--- loncom/lonnet/perl/lonnet.pm	2007/12/25 04:02:00	1.936
+++ loncom/lonnet/perl/lonnet.pm	2008/02/21 10:04:35	1.942
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 # The LearningOnline Network
 # TCP networking package
 #
-# $Id: lonnet.pm,v 1.936 2007/12/25 04:02:00 raeburn Exp $
+# $Id: lonnet.pm,v 1.942 2008/02/21 10:04:35 foxr Exp $
 #
 # Copyright Michigan State University Board of Trustees
 #
@@ -1650,9 +1650,21 @@ sub absolute_url {
     return $protocol.$host_name;
 }
 
+#
+#   Server side include.
+# Parameters:
+#  fn     Possibly encrypted resource name/id.
+#  form   Hash that describes how the rendering should be done
+#         and other things.
+#  r      Optional reference that will be given the response.
+#         This is mostly provided so that the caller can implement
+#         error detection, recovery and retry policies.
+#     
+# Returns:
+#    The content of the response.
 sub ssi {
 
-    my ($fn,%form)=@_;
+    my ($fn,%form, $r)=@_;
 
     my $ua=new LWP::UserAgent;
     
@@ -1670,6 +1682,10 @@ sub ssi {
     $request->header(Cookie => $ENV{'HTTP_COOKIE'});
     my $response=$ua->request($request);
 
+    if ($r) {
+	$$r = $response;
+    }
+
     return $response->content;
 }
 
@@ -2399,7 +2415,11 @@ sub get_course_adv_roles {
     my %coursehash=&coursedescription($cid);
     my %nothide=();
     foreach my $user (split(/\s*\,\s*/,$coursehash{'nothideprivileged'})) {
-	$nothide{join(':',split(/[\@\:]/,$user))}=1;
+        if ($user !~ /:/) {
+	    $nothide{join(':',split(/[\@]/,$user))}=1;
+        } else {
+            $nothide{$user}=1;
+        }
     }
     my %returnhash=();
     my %dumphash=
@@ -2427,15 +2447,25 @@ sub get_course_adv_roles {
 }
 
 sub get_my_roles {
-    my ($uname,$udom,$context,$types,$roles,$roledoms,$withsec)=@_;
+    my ($uname,$udom,$context,$types,$roles,$roledoms,$withsec,$hidepriv)=@_;
     unless (defined($uname)) { $uname=$env{'user.name'}; }
     unless (defined($udom)) { $udom=$env{'user.domain'}; }
-    my %dumphash;
+    my (%dumphash,%nothide);
     if ($context eq 'userroles') { 
         %dumphash = &dump('roles',$udom,$uname);
     } else {
         %dumphash=
             &dump('nohist_userroles',$udom,$uname);
+        if ($hidepriv) {
+            my %coursehash=&coursedescription($udom.'_'.$uname);
+            foreach my $user (split(/\s*\,\s*/,$coursehash{'nothideprivileged'})) {
+                if ($user !~ /:/) {
+                    $nothide{join(':',split(/[\@]/,$user))} = 1;
+                } else {
+                    $nothide{$user} = 1;
+                }
+            }
+        }
     }
     my %returnhash=();
     my $now=time;
@@ -2448,7 +2478,7 @@ sub get_my_roles {
         }
         if (($tstart) && ($tstart<0)) { next; }
         my $status = 'active';
-        if (($tend) && ($tend<$now)) {
+        if (($tend) && ($tend<=$now)) {
             $status = 'previous';
         } 
         if (($tstart) && ($now<$tstart)) {
@@ -2486,6 +2516,12 @@ sub get_my_roles {
                 }
             }
         }
+        if ($hidepriv) {
+            if ((&privileged($username,$domain)) &&
+                (!$nothide{$username.':'.$domain})) { 
+                next;
+            }
+        }
         if ($withsec) {
             $returnhash{$username.':'.$domain.':'.$role.':'.$section} =
                 $tstart.':'.$tend;
@@ -3507,7 +3543,7 @@ sub set_userprivs {
     }
     foreach my $role (keys(%{$allroles})) {
         my %thesepriv;
-        if (($role=~/^au/) || ($role=~/^ca/)) { $author=1; }
+        if (($role=~/^au/) || ($role=~/^ca/) || ($role=~/^aa/)) { $author=1; }
         foreach my $item (split(/:/,$$allroles{$role})) {
             if ($item ne '') {
                 my ($privilege,$restrictions)=split(/&/,$item);
@@ -6697,7 +6733,7 @@ sub EXT {
 	    if ($part eq '') { $part='0'; }
 	    my @partgeneral=&EXT('resource.'.$part.'.'.$qualifierrest,
 				 $symbparm,$udom,$uname,$section,1);
-	    if (@partgeneral) { return &get_reply(\@partgeneral); }
+	    if (defined($partgeneral[0])) { return &get_reply(\@partgeneral); }
 	}
 	if ($recurse) { return undef; }
 	my $pack_def=&packages_tab_default($filename,$varname);
@@ -6731,10 +6767,14 @@ sub EXT {
 
 sub get_reply {
     my ($reply_value) = @_;
-    if (wantarray) {
-	return @$reply_value;
+    if (ref($reply_value) eq 'ARRAY') {
+        if (wantarray) {
+	    return @$reply_value;
+        }
+        return $reply_value->[0];
+    } else {
+        return $reply_value;
     }
-    return $reply_value->[0];
 }
 
 sub check_group_parms {