--- loncom/lonnet/perl/lonnet.pm	2019/05/06 19:28:24	1.1410
+++ loncom/lonnet/perl/lonnet.pm	2019/07/23 01:30:44	1.1412
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 # The LearningOnline Network
 # TCP networking package
 #
-# $Id: lonnet.pm,v 1.1410 2019/05/06 19:28:24 raeburn Exp $
+# $Id: lonnet.pm,v 1.1412 2019/07/23 01:30:44 raeburn Exp $
 #
 # Copyright Michigan State University Board of Trustees
 #
@@ -1082,6 +1082,19 @@ sub find_existing_session {
     return;
 }
 
+sub delusersession {
+    my ($lonid,$udom,$uname) = @_;
+    my $uprimary_id = &domain($udom,'primary');
+    my $uintdom = &internet_dom($uprimary_id);
+    my $intdom = &internet_dom($lonid);
+    my $serverhomedom = &host_domain($lonid);
+    if (($uintdom ne '') && ($uintdom eq $intdom)) {
+        return &reply(join(':','delusersession',
+                            map {&escape($_)} ($udom,$uname)),$lonid);
+    }
+    return;
+}
+
 # check if user's browser sent load balancer cookie and server still has session
 # and is not overloaded.
 sub check_for_balancer_cookie {
@@ -2708,6 +2721,26 @@ sub get_domain_defaults {
     return %domdefaults;
 }
 
+sub get_dom_cats {
+    my ($dom) = @_;
+    return unless (&domain($dom));
+    my ($cats,$cached)=&is_cached_new('cats',$dom);
+    unless (defined($cached)) {
+        my %domconfig = &get_dom('configuration',['coursecategories'],$dom);
+        if (ref($domconfig{'coursecategories'}) eq 'HASH') {
+            if (ref($domconfig{'coursecategories'}{'cats'}) eq 'HASH') {
+                %{$cats} = %{$domconfig{'coursecategories'}{'cats'}};
+            } else {
+                $cats = {};
+            }
+        } else {
+            $cats = {};
+        }
+        &Apache::lonnet::do_cache_new('cats',$dom,$cats,3600);
+    }
+    return $cats; 
+}
+
 sub course_portal_url {
     my ($cnum,$cdom) = @_;
     my $chome = &homeserver($cnum,$cdom);