--- loncom/lonnet/perl/lonnet.pm	2012/05/30 16:57:06	1.1172.2.4
+++ loncom/lonnet/perl/lonnet.pm	2012/05/30 20:29:45	1.1176
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 # The LearningOnline Network
 # TCP networking package
 #
-# $Id: lonnet.pm,v 1.1172.2.4 2012/05/30 16:57:06 raeburn Exp $
+# $Id: lonnet.pm,v 1.1176 2012/05/30 20:29:45 raeburn Exp $
 #
 # Copyright Michigan State University Board of Trustees
 #
@@ -75,6 +75,8 @@ use LWP::UserAgent();
 use HTTP::Date;
 use Image::Magick;
 
+use Encode;
+
 use vars qw(%perlvar %spareid %pr %prp $memcache %packagetab $tmpdir
             $_64bit %env %protocol %loncaparevs %serverhomeIDs %needsrelease
             %managerstab);
@@ -97,6 +99,7 @@ use File::MMagic;
 use LONCAPA qw(:DEFAULT :match);
 use LONCAPA::Configuration;
 use LONCAPA::lonmetadata;
+use LONCAPA::Lond;
 
 use File::Copy;
 
@@ -1350,37 +1353,46 @@ sub check_loadbalancing {
             $offloadto = &this_host_spares($dom_in_use);
         }
     }
-    my $lowest_load = 30000;
-    if (ref($offloadto) eq 'HASH') {
-        if (ref($offloadto->{'primary'}) eq 'ARRAY') {
-            foreach my $try_server (@{$offloadto->{'primary'}}) {
-                ($otherserver,$lowest_load) =
-                    &compare_server_load($try_server,$otherserver,$lowest_load);
+    if ($is_balancer) {
+        my $lowest_load = 30000;
+        if (ref($offloadto) eq 'HASH') {
+            if (ref($offloadto->{'primary'}) eq 'ARRAY') {
+                foreach my $try_server (@{$offloadto->{'primary'}}) {
+                    ($otherserver,$lowest_load) =
+                        &compare_server_load($try_server,$otherserver,$lowest_load);
+                }
             }
-        }
-        my $found_server = ($otherserver ne '' && $lowest_load < 100);
+            my $found_server = ($otherserver ne '' && $lowest_load < 100);
 
-        if (!$found_server) {
-            if (ref($offloadto->{'default'}) eq 'ARRAY') {
-                foreach my $try_server (@{$offloadto->{'default'}}) {
+            if (!$found_server) {
+                if (ref($offloadto->{'default'}) eq 'ARRAY') {
+                    foreach my $try_server (@{$offloadto->{'default'}}) {
+                        ($otherserver,$lowest_load) =
+                            &compare_server_load($try_server,$otherserver,$lowest_load);
+                    }
+                }
+            }
+        } elsif (ref($offloadto) eq 'ARRAY') {
+            if (@{$offloadto} == 1) {
+                $otherserver = $offloadto->[0];
+            } elsif (@{$offloadto} > 1) {
+                foreach my $try_server (@{$offloadto}) {
                     ($otherserver,$lowest_load) =
                         &compare_server_load($try_server,$otherserver,$lowest_load);
                 }
             }
         }
-    } elsif (ref($offloadto) eq 'ARRAY') {
-        if (@{$offloadto} == 1) {
-            $otherserver = $offloadto->[0];
-        } elsif (@{$offloadto} > 1) {
-            foreach my $try_server (@{$offloadto}) {
-                ($otherserver,$lowest_load) =
-                    &compare_server_load($try_server,$otherserver,$lowest_load);
+        if (($otherserver ne '') && (grep(/^\Q$otherserver\E$/,@hosts))) {
+            $is_balancer = 0;
+            if ($uname ne '' && $udom ne '') {
+                if (($env{'user.name'} eq $uname) && ($env{'user.domain'} eq $udom)) {
+                    
+                    &appenv({'user.loadbalexempt'     => $lonhost,  
+                             'user.loadbalcheck.time' => time});
+                }
             }
         }
     }
-    if (($otherserver ne '') && (grep(/^\Q$otherserver\E$/,@hosts))) {
-        $is_balancer = 0;
-    }
     return ($is_balancer,$otherserver);
 }
 
@@ -2573,10 +2585,11 @@ sub ssi {
 
     $request->header(Cookie => $ENV{'HTTP_COOKIE'});
     my $response= $ua->request($request);
+    my $content = Encode::decode_utf8($response->content);
     if (wantarray) {
-	return ($response->content, $response);
+	return ($content, $response);
     } else {
-	return $response->content;
+	return $content;
     }
 }