--- loncom/lonnet/perl/lonnet.pm	2016/09/21 04:43:38	1.1321
+++ loncom/lonnet/perl/lonnet.pm	2016/09/21 04:57:52	1.1323
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 # The LearningOnline Network
 # TCP networking package
 #
-# $Id: lonnet.pm,v 1.1321 2016/09/21 04:43:38 raeburn Exp $
+# $Id: lonnet.pm,v 1.1323 2016/09/21 04:57:52 raeburn Exp $
 #
 # Copyright Michigan State University Board of Trustees
 #
@@ -237,7 +237,9 @@ sub get_servercerts_info {
     }
     if (($context ne 'cgi') && ($uselocal)) {
         my $distro = (split(/\:/,&get_server_distarch($lonhost)))[0];
-        if ($distro =~ /^(?:centos|redhat|scientific)(\d+)$/) {
+        if ($distro eq '') {
+            $uselocal = 0;
+        } elsif ($distro =~ /^(?:centos|redhat|scientific)(\d+)$/) {
             if ($1 < 6) {
                 $uselocal = 0;
             }
@@ -7920,7 +7922,7 @@ sub fetch_enrollment_query {
         &logthis('fetch_enrollment_query error: '.$reply.' for '.$dom.' '.$env{'user.name'}.' for '.$queryid.' context: '.$context.' '.$cnum.' maxtries: '.$maxtries.' tries: '.$tries);
     } else {
         my @responses = split(/:/,$reply);
-        if (grep { $_ eq $homeserver } &current_machine_ids()) { 
+        if (grep { $_ eq $homeserver } &current_machine_ids()) {
             foreach my $line (@responses) {
                 my ($key,$value) = split(/=/,$line,2);
                 $$replyref{$key} = $value;