--- loncom/lonnet/perl/lonnet.pm	2013/02/07 13:59:14	1.1213
+++ loncom/lonnet/perl/lonnet.pm	2013/02/14 16:52:11	1.1215
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 # The LearningOnline Network
 # TCP networking package
 #
-# $Id: lonnet.pm,v 1.1213 2013/02/07 13:59:14 raeburn Exp $
+# $Id: lonnet.pm,v 1.1215 2013/02/14 16:52:11 raeburn Exp $
 #
 # Copyright Michigan State University Board of Trustees
 #
@@ -5070,9 +5070,11 @@ sub rolesinit {
 }
 
 sub set_arearole {
-    my ($trole,$area,$tstart,$tend,$domain,$username) = @_;
+    my ($trole,$area,$tstart,$tend,$domain,$username,$nolog) = @_;
+    unless ($nolog) {
 # 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);
 }
 
@@ -5341,7 +5343,7 @@ sub set_adhoc_privileges {
     my $area = '/'.$dcdom.'/'.$pickedcourse;
     my $spec = $role.'.'.$area;
     my %userroles = &set_arearole($role,$area,'','',$env{'user.domain'},
-                                  $env{'user.name'});
+                                  $env{'user.name'},1);
     my %ccrole = ();
     &standard_roleprivs(\%ccrole,$role,$dcdom,$spec,$pickedcourse,$area);
     my ($author,$adv)= &set_userprivs(\%userroles,\%ccrole);
@@ -12197,15 +12199,17 @@ $readit=1;
 	if ($test != 0) { $_64bit=1; } else { $_64bit=0; }
 	&logthis(" Detected 64bit platform ($_64bit)");
     }
-    if (open(PIPE,"httpd -V  2>&1 |")) {
-        while (<PIPE>) {
-            if (m{Apache/(\d+.\d+)}) {
-                $apache = $1;
-                last;
-            }
+
+    {
+        eval {
+            ($apache) =
+                (Apache2::ServerUtil::get_server_version() =~ m{Apache/(\d+\.\d+)});
+        };
+        if ($@) {
+           $apache = 1.3;
         }
-        close(PIPE);
     }
+
 }
 }