--- loncom/lonnet/perl/lonnet.pm	2013/10/16 19:06:28	1.1172.2.35
+++ loncom/lonnet/perl/lonnet.pm	2012/11/11 01:48:33	1.1197
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 # The LearningOnline Network
 # TCP networking package
 #
-# $Id: lonnet.pm,v 1.1172.2.35 2013/10/16 19:06:28 raeburn Exp $
+# $Id: lonnet.pm,v 1.1197 2012/11/11 01:48:33 raeburn Exp $
 #
 # Copyright Michigan State University Board of Trustees
 #
@@ -75,7 +75,10 @@ use LWP::UserAgent();
 use HTTP::Date;
 use Image::Magick;
 
-use vars qw(%perlvar %spareid %pr %prp $memcache %packagetab $tmpdir $apache
+
+use Encode;
+
+use vars qw(%perlvar %spareid %pr %prp $memcache %packagetab $tmpdir
             $_64bit %env %protocol %loncaparevs %serverhomeIDs %needsrelease
             %managerstab);
 
@@ -109,6 +112,7 @@ require Exporter;
 our @ISA = qw (Exporter);
 our @EXPORT = qw(%env);
 
+
 # ------------------------------------ Logging (parameters, docs, slots, roles)
 {
     my $logid;
@@ -123,19 +127,19 @@ our @EXPORT = qw(%env);
 	$logid ++;
         my $now = time();
 	my $id=$now.'00000'.$$.'00000'.$logid;
-        my $logentry = {
-                         $id => {
-                                  'exe_uname' => $env{'user.name'},
-                                  'exe_udom'  => $env{'user.domain'},
-                                  'exe_time'  => $now,
-                                  'exe_ip'    => $ENV{'REMOTE_ADDR'},
-                                  'delflag'   => $delflag,
-                                  'logentry'  => $storehash,
-                                  'uname'     => $uname,
-                                  'udom'      => $udom,
-                                }
+        my $logentry = { 
+                          $id => {
+                                   'exe_uname' => $env{'user.name'},
+                                   'exe_udom'  => $env{'user.domain'},
+                                   'exe_time'  => $now,
+                                   'exe_ip'    => $ENV{'REMOTE_ADDR'},
+                                   'delflag'   => $delflag,
+                                   'logentry'  => $storehash,
+                                   'uname'     => $uname,
+                                   'udom'      => $udom,
+                                  }
                        };
-        return &put('nohist_'.$hash_name,$logentry,$cdom,$cnum);
+	return &put('nohist_'.$hash_name,$logentry,$cdom,$cnum);
     }
 }
 
@@ -352,11 +356,9 @@ sub get_remote_globals {
 }
 
 sub remote_devalidate_cache {
-    my ($lonhost,$cachekeys) = @_;
-    my $items;
-    return unless (ref($cachekeys) eq 'ARRAY');
-    my $cachestr = join('&',@{$cachekeys});
-    return &reply('devalidatecache:'.&escape($cachestr),$lonhost);
+    my ($lonhost,$name,$id) = @_;
+    my $response = &reply('devalidatecache:'.&escape($name).':'.&escape($id),$lonhost);
+    return $response;
 }
 
 # -------------------------------------------------- Non-critical communication
@@ -632,15 +634,6 @@ sub check_for_valid_session {
 	|| !defined($disk_env{'user.domain'})) {
 	return undef;
     }
-
-    if (($r->user() eq '') && ($apache >= 2.4)) {
-        if ($disk_env{'user.domain'} eq $r->dir_config('lonDefDomain')) {
-            $r->user($disk_env{'user.name'});
-        } else {
-            $r->user($disk_env{'user.name'}.':'.$disk_env{'user.domain'});
-        }
-    }
-
     return $handle;
 }
 
@@ -1273,7 +1266,7 @@ sub check_loadbalancing {
         }
     }
     if (ref($result) eq 'HASH') {
-        ($is_balancer,$currtargets,$currrules) =
+        ($is_balancer,$currtargets,$currrules) = 
             &check_balancer_result($result,@hosts);
         if ($is_balancer) {
             if (ref($currrules) eq 'HASH') {
@@ -1323,7 +1316,7 @@ sub check_loadbalancing {
             }
         }
     } elsif (($homeintdom) && ($udom ne $serverhomedom)) {
-        ($result,$cached)=&is_cached_new('loadbalancing',$serverhomedom);
+        my ($result,$cached)=&is_cached_new('loadbalancing',$serverhomedom);
         unless (defined($cached)) {
             my %domconfig =
                 &Apache::lonnet::get_dom('configuration',['loadbalancing'],$serverhomedom);
@@ -1332,7 +1325,7 @@ sub check_loadbalancing {
             }
         }
         if (ref($result) eq 'HASH') {
-            ($is_balancer,$currtargets,$currrules) =
+            ($is_balancer,$currtargets,$currrules) = 
                 &check_balancer_result($result,@hosts);
             if ($is_balancer) {
                 if (ref($currrules) eq 'HASH') {
@@ -1388,8 +1381,8 @@ sub check_loadbalancing {
             $is_balancer = 0;
             if ($uname ne '' && $udom ne '') {
                 if (($env{'user.name'} eq $uname) && ($env{'user.domain'} eq $udom)) {
-
-                    &appenv({'user.loadbalexempt'     => $lonhost,
+                    
+                    &appenv({'user.loadbalexempt'     => $lonhost,  
                              'user.loadbalcheck.time' => time});
                 }
             }
@@ -1578,36 +1571,6 @@ sub idput {
     }
 }
 
-# ---------------------------------------- Delete unwanted IDs from ids.db file
-
-sub iddel {
-    my ($udom,$idshashref,$uhome)=@_;
-    my %result=();
-    unless (ref($idshashref) eq 'HASH') {
-        return %result;
-    }
-    my %servers=();
-    while (my ($id,$uname) = each(%{$idshashref})) {
-        my $uhom;
-        if ($uhome) {
-            $uhom = $uhome;
-        } else {
-            $uhom=&homeserver($uname,$udom);
-        }
-        if ($uhom ne 'no_host') {
-            if ($servers{$uhom}) {
-                $servers{$uhom}.='&'.&escape($id);
-            } else {
-                $servers{$uhom}=&escape($id);
-            }
-        }
-    }
-    foreach my $server (keys(%servers)) {
-        $result{$server} = &critical('iddel:'.$udom.':'.$servers{$server},$uhome);
-    }
-    return %result;
-}
-
 # ------------------------------dump from db file owned by domainconfig user
 sub dump_dom {
     my ($namespace, $udom, $regexp) = @_;
@@ -1984,15 +1947,12 @@ sub inst_userrules {
 # ------------- Get Authentication, Language and User Tools Defaults for Domain
 
 sub get_domain_defaults {
-    my ($domain,$ignore_cache) = @_;
-    return if (($domain eq '') || ($domain eq 'public'));
+    my ($domain) = @_;
     my $cachetime = 60*60*24;
-    unless ($ignore_cache) {
-        my ($result,$cached)=&is_cached_new('domdefaults',$domain);
-        if (defined($cached)) {
-            if (ref($result) eq 'HASH') {
-                return %{$result};
-            }
+    my ($result,$cached)=&is_cached_new('domdefaults',$domain);
+    if (defined($cached)) {
+        if (ref($result) eq 'HASH') {
+            return %{$result};
         }
     }
     my %domdefaults;
@@ -2018,16 +1978,13 @@ sub get_domain_defaults {
             $domdefaults{'defaultquota'} = $domconfig{'quotas'}{'defaultquota'};
         } else {
             $domdefaults{'defaultquota'} = $domconfig{'quotas'};
-        }
+        } 
         my @usertools = ('aboutme','blog','webdav','portfolio');
         foreach my $item (@usertools) {
             if (ref($domconfig{'quotas'}{$item}) eq 'HASH') {
                 $domdefaults{$item} = $domconfig{'quotas'}{$item};
             }
         }
-        if (ref($domconfig{'quotas'}{'authorquota'}) eq 'HASH') {
-            $domdefaults{'authorquota'} = $domconfig{'quotas'}{'authorquota'};
-        }
     }
     if (ref($domconfig{'requestcourses'}) eq 'HASH') {
         foreach my $item ('official','unofficial','community') {
@@ -2043,14 +2000,8 @@ sub get_domain_defaults {
         }
     }
     if (ref($domconfig{'coursedefaults'}) eq 'HASH') {
-        if (ref($domconfig{'coursedefaults'}{'coursecredits'}) eq 'HASH') {
-            $domdefaults{'officialcredits'} = $domconfig{'coursedefaults'}{'coursecredits'}{'official'};
-            $domdefaults{'unofficialcredits'} = $domconfig{'coursedefaults'}{'coursecredits'}{'unofficial'};
-        }
-        if (ref($domconfig{'coursedefaults'}{'uploadquota'}) eq 'HASH') {
-            $domdefaults{'officialquota'} = $domconfig{'coursedefaults'}{'uploadquota'}{'official'};
-            $domdefaults{'unofficialquota'} = $domconfig{'coursedefaults'}{'uploadquota'}{'unofficial'};
-            $domdefaults{'communityquota'} = $domconfig{'coursedefaults'}{'uploadquota'}{'community'};
+        foreach my $item ('canuse_pdfforms') {
+            $domdefaults{$item} = $domconfig{'coursedefaults'}{$item};
         }
     }
     if (ref($domconfig{'usersessions'}) eq 'HASH') {
@@ -2061,7 +2012,8 @@ sub get_domain_defaults {
             $domdefaults{'hostedsessions'} = $domconfig{'usersessions'}{'hosted'};
         }
     }
-    &do_cache_new('domdefaults',$domain,\%domdefaults,$cachetime);
+    &Apache::lonnet::do_cache_new('domdefaults',$domain,\%domdefaults,
+                                  $cachetime);
     return %domdefaults;
 }
 
@@ -2658,10 +2610,13 @@ sub ssi {
 
     $request->header(Cookie => $ENV{'HTTP_COOKIE'});
     my $response= $ua->request($request);
+    my $content = $response->content;
+
+
     if (wantarray) {
-	return ($response->content, $response);
+	return ($content, $response);
     } else {
-	return $response->content;
+	return $content;
     }
 }
 
@@ -2693,7 +2648,7 @@ sub allowuploaded {
 #
 # Determine if the current user should be able to edit a particular resource,
 # when viewing in course context.
-# (a) When viewing resource used to determine if "Edit" item is included in
+# (a) When viewing resource used to determine if "Edit" item is included in 
 #     Functions.
 # (b) When displaying folder contents in course editor, used to determine if
 #     "Edit" link will be displayed alongside resource.
@@ -2701,12 +2656,12 @@ sub allowuploaded {
 #  input: six args -- filename (decluttered), course number, course domain,
 #                   url, symb (if registered) and group (if this is a group
 #                   item -- e.g., bulletin board, group page etc.).
-#  output: array of five scalars --
+#  output: array of five scalars -- 
 #          $cfile -- url for file editing if editable on current server
 #          $home -- homeserver of resource (i.e., for author if published,
 #                                           or course if uploaded.).
 #          $switchserver --  1 if server switch will be needed.
-#          $forceedit -- 1 if icon/link should be to go to edit mode
+#          $forceedit -- 1 if icon/link should be to go to edit mode 
 #          $forceview -- 1 if icon/link should be to go to view mode
 #
 
@@ -2716,7 +2671,7 @@ sub can_edit_resource {
 #
 # For aboutme pages user can only edit his/her own.
 #
-    if ($resurl =~ m{^/?adm/($match_domain)/($match_username)/aboutme$}) {
+    if ($resurl =~ m{^/adm/($match_domain)/($match_username)/aboutme$}) {
         my ($sdom,$sname) = ($1,$2);
         if (($sdom eq $env{'user.domain'}) && ($sname eq $env{'user.name'})) {
             $home = $env{'user.home'};
@@ -2739,7 +2694,7 @@ sub can_edit_resource {
             my $allowed = 0;
             if ($resurl =~ m{^/?adm/$cdom/$cnum/$group/smppg$}) {
                 if ((&allowed('mdg',$env{'request.course.id'}.
-                              ($env{'request.course.sec'}?'/'.$env{'request.course.sec'}:''))) ||
+                            ($env{'request.course.sec'}?'/'.$env{'request.course.sec'}:''))) ||
                         (&allowed('mgh',$env{'request.course.id'}.'/'.$group)) || $crsedit) {
                     $allowed = 1;
                 }
@@ -2761,14 +2716,10 @@ sub can_edit_resource {
                 return;
             }
         } else {
-            if ($resurl =~ m{^/?adm/viewclasslist$}) {
-                unless (&Apache::lonnet::allowed('opa',$env{'request.course.id'})) {
-                    return;
-                }
-            } elsif (!$crsedit) {
 #
 # No edit allowed where CC has switched to student role.
 #
+            unless ($crsedit) {
                 return;
             }
         }
@@ -2781,11 +2732,7 @@ sub can_edit_resource {
                 $incourse = 1;
                 if ($file =~/\.(htm|html|css|js|txt)$/) {
                     $cfile = &hreflocation('',$file);
-                    if ($env{'form.forceedit'}) {
-                        $forceview = 1;
-                    } else {
-                        $forceedit = 1;
-                    }
+                    $forceedit = 1;
                 }
             } elsif ($resurl =~ m{^/public/$cdom/$cnum/syllabus}) {
                 $incourse = 1;
@@ -2795,7 +2742,7 @@ sub can_edit_resource {
                     $forceedit = 1;
                 }
                 $cfile = $resurl;
-            } elsif (($resurl ne '') && (&is_on_map($resurl))) {
+            } elsif (($resurl ne '') && (&is_on_map($resurl))) { 
                 if ($resurl =~ m{^/adm/$match_domain/$match_username/\d+/smppg|bulletinboard$}) {
                     $incourse = 1;
                     if ($env{'form.forceedit'}) {
@@ -2804,65 +2751,25 @@ sub can_edit_resource {
                         $forceedit = 1;
                     }
                     $cfile = $resurl;
-                } elsif ($resurl eq '/res/lib/templates/simpleproblem.problem') {
+                } elsif (($resurl eq '/res/lib/templates/simpleproblem.problem')) {
                     $incourse = 1;
                     $cfile = $resurl.'/smpedit';
-                } elsif ($resurl =~ m{^/adm/wrapper/ext/}) {
+                } elsif ($resurl =~ /ext/) {
                     $incourse = 1;
-                    if ($env{'form.forceedit'}) {
-                        $forceview = 1;
-                    } else {
-                        $forceedit = 1;
-                    }
-                    $cfile = $resurl;
-                } elsif ($resurl =~ m{^/?adm/viewclasslist$}) {
-                    $incourse = 1;
-                    if ($env{'form.forceedit'}) {
-                        $forceview = 1;
-                    } else {
-                        $forceedit = 1;
-                    }
-                    $cfile = ($resurl =~ m{^/} ? $resurl : "/$resurl");
+                    # is external
                 }
             } elsif ($resurl eq '/res/lib/templates/simpleproblem.problem/smpedit') {
                 my $template = '/res/lib/templates/simpleproblem.problem';
-                if (&is_on_map($template)) {
+                if (&is_on_map($template)) { 
                     $incourse = 1;
                     $forceview = 1;
                     $cfile = $template;
                 }
-            } elsif (($resurl =~ m{^/adm/wrapper/ext/}) && ($env{'form.folderpath'} =~ /^supplemental/)) {
-                    $incourse = 1;
-                    if ($env{'form.forceedit'}) {
-                        $forceview = 1;
-                    } else {
-                        $forceedit = 1;
-                    }
-                    $cfile = $resurl;
-            } elsif (($resurl eq '/adm/extresedit') && ($symb || $env{'form.folderpath'})) {
-                $incourse = 1;
-                $forceview = 1;
-                if ($symb) {
-                    my ($map,$id,$res)=&decode_symb($symb);
-                    $env{'request.symb'} = $symb;
-                    $cfile = &clutter($res);
-                } else {
-                    $cfile = $env{'form.suppurl'};
-                    $cfile =~ s{^http://}{};
-                    $cfile = '/adm/wrapper/ext/'.$cfile;
-                }
-            } elsif ($resurl =~ m{^/?adm/viewclasslist$}) {
-                if ($env{'form.forceedit'}) {
-                    $forceview = 1;
-                } else {
-                    $forceedit = 1;
-                }
-                $cfile = ($resurl =~ m{^/} ? $resurl : "/$resurl");
             }
         }
         if ($uploaded || $incourse) {
             $home=&homeserver($cnum,$cdom);
-        } elsif ($file !~ m{/$}) {
+        } else {
             $file=~s{^(priv/$match_domain/$match_username)}{/$1};
             $file=~s{^($match_domain/$match_username)}{/priv/$1};
             # Check that the user has permission to edit this resource
@@ -2873,7 +2780,7 @@ sub can_edit_resource {
                 $cfile=$file;
             }
         }
-        if (($cfile ne '') && (!$incourse || $uploaded) &&
+        if (($cfile ne '') && (!$incourse || $uploaded) && 
             (($home ne '') && ($home ne 'no_host'))) {
             my @ids=&current_machine_ids();
             unless (grep(/^\Q$home\E$/,@ids)) {
@@ -2888,8 +2795,8 @@ sub is_course_upload {
     my ($file,$cnum,$cdom) = @_;
     my $uploadpath = &LONCAPA::propath($cdom,$cnum);
     $uploadpath =~ s{^\/}{};
-    if (($file =~ m{^\Q$uploadpath\E/userfiles/(docs|supplemental)/}) ||
-        ($file =~ m{^userfiles/\Q$cdom\E/\Q$cnum\E/(docs|supplemental)/})) {
+    if (($file =~ m{^\Q$uploadpath\E/userfiles/docs/}) ||
+        ($file =~ m{^userfiles/\Q$cdom\E/\Q$cnum\E/docs/})) {
         return 1;
     }
     return;
@@ -2899,13 +2806,9 @@ sub in_course {
     my ($udom,$uname,$cdom,$cnum,$type,$hideprivileged) = @_;
     if ($hideprivileged) {
         my $skipuser;
-        my %coursehash = &coursedescription($cdom.'_'.$cnum);
-        my @possdoms = ($cdom);
-        if ($coursehash{'checkforpriv'}) {
-            push(@possdoms,split(/,/,$coursehash{'checkforpriv'}));
-        }
-        if (&privileged($uname,$udom,\@possdoms)) {
+        if (&privileged($uname,$udom)) {
             $skipuser = 1;
+            my %coursehash = &coursedescription($cdom.'_'.$cnum);
             if ($coursehash{'nothideprivileged'}) {
                 foreach my $item (split(/\s*\,\s*/,$coursehash{'nothideprivileged'})) {
                     my $user;
@@ -3238,9 +3141,7 @@ sub userfileupload {
 					 $codebase,$thumbwidth,$thumbheight,
                                          $resizewidth,$resizeheight,$context,$mimetype);
         } else {
-            if ($env{'form.folder'}) {
-                $fname=$env{'form.folder'}.'/'.$fname;
-            }
+            $fname=$env{'form.folder'}.'/'.$fname;
             return &process_coursefile('uploaddoc',$docuname,$docudom,
 				       $fname,$formname,$parser,
 				       $allfiles,$codebase,$mimetype);
@@ -3255,7 +3156,7 @@ sub userfileupload {
     } else {
         my $docuname=$env{'user.name'};
         my $docudom=$env{'user.domain'};
-        if ((exists($env{'form.group'})) || ($context eq 'syllabus')) {
+        if (exists($env{'form.group'})) {
             $docuname=$env{'course.'.$env{'request.course.id'}.'.num'};
             $docudom=$env{'course.'.$env{'request.course.id'}.'.domain'};
         }
@@ -3405,9 +3306,7 @@ sub extract_embedded_items {
 		&add_filetype($allfiles,$attr->{'src'},'src');
 	    }
 	    if (lc($tagname) eq 'a') {
-                unless (($attr->{'href'} =~ /^#/) || ($attr->{'href'} eq '')) {
-		    &add_filetype($allfiles,$attr->{'href'},'href');
-                }
+		&add_filetype($allfiles,$attr->{'href'},'href');
 	    }
             if (lc($tagname) eq 'script') {
                 my $src;
@@ -3495,26 +3394,8 @@ sub extract_embedded_items {
                     }
                 }
 	    }
-            if (lc($tagname) eq 'iframe') {
-                my $src = $attr->{'src'} ;
-                if (($src ne '') && ($src !~ m{^(/|https?://)})) {
-                    &add_filetype($allfiles,$src,'src');
-                } elsif ($src =~ m{^/}) {
-                    if ($env{'request.course.id'}) {
-                        my $cdom = $env{'course.'.$env{'request.course.id'}.'.domain'};
-                        my $cnum = $env{'course.'.$env{'request.course.id'}.'.num'};
-                        my $url = &hreflocation('',$fullpath);
-                        if ($url =~ m{^/uploaded/$cdom/$cnum/docs/(\w+/\d+)/}) {
-                            my $relpath = $1;
-                            if ($src =~ m{^/uploaded/$cdom/$cnum/docs/\Q$relpath\E/(.+)$}) {
-                                &add_filetype($allfiles,$1,'src');
-                            }
-                        }
-                    }
-                }
-            }
             if ($t->[4] =~ m{/>$}) {
-                pop(@state);
+                pop(@state);  
             }
 	} elsif ($t->[0] eq 'E') {
 	    my ($tagname) = ($t->[1]);
@@ -3956,10 +3837,6 @@ sub get_course_adv_roles {
             $nothide{$user}=1;
         }
     }
-    my @possdoms = ($coursehash{'domain'});
-    if ($coursehash{'checkforpriv'}) {
-        push(@possdoms,split(/,/,$coursehash{'checkforpriv'}));
-    }
     my %returnhash=();
     my %dumphash=
             &dump('nohist_userroles',$coursehash{'domain'},$coursehash{'num'});
@@ -3972,7 +3849,20 @@ sub get_course_adv_roles {
         if (($tstart) && ($now<$tstart)) { next; }
         my ($role,$username,$domain,$section)=split(/\:/,$entry);
 	if ($username eq '' || $domain eq '') { next; }
-        if ((&privileged($username,$domain,\@possdoms)) &&
+        unless (ref($privileged{$domain}) eq 'HASH') {
+            my %dompersonnel =
+                &Apache::lonnet::get_domain_roles($domain,['dc'],$now,$now);
+            $privileged{$domain} = {};
+            foreach my $server (keys(%dompersonnel)) {
+                if (ref($dompersonnel{$server}) eq 'HASH') {
+                    foreach my $user (keys(%{$dompersonnel{$server}})) {
+                        my ($trole,$uname,$udom) = split(/:/,$user);
+                        $privileged{$udom}{$uname} = 1;
+                    }
+                }
+            }
+        }
+        if ((exists($privileged{$domain}{$username})) && 
             (!$nothide{$username.':'.$domain})) { next; }
 	if ($role eq 'cr') { next; }
         if ($codes) {
@@ -4003,7 +3893,8 @@ sub get_my_roles {
     if ($context eq 'userroles') {
         %dumphash = &dump('roles',$udom,$uname);
     } else {
-        %dumphash = &dump('nohist_userroles',$udom,$uname);
+        %dumphash=
+            &dump('nohist_userroles',$udom,$uname);
         if ($hidepriv) {
             my %coursehash=&coursedescription($udom.'_'.$uname);
             foreach my $user (split(/\s*\,\s*/,$coursehash{'nothideprivileged'})) {
@@ -4071,15 +3962,28 @@ sub get_my_roles {
             }
         }
         if ($hidepriv) {
-            my @privroles = ('dc','su');
             if ($context eq 'userroles') {
-                next if (grep(/^\Q$role\E$/,@privroles));
+                if ((&privileged($username,$domain)) &&
+                    (!$nothide{$username.':'.$domain})) {
+                    next;
+                }
             } else {
-                my $possdoms = [$domain];
-                if (ref($roledoms) eq 'ARRAY') {
-                   push(@{$possdoms},@{$roledoms});
+                unless (ref($privileged{$domain}) eq 'HASH') {
+                    my %dompersonnel =
+                        &Apache::lonnet::get_domain_roles($domain,['dc'],$now,$now);
+                    $privileged{$domain} = {};
+                    if (keys(%dompersonnel)) {
+                        foreach my $server (keys(%dompersonnel)) {
+                            if (ref($dompersonnel{$server}) eq 'HASH') {
+                                foreach my $user (keys(%{$dompersonnel{$server}})) {
+                                    my ($trole,$uname,$udom) = split(/:/,$user);
+                                    $privileged{$udom}{$uname} = $trole;
+                                }
+                            }
+                        }
+                    }
                 }
-                if (&privileged($username,$domain,$possdoms,\@privroles)) {
+                if (exists($privileged{$domain}{$username})) {
                     if (!$nothide{$username.':'.$domain}) {
                         next;
                     }
@@ -4184,16 +4088,16 @@ sub courseiddump {
 	    if (($domfilter eq '') ||
 		(&host_domain($tryserver) eq $domfilter)) {
                 my $rep;
-                if (grep { $_ eq $tryserver } &current_machine_ids()) {
-                    $rep = &LONCAPA::Lond::dump_course_id_handler(
-                        join(":", (&host_domain($tryserver), $sincefilter,
-                                &escape($descfilter), &escape($instcodefilter),
+                if (grep { $_ eq $tryserver } current_machine_ids()) {
+                    $rep = LONCAPA::Lond::dump_course_id_handler(
+                        join(":", (&host_domain($tryserver), $sincefilter, 
+                                &escape($descfilter), &escape($instcodefilter), 
                                 &escape($ownerfilter), &escape($coursefilter),
-                                &escape($typefilter), &escape($regexp_ok),
-                                $as_hash, &escape($selfenrollonly),
-                                &escape($catfilter), $showhidden, $caller,
-                                &escape($cloner), &escape($cc_clone), $cloneonly,
-                                &escape($createdbefore), &escape($createdafter),
+                                &escape($typefilter), &escape($regexp_ok), 
+                                $as_hash, &escape($selfenrollonly), 
+                                &escape($catfilter), $showhidden, $caller, 
+                                &escape($cloner), &escape($cc_clone), $cloneonly, 
+                                &escape($createdbefore), &escape($createdafter), 
                                 &escape($creationcontext), $domcloner)));
                 } else {
                     $rep = &reply('courseiddump:'.&host_domain($tryserver).':'.
@@ -4208,7 +4112,7 @@ sub courseiddump {
                              &escape($creationcontext).':'.$domcloner,
                              $tryserver);
                 }
-
+                     
                 my @pairs=split(/\&/,$rep);
                 foreach my $item (@pairs) {
                     my ($key,$value)=split(/\=/,$item,2);
@@ -4314,7 +4218,7 @@ sub get_domain_roles {
     }
     my $rolelist;
     if (ref($roles) eq 'ARRAY') {
-        $rolelist = join('&',@{$roles});
+        $rolelist = join(':',@{$roles});
     }
     my %personnel = ();
 
@@ -4407,92 +4311,6 @@ sub set_first_access {
     return 'already_set';
 }
 }
-
-sub checkout {
-    my ($symb,$tuname,$tudom,$tcrsid)=@_;
-    my $now=time;
-    my $lonhost=$perlvar{'lonHostID'};
-    my $infostr=&escape(
-                 'CHECKOUTTOKEN&'.
-                 $tuname.'&'.
-                 $tudom.'&'.
-                 $tcrsid.'&'.
-                 $symb.'&'.
-                 $now.'&'.$ENV{'REMOTE_ADDR'});
-    my $token=&reply('tmpput:'.$infostr,$lonhost);
-    if ($token=~/^error\:/) {
-        &logthis("<font color=\"blue\">WARNING: ".
-                "Checkout tmpput failed ".$tudom.' - '.$tuname.' - '.$symb.
-                 "</font>");
-        return '';
-    }
-
-    $token=~s/^(\d+)\_.*\_(\d+)$/$1\*$2\*$lonhost/;
-    $token=~tr/a-z/A-Z/;
-
-    my %infohash=('resource.0.outtoken' => $token,
-                  'resource.0.checkouttime' => $now,
-                  'resource.0.outremote' => $ENV{'REMOTE_ADDR'});
-
-    unless (&cstore(\%infohash,$symb,$tcrsid,$tudom,$tuname) eq 'ok') {
-       return '';
-    } else {
-        &logthis("<font color=\"blue\">WARNING: ".
-                "Checkout cstore failed ".$tudom.' - '.$tuname.' - '.$symb.
-                 "</font>");
-    }
-
-    if (&log($tudom,$tuname,&homeserver($tuname,$tudom),
-                         &escape('Checkout '.$infostr.' - '.
-                                                 $token)) ne 'ok') {
-        return '';
-    } else {
-        &logthis("<font color=\"blue\">WARNING: ".
-                "Checkout log failed ".$tudom.' - '.$tuname.' - '.$symb.
-                 "</font>");
-    }
-    return $token;
-}
-
-# ------------------------------------------------------------ Check in an item
-
-sub checkin {
-    my $token=shift;
-    my $now=time;
-    my ($ta,$tb,$lonhost)=split(/\*/,$token);
-    $lonhost=~tr/A-Z/a-z/;
-    my $dtoken=$ta.'_'.&hostname($lonhost).'_'.$tb;
-    $dtoken=~s/\W/\_/g;
-    my ($dummy,$tuname,$tudom,$tcrsid,$symb,$chtim,$rmaddr)=
-                 split(/\&/,&unescape(&reply('tmpget:'.$dtoken,$lonhost)));
-
-    unless (($tuname) && ($tudom)) {
-        &logthis('Check in '.$token.' ('.$dtoken.') failed');
-        return '';
-    }
-
-    unless (&allowed('mgr',$tcrsid)) {
-        &logthis('Check in '.$token.' ('.$dtoken.') unauthorized: '.
-                 $env{'user.name'}.' - '.$env{'user.domain'});
-        return '';
-    }
-
-    my %infohash=('resource.0.intoken' => $token,
-                  'resource.0.checkintime' => $now,
-                  'resource.0.inremote' => $ENV{'REMOTE_ADDR'});
-
-    unless (&cstore(\%infohash,$symb,$tcrsid,$tudom,$tuname) eq 'ok') {
-       return '';
-    }
-
-    if (&log($tudom,$tuname,&homeserver($tuname,$tudom),
-                         &escape('Checkin - '.$token)) ne 'ok') {
-        return '';
-    }
-
-    return ($symb,$tuname,$tudom,$tcrsid);
-}
-
 # --------------------------------------------- Set Expire Date for Spreadsheet
 
 sub expirespread {
@@ -4942,12 +4760,9 @@ sub restore {
     if ($stuname) { $home=&homeserver($stuname,$domain); }
 
     if (!$symb) {
-        return if ($namespace eq 'courserequests');
-        unless ($symb=escape(&symbread())) { return ''; }
+      unless ($symb=escape(&symbread())) { return ''; }
     } else {
-        unless ($namespace eq 'courserequests') {
-            $symb=&escape(&symbclean($symb));
-        }
+      $symb=&escape(&symbclean($symb));
     }
     if (!$namespace) { 
        unless ($namespace=$env{'request.course.id'}) { 
@@ -5082,93 +4897,20 @@ sub update_released_required {
 # -------------------------------------------------See if a user is privileged
 
 sub privileged {
-    my ($username,$domain,$possdomains,$possroles)=@_;
+    my ($username,$domain)=@_;
+
+    my %rolesdump = &dump("roles", $domain, $username) or return 0;
     my $now = time;
-    my $roles;
-    if (ref($possroles) eq 'ARRAY') {
-        $roles = $possroles;
-    } else {
-        $roles = ['dc','su'];
-    }
-    if (ref($possdomains) eq 'ARRAY') {
-        my %privileged = &privileged_by_domain($possdomains,$roles);
-        foreach my $dom (@{$possdomains}) {
-            if (($username =~ /^$match_username$/) && ($domain =~ /^$match_domain$/) &&
-                (ref($privileged{$dom}) eq 'HASH')) {
-                foreach my $role (@{$roles}) {
-                    if (ref($privileged{$dom}{$role}) eq 'HASH') {
-                        if (exists($privileged{$dom}{$role}{$username.':'.$domain})) {
-                            my ($end,$start) = split(/:/,$privileged{$dom}{$role}{$username.':'.$domain});
-                            return 1 unless (($end && $end < $now) ||
-                                             ($start && $start > $now));
-                        }
-                    }
-                }
-            }
-        }
-    } else {
-        my %rolesdump = &dump("roles", $domain, $username) or return 0;
-        my $now = time;
 
-        for my $role (@rolesdump{grep { ! /^rolesdef_/ } keys %rolesdump}) {
+    for my $role (@rolesdump{grep { ! /^rolesdef_/ } keys %rolesdump}) {
             my ($trole, $tend, $tstart) = split(/_/, $role);
-            if (grep(/^\Q$trole\E$/,@{$roles})) {
-                return 1 unless ($tend && $tend < $now)
-                        or ($tstart && $tstart > $now);
+            if (($trole eq 'dc') || ($trole eq 'su')) {
+                return 1 unless ($tend && $tend < $now) 
+                    or ($tstart && $tstart > $now);
             }
-        }
-    }
-    return 0;
-}
+	}
 
-sub privileged_by_domain {
-    my ($domains,$roles) = @_;
-    my %privileged = ();
-    my $cachetime = 60*60*24;
-    my $now = time;
-    unless ((ref($domains) eq 'ARRAY') && (ref($roles) eq 'ARRAY')) {
-        return %privileged;
-    }
-    foreach my $dom (@{$domains}) {
-        next if (ref($privileged{$dom}) eq 'HASH');
-        my $needroles;
-        foreach my $role (@{$roles}) {
-            my ($result,$cached)=&is_cached_new('priv_'.$role,$dom);
-            if (defined($cached)) {
-                if (ref($result) eq 'HASH') {
-                    $privileged{$dom}{$role} = $result;
-                }
-            } else {
-                $needroles = 1;
-            }
-        }
-        if ($needroles) {
-            my %dompersonnel = &get_domain_roles($dom,$roles);
-            $privileged{$dom} = {};
-            foreach my $server (keys(%dompersonnel)) {
-                if (ref($dompersonnel{$server}) eq 'HASH') {
-                    foreach my $item (keys(%{$dompersonnel{$server}})) {
-                        my ($trole,$uname,$udom,$rest) = split(/:/,$item,4);
-                        my ($end,$start) = split(/:/,$dompersonnel{$server}{$item});
-                        next if ($end && $end < $now);
-                        $privileged{$dom}{$trole}{$uname.':'.$udom} =
-                            $dompersonnel{$server}{$item};
-                    }
-                }
-            }
-            if (ref($privileged{$dom}) eq 'HASH') {
-                foreach my $role (@{$roles}) {
-                    if (ref($privileged{$dom}{$role}) eq 'HASH') {
-                        &do_cache_new('priv_'.$role,$dom,$privileged{$dom}{$role},$cachetime);
-                    } else {
-                        my %hash = ();
-                        &do_cache_new('priv_'.$role,$dom,\%hash,$cachetime);
-                    }
-                }
-            }
-        }
-    }
-    return %privileged;
+    return 0;
 }
 
 # -------------------------------------------------------- Get user privileges
@@ -5280,11 +5022,9 @@ sub rolesinit {
 }
 
 sub set_arearole {
-    my ($trole,$area,$tstart,$tend,$domain,$username,$nolog) = @_;
-    unless ($nolog) {
+    my ($trole,$area,$tstart,$tend,$domain,$username) = @_;
 # log the associated role with the area
-        &userrolelog($trole,$username,$domain,$area,$tstart,$tend);
-    }
+    &userrolelog($trole,$username,$domain,$area,$tstart,$tend);
     return ('user.role.'.$trole.'.'.$area => $tstart.'.'.$tend);
 }
 
@@ -5553,7 +5293,7 @@ sub set_adhoc_privileges {
     my $area = '/'.$dcdom.'/'.$pickedcourse;
     my $spec = $role.'.'.$area;
     my %userroles = &set_arearole($role,$area,'','',$env{'user.domain'},
-                                  $env{'user.name'},1);
+                                  $env{'user.name'});
     my %ccrole = ();
     &standard_roleprivs(\%ccrole,$role,$dcdom,$spec,$pickedcourse,$area);
     my ($author,$adv)= &set_userprivs(\%userroles,\%ccrole);
@@ -5622,14 +5362,15 @@ sub unserialize {
     return {} if $rep =~ /^error/;
 
     my %returnhash=();
-    foreach my $item (split(/\&/,$rep)) {
-        my ($key, $value) = split(/=/, $item, 2);
-        $key = unescape($key) unless $escapedkeys;
-        next if $key =~ /^error: 2 /;
-        $returnhash{$key} = &thaw_unescape($value);
-    }
+	foreach my $item (split /\&/, $rep) {
+	    my ($key, $value) = split(/=/, $item, 2);
+	    $key = unescape($key) unless $escapedkeys;
+	    next if $key =~ /^error: 2 /;
+	    $returnhash{$key} = Apache::lonnet::thaw_unescape($value);
+	}
+    #return %returnhash;
     return \%returnhash;
-}
+}        
 
 # see Lond::dump_with_regexp
 # if $escapedkeys hash keys won't get unescaped.
@@ -5640,11 +5381,11 @@ sub dump {
     my $uhome=&homeserver($uname,$udomain);
 
     my $reply;
-    if (grep { $_ eq $uhome } &current_machine_ids()) {
+    if (grep { $_ eq $uhome } current_machine_ids()) {
         # user is hosted on this machine
-        $reply = LONCAPA::Lond::dump_with_regexp(join(':', ($udomain,
-                    $uname, $namespace, $regexp, $range)), $perlvar{'lonVersion'});
-        return %{&unserialize($reply, $escapedkeys)};
+        $reply = LONCAPA::Lond::dump_with_regexp(join(":", ($udomain,
+                    $uname, $namespace, $regexp, $range)), $loncaparevs{$uhome});
+        return %{unserialize($reply, $escapedkeys)};
     }
     if ($regexp) {
 	$regexp=&escape($regexp);
@@ -5657,7 +5398,8 @@ sub dump {
     if (!($rep =~ /^error/ )) {
 	foreach my $item (@pairs) {
 	    my ($key,$value)=split(/=/,$item,2);
-            $key = &unescape($key) unless ($escapedkeys);
+        $key = unescape($key) unless $escapedkeys;
+        #$key = &unescape($key);
 	    next if ($key =~ /^error: 2 /);
 	    $returnhash{$key}=&thaw_unescape($value);
 	}
@@ -5698,7 +5440,15 @@ sub currentdump {
    $sdom     = $env{'user.domain'}       if (! defined($sdom));
    $sname    = $env{'user.name'}         if (! defined($sname));
    my $uhome = &homeserver($sname,$sdom);
-   my $rep=reply('currentdump:'.$sdom.':'.$sname.':'.$courseid,$uhome);
+   my $rep;
+
+   if (grep { $_ eq $uhome } current_machine_ids()) {
+       $rep = LONCAPA::Lond::dump_profile_database(join(":", ($sdom, $sname, 
+                   $courseid)));
+   } else {
+       $rep = reply('currentdump:'.$sdom.':'.$sname.':'.$courseid,$uhome);
+   }
+
    return if ($rep =~ /^(error:|no_such_host)/);
    #
    my %returnhash=();
@@ -5941,88 +5691,6 @@ sub tmpdel {
     return &reply("tmpdel:$token",$server);
 }
 
-# ------------------------------------------------------------ get_timebased_id
-
-sub get_timebased_id {
-    my ($prefix,$keyid,$namespace,$cdom,$cnum,$idtype,$who,$locktries,
-        $maxtries) = @_;
-    my ($newid,$error,$dellock);
-    unless (($prefix =~ /^\w+$/) && ($keyid =~ /^\w+$/) && ($namespace ne '')) {
-        return ('','ok','invalid call to get suffix');
-    }
-
-# set defaults for any optional args for which values were not supplied
-    if ($who eq '') {
-        $who = $env{'user.name'}.':'.$env{'user.domain'};
-    }
-    if (!$locktries) {
-        $locktries = 3;
-    }
-    if (!$maxtries) {
-        $maxtries = 10;
-    }
-
-    if (($cdom eq '') || ($cnum eq '')) {
-        if ($env{'request.course.id'}) {
-            $cdom = $env{'course.'.$env{'request.course.id'}.'.domain'};
-            $cnum = $env{'course.'.$env{'request.course.id'}.'.num'};
-        }
-        if (($cdom eq '') || ($cnum eq '')) {
-            return ('','ok','call to get suffix not in course context');
-        }
-    }
-
-# construct locking item
-    my $lockhash = {
-                      $prefix."\0".'locked_'.$keyid => $who,
-                   };
-    my $tries = 0;
-
-# attempt to get lock on nohist_$namespace file
-    my $gotlock = &Apache::lonnet::newput('nohist_'.$namespace,$lockhash,$cdom,$cnum);
-    while (($gotlock ne 'ok') && $tries <$locktries) {
-        $tries ++;
-        sleep 1;
-        $gotlock = &Apache::lonnet::newput('nohist_'.$namespace,$lockhash,$cdom,$cnum);
-    }
-
-# attempt to get unique identifier, based on current timestamp
-    if ($gotlock eq 'ok') {
-        my %inuse = &Apache::lonnet::dump('nohist_'.$namespace,$cdom,$cnum,$prefix);
-        my $id = time;
-        $newid = $id;
-        my $idtries = 0;
-        while (exists($inuse{$prefix."\0".$newid}) && $idtries < $maxtries) {
-            if ($idtype eq 'concat') {
-                $newid = $id.$idtries;
-            } else {
-                $newid ++;
-            }
-            $idtries ++;
-        }
-        if (!exists($inuse{$prefix."\0".$newid})) {
-            my %new_item =  (
-                              $prefix."\0".$newid => $who,
-                            );
-            my $putresult = &Apache::lonnet::put('nohist_'.$namespace,\%new_item,
-                                                 $cdom,$cnum);
-            if ($putresult ne 'ok') {
-                undef($newid);
-                $error = 'error saving new item: '.$putresult;
-            }
-        } else {
-             $error = ('error: no unique suffix available for the new item ');
-        }
-#  remove lock
-        my @del_lock = ($prefix."\0".'locked_'.$keyid);
-        $dellock = &Apache::lonnet::del('nohist_'.$namespace,\@del_lock,$cdom,$cnum);
-    } else {
-        $error = "error: could not obtain lockfile\n";
-        $dellock = 'ok';
-    }
-    return ($newid,$dellock,$error);
-}
-
 # -------------------------------------------------- portfolio access checking
 
 sub portfolio_access {
@@ -6292,7 +5960,7 @@ sub usertools_access {
     }
     return if (!defined($tools{$tool}));
 
-    if (($udom eq '') || ($uname eq '')) {
+    if ((!defined($udom)) || (!defined($uname))) {
         $udom = $env{'user.domain'};
         $uname = $env{'user.name'};
     }
@@ -6311,7 +5979,7 @@ sub usertools_access {
 
     my ($toolstatus,$inststatus,$envkey);
     if ($context eq 'requestauthor') {
-        $envkey = $context;
+        $envkey = $context; 
     } else {
         $envkey = $context.'.'.$tool;
     }
@@ -7102,7 +6770,7 @@ sub constructaccess {
     if (($allowed eq 'F') || ($allowed eq 'U')) {
 # Grant temporary access
         my $then=$env{'user.login.time'};
-        my $update=$env{'user.update.time'};
+        my $update==$env{'user.update.time'};
         if (!$update) { $update = $then; }
         my $refresh=$env{'user.refresh.time'};
         if (!$refresh) { $refresh = $update; }
@@ -7383,23 +7051,19 @@ sub definerole {
 # ---------------- Make a metadata query against the network of library servers
 
 sub metadata_query {
-    my ($query,$custom,$customshow,$server_array,$domains_hash)=@_;
+    my ($query,$custom,$customshow,$server_array)=@_;
     my %rhash;
     my %libserv = &all_library();
     my @server_list = (defined($server_array) ? @$server_array
                                               : keys(%libserv) );
     for my $server (@server_list) {
-        my $domains = '';
-        if (ref($domains_hash) eq 'HASH') {
-            $domains = $domains_hash->{$server};    
-        }
 	unless ($custom or $customshow) {
-	    my $reply=&reply("querysend:".&escape($query).':::'.&escape($domains),$server);
+	    my $reply=&reply("querysend:".&escape($query),$server);
 	    $rhash{$server}=$reply;
 	}
 	else {
 	    my $reply=&reply("querysend:".&escape($query).':'.
-			     &escape($custom).':'.&escape($customshow).':'.&escape($domains),
+			     &escape($custom).':'.&escape($customshow),
 			     $server);
 	    $rhash{$server}=$reply;
 	}
@@ -7645,8 +7309,8 @@ sub auto_validate_instcode {
     }
     $response=&unescape(&reply('autovalidateinstcode:'.$cdom.':'.
                         &escape($instcode).':'.&escape($owner),$homeserver));
-    my ($outcome,$description,$defaultcredits) = map { &unescape($_); } split('&',$response,3);
-    return ($outcome,$description,$defaultcredits);
+    my ($outcome,$description) = map { &unescape($_); } split('&',$response,2);
+    return ($outcome,$description);
 }
 
 sub auto_create_password {
@@ -8185,7 +7849,7 @@ sub assignrole {
                         }
                     }
                 } elsif ($context eq 'requestauthor') {
-                    if (($udom eq $env{'user.domain'}) && ($uname eq $env{'user.name'}) &&
+                    if (($udom eq $env{'user.domain'}) && ($uname eq $env{'user.name'}) && 
                         ($url eq '/'.$udom.'/') && ($role eq 'au')) {
                         if ($env{'environment.requestauthor'} eq 'automatic') {
                             $refused = '';
@@ -8193,13 +7857,13 @@ sub assignrole {
                             my %domdefaults = &get_domain_defaults($udom);
                             if (ref($domdefaults{'requestauthor'}) eq 'HASH') {
                                 my $checkbystatus;
-                                if ($env{'user.adv'}) {
+                                if ($env{'user.adv'}) { 
                                     my $disposition = $domdefaults{'requestauthor'}{'_LC_adv'};
                                     if ($disposition eq 'automatic') {
                                         $refused = '';
                                     } elsif ($disposition eq '') {
                                         $checkbystatus = 1;
-                                    }
+                                    } 
                                 } else {
                                     $checkbystatus = 1;
                                 }
@@ -8268,16 +7932,16 @@ sub assignrole {
 # log new user role if status is ok
     if ($answer eq 'ok') {
 	&userrolelog($role,$uname,$udom,$url,$start,$end);
+# for course roles, perform group memberships changes triggered by role change.
+        unless ($role =~ /^gr/) {
+            &Apache::longroup::group_changes($udom,$uname,$url,$role,$origend,
+                                             $origstart,$selfenroll,$context);
+        }
         if (($role eq 'cc') || ($role eq 'in') ||
             ($role eq 'ep') || ($role eq 'ad') ||
             ($role eq 'ta') || ($role eq 'st') ||
             ($role=~/^cr/) || ($role eq 'gr') ||
             ($role eq 'co')) {
-# for course roles, perform group memberships changes triggered by role change.
-            unless ($role =~ /^gr/) {
-                &Apache::longroup::group_changes($udom,$uname,$url,$role,$origend,
-                                                 $origstart,$selfenroll,$context);
-            }
             &courserolelog($role,$uname,$udom,$url,$origstart,$origend,$delflag,
                            $selfenroll,$context);
         } elsif (($role eq 'li') || ($role eq 'dg') || ($role eq 'sc') ||
@@ -8286,7 +7950,7 @@ sub assignrole {
                            $context);
         } elsif (($role eq 'ca') || ($role eq 'aa')) {
             &coauthorrolelog($role,$uname,$udom,$url,$origstart,$origend,$delflag,
-                             $context);
+                             $context); 
         }
         if ($role eq 'cc') {
             &autoupdate_coowners($url,$end,$start,$uname,$udom);
@@ -8586,7 +8250,7 @@ sub modifyuser {
 sub modifystudent {
     my ($udom,$uname,$uid,$umode,$upass,$first,$middle,$last,$gene,$usec,
         $end,$start,$forceid,$desiredhome,$email,$type,$locktype,$cid,
-        $selfenroll,$context,$inststatus,$credits)=@_;
+        $selfenroll,$context,$inststatus)=@_;
     if (!$cid) {
 	unless ($cid=$env{'request.course.id'}) {
 	    return 'not_in_class';
@@ -8598,17 +8262,15 @@ sub modifystudent {
          $desiredhome,$email,$inststatus);
     unless ($reply eq 'ok') { return $reply; }
     # This will cause &modify_student_enrollment to get the uid from the
-    # student's environment
+    # students environment
     $uid = undef if (!$forceid);
     $reply = &modify_student_enrollment($udom,$uname,$uid,$first,$middle,$last,
-					$gene,$usec,$end,$start,$type,$locktype,
-                                        $cid,$selfenroll,$context,$credits);
+					$gene,$usec,$end,$start,$type,$locktype,$cid,$selfenroll,$context);
     return $reply;
 }
 
 sub modify_student_enrollment {
-    my ($udom,$uname,$uid,$first,$middle,$last,$gene,$usec,$end,$start,$type,
-        $locktype,$cid,$selfenroll,$context,$credits) = @_;
+    my ($udom,$uname,$uid,$first,$middle,$last,$gene,$usec,$end,$start,$type,$locktype,$cid,$selfenroll,$context) = @_;
     my ($cdom,$cnum,$chome);
     if (!$cid) {
 	unless ($cid=$env{'request.course.id'}) {
@@ -8655,7 +8317,7 @@ sub modify_student_enrollment {
     my %old_entry = &Apache::lonnet::get('classlist',[$user],$cdom,$cnum);
     my $reply=cput('classlist',
 		   {$user => 
-			join(':',$end,$start,$uid,$usec,$fullname,$type,$locktype,$credits) },
+			join(':',$end,$start,$uid,$usec,$fullname,$type,$locktype) },
 		   $cdom,$cnum);
     if (($reply eq 'ok') || ($reply eq 'delayed')) {
         &devalidate_getsection_cache($udom,$uname,$cid);
@@ -8884,7 +8546,7 @@ sub is_course {
     my %courses = &courseiddump($cdom, '.', 1, '.', '.', $cnum, undef, undef,
         '.');
 
-    return unless(exists($courses{$cdom.'_'.$cnum}));
+    return unless exists($courses{$cdom.'_'.$cnum});
     return wantarray ? ($cdom, $cnum) : $cdom.'_'.$cnum;
 }
 
@@ -8909,9 +8571,6 @@ sub store_userdata {
                     $namevalue.=&escape($key).'='.&freeze_escape($$storehash{$key}).'&';
                 }
                 $namevalue=~s/\&$//;
-                unless ($namespace eq 'courserequests') {
-                    $datakey = &escape($datakey);
-                }
                 $result =  &reply("store:$udom:$uname:$namespace:$datakey:".
                                   $namevalue,$uhome);
             }
@@ -9734,26 +9393,6 @@ sub resdata {
     return undef;
 }
 
-sub get_numsuppfiles {
-    my ($cnum,$cdom,$ignorecache)=@_;
-    my $hashid=$cnum.':'.$cdom;
-    my ($suppcount,$cached);
-    unless ($ignorecache) {
-        ($suppcount,$cached) = &is_cached_new('suppcount',$hashid);
-    }
-    unless (defined($cached)) {
-        my $chome=&homeserver($cnum,$cdom);
-        unless ($chome eq 'no_host') {
-            ($suppcount,my $errors) = (0,0);
-            my $suppmap = 'supplemental.sequence';
-            ($suppcount,$errors) =
-                &Apache::loncommon::recurse_supplemental($cnum,$cdom,$suppmap,$suppcount,$errors);
-        }
-        &do_cache_new('suppcount',$hashid,$suppcount,600);
-    }
-    return $suppcount;
-}
-
 #
 # EXT resource caching routines
 #
@@ -9782,7 +9421,7 @@ sub EXT_cache_set {
 # --------------------------------------------------------- Value of a Variable
 sub EXT {
 
-    my ($varname,$symbparm,$udom,$uname,$usection,$recurse,$cid)=@_;
+    my ($varname,$symbparm,$udom,$uname,$usection,$recurse)=@_;
     unless ($varname) { return ''; }
     #get real user name/domain, courseid and symb
     my $courseid;
@@ -9897,51 +9536,26 @@ sub EXT {
 	    if (!$symbparm) { $symbparm=&symbread(); }
 	}
 
-        if ($qualifier eq '') {
-	    if ($space eq 'title') {
-	        if (!$symbparm) { $symbparm = $env{'request.filename'}; }
-	        return &gettitle($symbparm);
-	    }
+	if ($space eq 'title') {
+	    if (!$symbparm) { $symbparm = $env{'request.filename'}; }
+	    return &gettitle($symbparm);
+	}
 	
-	    if ($space eq 'map') {
-	        my ($map) = &decode_symb($symbparm);
-	        return &symbread($map);
-	    }
-            if ($space eq 'maptitle') {
-                my ($map) = &decode_symb($symbparm);
-                return &gettitle($map);
-            }
-	    if ($space eq 'filename') {
-	        if ($symbparm) {
-		    return &clutter((&decode_symb($symbparm))[2]);
-	        }
-	        return &hreflocation('',$env{'request.filename'});
+	if ($space eq 'map') {
+	    my ($map) = &decode_symb($symbparm);
+	    return &symbread($map);
+	}
+	if ($space eq 'filename') {
+	    if ($symbparm) {
+		return &clutter((&decode_symb($symbparm))[2]);
 	    }
-
-            if ((defined($courseid)) && ($courseid eq $env{'request.course.id'}) && $symbparm) {
-                if ($space eq 'visibleparts') {
-                    my $navmap = Apache::lonnavmaps::navmap->new();
-                    my $item;
-                    if (ref($navmap)) {
-                        my $res = $navmap->getBySymb($symbparm);
-                        my $parts = $res->parts();
-                        if (ref($parts) eq 'ARRAY') {
-                            $item = join(',',@{$parts});
-                        }
-                        undef($navmap);
-                    }
-                    return $item;
-                }
-            }
-        }
+	    return &hreflocation('',$env{'request.filename'});
+	}
 
 	my ($section, $group, @groups);
 	my ($courselevelm,$courselevel);
-        if (($courseid eq '') && ($cid)) {
-            $courseid = $cid;
-        }
-	if (($symbparm && $courseid) && 
-	    (($courseid eq $env{'request.course.id'}) || ($courseid eq $cid))) {
+	if ($symbparm && defined($courseid) && 
+	    $courseid eq $env{'request.course.id'}) {
 
 	    #print '<br>'.$space.' - '.$qualifier.' - '.$spacequalifierrest;
 
@@ -10188,7 +9802,7 @@ sub metadata {
     # if it is a non metadata possible uri return quickly
     if (($uri eq '') || 
 	(($uri =~ m|^/*adm/|) && 
-	     ($uri !~ m|^adm/includes|) && ($uri !~ m{/(smppg|bulletinboard)$})) ||
+	     ($uri !~ m|^adm/includes|) && ($uri !~ m|/bulletinboard$|)) ||
         ($uri =~ m|/$|) || ($uri =~ m|/.meta$|) || ($uri =~ m{^/*uploaded/.+\.sequence$})) {
 	return undef;
     }
@@ -10619,7 +10233,7 @@ sub get_course_slots {
         my %slots=&Apache::lonnet::dump('slots',$cdom,$cnum);
         my ($tmp) = keys(%slots);
         if ($tmp !~ /^(con_lost|error|no_such_host)/i) {
-            &do_cache_new('allslots',$hashid,\%slots,600);
+            &Apache::lonnet::do_cache_new('allslots',$hashid,\%slots,600);
             return %slots;
         }
     }
@@ -10713,46 +10327,34 @@ sub symbverify {
 
     if (tie(%bighash,'GDBM_File',$env{'request.course.fn'}.'.db',
                             &GDBM_READER(),0640)) {
-        my $noclutter;
         if (($thisurl =~ m{^/adm/wrapper/ext/}) || ($thisurl =~ m{^ext/})) {
             $thisurl =~ s/\?.+$//;
-            if ($map =~ m{^uploaded/.+\.page$}) {
-                $thisurl =~ s{^(/adm/wrapper|)/ext/}{http://};
-                $thisurl =~ s{^\Qhttp://https://\E}{https://};
-                $noclutter = 1;
-            }
-        }
-        my $ids;
-        if ($noclutter) {
-            $ids=$bighash{'ids_'.$thisurl};
-        } else {
-            $ids=$bighash{'ids_'.&clutter($thisurl)};
         }
+        my $ids=$bighash{'ids_'.&clutter($thisurl)};
         unless ($ids) {
-            my $idkey = 'ids_'.($thisurl =~ m{^/}? '' : '/').$thisurl;
+            my $idkey = 'ids_'.($thisurl =~ m{^/}? '' : '/').$thisurl;  
             $ids=$bighash{$idkey};
         }
         if ($ids) {
 # ------------------------------------------------------------------- Has ID(s)
-            if ($thisfn =~ m{^/adm/wrapper/ext/}) {
-                $symb =~ s/\?.+$//;
-            }
 	    foreach my $id (split(/\,/,$ids)) {
 	       my ($mapid,$resid)=split(/\./,$id);
+               if ($thisfn =~ m{^/adm/wrapper/ext/}) {
+                   $symb =~ s/\?.+$//;
+               }
                if (
   &symbclean(&declutter($bighash{'map_id_'.$mapid}).'___'.$resid.'___'.$thisfn)
    eq $symb) {
                    if (ref($encstate)) {
                        $$encstate = $bighash{'encrypted_'.$id};
                    }
-                   if (($env{'request.role.adv'}) ||
-                       ($bighash{'encrypted_'.$id} eq $env{'request.enc'}) ||
+		   if (($env{'request.role.adv'}) ||
+		       ($bighash{'encrypted_'.$id} eq $env{'request.enc'}) ||
                        ($thisurl eq '/adm/navmaps')) {
-                       $okay=1;
-                       last;
-                   }
-               }
-           }
+		       $okay=1;
+		   }
+	       }
+	   }
         }
 	untie(%bighash);
     }
@@ -10825,18 +10427,18 @@ sub deversion {
 
 sub symbread {
     my ($thisfn,$donotrecurse)=@_;
-    my $cache_str;
-    if ($thisfn ne '') {
-        $cache_str='request.symbread.cached.'.$thisfn;
-        if ($env{$cache_str} ne '') {
+    my $cache_str='request.symbread.cached.'.$thisfn;
+    if (defined($env{$cache_str})) {
+        if (($thisfn) || ($env{$cache_str} ne '')) {
             return $env{$cache_str};
         }
-   } else {
+    }
 # no filename provided? try from environment
+    unless ($thisfn) {
         if ($env{'request.symb'}) {
-            return $env{$cache_str}=&symbclean($env{'request.symb'});
-        }
-        $thisfn=$env{'request.filename'};
+	    return $env{$cache_str}=&symbclean($env{'request.symb'});
+	}
+	$thisfn=$env{'request.filename'};
     }
     if ($thisfn=~m|^/enc/|) { $thisfn=&Apache::lonenc::unencrypted($thisfn); }
 # is that filename actually a symb? Verify, clean, and return
@@ -11064,6 +10666,7 @@ sub rndseed {
 	$which =&get_rand_alg($courseid);
     }
     if (defined(&getCODE())) {
+
 	if ($which eq '64bit5') {
 	    return &rndseed_CODE_64bit5($symb,$courseid,$domain,$username);
 	} elsif ($which eq '64bit4') {
@@ -11746,12 +11349,12 @@ sub goodbye {
 }
 
 sub get_dns {
-    my ($url,$func,$ignore_cache,$nocache,$hashref) = @_;
+    my ($url,$func,$ignore_cache) = @_;
     if (!$ignore_cache) {
 	my ($content,$cached)=
 	    &Apache::lonnet::is_cached_new('dns',$url);
 	if ($cached) {
-	    &$func($content,$hashref);
+	    &$func($content);
 	    return;
 	}
     }
@@ -11776,10 +11379,8 @@ sub get_dns {
         delete($alldns{$dns});
 	next if ($response->is_error());
 	my @content = split("\n",$response->content);
-        unless ($nocache) {
-	    &do_cache_new('dns',$url,\@content,30*24*60*60);
-        }
-	&$func(\@content,$hashref);
+	&Apache::lonnet::do_cache_new('dns',$url,\@content,30*24*60*60);
+	&$func(\@content);
 	return;
     }
     close($config);
@@ -11787,47 +11388,9 @@ sub get_dns {
     &logthis("unable to contact DNS defaulting to on disk file dns_$which.tab\n");
     open($config,"<$perlvar{'lonTabDir'}/dns_$which.tab");
     my @content = <$config>;
-    &$func(\@content,$hashref);
-    return;
-}
-
-# ------------------------------------------------------Get DNS checksums file
-sub parse_dns_checksums_tab {
-    my ($lines,$hashref) = @_;
-    my $machine_dom = &Apache::lonnet::host_domain($perlvar{'lonHostID'});
-    my $loncaparev = &get_server_loncaparev($machine_dom);
-    my ($release,$timestamp) = split(/\-/,$loncaparev);
-    my (%chksum,%revnum);
-    if (ref($lines) eq 'ARRAY') {
-        chomp(@{$lines});
-        my $version = shift(@{$lines});
-        if ($version eq $release) {
-            foreach my $line (@{$lines}) {
-                my ($file,$version,$shasum) = split(/,/,$line);
-                $chksum{$file} = $shasum;
-                $revnum{$file} = $version;
-            }
-            if (ref($hashref) eq 'HASH') {
-                %{$hashref} = (
-                                sums     => \%chksum,
-                                versions => \%revnum,
-                              );
-            }
-        }
-    }
+    &$func(\@content);
     return;
 }
-
-sub fetch_dns_checksums {
-    my %checksums;
-    my $machine_dom = &Apache::lonnet::host_domain($perlvar{'lonHostID'});
-    my $loncaparev = &get_server_loncaparev($machine_dom);
-    my ($release,$timestamp) = split(/\-/,$loncaparev);
-    &get_dns("/adm/dns/checksums/$release",\&parse_dns_checksums_tab,1,1,
-             \%checksums);
-    return \%checksums;
-}
-
 # ------------------------------------------------------------ Read domain file
 {
     my $loaded;
@@ -12137,9 +11700,9 @@ sub fetch_dns_checksums {
 	    }
 	    push(@{$iphost{$ip}},@{$name_to_host{$name}});
 	}
-	&do_cache_new('iphost','iphost',
-		      [\%iphost,\%name_to_ip,\%lonid_to_ip],
-		      48*60*60);
+	&Apache::lonnet::do_cache_new('iphost','iphost',
+				      [\%iphost,\%name_to_ip,\%lonid_to_ip],
+				      48*60*60);
 
 	return %iphost;
     }
@@ -12195,7 +11758,7 @@ sub fetch_dns_checksums {
             }
             $seen{$prim_ip} = 1;
         }
-        return &do_cache_new('internetnames',$lonid,\@idns,12*60*60);
+        return &Apache::lonnet::do_cache_new('internetnames',$lonid,\@idns,12*60*60);
     }
 
 }
@@ -12204,39 +11767,6 @@ sub all_loncaparevs {
     return qw(1.1 1.2 1.3 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 2.6 2.7 2.8 2.9 2.10);
 }
 
-# ------------------------------------------------------- Read loncaparev table
-{
-    sub load_loncaparevs {
-        if (-e "$perlvar{'lonTabDir'}/loncaparevs.tab") {
-            if (open(my $config,"<$perlvar{'lonTabDir'}/loncaparevs.tab")) {
-                while (my $configline=<$config>) {
-                    chomp($configline);
-                    my ($hostid,$loncaparev)=split(/:/,$configline);
-                    $loncaparevs{$hostid}=$loncaparev;
-                }
-                close($config);
-            }
-        }
-    }
-}
-
-# ----------------------------------------------------- Read serverhostID table
-{
-    sub load_serverhomeIDs {
-        if (-e "$perlvar{'lonTabDir'}/serverhomeIDs.tab") {
-            if (open(my $config,"<$perlvar{'lonTabDir'}/serverhomeIDs.tab")) {
-                while (my $configline=<$config>) {
-                    chomp($configline);
-                    my ($name,$id)=split(/:/,$configline);
-                    $serverhomeIDs{$name}=$id;
-                }
-                close($config);
-            }
-        }
-    }
-}
-
-
 BEGIN {
 
 # ----------------------------------- Read loncapa.conf and loncapa_apache.conf
@@ -12312,15 +11842,34 @@ BEGIN {
     close($config);
 }
 
-# --------------------------------------------------------- Read loncaparev table
-
-&load_loncaparevs();
-
-# ------------------------------------------------------- Read serverhostID table
+# ---------------------------------------------------------- Read loncaparev table
+{
+    if (-e "$perlvar{'lonTabDir'}/loncaparevs.tab") {
+        if (open(my $config,"<$perlvar{'lonTabDir'}/loncaparevs.tab")) {
+            while (my $configline=<$config>) {
+                chomp($configline);
+                my ($hostid,$loncaparev)=split(/:/,$configline);
+                $loncaparevs{$hostid}=$loncaparev;
+            }
+            close($config);
+        }
+    }
+}
 
-&load_serverhomeIDs();
+# ---------------------------------------------------------- Read serverhostID table
+{
+    if (-e "$perlvar{'lonTabDir'}/serverhomeIDs.tab") {
+        if (open(my $config,"<$perlvar{'lonTabDir'}/serverhomeIDs.tab")) {
+            while (my $configline=<$config>) {
+                chomp($configline);
+                my ($name,$id)=split(/:/,$configline);
+                $serverhomeIDs{$name}=$id;
+            }
+            close($config);
+        }
+    }
+}
 
-# ---------------------------------------------------------- Read releaseslist XML
 {
     my $file = $Apache::lonnet::perlvar{'lonTabDir'}.'/releaseslist.xml';
     if (-e $file) {
@@ -12379,17 +11928,6 @@ $readit=1;
 	if ($test != 0) { $_64bit=1; } else { $_64bit=0; }
 	&logthis(" Detected 64bit platform ($_64bit)");
     }
-
-    {
-        eval {
-            ($apache) =
-                (Apache2::ServerUtil::get_server_version() =~ m{Apache/(\d+\.\d+)});
-        };
-        if ($@) {
-           $apache = 1.3;
-        }
-    }
-
 }
 }
 
@@ -12530,8 +12068,8 @@ were new keys. I.E. 1:foo will become 1:
 
 Calling convention:
 
- my %record=&Apache::lonnet::restore($symb,$courseid,$domain,$uname);
- &Apache::lonnet::cstore(\%newrecord,$symb,$courseid,$domain,$uname);
+ my %record=&Apache::lonnet::restore($symb,$courseid,$domain,$uname,$home);
+ &Apache::lonnet::cstore(\%newrecord,$symb,$courseid,$domain,$uname,$home);
 
 For more detailed information, see lonnet specific documentation.
 
@@ -12708,7 +12246,7 @@ environment).  If no custom name is defi
    
 =item *
 
-get_my_roles($uname,$udom,$context,$types,$roles,$roledoms,$withsec,$hidepriv) :
+get_my_roles($uname,$udom,$context,$types,$roles,$roledoms,$withsec) :
 All arguments are optional. Returns a hash of a roles, either for
 co-author/assistant author roles for a user's Construction Space
 (default), or if $context is 'userroles', roles for the user himself,
@@ -12725,37 +12263,13 @@ provided for types, will default to retu
 =item *
 
 in_course($udom,$uname,$cdom,$cnum,$type,$hideprivileged) : determine if
-user: $uname:$udom has a role in the course: $cdom_$cnum.
+user: $uname:$udom has a role in the course: $cdom_$cnum. 
 
-Additional optional arguments are: $type (if role checking is to be restricted
+Additional optional arguments are: $type (if role checking is to be restricted 
 to certain user status types -- previous (expired roles), active (currently
 available roles) or future (roles available in the future), and
 $hideprivileged -- if true will not report course roles for users who
-have active Domain Coordinator role in course's domain or in additional
-domains (specified in 'Domains to check for privileged users' in course
-environment -- set via:  Course Settings -> Classlists and staff listing).
-
-=item *
-
-privileged($username,$domain,$possdomains,$possroles) : returns 1 if user
-$username:$domain is a privileged user (e.g., Domain Coordinator or Super User)
-$possdomains and $possroles are optional array refs -- to domains to check and
-roles to check.  If $possdomains is not specified, a dump will be done of the
-users' roles.db to check for a dc or su role in any domain. This can be
-time consuming if &privileged is called repeatedly (e.g., when displaying a
-classlist), so in such cases, supplying a $possdomains array is preferred, as
-this then allows &privileged_by_domain() to be used, which caches the identity
-of privileged users, eliminating the need for repeated calls to &dump().
-
-=item *
-
-privileged_by_domain($possdomains,$roles) : returns a hash of a hash of a hash,
-where the outer hash keys are domains specified in the $possdomains array ref,
-next inner hash keys are privileged roles specified in the $roles array ref,
-and the innermost hash contains key = value pairs for username:domain = end:start
-for active or future "privileged" users with that role in that domain. To avoid
-repeated dumps of domain roles -- via &get_domain_roles() -- contents of the
-innerhash are cached using priv_$role and $dom as the identifiers.
+have active Domain Coordinator or Super User roles.
 
 =back
 
@@ -12798,8 +12312,8 @@ or when Autoupdate.pl is run by cron in
 modifystudent
 
 modify a student's enrollment and identification information.
-The course id is resolved based on the current user's environment.  
-This means the invoking user must be a course coordinator or otherwise
+The course id is resolved based on the current users environment.  
+This means the envoking user must be a course coordinator or otherwise
 associated with a course.
 
 This call is essentially a wrapper for lonnet::modifyuser and
@@ -12849,9 +12363,7 @@ Inputs:
 
 =item B<$context> role change context (shown in User Management Logs display in a course)
 
-=item B<$inststatus> institutional status of user - : separated string of escaped status types
-
-=item B<$credits> Number of credits student will earn from this class - only needs to be supplied if value needs to be different from default credits for class.
+=item B<$inststatus> institutional status of user - : separated string of escaped status types  
 
 =back
 
@@ -12859,20 +12371,20 @@ Inputs:
 
 modify_student_enrollment
 
-Change a student's enrollment status in a class.  The environment variable
+Change a students enrollment status in a class.  The environment variable
 'role.request.course' must be defined for this function to proceed.
 
 Inputs:
 
 =over 4
 
-=item $udom, student's domain
+=item $udom, students domain
 
-=item $uname, student's name
+=item $uname, students name
 
-=item $uid, student's user id
+=item $uid, students user id
 
-=item $first, student's first name
+=item $first, students first name
 
 =item $middle
 
@@ -12896,8 +12408,6 @@ Inputs:
 
 =item $context
 
-=item $credits, number of credits student will earn from this class
-
 =back
 
 
@@ -12954,7 +12464,7 @@ If defined, the supplied username is use
 resdata($name,$domain,$type,@which) : request for current parameter
 setting for a specific $type, where $type is either 'course' or 'user',
 @what should be a list of parameters to ask about. This routine caches
-answers for 10 minutes.
+answers for 5 minutes.
 
 =item *
 
@@ -12963,10 +12473,6 @@ data base, returning a hash that is keye
 values that are the resource value.  I believe that the timestamps and
 versions are also returned.
 
-get_numsuppfiles($cnum,$cdom) : retrieve number of files in a course's
-supplemental content area. This routine caches the number of files for
-10 minutes.
-
 =back
 
 =head2 Course Modification
@@ -13026,15 +12532,10 @@ resource. Expects the local filesystem p
 
 =item *
 
-EXT($varname,$symb,$udom,$uname,$usection,$recurse,$cid) : evaluates 
-and returns the value of a variety of different possible values,
-$varname should be a request string, and the other parameters can be
-used to specify who and what one is asking about. Ordinarily, $cid 
-does not need to be specified, as it is retrived from 
-$env{'request.course.id'}, but &Apache::lonnet::EXT() is called
-within lonuserstate::loadmap() when initializing a course, before
-$env{'request.course.id'} has been set, so it needs to be provided
-in that one case.
+EXT($varname,$symb,$udom,$uname) : evaluates and returns the value of
+a vairety of different possible values, $varname should be a request
+string, and the other parameters can be used to specify who and what
+one is asking about.
 
 Possible values for $varname are environment.lastname (or other item
 from the envirnment hash), user.name (or someother aspect about the
@@ -13077,9 +12578,9 @@ and is a possible symb for the URL in $t
 resource that the user accessed using /enc/ returns a 1 on success, 0
 on failure, user must be in a course, as it assumes the existence of
 the course initial hash, and uses $env('request.course.id'}.  The third
-arg is an optional reference to a scalar.  If this arg is passed in the
+arg is an optional reference to a scalar.  If this arg is passed in the 
 call to symbverify, it will be set to 1 if the symb has been set to be 
-encrypted; otherwise it will be null.
+encrypted; otherwise it will be null.  
 
 =item *
 
@@ -13132,13 +12633,13 @@ expirespread($uname,$udom,$stype,$usymb)
 devalidate($symb) : devalidate temporary spreadsheet calculations,
 forcing spreadsheet to reevaluate the resource scores next time.
 
-=item *
+=item * 
 
 can_edit_resource($file,$cnum,$cdom,$resurl,$symb,$group) : determine if current user can edit a particular resource,
 when viewing in course context.
 
  input: six args -- filename (decluttered), course number, course domain,
-                    url, symb (if registered) and group (if this is a
+                    url, symb (if registered) and group (if this is a 
                     group item -- e.g., bulletin board, group page etc.).
 
  output: array of five scalars --
@@ -13146,15 +12647,15 @@ when viewing in course context.
          $home -- homeserver of resource (i.e., for author if published,
                                           or course if uploaded.).
          $switchserver --  1 if server switch will be needed.
-         $forceedit -- 1 if icon/link should be to go to edit mode
+         $forceedit -- 1 if icon/link should be to go to edit mode 
          $forceview -- 1 if icon/link should be to go to view mode
 
 =item *
 
 is_course_upload($file,$cnum,$cdom)
 
-Used in course context to determine if current file was uploaded to
-the course (i.e., would be found in /userfiles/docs on the course's
+Used in course context to determine if current file was uploaded to 
+the course (i.e., would be found in /userfiles/docs on the course's 
 homeserver.
 
   input: 3 args -- filename (decluttered), course number and course domain.
@@ -13312,90 +12813,15 @@ server ($udom and $uhome are optional)
 
 =item * 
 
-get_domain_defaults($target_domain,$ignore_cache) : returns hash with defaults
-for: authentication, language, quotas, timezone, date locale, and portal URL in
-the target domain.
-
-May also include additional key => value pairs for the following groups:
-
-=over
-
-=item
-disk quotas (MB allocated by default to portfolios and authoring spaces).
-
-=over
-
-=item defaultquota, authorquota
-
-=back
-
-=item
-tools (availability of aboutme page, blog, webDAV access for authoring spaces,
-portfolio for users).
-
-=over
-
-=item
-aboutme, blog, webdav, portfolio
-
-=back
-
-=item
-requestcourses: ability to request courses, and how requests are processed.
-
-=over
-
-=item
-official, unofficial, community
-
-=back
-
-=item
-inststatus: types of institutional affiliation, and order in which they are displayed.
-
-=over
-
-=item
-inststatustypes, inststatusorder
-
-=back
-
-=item
-coursedefaults: can PDF forms can be created, default credits for courses, default quotas (MB)
-for course's uploaded content.
-
-=over
-
-=item
-canuse_pdfforms, officialcredits, unofficialcredits, officialquota, unofficialquota, communityquota
-
-=back
-
-=item
-usersessions: set options for hosting of your users in other domains, and hosting of users from other domains
-on your servers.
-
-=over
-
-=item
-remotesessions, hostedsessions
-
-=back
-
-=back
-
-In cases where a domain coordinator has never used the "Set Domain Configuration"
-utility to create a configuration.db file on a domain's primary library server
-only the following domain defaults: auth_def, auth_arg_def, lang_def
--- corresponding values are authentication type (internal, krb4, krb5,
-or localauth), initial password or a kerberos realm, language (e.g., en-us) --
-will be available. Values are retrieved from cache (if current), unless the
-optional $ignore_cache arg is true, or from domain's configuration.db (if available),
-or lastly from values in lonTabs/dns_domain,tab, or lonTabs/domain.tab.
-
-Typical usage:
+get_domain_defaults($target_domain) : returns hash with defaults for
+authentication and language in the domain. Keys are: auth_def, auth_arg_def,
+lang_def; corresponsing values are authentication type (internal, krb4, krb5,
+or localauth), initial password or a kerberos realm, language (e.g., en-us).
+Values are retrieved from cache (if current), or from domain's configuration.db
+(if available), or lastly from values in lonTabs/dns_domain,tab, 
+or lonTabs/domain.tab. 
 
-%domdefaults = &get_domain_defaults($target_domain);
+%domdefaults = &get_auth_defaults($target_domain);
 
 =back
 
@@ -13790,8 +13216,6 @@ Internal notes:
  
  Locks on files (resulting from submission of portfolio file to a homework problem stored in array of arrays.
 
-=item *
-
 modify_access_controls():
 
 Modifies access controls for a portfolio file
@@ -13809,51 +13233,7 @@ Returns:
 3. reference to hash of any new or updated access controls.
 4. reference to hash used to map incoming IDs to uniqueIDs assigned to control.
    key = integer (inbound ID)
-   value = uniqueID
-
-=item *
-
-get_timebased_id():
-
-Attempts to get a unique timestamp-based suffix for use with items added to a
-course via the Course Editor (e.g., folders, composite pages,
-group bulletin boards).
-
-Args: (first three required; six others optional)
-
-1. prefix (alphanumeric): of keys in hash, e.g., suppsequence, docspage,
-   docssequence, or name of group
-
-2. keyid (alphanumeric): name of temporary locking key in hash,
-   e.g., num, boardids
-
-3. namespace: name of gdbm file used to store suffixes already assigned;
-   file will be named nohist_namespace.db
-
-4. cdom: domain of course; default is current course domain from %env
-
-5. cnum: course number; default is current course number from %env
-
-6. idtype: set to concat if an additional digit is to be appended to the
-   unix timestamp to form the suffix, if the plain timestamp is already
-   in use.  Default is to not do this, but simply increment the unix
-   timestamp by 1 until a unique key is obtained.
-
-7. who: holder of locking key; defaults to user:domain for user.
-
-8. locktries: number of attempts to obtain a lock (sleep of 1s before
-   retrying); default is 3.
-
-9. maxtries: number of attempts to obtain a unique suffix; default is 20.
-
-Returns:
-
-1. suffix obtained (numeric)
-
-2. result of deleting locking key (ok if deleted, or lock never obtained)
-
-3. error: contains (localized) error message if an error occurred.
-
+   value = uniqueID  
 
 =back