--- loncom/lonnet/perl/lonnet.pm	2009/11/30 06:23:37	1.1047
+++ loncom/lonnet/perl/lonnet.pm	2010/01/16 13:46:05	1.1049
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 # The LearningOnline Network
 # TCP networking package
 #
-# $Id: lonnet.pm,v 1.1047 2009/11/30 06:23:37 raeburn Exp $
+# $Id: lonnet.pm,v 1.1049 2010/01/16 13:46:05 raeburn Exp $
 #
 # Copyright Michigan State University Board of Trustees
 #
@@ -1728,6 +1728,9 @@ sub userenvironment {
     unless ($uhome eq 'no_host') {
         my @answer=split(/\&/, 
             &reply('get:'.$udom.':'.$unam.':environment:'.$items,$uhome));
+        if ($#answer==0 && $answer[0] =~ /^(con_lost|error:|no_such_host)/i) {
+            return %returnhash;
+        }
         my $i;
         for ($i=0;$i<=$#what;$i++) {
 	    $returnhash{$what[$i]}=&unescape($answer[$i]);
@@ -4035,13 +4038,6 @@ sub role_status {
                             );
                             my $spec=$$role.'.'.$$where;
                             my ($tdummy,$tdomain,$trest)=split(/\//,$$where);
-                            if ($$role eq 'gr') {
-                                my %rolehash = &get('roles',[$$where.'_'.$$role],$env{'user.domain'},
-                                                    $env{'user.name'})=@_;
-                                my ($trole) = split('_',$role,1);
-                                (undef,my $group_privs) = split(/\//,$trole);
-                                $group_privs = &unescape($group_privs);
-                            }
                             if ($$role =~ /^cr\//) {
                                 &custom_roleprivs(\%allroles,$$role,$tdomain,$trest,$spec,$$where);
                             } elsif ($$role eq 'gr') {