--- loncom/lonnet/perl/lonnet.pm	2016/05/30 03:16:33	1.1309
+++ loncom/lonnet/perl/lonnet.pm	2016/06/19 04:28:19	1.1312
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 # The LearningOnline Network
 # TCP networking package
 #
-# $Id: lonnet.pm,v 1.1309 2016/05/30 03:16:33 raeburn Exp $
+# $Id: lonnet.pm,v 1.1312 2016/06/19 04:28:19 raeburn Exp $
 #
 # Copyright Michigan State University Board of Trustees
 #
@@ -2332,6 +2332,22 @@ sub get_domain_defaults {
     return %domdefaults;
 }
 
+sub course_portal_url {
+    my ($cnum,$cdom) = @_;
+    my $chome = &homeserver($cnum,$cdom);
+    my $hostname = &hostname($chome);
+    my $protocol = $protocol{$chome};
+    $protocol = 'http' if ($protocol ne 'https');
+    my %domdefaults = &get_domain_defaults($cdom);
+    my $firsturl;
+    if ($domdefaults{'portal_def'}) {
+        $firsturl = $domdefaults{'portal_def'};
+    } else {
+        $firsturl = $protocol.'://'.$hostname;
+    }
+    return $firsturl;
+}
+
 # --------------------------------------------------- Assign a key to a student
 
 sub assign_access_key {
@@ -7367,6 +7383,15 @@ sub constructaccess {
             $ownerhome = &homeserver($ownername,$ownerdomain);
             return ($ownername,$ownerdomain,$ownerhome);
         }
+        if ($env{'request.course.id'}) {
+            if (($ownername eq $env{'course.'.$env{'request.course.id'}.'.num'}) &&
+                ($ownerdomain eq $env{'course.'.$env{'request.course.id'}.'.domain'})) {
+                if (&allowed('mdc',$env{'request.course.id'})) {
+                    $ownerhome = $env{'course.'.$env{'request.course.id'}.'.home'};
+                    return ($ownername,$ownerdomain,$ownerhome);
+                }
+            }
+        }
     }
 
 # We don't have any access right now. If we are not possibly going to do anything about this,
@@ -7519,7 +7544,7 @@ sub get_commblock_resources {
                             }
                         }
                     }
-                    if ($interval[0] =~ /^(\d+/)) {
+                    if ($interval[0] =~ /^(\d+)/) {
                         my $timelimit = $1; 
                         my $first_access;
                         if ($type eq 'resource') {
@@ -10354,7 +10379,7 @@ sub get_userresdata {
 #  Parameters:
 #     $name      - Course/user name.
 #     $domain    - Name of the domain the user/course is registered on.
-#     $type      - Type of thing $name is (must be 'course' or 'user'
+#     $type      - Type of thing $name is (must be 'course' or 'user')
 #     $mapp      - decluttered URL of enclosing map  
 #     $recursed  - Ref to scalar -- set to 1, if nested maps have been recursed.
 #     $recurseup - Ref to array of map URLs, starting with map containing