--- loncom/lonnet/perl/lonnet.pm	2012/07/17 14:49:32	1.1180
+++ loncom/lonnet/perl/lonnet.pm	2012/08/14 15:45:34	1.1183
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 # The LearningOnline Network
 # TCP networking package
 #
-# $Id: lonnet.pm,v 1.1180 2012/07/17 14:49:32 droeschl Exp $
+# $Id: lonnet.pm,v 1.1183 2012/08/14 15:45:34 raeburn Exp $
 #
 # Copyright Michigan State University Board of Trustees
 #
@@ -75,6 +75,7 @@ use LWP::UserAgent();
 use HTTP::Date;
 use Image::Magick;
 
+
 use Encode;
 
 use vars qw(%perlvar %spareid %pr %prp $memcache %packagetab $tmpdir
@@ -1938,7 +1939,8 @@ sub get_domain_defaults {
     my %domconfig =
          &Apache::lonnet::get_dom('configuration',['defaults','quotas',
                                   'requestcourses','inststatus',
-                                  'coursedefaults','usersessions'],$domain);
+                                  'coursedefaults','usersessions',
+                                  'requestauthor'],$domain);
     if (ref($domconfig{'defaults'}) eq 'HASH') {
         $domdefaults{'lang_def'} = $domconfig{'defaults'}{'lang_def'}; 
         $domdefaults{'auth_def'} = $domconfig{'defaults'}{'auth_def'};
@@ -1969,6 +1971,9 @@ sub get_domain_defaults {
             $domdefaults{$item} = $domconfig{'requestcourses'}{$item};
         }
     }
+    if (ref($domconfig{'requestauthor'}) eq 'HASH') {
+        $domdefaults{'requestauthor'} = $domconfig{'requestauthor'};
+    }
     if (ref($domconfig{'inststatus'}) eq 'HASH') {
         foreach my $item ('inststatustypes','inststatusorder') {
             $domdefaults{$item} = $domconfig{'inststatus'}{$item};
@@ -2585,7 +2590,9 @@ sub ssi {
 
     $request->header(Cookie => $ENV{'HTTP_COOKIE'});
     my $response= $ua->request($request);
-    my $content = Encode::decode_utf8($response->content);
+    my $content = $response->content;
+
+
     if (wantarray) {
 	return ($content, $response);
     } else {
@@ -5677,6 +5684,10 @@ sub usertools_access {
                       unofficial => 1,
                       community  => 1,
                  );
+    } elsif ($context eq 'requestauthor') {
+        %tools = (
+                      requestauthor => 1,
+                 );
     } else {
         %tools = (
                       aboutme   => 1,
@@ -5696,25 +5707,32 @@ sub usertools_access {
         if ($action ne 'reload') {
             if ($context eq 'requestcourses') {
                 return $env{'environment.canrequest.'.$tool};
+            } elsif ($context eq 'requestauthor') {
+                return $env{'environment.canrequest.author'};
             } else {
                 return $env{'environment.availabletools.'.$tool};
             }
         }
     }
 
-    my ($toolstatus,$inststatus);
+    my ($toolstatus,$inststatus,$envkey);
+    if ($context eq 'requestauthor') {
+        $envkey = $context; 
+    } else {
+        $envkey = $context.'.'.$tool;
+    }
 
     if (($udom eq $env{'user.domain'}) && ($uname eq $env{'user.name'}) &&
          ($action ne 'reload')) {
-        $toolstatus = $env{'environment.'.$context.'.'.$tool};
+        $toolstatus = $env{'environment.'.$envkey};
         $inststatus = $env{'environment.inststatus'};
     } else {
         if (ref($userenvref) eq 'HASH') {
-            $toolstatus = $userenvref->{$context.'.'.$tool};
+            $toolstatus = $userenvref->{$envkey};
             $inststatus = $userenvref->{'inststatus'};
         } else {
-            my %userenv = &userenvironment($udom,$uname,$context.'.'.$tool,'inststatus');
-            $toolstatus = $userenv{$context.'.'.$tool};
+            my %userenv = &userenvironment($udom,$uname,$envkey,'inststatus');
+            $toolstatus = $userenv{$envkey};
             $inststatus = $userenv{'inststatus'};
         }
     }
@@ -7501,6 +7519,41 @@ sub assignrole {
                             }
                         }
                     }
+                } elsif ($context eq 'requestauthor') {
+                    if (($udom eq $env{'user.domain'}) && ($uname eq $env{'user.name'}) && 
+                        ($url eq '/'.$udom.'/') && ($role eq 'au')) {
+                        if ($env{'environment.requestauthor'} eq 'automatic') {
+                            $refused = '';
+                        } else {
+                            my %domdefaults = &get_domain_defaults($udom);
+                            if (ref($domdefaults{'requestauthor'}) eq 'HASH') {
+                                my $checkbystatus;
+                                if ($env{'user.adv'}) { 
+                                    my $disposition = $domdefaults{'requestauthor'}{'_LC_adv'};
+                                    if ($disposition eq 'automatic') {
+                                        $refused = '';
+                                    } elsif ($disposition eq '') {
+                                        $checkbystatus = 1;
+                                    } 
+                                } else {
+                                    $checkbystatus = 1;
+                                }
+                                if ($checkbystatus) {
+                                    if ($env{'environment.inststatus'}) {
+                                        my @inststatuses = split(/,/,$env{'environment.inststatus'});
+                                        foreach my $type (@inststatuses) {
+                                            if (($type ne '') &&
+                                                ($domdefaults{'requestauthor'}{$type} eq 'automatic')) {
+                                                $refused = '';
+                                            }
+                                        }
+                                    } elsif ($domdefaults{'requestauthor'}{'default'} eq 'automatic') {
+                                        $refused = '';
+                                    }
+                                }
+                            }
+                        }
+                    }
                 }
                 if ($refused) {
                     &logthis('Refused assignrole: '.$udom.' '.$uname.' '.$url.
@@ -9850,6 +9903,41 @@ sub devalidate_slots_cache {
     &devalidate_cache_new('allslots',$hashid);
 }
 
+sub get_coursechange {
+    my ($cdom,$cnum) = @_;
+    if ($cdom eq '' || $cnum eq '') {
+        return unless ($env{'request.course.id'});
+        $cnum = $env{'course.'.$env{'request.course.id'}.'.num'};
+        $cdom = $env{'course.'.$env{'request.course.id'}.'.domain'};
+    }
+    my $hashid=$cdom.'_'.$cnum;
+    my ($change,$cached)=&is_cached_new('crschange',$hashid);
+    if ((defined($cached)) && ($change ne '')) {
+        return $change;
+    } else {
+        my %crshash;
+        %crshash = &get('environment',['internal.contentchange'],$cdom,$cnum);
+        if ($crshash{'internal.contentchange'} eq '') {
+            $change = $env{'course.'.$cdom.'_'.$cnum.'.internal.created'};
+            if ($change eq '') {
+                %crshash = &get('environment',['internal.created'],$cdom,$cnum);
+                $change = $crshash{'internal.created'};
+            }
+        } else {
+            $change = $crshash{'internal.contentchange'};
+        }
+        my $cachetime = 600;
+        &do_cache_new('crschange',$hashid,$change,$cachetime);
+    }
+    return $change;
+}
+
+sub devalidate_coursechange_cache {
+    my ($cnum,$cdom)=@_;
+    my $hashid=$cnum.':'.$cdom;
+    &devalidate_cache_new('crschange',$hashid);
+}
+
 # ------------------------------------------------- Update symbolic store links
 
 sub symblist {