd/lonUsers/$domain/1/2/3/$course/userfiles/$file in
+#         course's home server.
+#
+# action = uploaddoc - /home/httpd/html/userfiles/$domain/1/2/3/$course/$file
+#         will be retrived from $ENV{form.uploaddoc} (from DOCS interface) to
+#         /home/httpd/html/userfiles/$domain/1/2/3/$course/$file
+#         and will then be copied to /home/httpd/lonUsers/1/2/3/$course/userfiles/$file
+#         in course's home server.
+
+
+sub process_coursefile {
+    my ($action,$docuname,$docudom,$docuhome,$file,$source)=@_;
+    my $fetchresult;
+    if ($action eq 'propagate') {
+        $fetchresult= &reply('fetchuserfile:'.$docudom.'/'.$docuname.'/'.$file
+                            ,$docuhome);
     } else {
-	return '/adm/notfound.html';
+        my $fetchresult = '';
+        my $fpath = '';
+        my $fname = $file;
+        ($fpath,$fname) = ($file =~ m|^(.*)/([^/]+)$|);
+        $fpath=$docudom.'/'.$docuname.'/'.$fpath;
+        my $filepath=$perlvar{'lonDocRoot'}.'/userfiles';
+        unless ($fpath eq '') {
+            my @parts=split('/',$fpath);
+            foreach my $part (@parts) {
+                $filepath.= '/'.$part;
+                if ((-e $filepath)!=1) {
+                    mkdir($filepath,0777);
+                }
+            }
+        }
+        if ($action eq 'copy') {
+            if ($source eq '') {
+                $fetchresult = 'no source file';
+                return $fetchresult;
+            } else {
+                my $destination = $filepath.'/'.$fname;
+                rename($source,$destination);
+                $fetchresult= &reply('fetchuserfile:'.$docudom.'/'.$docuname.'/'.$file,
+                                 $docuhome);
+            }
+        } elsif ($action eq 'uploaddoc') {
+            open(my $fh,'>'.$filepath.'/'.$fname);
+            print $fh $ENV{'form.'.$source};
+            close($fh);
+            $fetchresult= &reply('fetchuserfile:'.$docudom.'/'.$docuname.'/'.$file,
+                                 $docuhome);
+            if ($fetchresult eq 'ok') {
+                return '/uploaded/'.$fpath.'/'.$fname;
+            } else {
+                &logthis('Failed to transfer '.$docudom.'/'.$docuname.'/'.$file.
+                        ' to host '.$docuhome.': '.$fetchresult);
+                return '/adm/notfound.html';
+            }
+        }
+    }
+    unless ( $fetchresult eq 'ok') {
+        &logthis('Failed to transfer '.$docudom.'/'.$docuname.'/'.$file.
+             ' to host '.$docuhome.': '.$fetchresult);
     }
+    return $fetchresult;
 }
-    
+
 # --------------- Take an uploaded file and put it into the userfiles directory
 # input: name of form element, coursedoc=1 means this is for the course
 # output: url of file in userspace
 
-sub userfileupload {
-    my ($formname,$coursedoc)=@_;
-    my $fname=$ENV{'form.'.$formname.'.filename'};
+sub clean_filename {
+    my ($fname)=@_;
 # Replace Windows backslashes by forward slashes
     $fname=~s/\\/\//g;
 # Get rid of everything but the actual filename
@@ -1208,30 +1279,66 @@ sub userfileupload {
     $fname=~s/\s+/\_/g;
 # Replace all other weird characters by nothing
     $fname=~s/[^\w\.\-]//g;
+    return $fname;
+}
+
+sub userfileupload {
+    my ($formname,$coursedoc,$subdir)=@_;
+    if (!defined($subdir)) { $subdir='unknown'; }
+    my $fname=$ENV{'form.'.$formname.'.filename'};
+    $fname=&clean_filename($fname);
 # See if there is anything left
     unless ($fname) { return 'error: no uploaded file'; }
     chop($ENV{'form.'.$formname});
+    if (($formname eq 'screenshot') && ($subdir eq 'helprequests')) { #files uploaded to help request form are handled differently
+        my $now = time;
+        my $filepath = 'tmp/helprequests/'.$now;
+        my @parts=split(/\//,$filepath);
+        my $fullpath = $perlvar{'lonDaemons'};
+        for (my $i=0;$i<@parts;$i++) {
+            $fullpath .= '/'.$parts[$i];
+            if ((-e $fullpath)!=1) {
+                mkdir($fullpath,0777);
+            }
+        }
+        open(my $fh,'>'.$fullpath.'/'.$fname);
+        print $fh $ENV{'form.'.$formname};
+        close($fh);
+        return $fullpath.'/'.$fname; 
+    }
 # Create the directory if not present
     my $docuname='';
     my $docudom='';
     my $docuhome='';
+    $fname="$subdir/$fname";
     if ($coursedoc) {
 	$docuname=$ENV{'course.'.$ENV{'request.course.id'}.'.num'};
 	$docudom=$ENV{'course.'.$ENV{'request.course.id'}.'.domain'};
 	$docuhome=$ENV{'course.'.$ENV{'request.course.id'}.'.home'};
+        if ($ENV{'form.folder'} =~ m/^default/) {
+            return &finishuserfileupload($docuname,$docudom,$docuhome,$formname,$fname);
+        } else {
+            $fname=$ENV{'form.folder'}.'/'.$fname;
+            return &process_coursefile('uploaddoc',$docuname,$docudom,$docuhome,$fname,$formname);
+        }
     } else {
         $docuname=$ENV{'user.name'};
         $docudom=$ENV{'user.domain'};
         $docuhome=$ENV{'user.home'};
+        return &finishuserfileupload($docuname,$docudom,$docuhome,$formname,$fname);
     }
-    return 
-        &finishuserfileupload($docuname,$docudom,$docuhome,$formname,$fname);
 }
 
 sub finishuserfileupload {
     my ($docuname,$docudom,$docuhome,$formname,$fname)=@_;
     my $path=$docudom.'/'.$docuname.'/';
     my $filepath=$perlvar{'lonDocRoot'};
+    my ($fnamepath,$file);
+    $file=$fname;
+    if ($fname=~m|/|) {
+        ($fnamepath,$file) = ($fname =~ m|^(.*)/([^/]+)$|);
+	$path.=$fnamepath.'/';
+    }
     my @parts=split(/\//,$filepath.'/userfiles/'.$path);
     my $count;
     for ($count=4;$count<=$#parts;$count++) {
@@ -1242,26 +1349,50 @@ sub finishuserfileupload {
     }
 # Save the file
     {
-       open(my $fh,'>'.$filepath.'/'.$fname);
+	#&Apache::lonnet::logthis("Saving to $filepath $file");
+       open(my $fh,'>'.$filepath.'/'.$file);
        print $fh $ENV{'form.'.$formname};
        close($fh);
     }
 # Notify homeserver to grep it
 #
-    
-    my $fetchresult= 
- &reply('fetchuserfile:'.$docudom.'/'.$docuname.'/'.$fname,$docuhome);
+    my $fetchresult= &reply('fetchuserfile:'.$path.$file,$docuhome);
     if ($fetchresult eq 'ok') {
 #
 # Return the URL to it
-        return '/uploaded/'.$path.$fname;
+        return '/uploaded/'.$path.$file;
     } else {
-        &logthis('Failed to transfer '.$docudom.'/'.$docuname.'/'.$fname.
-         ' to host '.$docuhome.': '.$fetchresult);
+        &logthis('Failed to transfer '.$path.$file.' to host '.$docuhome.
+		 ': '.$fetchresult);
         return '/adm/notfound.html';
     }    
 }
 
+sub removeuploadedurl {
+    my ($url)=@_;
+    my (undef,undef,$udom,$uname,$fname)=split('/',$url,5);
+    return &Apache::lonnet::removeuserfile($uname,$udom,$fname);
+}
+
+sub removeuserfile {
+    my ($docuname,$docudom,$fname)=@_;
+    my $home=&homeserver($docuname,$docudom);
+    return &reply("removeuserfile:$docudom/$docuname/$fname",$home);
+}
+
+sub mkdiruserfile {
+    my ($docuname,$docudom,$dir)=@_;
+    my $home=&homeserver($docuname,$docudom);
+    return &reply("mkdiruserfile:".&escape("$docudom/$docuname/$dir"),$home);
+}
+
+sub renameuserfile {
+    my ($docuname,$docudom,$old,$new)=@_;
+    my $home=&homeserver($docuname,$docudom);
+    return &reply("renameuserfile:$docudom:$docuname:".&escape("$old").':'.
+		  &escape("$new"),$home);
+}
+
 # ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Log
 
 sub log {
@@ -1301,10 +1432,12 @@ sub flushcourselogs {
         }
         if ($courseidbuffer{$coursehombuf{$crsid}}) {
            $courseidbuffer{$coursehombuf{$crsid}}.='&'.
-			 &escape($crsid).'='.&escape($coursedescrbuf{$crsid});
+			 &escape($crsid).'='.&escape($coursedescrbuf{$crsid}).
+                         '='.&escape($courseinstcodebuf{$crsid});
         } else {
            $courseidbuffer{$coursehombuf{$crsid}}=
-			 &escape($crsid).'='.&escape($coursedescrbuf{$crsid});
+			 &escape($crsid).'='.&escape($coursedescrbuf{$crsid}).
+                         '='.&escape($courseinstcodebuf{$crsid});
         }    
     }
 #
@@ -1378,6 +1511,8 @@ sub courselog {
        $ENV{'course.'.$ENV{'request.course.id'}.'.home'};
     $coursedescrbuf{$ENV{'request.course.id'}}=
        $ENV{'course.'.$ENV{'request.course.id'}.'.description'};
+    $courseinstcodebuf{$ENV{'request.course.id'}}=
+       $ENV{'course.'.$ENV{'request.course.id'}.'.internal.coursecode'};
     if (defined $courselogs{$ENV{'request.course.id'}}) {
 	$courselogs{$ENV{'request.course.id'}}.='&'.$what;
     } else {
@@ -1424,7 +1559,7 @@ sub userrolelog {
     my ($trole,$username,$domain,$area,$tstart,$tend)=@_;
     if (($trole=~/^ca/) || ($trole=~/^in/) || 
         ($trole=~/^cc/) || ($trole=~/^ep/) ||
-        ($trole=~/^cr/)) {
+        ($trole=~/^cr/) || ($trole=~/^ta/)) {
        my (undef,$rudom,$runame,$rsec)=split(/\//,$area);
        $userrolehash
          {$trole.':'.$username.':'.$domain.':'.$runame.':'.$rudom.':'.$rsec}
@@ -1436,6 +1571,10 @@ sub get_course_adv_roles {
     my $cid=shift;
     $cid=$ENV{'request.course.id'} unless (defined($cid));
     my %coursehash=&coursedescription($cid);
+    my %nothide=();
+    foreach (split(/\s*\,\s*/,$coursehash{'nothideprivileged'})) {
+	$nothide{join(':',split(/[\@\:]/,$_))}=1;
+    }
     my %returnhash=();
     my %dumphash=
             &dump('nohist_userroles',$coursehash{'domain'},$coursehash{'num'});
@@ -1446,7 +1585,8 @@ sub get_course_adv_roles {
         if (($tend) && ($tend<$now)) { next; }
         if (($tstart) && ($now<$tstart)) { next; }
         my ($role,$username,$domain,$section)=split(/\:/,$_);
-	if (&privileged($username,$domain)) { next; }
+	if ((&privileged($username,$domain)) && 
+	    (!$nothide{$username.':'.$domain})) { next; }
         my $key=&plaintext($role);
         if ($section) { $key.=' (Sec/Grp '.$section.')'; }
         if ($returnhash{$key}) {
@@ -1497,7 +1637,7 @@ sub getannounce {
 	if ($announcement=~/\w/) { 
 	    return 
    '<table bgcolor="#FF5555" cellpadding="5" cellspacing="3">'.
-   '<tr><td bgcolor="#FFFFFF"><pre>'.$announcement.'</pre></td></tr></table>'; 
+   '<tr><td bgcolor="#FFFFFF"><tt>'.$announcement.'</tt></td></tr></table>'; 
 	} else {
 	    return '';
 	}
@@ -1516,21 +1656,22 @@ sub courseidput {
 }
 
 sub courseiddump {
-    my ($domfilter,$descfilter,$sincefilter)=@_;
+    my ($domfilter,$descfilter,$sincefilter,$hostidflag,$hostidref)=@_;
     my %returnhash=();
     unless ($domfilter) { $domfilter=''; }
     foreach my $tryserver (keys %libserv) {
-	if ((!$domfilter) || ($hostdom{$tryserver} eq $domfilter)) {
-	    foreach (
-             split(/\&/,&reply('courseiddump:'.$hostdom{$tryserver}.':'.
+        if ( ($hostidflag == 1 && grep/^$tryserver$/,@{$hostidref}) || (!defined($hostidflag)) ) {
+	    if ((!$domfilter) || ($hostdom{$tryserver} eq $domfilter)) {
+	        foreach (
+                 split(/\&/,&reply('courseiddump:'.$hostdom{$tryserver}.':'.
 			       $sincefilter.':'.&escape($descfilter),
                                $tryserver))) {
-		my ($key,$value)=split(/\=/,$_);
-                if (($key) && ($value)) {
-		    $returnhash{&unescape($key)}=&unescape($value);
+		    my ($key,$value)=split(/\=/,$_);
+                    if (($key) && ($value)) {
+		        $returnhash{&unescape($key)}=$value;
+                    }
                 }
             }
-
         }
     }
     return %returnhash;
@@ -1539,6 +1680,28 @@ sub courseiddump {
 #
 # ----------------------------------------------------------- Check out an item
 
+sub get_first_access {
+    my ($type,$argsymb)=@_;
+    my ($symb,$courseid,$udom,$uname)=&Apache::lonxml::whichuser();
+    if ($argsymb) { $symb=$argsymb; }
+    my ($map,$id,$res)=&decode_symb($symb);
+    if ($type eq 'map') { $res=$map; }
+    my %times=&get('firstaccesstimes',[$res],$udom,$uname);
+    return $times{$res};
+}
+
+sub set_first_access {
+    my ($type)=@_;
+    my ($symb,$courseid,$udom,$uname)=&Apache::lonxml::whichuser();
+    my ($map,$id,$res)=&decode_symb($symb);
+    if ($type eq 'map') { $res=$map; }
+    my $firstaccess=&get_first_access($type);
+    if (!$firstaccess) {
+	return &put('firstaccesstimes',{$res=>time},$udom,$uname);
+    }
+    return 'already_set';
+}
+
 sub checkout {
     my ($symb,$tuname,$tudom,$tcrsid)=@_;
     my $now=time;
@@ -1717,7 +1880,7 @@ sub hash2str {
 sub hashref2str {
   my ($hashref)=@_;
   my $result='__HASH_REF__';
-  foreach (keys(%$hashref)) {
+  foreach (sort(keys(%$hashref))) {
     if (ref($_) eq 'ARRAY') {
       $result.=&arrayref2str($_).'=';
     } elsif (ref($_) eq 'HASH') {
@@ -2449,6 +2612,30 @@ sub put {
    return &reply("put:$udomain:$uname:$namespace:$items",$uhome);
 }
 
+# ---------------------------------------------------------- putstore interface
+                                                                                     
+sub putstore {
+   my ($namespace,$storehash,$udomain,$uname)=@_;
+   if (!$udomain) { $udomain=$ENV{'user.domain'}; }
+   if (!$uname) { $uname=$ENV{'user.name'}; }
+   my $uhome=&homeserver($uname,$udomain);
+   my $items='';
+   my %allitems = ();
+   foreach (keys %$storehash) {
+       if ($_ =~ m/^([^\:]+):([^\:]+):([^\:]+)$/) {
+           my $key = $1.':keys:'.$2;
+           $allitems{$key} .= $3.':';
+       }
+       $items.=$_.'='.&escape($$storehash{$_}).'&';
+   }
+   foreach (keys %allitems) {
+       $allitems{$_} =~ s/\:$//;
+       $items.= $_.'='.$allitems{$_}.'&';
+   }
+   $items=~s/\&$//;
+   return &reply("put:$udomain:$uname:$namespace:$items",$uhome);
+}
+
 # ------------------------------------------------------ critical put interface
 
 sub cput {
@@ -2531,8 +2718,8 @@ sub allowed {
 
     if (defined($ENV{'allowed.'.$priv})) { return $ENV{'allowed.'.$priv}; }
 # Free bre access to adm and meta resources
-
-    if ((($uri=~/^adm\//) || ($uri=~/\.meta$/)) && ($priv eq 'bre')) {
+    if (((($uri=~/^adm\//) && ($uri !~ m|/bulletinboard$|)) 
+	 || ($uri=~/\.meta$/)) && ($priv eq 'bre')) {
 	return 'F';
     }
 
@@ -2578,14 +2765,14 @@ sub allowed {
 
 # Course
 
-    if ($ENV{'user.priv.'.$ENV{'request.role'}.'./'}=~/$priv\&([^\:]*)/) {
+    if ($ENV{'user.priv.'.$ENV{'request.role'}.'./'}=~/\Q$priv\E\&([^\:]*)/) {
        $thisallowed.=$1;
     }
 
 # Domain
 
     if ($ENV{'user.priv.'.$ENV{'request.role'}.'./'.(split(/\//,$uri))[0].'/'}
-       =~/$priv\&([^\:]*)/) {
+       =~/\Q$priv\E\&([^\:]*)/) {
        $thisallowed.=$1;
     }
 
@@ -2595,16 +2782,21 @@ sub allowed {
     $courseuri=~s/^([^\/])/\/$1/;
 
     if ($ENV{'user.priv.'.$ENV{'request.role'}.'.'.$courseuri}
-       =~/$priv\&([^\:]*)/) {
+       =~/\Q$priv\E\&([^\:]*)/) {
        $thisallowed.=$1;
     }
 
 # URI is an uploaded document for this course
 
-    if (($priv eq 'bre') && 
-        ($uri=~/^uploaded\/$ENV{'course.'.$ENV{'request.course.id'}.'.domain'}\/$ENV{'course.'.$ENV{'request.course.id'}.'.num'}/)) {
-        return 'F';
+    if (($priv eq 'bre') && ($uri=~m|^uploaded/|)) {
+	my $refuri=$ENV{'httpref.'.$orguri};
+	if ($refuri) {
+	    if ($refuri =~ m|^/adm/|) {
+		$thisallowed='F';
+	    }
+	}
     }
+
 # Full access at system, domain or course-wide level? Exit.
 
     if ($thisallowed=~/F/) {
@@ -2613,7 +2805,7 @@ sub allowed {
 
 # If this is generating or modifying users, exit with special codes
 
-    if (':csu:cdc:ccc:cin:cta:cep:ccr:cst:cad:cli:cau:cdg:cca:'=~/\:$priv\:/) {
+    if (':csu:cdc:ccc:cin:cta:cep:ccr:cst:cad:cli:cau:cdg:cca:'=~/\:\Q$priv\E\:/) {
 	return $thisallowed;
     }
 #
@@ -2634,7 +2826,7 @@ sub allowed {
        if ($match) {
            $statecond=$cond;
            if ($ENV{'user.priv.'.$ENV{'request.role'}.'./'.$courseprivid}
-               =~/$priv\&([^\:]*)/) {
+               =~/\Q$priv\E\&([^\:]*)/) {
                $thisallowed.=$1;
                $checkreferer=0;
            }
@@ -2662,7 +2854,7 @@ sub allowed {
             if ($match) {
               my $refstatecond=$cond;
               if ($ENV{'user.priv.'.$ENV{'request.role'}.'./'.$courseprivid}
-                  =~/$priv\&([^\:]*)/) {
+                  =~/\Q$priv\E\&([^\:]*)/) {
                   $thisallowed.=$1;
                   $uri=$refuri;
                   $statecond=$refstatecond;
@@ -2715,7 +2907,7 @@ sub allowed {
                if ((time-$ENV{$prefix.'last_cache'})>$expiretime) {
 		   &coursedescription($courseid);
                }
-               if (($ENV{$prefix.'res.'.$uri.'.lock.sections'}=~/\,$csec\,/)
+               if (($ENV{$prefix.'res.'.$uri.'.lock.sections'}=~/\,\Q$csec\E\,/)
                 || ($ENV{$prefix.'res.'.$uri.'.lock.sections'} eq 'all')) {
 		   if ($ENV{$prefix.'res.'.$uri.'.lock.expire'}>time) {
                        &log($ENV{'user.domain'},$ENV{'user.name'},
@@ -2726,7 +2918,7 @@ sub allowed {
 		       return '';
                    }
                }
-               if (($ENV{$prefix.'priv.'.$priv.'.lock.sections'}=~/\,$csec\,/)
+               if (($ENV{$prefix.'priv.'.$priv.'.lock.sections'}=~/\,\Q$csec\E\,/)
                 || ($ENV{$prefix.'priv.'.$priv.'.lock.sections'} eq 'all')) {
 		   if ($ENV{'priv.'.$priv.'.lock.expire'}>time) {
                        &log($ENV{'user.domain'},$ENV{'user.name'},
@@ -2760,7 +2952,7 @@ sub allowed {
        my $rolecode=(split(/\./,$ENV{'request.role'}))[0];
        my $unamedom=$ENV{'user.name'}.':'.$ENV{'user.domain'};
        if ($ENV{'course.'.$ENV{'request.course.id'}.'.'.$priv.'.roles.denied'}
-	   =~/$rolecode/) {
+	   =~/\Q$rolecode\E/) {
            &log($ENV{'user.domain'},$ENV{'user.name'},$ENV{'user.host'},
                 'Denied by role: '.$priv.' for '.$uri.' as '.$rolecode.' in '.
                 $ENV{'request.course.id'});
@@ -2768,7 +2960,7 @@ sub allowed {
        }
 
        if ($ENV{'course.'.$ENV{'request.course.id'}.'.'.$priv.'.users.denied'}
-	   =~/$unamedom/) {
+	   =~/\Q$unamedom\E/) {
            &log($ENV{'user.domain'},$ENV{'user.name'},$ENV{'user.host'},
                 'Denied by user: '.$priv.' for '.$uri.' as '.$unamedom.' in '.
                 $ENV{'request.course.id'});
@@ -2780,7 +2972,7 @@ sub allowed {
 
    if ($thisallowed=~/R/) {
        my $rolecode=(split(/\./,$ENV{'request.role'}))[0];
-       if (&metadata($uri,'roledeny')=~/$rolecode/) {
+       if (&metadata($uri,'roledeny')=~/\Q$rolecode\E/) {
 	  &log($ENV{'user.domain'},$ENV{'user.name'},$ENV{'user.host'},
                     'Denied by role: '.$priv.' for '.$uri.' as '.$rolecode);
           return '';
@@ -2792,7 +2984,7 @@ sub allowed {
    if ($thisallowed=~/X/) {
       if ($ENV{'acc.randomout'}) {
          my $symb=&symbread($uri,1);
-         if (($symb) && ($ENV{'acc.randomout'}=~/\&$symb\&/)) { 
+         if (($symb) && ($ENV{'acc.randomout'}=~/\&\Q$symb\E\&/)) { 
             return ''; 
          }
       }
@@ -2856,27 +3048,27 @@ sub definerole {
     my ($rolename,$sysrole,$domrole,$courole)=@_;
     foreach (split(':',$sysrole)) {
 	my ($crole,$cqual)=split(/\&/,$_);
-        if ($pr{'cr:s'}!~/$crole/) { return "refused:s:$crole"; }
-        if ($pr{'cr:s'}=~/$crole\&/) {
-	    if ($pr{'cr:s'}!~/$crole\&\w*$cqual/) { 
+        if ($pr{'cr:s'}!~/\Q$crole\E/) { return "refused:s:$crole"; }
+        if ($pr{'cr:s'}=~/\Q$crole\E\&/) {
+	    if ($pr{'cr:s'}!~/\Q$crole\E\&\w*\Q$cqual\E/) { 
                return "refused:s:$crole&$cqual"; 
             }
         }
     }
     foreach (split(':',$domrole)) {
 	my ($crole,$cqual)=split(/\&/,$_);
-        if ($pr{'cr:d'}!~/$crole/) { return "refused:d:$crole"; }
-        if ($pr{'cr:d'}=~/$crole\&/) {
-	    if ($pr{'cr:d'}!~/$crole\&\w*$cqual/) { 
+        if ($pr{'cr:d'}!~/\Q$crole\E/) { return "refused:d:$crole"; }
+        if ($pr{'cr:d'}=~/\Q$crole\E\&/) {
+	    if ($pr{'cr:d'}!~/\Q$crole\W\&\w*\Q$cqual\E/) { 
                return "refused:d:$crole&$cqual"; 
             }
         }
     }
     foreach (split(':',$courole)) {
 	my ($crole,$cqual)=split(/\&/,$_);
-        if ($pr{'cr:c'}!~/$crole/) { return "refused:c:$crole"; }
-        if ($pr{'cr:c'}=~/$crole\&/) {
-	    if ($pr{'cr:c'}!~/$crole\&\w*$cqual/) { 
+        if ($pr{'cr:c'}!~/\Q$crole\E/) { return "refused:c:$crole"; }
+        if ($pr{'cr:c'}=~/\Q$crole\E\&/) {
+	    if ($pr{'cr:c'}!~/\Q$crole\E\&\w*\Q$cqual\E/) { 
                return "refused:c:$crole&$cqual"; 
             }
         }
@@ -2923,10 +3115,72 @@ sub log_query {
     my $command=&escape(join(':',map{$_.'='.$filters{$_}} keys %filters));
     my $queryid=&reply("querysend:".$query.':'.$udom.':'.$uname.':'.$command,
                        $uhome);
-    unless ($queryid=~/^$uhost\_/) { return 'error: '.$queryid; }
+    unless ($queryid=~/^\Q$uhost\E\_/) { return 'error: '.$queryid; }
     return get_query_reply($queryid);
 }
 
+# ------- Request retrieval of institutional classlists for course(s)
+
+sub fetch_enrollment_query {
+    my ($context,$affiliatesref,$replyref,$dom,$cnum) = @_;
+    my $homeserver;
+    if ($context eq 'automated') {
+        $homeserver = $perlvar{'lonHostID'};
+    } else {
+        $homeserver = &homeserver($cnum,$dom);
+    }
+    my $host=$hostname{$homeserver};
+    my $cmd = '';
+    foreach (keys %{$affiliatesref}) {
+        $cmd .= $_.'='.join(",",@{$$affiliatesref{$_}}).'%%';
+    }
+    $cmd =~ s/%%$//;
+    $cmd = &escape($cmd);
+    my $query = 'fetchenrollment';
+    my $queryid=&reply("querysend:".$query.':'.$dom.':'.$ENV{'user.name'}.':'.$cmd,$homeserver);
+    unless ($queryid=~/^\Q$host\E\_/) { 
+        &logthis('fetch_enrollment_query: invalid queryid: '.$queryid.' for host: '.$host.' and homeserver: '.$homeserver.' context: '.$context.' '.$cnum); 
+        return 'error: '.$queryid;
+    }
+    my $reply = &get_query_reply($queryid);
+    if ( ($reply =~/^timeout/) || ($reply =~/^error/) ) {
+        &logthis('fetch_enrollment_query error: '.$reply.' for '.$dom.' '.$ENV{'user.name'}.' for '.$queryid.' context: '.$context.' '.$cnum);
+    } else {
+        my @responses = split/:/,$reply;
+        if ($homeserver eq $perlvar{'lonHostID'}) {
+            foreach (@responses) {
+                my ($key,$value) = split/=/,$_;
+                $$replyref{$key} = $value;
+            }
+        } else {
+            my $pathname = $perlvar{'lonDaemons'}.'/tmp';
+            foreach (@responses) {
+                my ($key,$value) = split/=/,$_;
+                $$replyref{$key} = $value;
+                if ($value > 0) {
+                    foreach (@{$$affiliatesref{$key}}) {
+                        my $filename = $dom.'_'.$key.'_'.$_.'_classlist.xml';
+                        my $destname = $pathname.'/'.$filename;
+                        my $xml_classlist = &reply("autoretrieve:".$filename,$homeserver);
+                        if ($xml_classlist =~ /^error/) {
+                            &logthis('fetch_enrollment_query - autoretrieve error: '.$xml_classlist.' for '.$filename.' from server: '.$homeserver.' '.$context.' '.$cnum);
+                        } else {
+                            if ( open(FILE,">$destname") ) {
+                                print FILE &unescape($xml_classlist);
+                                close(FILE);
+                            } else {
+                                &logthis('fetch_enrollment_query - error opening classlist file '.$destname.' '.$context.' '.$cnum);
+                            }
+                        }
+                    }
+                }
+            }
+        }
+        return 'ok';
+    }
+    return 'error';
+}
+
 sub get_query_reply {
     my $queryid=shift;
     my $replyfile=$perlvar{'lonDaemons'}.'/tmp/'.$queryid;
@@ -2971,6 +3225,80 @@ sub userlog_query {
     return &log_query($uname,$udom,'userlog',%filters);
 }
 
+#--------- Call auto-enrollment subs in localenroll.pm for homeserver for course 
+
+sub auto_run {
+    my ($cnum,$cdom) = @_;
+    my $homeserver = &homeserver($cnum,$cdom);
+    my $response = &reply('autorun:'.$cdom,$homeserver);
+    return $response;
+}
+                                                                                   
+sub auto_get_sections {
+    my ($cnum,$cdom,$inst_coursecode) = @_;
+    my $homeserver = &homeserver($cnum,$cdom);
+    my @secs = ();
+    my $response=&unescape(&reply('autogetsections:'.$inst_coursecode.':'.$cdom,$homeserver));
+    unless ($response eq 'refused') {
+        @secs = split/:/,$response;
+    }
+    return @secs;
+}
+                                                                                   
+sub auto_new_course {
+    my ($cnum,$cdom,$inst_course_id,$owner) = @_;
+    my $homeserver = &homeserver($cnum,$cdom);
+    my $response=&unescape(&reply('autonewcourse:'.$inst_course_id.':'.$owner.':'.$cdom,$homeserver));
+    return $response;
+}
+                                                                                   
+sub auto_validate_courseID {
+    my ($cnum,$cdom,$inst_course_id) = @_;
+    my $homeserver = &homeserver($cnum,$cdom);
+    my $response=&unescape(&reply('autovalidatecourse:'.$inst_course_id.':'.$cdom,$homeserver));
+    return $response;
+}
+                                                                                   
+sub auto_create_password {
+    my ($cnum,$cdom,$authparam) = @_;
+    my $homeserver = &homeserver($cnum,$cdom); 
+    my $create_passwd = 0;
+    my $authchk = '';
+    my $response=&unescape(&reply('autocreatepassword:'.$authparam.':'.$cdom,$homeserver));
+    if ($response eq 'refused') {
+        $authchk = 'refused';
+    } else {
+        ($authparam,$create_passwd,$authchk) = split/:/,$response;
+    }
+    return ($authparam,$create_passwd,$authchk);
+}
+
+sub auto_instcode_format {
+    my ($caller,$codedom,$instcodes,$codes,$codetitles,$cat_titles,$cat_order) = @_;
+    my $courses = '';
+    my $homeserver;
+    if ($caller eq 'global') {
+        $homeserver = $perlvar{'lonHostID'};
+    } else {
+        $homeserver = &homeserver($caller,$codedom);
+    }
+    my $host=$hostname{$homeserver};
+    foreach (keys %{$instcodes}) {
+        $courses .= &escape($_).'='.&escape($$instcodes{$_}).'&';
+    }
+    chop($courses);
+    my $response=&reply('autoinstcodeformat:'.$codedom.':'.$courses,$homeserver);
+    unless ($response =~ /(con_lost|error|no_such_host|refused)/) {
+        my ($codes_str,$codetitles_str,$cat_titles_str,$cat_order_str) = split/:/,$response;
+        %{$codes} = &str2hash($codes_str);
+        @{$codetitles} = &str2array($codetitles_str);
+        %{$cat_titles} = &str2hash($cat_titles_str);
+        %{$cat_order} = &str2hash($cat_order_str);
+        return 'ok';
+    }
+    return $response;
+}
+
 # ------------------------------------------------------------------ Plain Text
 
 sub plaintext {
@@ -3161,7 +3489,7 @@ sub modifyuser {
 
 sub modifystudent {
     my ($udom,$uname,$uid,$umode,$upass,$first,$middle,$last,$gene,$usec,
-        $end,$start,$forceid,$desiredhome,$email,$type,$cid)=@_;
+        $end,$start,$forceid,$desiredhome,$email,$type,$locktype,$cid)=@_;
     if (!$cid) {
 	unless ($cid=$ENV{'request.course.id'}) {
 	    return 'not_in_class';
@@ -3176,13 +3504,12 @@ sub modifystudent {
     # students environment
     $uid = undef if (!$forceid);
     $reply = &modify_student_enrollment($udom,$uname,$uid,$first,$middle,$last,
-					$gene,$usec,$end,$start,$type,$cid);
+					$gene,$usec,$end,$start,$type,$locktype,$cid);
     return $reply;
 }
 
 sub modify_student_enrollment {
-    my ($udom,$uname,$uid,$first,$middle,$last,$gene,$usec,$end,$start,$type,
-	$cid) = @_;
+    my ($udom,$uname,$uid,$first,$middle,$last,$gene,$usec,$end,$start,$type,$locktype,$cid) = @_;
     my ($cdom,$cnum,$chome);
     if (!$cid) {
 	unless ($cid=$ENV{'request.course.id'}) {
@@ -3226,9 +3553,10 @@ sub modify_student_enrollment {
     }
     my $fullname = &Apache::loncoursedata::ProcessFullName($last,$gene,
                                                            $first,$middle);
-    my $value=&escape($uname.':'.$udom).'='.
-	&escape(join(':',$end,$start,$uid,$usec,$fullname,$type));
-    my $reply=critical('put:'.$cdom.':'.$cnum.':classlist:'.$value,$chome);
+    my $reply=cput('classlist',
+		   {"$uname:$udom" => 
+			join(':',$end,$start,$uid,$usec,$fullname,$type,$locktype) },
+		   $cdom,$cnum);
     unless (($reply eq 'ok') || ($reply eq 'delayed')) {
 	return 'error: '.$reply;
     }
@@ -3263,7 +3591,7 @@ sub writecoursepref {
 # ---------------------------------------------------------- Make/modify course
 
 sub createcourse {
-    my ($udom,$description,$url,$course_server,$nonstandard)=@_;
+    my ($udom,$description,$url,$course_server,$nonstandard,$inst_code)=@_;
     $url=&declutter($url);
     my $cid='';
     unless (&allowed('ccc',$udom)) {
@@ -3296,9 +3624,9 @@ sub createcourse {
 	return 'error: no such course';
     }
 # ----------------------------------------------------------------- Course made
-# log existance
-    &courseidput($udom,&escape($udom.'_'.$uname).'='.&escape($description),
-                 $uhome);
+# log existence
+    &courseidput($udom,&escape($udom.'_'.$uname).'='.&escape($description).
+                 '='.&escape($inst_code),$uhome);
     &flushcourselogs();
 # set toplevel url
     my $topurl=$url;
@@ -3351,6 +3679,42 @@ sub revokecustomrole {
            $deleteflag);
 }
 
+
+# ------------------------------------------------------------ Portfolio Director Lister
+# returns listing of contents of user's /userfiles/portfolio/ directory
+# 
+
+sub portfoliolist {
+    my ($currentPath, $currentFile) = @_;
+    my ($udom, $uname, $portfolioRoot);
+    $uname=$ENV{'user.name'};
+    $udom=$ENV{'user.domain'};
+    # really should interrogate the system for home directory information, but . . .
+    $portfolioRoot = '/home/httpd/lonUsers/'.$udom.'/';
+    $uname =~ /^(.?)(.?)(.?)/;
+    $portfolioRoot = $portfolioRoot.$1.'/'.$2.'/'.$3.'/'.$uname.'/userfiles/portfolio';
+    my $listing = &reply('ls:'.$portfolioRoot.$currentPath, &homeserver($uname,$udom));
+    return $listing;
+}
+
+sub portfoliomanage {
+
+#FIXME please user the existing remove userfile function instead and
+#add a userfilerename functions.
+#FIXME uhome should never be an argument to any lonnet functions
+
+    # handles deleting and renaming files in user's userfiles/portfolio/ directory
+    # 
+    my ($filename, $fileaction, $filenewname) = @_;
+    my ($udom, $uname, $uhome);
+    $uname=$ENV{'user.name'};
+    $udom=$ENV{'user.domain'};
+    $uhome=$ENV{'user.home'};
+    my $listing = reply('portfoliomanage:'.$uname.':'.$udom.':'.$filename.':'.$fileaction.':'.$filenewname, $uhome);
+    return $listing;
+}
+
+
 # ------------------------------------------------------------ Directory lister
 
 sub dirlist {
@@ -3854,7 +4218,9 @@ sub metadata {
     my ($uri,$what,$liburi,$prefix,$depthcount)=@_;
     $uri=&declutter($uri);
     # if it is a non metadata possible uri return quickly
-    if (($uri eq '') || (($uri =~ m|^/*adm/|) && ($uri !~ m|^adm/includes|)) ||
+    if (($uri eq '') || 
+	(($uri =~ m|^/*adm/|) && 
+	     ($uri !~ m|^adm/includes|) && ($uri !~ m|/bulletinboard$|)) ||
         ($uri =~ m|/$|) || ($uri =~ m|/.meta$|) || ($uri =~ /^~/) ||
 	($uri =~ m|home/[^/]+/public_html/|)) {
 	return undef;
@@ -3885,7 +4251,10 @@ sub metadata {
 	}
         my %metathesekeys=();
         unless ($filename=~/\.meta$/) { $filename.='.meta'; }
-	my $metastring=&getfile(&filelocation('',&clutter($filename)));
+	my $metastring;
+	if ($uri !~ m|^uploaded/|) {
+	    $metastring=&getfile(&filelocation('',&clutter($filename)));
+	}
         my $parser=HTML::LCParser->new(\$metastring);
         my $token;
         undef %metathesekeys;
@@ -3996,6 +4365,22 @@ sub metadata {
 # the next is the end of "start tag"
 	    }
 	}
+	my ($extension) = ($uri =~ /\.(\w+)$/);
+	foreach my $key (sort(keys(%packagetab))) {
+	    #&logthis("extsion1 $extension $key !!");
+	    #no specific packages #how's our extension
+	    if ($key!~/^extension_\Q$extension\E&/) { next; }
+	    &metadata_create_package_def($uri,$key,'extension_'.$extension,
+					 \%metathesekeys);
+	}
+	if (!exists($metacache{$uri}->{':packages'})) {
+	    foreach my $key (sort(keys(%packagetab))) {
+		#no specific packages well let's get default then
+		if ($key!~/^default&/) { next; }
+		&metadata_create_package_def($uri,$key,'default',
+					     \%metathesekeys);
+	    }
+	}
 # are there custom rights to evaluate
 	if ($metacache{$uri}->{':copyright'} eq 'custom') {
 
@@ -4024,6 +4409,30 @@ sub metadata {
     return $metacache{$uri}->{':'.$what};
 }
 
+sub metadata_create_package_def {
+    my ($uri,$key,$package,$metathesekeys)=@_;
+    my ($pack,$name,$subp)=split(/\&/,$key);
+    if ($subp eq 'default') { next; }
+    
+    if (defined($metacache{$uri}->{':packages'})) {
+	$metacache{$uri}->{':packages'}.=','.$package;
+    } else {
+	$metacache{$uri}->{':packages'}=$package;
+    }
+    my $value=$packagetab{$key};
+    my $unikey;
+    $unikey='parameter_0_'.$name;
+    $metacache{$uri}->{':'.$unikey.'.part'}=0;
+    $$metathesekeys{$unikey}=1;
+    unless (defined($metacache{$uri}->{':'.$unikey.'.'.$subp})) {
+	$metacache{$uri}->{':'.$unikey.'.'.$subp}=$value;
+    }
+    if (defined($metacache{$uri}->{':'.$unikey.'.default'})) {
+	$metacache{$uri}->{':'.$unikey}=
+	    $metacache{$uri}->{':'.$unikey.'.default'};
+    }
+}
+
 sub metadata_generate_part0 {
     my ($metadata,$metacache,$uri) = @_;
     my %allnames;
@@ -4047,7 +4456,7 @@ sub metadata_generate_part0 {
       my $olddis=$$metacache{':parameter_'.$allnames{$name}.'_'.$name.
 			     '.display'};
       my $expr='\\[Part: '.$allnames{$name}.'\\]';
-      $olddis=~s/$expr/\[Part: 0\]/;
+      $olddis=~s/\Q$expr\E/\[Part: 0\]/;
       $$metacache{"$key.display"}=$olddis;
     }
 }
@@ -4103,7 +4512,10 @@ sub symblist {
 # --------------------------------------------------------------- Verify a symb
 
 sub symbverify {
-    my ($symb,$thisfn)=@_;
+    my ($symb,$thisurl)=@_;
+    my $thisfn=$thisurl;
+# wrapper not part of symbs
+    $thisfn=~s/^\/adm\/wrapper//;
     $thisfn=&declutter($thisfn);
 # direct jump to resource in page or to a sequence - will construct own symbs
     if ($thisfn=~/\.(page|sequence)$/) { return 1; }
@@ -4113,6 +4525,7 @@ sub symbverify {
     unless ($url eq $thisfn) { return 0; }
 
     $symb=&symbclean($symb);
+    $thisurl=&deversion($thisurl);
     $thisfn=&deversion($thisfn);
 
     my %bighash;
@@ -4120,9 +4533,9 @@ sub symbverify {
 
     if (tie(%bighash,'GDBM_File',$ENV{'request.course.fn'}.'.db',
                             &GDBM_READER(),0640)) {
-        my $ids=$bighash{'ids_'.&clutter($thisfn)};
+        my $ids=$bighash{'ids_'.&clutter($thisurl)};
         unless ($ids) { 
-           $ids=$bighash{'ids_/'.$thisfn};
+           $ids=$bighash{'ids_/'.$thisurl};
         }
         if ($ids) {
 # ------------------------------------------------------------------- Has ID(s)
@@ -4151,6 +4564,9 @@ sub symbclean {
 # remove version from URL
     $symb=~s/\.(\d+)\.(\w+)$/\.$2/;
 
+# remove wrapper
+
+    $symb=~s/(\_\_\_\d+\_\_\_)adm\/wrapper\/(res\/)*/$1/;
     return $symb;
 }
 
@@ -4216,9 +4632,13 @@ sub symbread {
     my %bighash;
     my $syval='';
     if (($ENV{'request.course.fn'}) && ($thisfn)) {
+        my $targetfn = $thisfn;
+        if ( ($thisfn =~ m/^uploaded\//) && ($thisfn !~ m/\.(page|sequence)$/) ) {
+            $targetfn = 'adm/wrapper/'.$thisfn;
+        }
         if (tie(%hash,'GDBM_File',$ENV{'request.course.fn'}.'_symb.db',
                       &GDBM_READER(),0640)) {
-	    $syval=$hash{$thisfn};
+	    $syval=$hash{$targetfn};
             untie(%hash);
         }
 # ---------------------------------------------------------- There was an entry
@@ -4270,7 +4690,7 @@ sub symbread {
                  }
 	      }
               untie(%bighash)
-           } 
+           }
         }
         if ($syval) {
            return &symbclean($syval.'___'.$thisfn); 
@@ -4294,8 +4714,41 @@ sub numval {
     return int($txt);
 }
 
+sub numval2 {
+    my $txt=shift;
+    $txt=~tr/A-J/0-9/;
+    $txt=~tr/a-j/0-9/;
+    $txt=~tr/K-T/0-9/;
+    $txt=~tr/k-t/0-9/;
+    $txt=~tr/U-Z/0-5/;
+    $txt=~tr/u-z/0-5/;
+    $txt=~s/\D//g;
+    my @txts=split(/(\d\d\d\d\d\d\d\d\d)/,$txt);
+    my $total;
+    foreach my $val (@txts) { $total+=$val; }
+    return int($total);
+}
+
 sub latest_rnd_algorithm_id {
-    return '64bit2';
+    return '64bit3';
+}
+
+sub get_rand_alg {
+    my ($courseid)=@_;
+    if (!$courseid) { $courseid=(&Apache::lonxml::whichuser())[1]; }
+    if ($courseid) {
+	return $ENV{"course.$courseid.rndseed"};
+    }
+    return &latest_rnd_algorithm_id();
+}
+
+sub getCODE {
+    if (defined($ENV{'form.CODE'})) { return $ENV{'form.CODE'}; }
+    if (defined($Apache::lonhomework::parsing_a_problem) &&
+	defined($Apache::lonhomework::history{'resource.CODE'})) {
+	return $Apache::lonhomework::history{'resource.CODE'};
+    }
+    return undef;
 }
 
 sub rndseed {
@@ -4308,10 +4761,11 @@ sub rndseed {
     if (!$courseid) { $courseid=$wcourseid; }
     if (!$domain) { $domain=$wdomain; }
     if (!$username) { $username=$wusername }
-    my $which=$ENV{"course.$courseid.rndseed"};
-    my $CODE=$ENV{'scantron.CODE'};
-    if (defined($CODE)) {
-	&rndseed_CODE_64bit($symb,$courseid,$domain,$username);
+    my $which=&get_rand_alg();
+    if (defined(&getCODE())) {
+	return &rndseed_CODE_64bit($symb,$courseid,$domain,$username);
+    } elsif ($which eq '64bit3') {
+	return &rndseed_64bit3($symb,$courseid,$domain,$username);
     } elsif ($which eq '64bit2') {
 	return &rndseed_64bit2($symb,$courseid,$domain,$username);
     } elsif ($which eq '64bit') {
@@ -4379,75 +4833,246 @@ sub rndseed_64bit2 {
     }
 }
 
+sub rndseed_64bit3 {
+    my ($symb,$courseid,$domain,$username)=@_;
+    {
+	use integer;
+	# strings need to be an even # of cahracters long, it it is odd the
+        # last characters gets thrown away
+	my $symbchck=unpack("%32S*",$symb.' ') << 21;
+	my $symbseed=numval2($symb) << 10;
+	my $namechck=unpack("%32S*",$username.' ');
+	
+	my $nameseed=numval2($username) << 21;
+	my $domainseed=unpack("%32S*",$domain.' ') << 10;
+	my $courseseed=unpack("%32S*",$courseid.' ');
+	
+	my $num1=$symbchck+$symbseed+$namechck;
+	my $num2=$nameseed+$domainseed+$courseseed;
+	#&Apache::lonxml::debug("$symbseed:$nameseed;$domainseed|$courseseed;$namechck:$symbchck");
+	#&Apache::lonxml::debug("rndseed :$num:$symb");
+	return "$num1:$num2";
+    }
+}
+
 sub rndseed_CODE_64bit {
     my ($symb,$courseid,$domain,$username)=@_;
     {
 	use integer;
 	my $symbchck=unpack("%32S*",$symb.' ') << 16;
-	my $symbseed=numval($symb);
-	my $CODEseed=numval($ENV{'scantron.CODE'}) << 16;
+	my $symbseed=numval2($symb);
+	my $CODEchck=unpack("%32S*",&getCODE().' ') << 16;
+	my $CODEseed=numval(&getCODE());
 	my $courseseed=unpack("%32S*",$courseid.' ');
-	my $num1=$symbseed+$CODEseed;
-	my $num2=$courseseed+$symbchck;
-	#&Apache::lonxml::debug("$symbseed:$CODEseed|$courseseed:$symbchck");
+	my $num1=$symbseed+$CODEchck;
+	my $num2=$CODEseed+$courseseed+$symbchck;
+	#&Apache::lonxml::debug("$symbseed:$CODEchck|$CODEseed:$courseseed:$symbchck");
 	#&Apache::lonxml::debug("rndseed :$num1:$num2:$symb");
-	return "$num1,$num2";
+	return "$num1:$num2";
     }
 }
 
 sub setup_random_from_rndseed {
     my ($rndseed)=@_;
-    if ($rndseed =~/,/) {
-	my ($num1,$num2)=split(/,/,$rndseed);
+    if ($rndseed =~/([,:])/) {
+	my ($num1,$num2)=split(/[,:]/,$rndseed);
 	&Math::Random::random_set_seed(abs($num1),abs($num2));
     } else {
 	&Math::Random::random_set_seed_from_phrase($rndseed);
     }
 }
 
+sub latest_receipt_algorithm_id {
+    return 'receipt2';
+}
+
+sub recunique {
+    my $fucourseid=shift;
+    my $unique;
+    if ($ENV{"course.$fucourseid.receiptalg"} eq 'receipt2') {
+	$unique=$ENV{"course.$fucourseid.internal.encseed"};
+    } else {
+	$unique=$perlvar{'lonReceipt'};
+    }
+    return unpack("%32C*",$unique);
+}
+
+sub recprefix {
+    my $fucourseid=shift;
+    my $prefix;
+    if ($ENV{"course.$fucourseid.receiptalg"} eq 'receipt2') {
+	$prefix=$ENV{"course.$fucourseid.internal.encpref"};
+    } else {
+	$prefix=$perlvar{'lonHostID'};
+    }
+    return unpack("%32C*",$prefix);
+}
+
 sub ireceipt {
-    my ($funame,$fudom,$fucourseid,$fusymb)=@_;
+    my ($funame,$fudom,$fucourseid,$fusymb,$part)=@_;
     my $cuname=unpack("%32C*",$funame);
     my $cudom=unpack("%32C*",$fudom);
     my $cucourseid=unpack("%32C*",$fucourseid);
     my $cusymb=unpack("%32C*",$fusymb);
-    my $cunique=unpack("%32C*",$perlvar{'lonReceipt'});
-    return unpack("%32C*",$perlvar{'lonHostID'}).'-'.
-           ($cunique%$cuname+
-            $cunique%$cudom+
-            $cusymb%$cuname+
-            $cusymb%$cudom+
-            $cucourseid%$cuname+
-            $cucourseid%$cudom);
+    my $cunique=&recunique($fucourseid);
+    my $cpart=unpack("%32S*",$part);
+    my $return =&recprefix($fucourseid).'-';
+    if ($ENV{"course.$fucourseid.receiptalg"} eq 'receipt2' ||
+	$ENV{'request.state'} eq 'construct') {
+	&Apache::lonxml::debug("doing receipt2  using parts $cpart, uname $cuname and udom $cudom gets  ".($cpart%$cuname).
+			       " and ".($cpart%$cudom));
+			       
+	$return.= ($cunique%$cuname+
+		   $cunique%$cudom+
+		   $cusymb%$cuname+
+		   $cusymb%$cudom+
+		   $cucourseid%$cuname+
+		   $cucourseid%$cudom+
+		   $cpart%$cuname+
+		   $cpart%$cudom);
+    } else {
+	$return.= ($cunique%$cuname+
+		   $cunique%$cudom+
+		   $cusymb%$cuname+
+		   $cusymb%$cudom+
+		   $cucourseid%$cuname+
+		   $cucourseid%$cudom);
+    }
+    return $return;
 }
 
 sub receipt {
-  my ($symb,$courseid,$domain,$name) = &Apache::lonxml::whichuser();
-  return &ireceipt($name,$domain,$courseid,$symb);
+    my ($part)=@_;
+    my ($symb,$courseid,$domain,$name) = &Apache::lonxml::whichuser();
+    return &ireceipt($name,$domain,$courseid,$symb,$part);
 }
 
 # ------------------------------------------------------------ Serves up a file
-# returns either the contents of the file or a -1
+# returns either the contents of the file or 
+# -1 if the file doesn't exist
+#
+# if the target is a file that was uploaded via DOCS, 
+# a check will be made to see if a current copy exists on the local server,
+# if it does this will be served, otherwise a copy will be retrieved from
+# the home server for the course and stored in /home/httpd/html/userfiles on
+# the local server.   
+
 sub getfile {
- my $file=shift;
- if ($file=~/^\/*uploaded\//) { # user file
+    my ($file,$caller) = @_;
+
+    if ($file !~ m|^/*uploaded/(\w+)/(\w+)/(.+)$|) {
+	# normal file from res space
+	&repcopy($file);
+        return &readfile($file);
+    }
+
+    my $info;
+    my $cdom = $1;
+    my $cnum = $2;
+    my $filename = $3;
+    my $path = $Apache::lonnet::perlvar{'lonDocRoot'}.'/userfiles';
+    my ($lwpresp,$rtncode);
+    my $localfile = $path.'/'.$cdom.'/'.$cnum.'/'.$filename;
+    if (-e "$localfile") {
+	my @fileinfo = stat($localfile);
+	$lwpresp = &getuploaded('HEAD',$file,$cdom,$cnum,\$info,\$rtncode);
+	if ($lwpresp ne 'ok') {
+	    if ($rtncode eq '404') {
+		unlink($localfile);
+	    }
+	    #my $ua=new LWP::UserAgent;
+	    #my $request=new HTTP::Request('GET',&tokenwrapper($file));
+	    #my $response=$ua->request($request);
+	    #if ($response->is_success()) {
+	#	return $response->content;
+	#    } else {
+	#	return -1;
+	#    }
+	    return -1;
+	}
+	if ($info < $fileinfo[9]) {
+	    return &readfile($localfile);
+	}
+	$info = '';
+	$lwpresp = &getuploaded('GET',$file,$cdom,$cnum,\$info,\$rtncode);
+	if ($lwpresp ne 'ok') {
+	    return -1;
+	}
+    } else {
+	$lwpresp = &getuploaded('GET',$file,$cdom,$cnum,\$info,\$rtncode);
+	if ($lwpresp ne 'ok') {
+	    my $ua=new LWP::UserAgent;
+	    my $request=new HTTP::Request('GET',&tokenwrapper($file));
+	    my $response=$ua->request($request);
+	    if ($response->is_success()) {
+		return $response->content;
+	    } else {
+		return -1;
+	    }
+	}
+	my @parts = ($cdom,$cnum); 
+	if ($filename =~ m|^(.+)/[^/]+$|) {
+	    push @parts, split(/\//,$1);
+	}
+	foreach my $part (@parts) {
+	    $path .= '/'.$part;
+	    if (!-e $path) {
+		mkdir($path,0770);
+	    }
+	}
+    }
+    open (FILE,">$localfile");
+    print FILE $info;
+    close(FILE);
+    if ($caller eq 'uploadrep') {
+	return 'ok';
+    }
+    return $info;
+}
+
+sub tokenwrapper {
+    my $uri=shift;
+    $uri=~s/^http\:\/\/([^\/]+)//;
+    $uri=~s/^\///;
+    $ENV{'user.environment'}=~/\/([^\/]+)\.id/;
+    my $token=$1;
+    if ($uri=~/^uploaded\/([^\/]+)\/([^\/]+)\/([^\/]+)(\?\.*)*$/) {
+        &appenv('userfile.'.$1.'/'.$2.'/'.$3 => $ENV{'request.course.id'});
+        return 'http://'.$hostname{ &homeserver($2,$1)}.'/'.$uri.
+               (($uri=~/\?/)?'&':'?').'token='.$token.
+                               '&tokenissued='.$perlvar{'lonHostID'};
+    } else {
+        return '/adm/notfound.html';
+    }
+}
+
+sub getuploaded {
+    my ($reqtype,$uri,$cdom,$cnum,$info,$rtncode) = @_;
+    $uri=~s/^\///;
+    $uri = 'http://'.$hostname{ &homeserver($cnum,$cdom)}.'/raw/'.$uri;
     my $ua=new LWP::UserAgent;
-    my $request=new HTTP::Request('GET',&tokenwrapper($file));
+    my $request=new HTTP::Request($reqtype,$uri);
     my $response=$ua->request($request);
-    if ($response->is_success()) {
-       return $response->content;
-    } else { 
-       return -1; 
-    }
- } else { # normal file from res space
-  &repcopy($file);
-  if (! -e $file ) { return -1; };
-  my $fh;
-  open($fh,"<$file");
-  my $a='';
-  while (<$fh>) { $a .=$_; }
-  return $a;
- }
+    $$rtncode = $response->code;
+    if (! $response->is_success()) {
+	return 'failed';
+    }      
+    if ($reqtype eq 'HEAD') {
+	$$info = &HTTP::Date::str2time( $response->header('Last-modified') );
+    } elsif ($reqtype eq 'GET') {
+	$$info = $response->content;
+    }
+    return 'ok';
+}
+
+sub readfile {
+    my $file = shift;
+    if ( (! -e $file ) || ($file eq '') ) { return -1; };
+    my $fh;
+    open($fh,"<$file");
+    my $a='';
+    while (<$fh>) { $a .=$_; }
+    return $a;
 }
 
 sub filelocation {
@@ -4458,9 +5083,23 @@ sub filelocation {
     $location = $file;
     $location =~ s:/~(.*?)/(.*):/home/$1/public_html/$2:;
   } elsif ($file=~/^\/*uploaded/) { # is an uploaded file
-    $location=$file;
+      if ($file=~/^\/uploaded\/([^\/]+)\/([^\/]+)\/(\/)?simplepage\/([^\/]+)$/) {
+	  $location=&Apache::loncommon::propath($1,$2).'/userfiles/simplepage/'.$4;
+	  if (not -e $location) {
+	      $file=~/^\/uploaded\/(.*)$/;
+	      $location=$Apache::lonnet::perlvar{'lonDocRoot'}.'/userfiles/'.$1;
+	  }
+      } elsif ($file=~/^\/uploaded\/([^\/]+)\/([^\/]+)\/aboutme\/([^\/]+)$/) {
+	  $location=&Apache::loncommon::propath($1,$2).'/userfiles/aboutme/'.$3;
+         if (not -e $location) {
+	     $file=~/^\/uploaded\/(.*)$/;
+	     $location=$Apache::lonnet::perlvar{'lonDocRoot'}.'/userfiles/'.$1;
+         }
+      } else {
+	  $location=$file;
+      }
   } else {
-    $file=~s/^$perlvar{'lonDocRoot'}//;
+    $file=~s/^\Q$perlvar{'lonDocRoot'}\E//;
     $file=~s:^/res/:/:;
     if ( !( $file =~ m:^/:) ) {
       $location = $dir. '/'.$file;
@@ -4470,6 +5109,7 @@ sub filelocation {
   }
   $location=~s://+:/:g; # remove duplicate /
   while ($location=~m:/\.\./:) {$location=~ s:/[^/]+/\.\./:/:g;} #remove dir/..
+  while ($location=~m:/\./:) {$location=~ s:/\./:/:g;} #remove /./
   return $location;
 }
 
@@ -4516,7 +5156,7 @@ sub current_machine_ids {
 
 sub declutter {
     my $thisfn=shift;
-    $thisfn=~s/^$perlvar{'lonDocRoot'}//;
+    $thisfn=~s/^\Q$perlvar{'lonDocRoot'}\E//;
     $thisfn=~s/^\///;
     $thisfn=~s/^res\///;
     $thisfn=~s/\?.+$//;
@@ -4527,7 +5167,7 @@ sub declutter {
 
 sub clutter {
     my $thisfn='/'.&declutter(shift);
-    unless ($thisfn=~/^\/(uploaded|adm|userfiles|ext|raw|priv)\//) { 
+    unless ($thisfn=~/^\/(uploaded|adm|userfiles|ext|raw|priv|public)\//) { 
        $thisfn='/res'.$thisfn; 
     }
     return $thisfn;
@@ -4589,7 +5229,7 @@ BEGIN {
     open(my $config,"</etc/httpd/conf/loncapa.conf");
 
     while (my $configline=<$config>) {
-        if ($configline =~ /^[^\#]*PerlSetVar/) {
+        if ($configline=~/\S/ && $configline =~ /^[^\#]*PerlSetVar/) {
 	   my ($dummy,$varname,$varvalue)=split(/\s+/,$configline);
            chomp($varvalue);
            $perlvar{$varname}=$varvalue;
@@ -4707,6 +5347,7 @@ BEGIN {
     open(my $config,"<$perlvar{'lonTabDir'}/packages.tab");
 
     while (my $configline=<$config>) {
+	if ($configline !~ /\S/ || $configline=~/^#/) { next; }
 	chomp($configline);
 	my ($short,$plain)=split(/:/,$configline);
 	my ($pack,$name)=split(/\&/,$short);
@@ -5347,6 +5988,17 @@ put($namespace,$storehash,$udom,$uname)
 
 =item *
 
+putstore($namespace,$storehash,$udomain,$uname) : stores hash in namesp
+keys used in storehash include version information (e.g., 1:$symb:message etc.) as
+used in records written by &store and retrieved by &restore.  This function 
+was created for use in editing discussion posts, without incrementing the
+version number included in the key for a particular post. The colon 
+separated list of attribute names (e.g., the value associated with the key 
+1:keys:$symb) is also generated and passed in the ampersand separated 
+items sent to lonnet::reply().  
+
+=item *
+
 cput($namespace,$storehash,$udom,$uname) : critical put
 ($udom and $uname are optional)
 
@@ -5452,8 +6104,29 @@ messages of critical importance should g
 
 =item *
 
-getfile($file) : returns the entire contents of a file or -1; it
-properly subscribes to and replicates the file if neccessary.
+getfile($file,$caller) : two cases - requests for files in /res or in /uploaded.
+(a) files in /uploaded
+  (i) If a local copy of the file exists - 
+      compares modification date of local copy with last-modified date for 
+      definitive version stored on home server for course. If local copy is 
+      stale, requests a new version from the home server and stores it. 
+      If the original has been removed from the home server, then local copy 
+      is unlinked.
+  (ii) If local copy does not exist -
+      requests the file from the home server and stores it. 
+  
+  If $caller is 'uploadrep':  
+    This indicates a call from lonuploadrep.pm (PerlHeaderParserHandler phase)
+    for request for files originally uploaded via DOCS. 
+     - returns 'ok' if fresh local copy now available, -1 otherwise.
+  
+  Otherwise:
+     This indicates a call from the content generation phase of the request.
+     -  returns the entire contents of the file or -1.
+     
+(b) files in /res
+   - returns the entire contents of a file or -1; 
+   it properly subscribes to and replicates the file if neccessary.
 
 =item *