--- loncom/lonnet/perl/lonnet.pm	2000/11/07 17:20:10	1.59
+++ loncom/lonnet/perl/lonnet.pm	2001/11/20 22:40:53	1.175
@@ -1,8 +1,51 @@
 # The LearningOnline Network
 # TCP networking package
 #
+# 6/1/99,6/2,6/10,6/11,6/12,6/14,6/26,6/28,6/29,6/30,
+# 7/1,7/2,7/9,7/10,7/12,7/14,7/15,7/19,
+# 11/8,11/16,11/18,11/22,11/23,12/22,
+# 01/06,01/13,02/24,02/28,02/29,
+# 03/01,03/02,03/06,03/07,03/13,
+# 04/05,05/29,05/31,06/01,
+# 06/05,06/26 Gerd Kortemeyer
+# 06/26 Ben Tyszka
+# 06/30,07/15,07/17,07/18,07/20,07/21,07/22,07/25 Gerd Kortemeyer
+# 08/14 Ben Tyszka
+# 08/22,08/28,08/31,09/01,09/02,09/04,09/05,09/25,09/28,09/30 Gerd Kortemeyer
+# 10/04 Gerd Kortemeyer
+# 10/04 Guy Albertelli
+# 10/06,10/09,10/10,10/11,10/14,10/20,10/23,10/25,10/26,10/27,10/28,10/29, 
+# 10/30,10/31,
+# 11/2,11/14,11/15,11/16,11/20,11/21,11/22,11/25,11/27,
+# 12/02,12/12,12/13,12/14,12/28,12/29 Gerd Kortemeyer
+# 05/01/01 Guy Albertelli
+# 05/01,06/01,09/01 Gerd Kortemeyer
+# 09/01 Guy Albertelli
+# 09/01,10/01,11/01 Gerd Kortemeyer
+# YEAR=2001
+# 02/27/01 Scott Harrison
+# 3/2 Gerd Kortemeyer
+# 3/15,3/19 Scott Harrison
+# 3/19,3/20 Gerd Kortemeyer
+# 3/22,3/27,4/2,4/16,4/17 Scott Harrison
+# 5/26,5/28 Gerd Kortemeyer
+# 5/30 H. K. Ng
+# 6/1 Gerd Kortemeyer
+# July Guy Albertelli
+# 8/4,8/7,8/8,8/9,8/11,8/16,8/17,8/18,8/20,8/23,9/20,9/21,9/26,
+# 10/2 Gerd Kortemeyer
+# 10/5,10/10,11/13,11/15 Scott Harrison
+# 11/17,11/20 Gerd Kortemeyer
+#
+# $Id: lonnet.pm,v 1.175 2001/11/20 22:40:53 www Exp $
+#
+###
+
 # Functions for use by content handlers:
 #
+# metadata_query(sql-query-string,custom-metadata-regex) : 
+#                                    returns file handle of where sql and
+#                                    regex results will be stored for query
 # plaintext(short)   : plain text explanation of short term
 # fileembstyle(ext)  : embed style in page for file extension
 # filedescription(ext) : descriptor text for file extension
@@ -13,7 +56,7 @@
 #                      1: user needs to choose course
 #                      2: browse allowed
 # definerole(rolename,sys,dom,cou) : define a custom role rolename
-#                      set priviledges in format of lonTabs/roles.tab for
+#                      set privileges in format of lonTabs/roles.tab for
 #                      system, domain and course level, 
 # assignrole(udom,uname,url,role,end,start) : give a role to a user for the
 #                      level given by url. Optional start and end dates
@@ -25,15 +68,39 @@
 # revokecustomrole (udom,uname,url,rdom,rnam,rolename) : Revoke a custom role
 # appenv(hash)       : adds hash to session environment
 # delenv(varname)    : deletes all environment entries starting with varname
-# store(hash)        : stores hash permanently for this url
-# cstore(hash)       : critical store
-# restore            : returns hash for this url
-# eget(namesp,array) : returns hash with keys from array filled in from namesp
-# get(namesp,array)  : returns hash with keys from array filled in from namesp
-# del(namesp,array)  : deletes keys out of array from namesp
-# put(namesp,hash)   : stores hash in namesp
-# cput(namesp,hash)  : critical put
-# dump(namesp)       : dumps the complete namespace into a hash
+# store(hashref,symb,courseid,udom,uname)
+#                    : stores hash permanently for this url
+#                      hashref needs to be given, and should be a \%hashname
+#                      the remaining args aren't required and if they aren't
+#                      passed or are '' they will be derived from the ENV
+# cstore(hashref,symb,courseid,udom,uname)
+#                    : same as store but uses the critical interface to 
+#                      guarentee a store
+# restore(symb,courseid,udom,uname)
+#                    : returns hash for this symb, all args are optional
+#                      if they aren't given they will be derived from the 
+#                      current enviroment
+#
+#
+# for the next 6 functions udom and uname are optional
+#         if supplied they use udom as the domain and uname
+#         as the username for the function (supply a courseid
+#         for the uname if you want a course database)
+#         if not supplied it uses %ENV and looks at 
+#         user. attribute for the values
+#
+# eget(namesp,arrayref,udom,uname)
+#                    : returns hash with keys from array  reference filled
+#                      in from namesp (encrypts the return communication)
+# get(namesp,arrayref,udom,uname)
+#                    : returns hash with keys from array  reference filled
+#                      in from namesp
+# dump(namesp,udom,uname) : dumps the complete namespace into a hash
+# del(namesp,array,udom,uname)  : deletes keys out of array from namesp
+# put(namesp,hash,udom,uname)   : stores hash in namesp
+# cput(namesp,hash,udom,uname)  : critical put
+#
+#
 # ssi(url,hash)      : does a complete request cycle on url to localhost, posts
 #                      hash
 # coursedescription(id) : returns and caches course description for id
@@ -43,32 +110,33 @@
 #                        state string
 # condval(index)     : value of condition index based on state
 # EXT(name)          : value of a variable
-# refreshstate()     : refresh the state information string
 # symblist(map,hash) : Updates symbolic storage links
 # symbread([filename]) : returns the data handle (filename optional)
-# rndseed()          : returns a random seed  
+# rndseed([symb,courseid,domain,uname])
+#                    : returns a random seed, all arguments are optional,
+#                      if they aren't sent it use the environment to derive
+#                      them
+#                      Note: if symb isn't sent and it can't get one from
+#                      &symbread it will use the current time as it's return
+# receipt()          : returns a receipt to be given out to users 
 # getfile(filename)  : returns the contents of filename, or a -1 if it can't
 #                      be found, replicates and subscribes to the file
-# filelocation(dir,file) : returns a farily clean absolute reference to file 
+# filelocation(dir,file) : returns a fairly clean absolute reference to file 
 #                          from the directory dir
 # hreflocation(dir,file) : same as filelocation, but for hrefs
 # log(domain,user,home,msg) : write to permanent log for user
+# usection(domain,user,courseid) : output of section name/number or '' for
+#                                  "not in course" and '-1' for "no section"
+# userenvironment(domain,user,what) : puts out any environment parameter 
+#                                     for a user
+# idput(domain,hash) : writes IDs for users from hash (name=>id,name=>id)
+# idget(domain,array): returns hash with usernames (id=>name,id=>name) for
+#                      an array of IDs
+# idrget(domain,array): returns hash with IDs for usernames (name=>id,...) for
+#                       an array of names
+# metadata(file,entry): returns the metadata entry for a file. entry='keys'
+#                       returns a comma separated list of keys
 #
-# 6/1/99,6/2,6/10,6/11,6/12,6/14,6/26,6/28,6/29,6/30,
-# 7/1,7/2,7/9,7/10,7/12,7/14,7/15,7/19,
-# 11/8,11/16,11/18,11/22,11/23,12/22,
-# 01/06,01/13,02/24,02/28,02/29,
-# 03/01,03/02,03/06,03/07,03/13,
-# 04/05,05/29,05/31,06/01,
-# 06/05,06/26 Gerd Kortemeyer
-# 06/26 Ben Tyszka
-# 06/30,07/15,07/17,07/18,07/20,07/21,07/22,07/25 Gerd Kortemeyer
-# 08/14 Ben Tyszka
-# 08/22,08/28,08/31,09/01,09/02,09/04,09/05,09/25,09/28,09/30 Gerd Kortemeyer
-# 10/04 Gerd Kortemeyer
-# 10/04 Guy Albertelli
-# 10/06,10/09,10/10,10/11,10/14,10/20,10/23,10/25,10/26,10/27,10/28,10/29, 
-# 10/30,10/31,11/2 Gerd Kortemeyer
 
 package Apache::lonnet;
 
@@ -77,13 +145,25 @@ use Apache::File;
 use LWP::UserAgent();
 use HTTP::Headers;
 use vars 
-qw(%perlvar %hostname %homecache %spareid %hostdom %libserv %pr %prp %fe %fd $readit);
+qw(%perlvar %hostname %homecache %hostip %spareid %hostdom %libserv %pr %prp %fe %fd $readit %metacache %packagetab %courselogs);
 use IO::Socket;
 use GDBM_File;
 use Apache::Constants qw(:common :http);
+use HTML::TokeParser;
+use Fcntl qw(:flock);
 
 # --------------------------------------------------------------------- Logging
 
+sub logtouch {
+    my $execdir=$perlvar{'lonDaemons'};
+    unless (-e "$execdir/logs/lonnet.log") {
+	my $fh=Apache::File->new(">>$execdir/logs/lonnet.log");
+	close $fh;
+    }
+    my ($wwwuid,$wwwgid)=(getpwnam('www'))[2,3];
+    chown($wwwuid,$wwwgid,$execdir.'/logs/lonnet.log');
+}
+
 sub logthis {
     my $message=shift;
     my $execdir=$perlvar{'lonDaemons'};
@@ -123,8 +203,7 @@ sub reply {
     my ($cmd,$server)=@_;
     my $answer=subreply($cmd,$server);
     if ($answer eq 'con_lost') { $answer=subreply($cmd,$server); }
-    if (($answer=~/^error:/) || ($answer=~/^refused/) || 
-        ($answer=~/^rejected/)) {
+    if (($answer=~/^refused/) || ($answer=~/^rejected/)) {
        &logthis("<font color=blue>WARNING:".
                 " $cmd to $server returned $answer</font>");
     }
@@ -164,6 +243,11 @@ sub reconlonc {
 
 sub critical {
     my ($cmd,$server)=@_;
+    unless ($hostname{$server}) {
+        &logthis("<font color=blue>WARNING:".
+               " Critical message to unknown server ($server)</font>");
+        return 'no_such_host';
+    }
     my $answer=reply($cmd,$server);
     if ($answer eq 'con_lost') {
         my $pingreply=reply('ping',$server);
@@ -216,19 +300,33 @@ sub appenv {
     map {
 	if (($newenv{$_}=~/^user\.role/) || ($newenv{$_}=~/^user\.priv/)) {
             &logthis("<font color=blue>WARNING: ".
-                "Attempt to modify environment ".$_." to ".$newenv{$_});
+                "Attempt to modify environment ".$_." to ".$newenv{$_}
+                .'</font>');
 	    delete($newenv{$_});
         } else {
             $ENV{$_}=$newenv{$_};
         }
     } keys %newenv;
+
+    my $lockfh;
+    unless ($lockfh=Apache::File->new("$ENV{'user.environment'}")) {
+       return 'error: '.$!;
+    }
+    unless (flock($lockfh,LOCK_EX)) {
+         &logthis("<font color=blue>WARNING: ".
+                  'Could not obtain exclusive lock in appenv: '.$!);
+         $lockfh->close();
+         return 'error: '.$!;
+    }
+
     my @oldenv;
     {
      my $fh;
      unless ($fh=Apache::File->new("$ENV{'user.environment'}")) {
-	return 'error';
+	return 'error: '.$!;
      }
      @oldenv=<$fh>;
+     $fh->close();
     }
     for (my $i=0; $i<=$#oldenv; $i++) {
         chomp($oldenv[$i]);
@@ -248,7 +346,10 @@ sub appenv {
      foreach $newname (keys %newenv) {
 	 print $fh "$newname=$newenv{$newname}\n";
      }
+     $fh->close();
     }
+
+    $lockfh->close();
     return 'ok';
 }
 # ----------------------------------------------------- Delete from Environment
@@ -267,16 +368,30 @@ sub delenv {
      unless ($fh=Apache::File->new("$ENV{'user.environment'}")) {
 	return 'error';
      }
+     unless (flock($fh,LOCK_SH)) {
+         &logthis("<font color=blue>WARNING: ".
+                  'Could not obtain shared lock in delenv: '.$!);
+         $fh->close();
+         return 'error: '.$!;
+     }
      @oldenv=<$fh>;
+     $fh->close();
     }
     {
      my $fh;
      unless ($fh=Apache::File->new(">$ENV{'user.environment'}")) {
 	return 'error';
      }
+     unless (flock($fh,LOCK_EX)) {
+         &logthis("<font color=blue>WARNING: ".
+                  'Could not obtain exclusive lock in delenv: '.$!);
+         $fh->close();
+         return 'error: '.$!;
+     }
      map {
 	 unless ($_=~/^$delthis/) { print $fh $_; }
      } @oldenv;
+     $fh->close();
     }
     return 'ok';
 }
@@ -297,6 +412,44 @@ sub spareserver {
     return $spareserver;
 }
 
+# ----------------------- Try to determine user's current authentication scheme
+
+sub queryauthenticate {
+    my ($uname,$udom)=@_;
+    if (($perlvar{'lonRole'} eq 'library') && 
+        ($udom eq $perlvar{'lonDefDomain'})) {
+	my $answer=reply("encrypt:currentauth:$udom:$uname",
+			 $perlvar{'lonHostID'});
+	unless ($answer eq 'unknown_user' or $answer eq 'refused') {
+	    if (length($answer)) {
+		return $answer;
+	    }
+	    else {
+	&logthis("User $uname at $udom lacks an authentication mechanism");
+		return 'no_host';
+	    }
+	}
+    }
+
+    my $tryserver;
+    foreach $tryserver (keys %libserv) {
+	if ($hostdom{$tryserver} eq $udom) {
+           my $answer=reply("encrypt:currentauth:$udom:$uname",$tryserver);
+	   unless ($answer eq 'unknown_user' or $answer eq 'refused') {
+	       if (length($answer)) {
+		   return $answer;
+	       }
+	       else {
+	   &logthis("User $uname at $udom lacks an authentication mechanism");
+		   return 'no_host';
+	       }
+	   }
+       }
+    }
+    &logthis("User $uname at $udom lacks an authentication mechanism");    
+    return 'no_host';
+}
+
 # --------- Try to authenticate user from domain's lib servers (first this one)
 
 sub authenticate {
@@ -358,6 +511,111 @@ sub homeserver {
     return 'no_host';
 }
 
+# ------------------------------------- Find the usernames behind a list of IDs
+
+sub idget {
+    my ($udom,@ids)=@_;
+    my %returnhash=();
+    
+    my $tryserver;
+    foreach $tryserver (keys %libserv) {
+       if ($hostdom{$tryserver} eq $udom) {
+	  my $idlist=join('&',@ids);
+          $idlist=~tr/A-Z/a-z/; 
+	  my $reply=&reply("idget:$udom:".$idlist,$tryserver);
+          my @answer=();
+          if (($reply ne 'con_lost') && ($reply!~/^error\:/)) {
+	      @answer=split(/\&/,$reply);
+          }                    ;
+          my $i;
+          for ($i=0;$i<=$#ids;$i++) {
+              if ($answer[$i]) {
+		  $returnhash{$ids[$i]}=$answer[$i];
+              } 
+          }
+       }
+    }    
+    return %returnhash;
+}
+
+# ------------------------------------- Find the IDs behind a list of usernames
+
+sub idrget {
+    my ($udom,@unames)=@_;
+    my %returnhash=();
+    map {
+        $returnhash{$_}=(&userenvironment($udom,$_,'id'))[1];
+    } @unames;
+    return %returnhash;
+}
+
+# ------------------------------- Store away a list of names and associated IDs
+
+sub idput {
+    my ($udom,%ids)=@_;
+    my %servers=();
+    map {
+        my $uhom=&homeserver($_,$udom);
+        if ($uhom ne 'no_host') {
+            my $id=&escape($ids{$_});
+            $id=~tr/A-Z/a-z/;
+            my $unam=&escape($_);
+	    if ($servers{$uhom}) {
+		$servers{$uhom}.='&'.$id.'='.$unam;
+            } else {
+                $servers{$uhom}=$id.'='.$unam;
+            }
+            &critical('put:'.$udom.':'.$unam.':environment:id='.$id,$uhom);
+        }
+    } keys %ids;
+    map {
+        &critical('idput:'.$udom.':'.$servers{$_},$_);
+    } keys %servers;
+}
+
+# ------------------------------------- Find the section of student in a course
+
+sub usection {
+    my ($udom,$unam,$courseid)=@_;
+    $courseid=~s/\_/\//g;
+    $courseid=~s/^(\w)/\/$1/;
+    map {
+        my ($key,$value)=split(/\=/,$_);
+        $key=&unescape($key);
+        if ($key=~/^$courseid(?:\/)*(\w+)*\_st$/) {
+            my $section=$1;
+            if ($key eq $courseid.'_st') { $section=''; }
+	    my ($dummy,$end,$start)=split(/\_/,&unescape($value));
+            my $now=time;
+            my $notactive=0;
+            if ($start) {
+		if ($now<$start) { $notactive=1; }
+            }
+            if ($end) {
+                if ($now>$end) { $notactive=1; }
+            } 
+            unless ($notactive) { return $section; }
+        }
+    } split(/\&/,&reply('dump:'.$udom.':'.$unam.':roles',
+                        &homeserver($unam,$udom)));
+    return '-1';
+}
+
+# ------------------------------------- Read an entry from a user's environment
+
+sub userenvironment {
+    my ($udom,$unam,@what)=@_;
+    my %returnhash=();
+    my @answer=split(/\&/,
+                &reply('get:'.$udom.':'.$unam.':environment:'.join('&',@what),
+                      &homeserver($unam,$udom)));
+    my $i;
+    for ($i=0;$i<=$#what;$i++) {
+	$returnhash{$what[$i]}=&unescape($answer[$i]);
+    }
+    return %returnhash;
+}
+
 # ----------------------------- Subscribe to a resource, return URL if possible
 
 sub subscribe {
@@ -370,6 +628,9 @@ sub subscribe {
         return 'not_found'; 
     }
     my $answer=reply("sub:$fname",$home);
+    if (($answer eq 'con_lost') || ($answer eq 'rejected')) {
+	$answer.=' by '.$home;
+    }
     return $answer;
 }
     
@@ -381,14 +642,14 @@ sub repcopy {
     my $transname="$filename.in.transfer";
     if ((-e $filename) || (-e $transname)) { return OK; }
     my $remoteurl=subscribe($filename);
-    if ($remoteurl eq 'con_lost') {
-	   &logthis("Subscribe returned con_lost: $filename");
+    if ($remoteurl =~ /^con_lost by/) {
+	   &logthis("Subscribe returned $remoteurl: $filename");
            return HTTP_SERVICE_UNAVAILABLE;
     } elsif ($remoteurl eq 'not_found') {
 	   &logthis("Subscribe returned not_found: $filename");
 	   return HTTP_NOT_FOUND;
-    } elsif ($remoteurl eq 'rejected') {
-	   &logthis("Subscribe returned rejected: $filename");
+    } elsif ($remoteurl =~ /^rejected by/) {
+	   &logthis("Subscribe returned $remoteurl: $filename");
            return FORBIDDEN;
     } elsif ($remoteurl eq 'directory') {
            return OK;
@@ -461,60 +722,405 @@ sub log {
     return critical("log:$dom:$nam:$what",$hom);
 }
 
+# ------------------------------------------------------------------ Course Log
+
+sub flushcourselogs {
+    &logthis('Flushing course log buffers');
+    map {
+        my $crsid=$_;
+        if (&reply('log:'.$ENV{'course.'.$crsid.'.domain'}.':'.
+		          $ENV{'course.'.$crsid.'.num'}.':'.
+		           &escape($courselogs{$crsid}),
+		          $ENV{'course.'.$crsid.'.home'}) eq 'ok') {
+	    delete $courselogs{$crsid};
+        } else {
+            &logthis('Failed to flush log buffer for '.$crsid);
+            if (length($courselogs{$crsid})>40000) {
+               &logthis("<font color=blue>WARNING: Buffer for ".$crsid.
+                        " exceeded maximum size, deleting.</font>");
+               delete $courselogs{$crsid};
+            }
+        }        
+    } keys %courselogs;
+}
+
+sub courselog {
+    my $what=shift;
+    $what=time.':'.$what;
+    unless ($ENV{'request.course.id'}) { return ''; }
+    if (defined $courselogs{$ENV{'request.course.id'}}) {
+	$courselogs{$ENV{'request.course.id'}}.='&'.$what;
+    } else {
+	$courselogs{$ENV{'request.course.id'}}.=$what;
+    }
+    if (length($courselogs{$ENV{'request.course.id'}})>4048) {
+	&flushcourselogs();
+    }
+}
+
+sub courseacclog {
+    my $fnsymb=shift;
+    unless ($ENV{'request.course.id'}) { return ''; }
+    my $what=$fnsymb.':'.$ENV{'user.name'}.':'.$ENV{'user.domain'};
+    if ($what=~/(problem|exam|quiz|assess|survey|form)$/) {
+	map {
+            if ($_=~/^form\.(.*)/) {
+		$what.=':'.$1.'='.$ENV{$_};
+            }
+        } keys %ENV;
+    }
+    &courselog($what);
+}
+
+# ----------------------------------------------------------- Check out an item
+
+sub checkout {
+    my ($symb,$tuname,$tudom,$tcrsid)=@_;
+    my $now=time;
+    my $lonhost=$perlvar{'lonHostID'};
+    my $infostr=&escape(
+                 $tuname.'&'.
+                 $tudom.'&'.
+                 $tcrsid.'&'.
+                 $symb.'&'.
+		 $now.'&'.$ENV{'REMOTE_ADDR'});
+    my $token=&reply('tmpput:'.$infostr,$lonhost);
+    if ($token=~/^error\:/) { 
+        &logthis("<font color=blue>WARNING: ".
+                "Checkout tmpput failed ".$tudom.' - '.$tuname.' - '.$symb.
+                 "</font>");
+        return ''; 
+    }
+
+    $token=~s/^(\d+)\_.*\_(\d+)$/$1\*$2\*$lonhost/;
+    $token=~tr/a-z/A-Z/;
+
+    my %infohash=('resource.0.outtoken' => $token,
+                  'resource.0.checkouttime' => $now,
+                  'resource.0.outremote' => $ENV{'REMOTE_ADDR'});
+
+    unless (&cstore(\%infohash,$symb,$tcrsid,$tudom,$tuname) eq 'ok') {
+       return '';
+    } else {
+        &logthis("<font color=blue>WARNING: ".
+                "Checkout cstore failed ".$tudom.' - '.$tuname.' - '.$symb.
+                 "</font>");
+    }    
+
+    if (&log($tudom,$tuname,&homeserver($tuname,$tudom),
+                         &escape('Checkout '.$infostr.' - '.
+                                                 $token)) ne 'ok') {
+	return '';
+    } else {
+        &logthis("<font color=blue>WARNING: ".
+                "Checkout log failed ".$tudom.' - '.$tuname.' - '.$symb.
+                 "</font>");
+    }
+    return $token;
+}
+
+# ------------------------------------------------------------ Check in an item
+
+sub checkin {
+    my $token=shift;
+    my $now=time;
+    my ($ta,$tb,$lonhost)=split(/\*/,$token);
+    $lonhost=~tr/A-Z/a-z/;
+    my $dtoken=$ta.'_'.$hostip{$lonhost}.'_'.$tb;
+    $dtoken=~s/\W/\_/g;
+    my ($tuname,$tudom,$tcrsid,$symb,$chtim,$rmaddr)=
+                 split(/\&/,&unescape(&reply('tmpget:'.$dtoken,$lonhost)));
+
+    unless (($tuname) && ($tudom)) {
+        &logthis('Check in '.$token.' ('.$dtoken.') failed');
+        return '';
+    }
+    
+    unless (&allowed('mgr',$tcrsid)) {
+        &logthis('Check in '.$token.' ('.$dtoken.') unauthorized: '.
+                 $ENV{'user.name'}.' - '.$ENV{'user.domain'});
+        return '';
+    }
+
+    my %infohash=('resource.0.intoken' => $token,
+                  'resource.0.checkintime' => $now,
+                  'resource.0.inremote' => $ENV{'REMOTE_ADDR'});
+
+    unless (&cstore(\%infohash,$symb,$tcrsid,$tudom,$tuname) eq 'ok') {
+       return '';
+    }    
+
+    if (&log($tudom,$tuname,&homeserver($tuname,$tudom),
+                         &escape('Checkin - '.$token)) ne 'ok') {
+	return '';
+    }
+
+    return ($symb,$tuname,$tudom,$tcrsid);    
+}
+
+# --------------------------------------------- Set Expire Date for Spreadsheet
+
+sub expirespread {
+    my ($uname,$udom,$stype,$usymb)=@_;
+    my $cid=$ENV{'request.course.id'}; 
+    if ($cid) {
+       my $now=time;
+       my $key=$uname.':'.$udom.':'.$stype.':'.$usymb;
+       return &reply('put:'.$ENV{'course.'.$cid.'.domain'}.':'.
+                            $ENV{'course.'.$cid.'.num'}.
+	        	    ':nohist_expirationdates:'.
+                            &escape($key).'='.$now,
+                            $ENV{'course.'.$cid.'.home'})
+    }
+    return 'ok';
+}
+
+# ----------------------------------------------------- Devalidate Spreadsheets
+
+sub devalidate {
+    my $symb=shift;
+    my $cid=$ENV{'request.course.id'}; 
+    if ($cid) {
+	my $key=$ENV{'user.name'}.':'.$ENV{'user.domain'}.':';
+        my $status=
+	    &del('nohist_calculatedsheet',
+		 [$key.'studentcalc'],
+		 $ENV{'course.'.$cid.'.domain'},
+		 $ENV{'course.'.$cid.'.num'})
+		.' '.
+	    &del('nohist_calculatedsheets_'.$cid,
+		 [$key.'assesscalc:'.$symb]);
+        unless ($status eq 'ok ok') {
+           &logthis('Could not devalidate spreadsheet '.
+                    $ENV{'user.name'}.' at '.$ENV{'user.domain'}.' for '.
+		    $symb.': '.$status);
+        }
+    }
+}
+
+sub hash2str {
+  my (%hash)=@_;
+  my $result='';
+  map { $result.=escape($_).'='.escape($hash{$_}).'&'; } keys %hash;
+  $result=~s/\&$//;
+  return $result;
+}
+
+sub str2hash {
+  my ($string) = @_;
+  my %returnhash;
+  map {
+    my ($name,$value)=split(/\=/,$_);
+    $returnhash{&unescape($name)}=&unescape($value);
+  } split(/\&/,$string);
+  return %returnhash;
+}
+
+# -------------------------------------------------------------------Temp Store
+
+sub tmpreset {
+  my ($symb,$namespace,$domain,$stuname) = @_;
+  if (!$symb) {
+    $symb=&symbread();
+    if (!$symb) { $symb= $ENV{'REQUEST_URI'}; }
+  }
+  $symb=escape($symb);
+
+  if (!$namespace) { $namespace=$ENV{'request.state'}; }
+  $namespace=~s/\//\_/g;
+  $namespace=~s/\W//g;
+
+  #FIXME needs to do something for /pub resources
+  if (!$domain) { $domain=$ENV{'user.domain'}; }
+  if (!$stuname) { $stuname=$ENV{'user.name'}; }
+  my $path=$perlvar{'lonDaemons'}.'/tmp';
+  my %hash;
+  if (tie(%hash,'GDBM_File',
+	  $path.'/tmpstore_'.$stuname.'_'.$domain.'_'.$namespace.'.db',
+	  &GDBM_WRCREAT,0640)) {
+    foreach my $key (keys %hash) {
+      if ($key=~ /:$symb:/) {
+	delete($hash{$key});
+      }
+    }
+  }
+}
+
+sub tmpstore {
+  my ($storehash,$symb,$namespace,$domain,$stuname) = @_;
+
+  if (!$symb) {
+    $symb=&symbread();
+    if (!$symb) { $symb= $ENV{'request.url'}; }
+  }
+  $symb=escape($symb);
+
+  if (!$namespace) {
+    # I don't think we would ever want to store this for a course.
+    # it seems this will only be used if we don't have a course.
+    #$namespace=$ENV{'request.course.id'};
+    #if (!$namespace) {
+      $namespace=$ENV{'request.state'};
+    #}
+  }
+  $namespace=~s/\//\_/g;
+  $namespace=~s/\W//g;
+#FIXME needs to do something for /pub resources
+  if (!$domain) { $domain=$ENV{'user.domain'}; }
+  if (!$stuname) { $stuname=$ENV{'user.name'}; }
+  my $now=time;
+  my %hash;
+  my $path=$perlvar{'lonDaemons'}.'/tmp';
+  if (tie(%hash,'GDBM_File',
+	  $path.'/tmpstore_'.$stuname.'_'.$domain.'_'.$namespace.'.db',
+	  &GDBM_WRCREAT,0640)) {
+    $hash{"version:$symb"}++;
+    my $version=$hash{"version:$symb"};
+    my $allkeys=''; 
+    foreach my $key (keys(%$storehash)) {
+      $allkeys.=$key.':';
+      $hash{"$version:$symb:$key"}=$$storehash{$key};
+    }
+    $hash{"$version:$symb:timestamp"}=$now;
+    $allkeys.='timestamp';
+    $hash{"$version:keys:$symb"}=$allkeys;
+    if (untie(%hash)) {
+      return 'ok';
+    } else {
+      return "error:$!";
+    }
+  } else {
+    return "error:$!";
+  }
+}
+
+# -----------------------------------------------------------------Temp Restore
+
+sub tmprestore {
+  my ($symb,$namespace,$domain,$stuname) = @_;
+
+  if (!$symb) {
+    $symb=&symbread();
+    if (!$symb) { $symb= $ENV{'request.url'}; }
+  }
+  $symb=escape($symb);
+
+  if (!$namespace) { $namespace=$ENV{'request.state'}; }
+  #FIXME needs to do something for /pub resources
+  if (!$domain) { $domain=$ENV{'user.domain'}; }
+  if (!$stuname) { $stuname=$ENV{'user.name'}; }
+
+  my %returnhash;
+  $namespace=~s/\//\_/g;
+  $namespace=~s/\W//g;
+  my %hash;
+  my $path=$perlvar{'lonDaemons'}.'/tmp';
+  if (tie(%hash,'GDBM_File',
+	  $path.'/tmpstore_'.$stuname.'_'.$domain.'_'.$namespace.'.db',
+	  &GDBM_READER,0640)) {
+    my $version=$hash{"version:$symb"};
+    $returnhash{'version'}=$version;
+    my $scope;
+    for ($scope=1;$scope<=$version;$scope++) {
+      my $vkeys=$hash{"$scope:keys:$symb"};
+      my @keys=split(/:/,$vkeys);
+      my $key;
+      $returnhash{"$scope:keys"}=$vkeys;
+      foreach $key (@keys) {
+	$returnhash{"$scope:$key"}=$hash{"$scope:$symb:$key"};
+	$returnhash{"$key"}=$hash{"$scope:$symb:$key"};
+      }
+    }
+    if (!(untie(%hash))) {
+      return "error:$!";
+    }
+  } else {
+    return "error:$!";
+  }
+  return %returnhash;
+}
+
 # ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Store
 
 sub store {
-    my %storehash=@_;
-    my $symb;
-    unless ($symb=escape(&symbread())) { return ''; }
-    my $namespace;
-    unless ($namespace=$ENV{'request.course.id'}) { return ''; }
+    my ($storehash,$symb,$namespace,$domain,$stuname) = @_;
+    my $home='';
+
+    if ($stuname) { $home=&homeserver($stuname,$domain); }
+
+    if (!$symb) { unless ($symb=&symbread()) { return ''; } }
+
+    &devalidate($symb);
+
+    $symb=escape($symb);
+    if (!$namespace) { unless ($namespace=$ENV{'request.course.id'}) { return ''; } }
+    if (!$domain) { $domain=$ENV{'user.domain'}; }
+    if (!$stuname) { $stuname=$ENV{'user.name'}; }
+    if (!$home) { $home=$ENV{'user.home'}; }
     my $namevalue='';
     map {
-        $namevalue.=escape($_).'='.escape($storehash{$_}).'&';
-    } keys %storehash;
+        $namevalue.=escape($_).'='.escape($$storehash{$_}).'&';
+    } keys %$storehash;
     $namevalue=~s/\&$//;
-    return reply(
-     "store:$ENV{'user.domain'}:$ENV{'user.name'}:$namespace:$symb:$namevalue",
-		 "$ENV{'user.home'}");
+    return reply("store:$domain:$stuname:$namespace:$symb:$namevalue","$home");
 }
 
 # -------------------------------------------------------------- Critical Store
 
 sub cstore {
-    my %storehash=@_;
-    my $symb;
-    unless ($symb=escape(&symbread())) { return ''; }
-    my $namespace;
-    unless ($namespace=$ENV{'request.course.id'}) { return ''; }
+    my ($storehash,$symb,$namespace,$domain,$stuname) = @_;
+    my $home='';
+
+    if ($stuname) { $home=&homeserver($stuname,$domain); }
+
+    if (!$symb) { unless ($symb=&symbread()) { return ''; } }
+
+    &devalidate($symb);
+
+    $symb=escape($symb);
+    if (!$namespace) { unless ($namespace=$ENV{'request.course.id'}) { return ''; } }
+    if (!$domain) { $domain=$ENV{'user.domain'}; }
+    if (!$stuname) { $stuname=$ENV{'user.name'}; }
+    if (!$home) { $home=$ENV{'user.home'}; }
+
     my $namevalue='';
     map {
-        $namevalue.=escape($_).'='.escape($storehash{$_}).'&';
-    } keys %storehash;
+        $namevalue.=escape($_).'='.escape($$storehash{$_}).'&';
+    } keys %$storehash;
     $namevalue=~s/\&$//;
-    return critical(
-     "store:$ENV{'user.domain'}:$ENV{'user.name'}:$namespace:$symb:$namevalue",
-		 "$ENV{'user.home'}");
+    return critical("store:$domain:$stuname:$namespace:$symb:$namevalue","$home");
 }
 
 # --------------------------------------------------------------------- Restore
 
 sub restore {
-    my $symb;
-    unless ($symb=escape(&symbread())) { return ''; }
-    my $namespace;
-    unless ($namespace=$ENV{'request.course.id'}) { return ''; }
-    my $answer=reply(
-              "restore:$ENV{'user.domain'}:$ENV{'user.name'}:$namespace:$symb",
-              "$ENV{'user.home'}");
+    my ($symb,$namespace,$domain,$stuname) = @_;
+    my $home='';
+
+    if ($stuname) { $home=&homeserver($stuname,$domain); }
+
+    if (!$symb) {
+      unless ($symb=escape(&symbread())) { return ''; }
+    } else {
+      $symb=&escape($symb);
+    }
+    if (!$namespace) { unless ($namespace=$ENV{'request.course.id'}) { return ''; } }
+    if (!$domain) { $domain=$ENV{'user.domain'}; }
+    if (!$stuname) { $stuname=$ENV{'user.name'}; }
+    if (!$home) { $home=$ENV{'user.home'}; }
+    my $answer=&reply("restore:$domain:$stuname:$namespace:$symb","$home");
+
     my %returnhash=();
     map {
 	my ($name,$value)=split(/\=/,$_);
         $returnhash{&unescape($name)}=&unescape($value);
     } split(/\&/,$answer);
-    map {
-        $returnhash{$_}=$returnhash{$returnhash{'version'}.':'.$_};
-    } split(/\:/,$returnhash{$returnhash{'version'}.':keys'});
+    my $version;
+    for ($version=1;$version<=$returnhash{'version'};$version++) {
+       map {
+          $returnhash{$_}=$returnhash{$version.':'.$_};
+       } split(/\:/,$returnhash{$version.':keys'});
+    }
     return %returnhash;
 }
 
@@ -525,27 +1131,25 @@ sub coursedescription {
     $courseid=~s/^\///;
     $courseid=~s/\_/\//g;
     my ($cdomain,$cnum)=split(/\//,$courseid);
-    my $chome=homeserver($cnum,$cdomain);
+    my $chome=&homeserver($cnum,$cdomain);
     if ($chome ne 'no_host') {
-       my $rep=reply("dump:$cdomain:$cnum:environment",$chome);
-       if ($rep ne 'con_lost') {
-           my $normalid=$courseid;
-           $normalid=~s/\//\_/g;
+       my %returnhash=&dump('environment',$cdomain,$cnum);
+       if (!exists($returnhash{'con_lost'})) {
+           my $normalid=$cdomain.'_'.$cnum;
            my %envhash=();
-           my %returnhash=('home'   => $chome, 
-                           'domain' => $cdomain,
-                           'num'    => $cnum);
-           map {
-               my ($name,$value)=split(/\=/,$_);
-               $name=&unescape($name);
-               $value=&unescape($value);
-               $returnhash{$name}=$value;
+           $returnhash{'home'}= $chome;
+	   $returnhash{'domain'} = $cdomain;
+	   $returnhash{'num'} = $cnum;
+           while (my ($name,$value) = each %returnhash) {
                $envhash{'course.'.$normalid.'.'.$name}=$value;
-           } split(/\&/,$rep);
+           }
            $returnhash{'url'}='/res/'.declutter($returnhash{'url'});
            $returnhash{'fn'}=$perlvar{'lonDaemons'}.'/tmp/'.
 	       $ENV{'user.name'}.'_'.$cdomain.'_'.$cnum;
            $envhash{'course.'.$normalid.'.last_cache'}=time;
+           $envhash{'course.'.$normalid.'.home'}=$chome;
+           $envhash{'course.'.$normalid.'.domain'}=$cdomain;
+           $envhash{'course.'.$normalid.'.num'}=$cnum;
            &appenv(%envhash);
            return %returnhash;
        }
@@ -553,7 +1157,7 @@ sub coursedescription {
     return ();
 }
 
-# -------------------------------------------------------- Get user priviledges
+# -------------------------------------------------------- Get user privileges
 
 sub rolesinit {
     my ($domain,$username,$authhost)=@_;
@@ -623,16 +1227,20 @@ sub rolesinit {
             }
           } 
         } split(/&/,$rolesdump);
+        my $adv=0;
+        my $author=0;
         map {
             %thesepriv=();
+            if (($_!~/^st/) && ($_!~/^ta/) && ($_!~/^cm/)) { $adv=1; }
+            if (($_=~/^au/) || ($_=~/^ca/)) { $author=1; }
             map {
                 if ($_ ne '') {
-		    my ($priviledge,$restrictions)=split(/&/,$_);
+		    my ($privilege,$restrictions)=split(/&/,$_);
                     if ($restrictions eq '') {
-			$thesepriv{$priviledge}='F';
+			$thesepriv{$privilege}='F';
                     } else {
-                        if ($thesepriv{$priviledge} ne 'F') {
-			    $thesepriv{$priviledge}.=$restrictions;
+                        if ($thesepriv{$privilege} ne 'F') {
+			    $thesepriv{$privilege}.=$restrictions;
                         }
                     }
                 }
@@ -641,6 +1249,9 @@ sub rolesinit {
             map { $thesestr.=':'.$_.'&'.$thesepriv{$_}; } keys %thesepriv;
             $userroles.='user.priv.'.$_.'='.$thesestr."\n";
         } keys %allroles;            
+        $userroles.='user.adv='.$adv."\n".
+	            'user.author='.$author."\n";
+        $ENV{'user.adv'}=$adv;
     }
     return $userroles;  
 }
@@ -648,43 +1259,51 @@ sub rolesinit {
 # --------------------------------------------------------------- get interface
 
 sub get {
-   my ($namespace,@storearr)=@_;
+   my ($namespace,$storearr,$udomain,$uname)=@_;
    my $items='';
    map {
        $items.=escape($_).'&';
-   } @storearr;
+   } @$storearr;
    $items=~s/\&$//;
- my $rep=reply("get:$ENV{'user.domain'}:$ENV{'user.name'}:$namespace:$items",
-                 $ENV{'user.home'});
+   if (!$udomain) { $udomain=$ENV{'user.domain'}; }
+   if (!$uname) { $uname=$ENV{'user.name'}; }
+   my $uhome=&homeserver($uname,$udomain);
+
+   my $rep=&reply("get:$udomain:$uname:$namespace:$items",$uhome);
    my @pairs=split(/\&/,$rep);
    my %returnhash=();
    my $i=0;
    map {
       $returnhash{$_}=unescape($pairs[$i]);
       $i++;
-   } @storearr;
+   } @$storearr;
    return %returnhash;
 }
 
 # --------------------------------------------------------------- del interface
 
 sub del {
-   my ($namespace,@storearr)=@_;
+   my ($namespace,$storearr,$udomain,$uname)=@_;
    my $items='';
    map {
        $items.=escape($_).'&';
-   } @storearr;
+   } @$storearr;
    $items=~s/\&$//;
-   return reply("del:$ENV{'user.domain'}:$ENV{'user.name'}:$namespace:$items",
-                 $ENV{'user.home'});
+   if (!$udomain) { $udomain=$ENV{'user.domain'}; }
+   if (!$uname) { $uname=$ENV{'user.name'}; }
+   my $uhome=&homeserver($uname,$udomain);
+
+   return &reply("del:$udomain:$uname:$namespace:$items",$uhome);
 }
 
 # -------------------------------------------------------------- dump interface
 
 sub dump {
-   my $namespace=shift;
-   my $rep=reply("dump:$ENV{'user.domain'}:$ENV{'user.name'}:$namespace",
-                $ENV{'user.home'});
+   my ($namespace,$udomain,$uname)=@_;
+   if (!$udomain) { $udomain=$ENV{'user.domain'}; }
+   if (!$uname) { $uname=$ENV{'user.name'}; }
+   my $uhome=&homeserver($uname,$udomain);
+   my $rep=reply("dump:$udomain:$uname:$namespace",$uhome);
    my @pairs=split(/\&/,$rep);
    my %returnhash=();
    map {
@@ -697,55 +1316,62 @@ sub dump {
 # --------------------------------------------------------------- put interface
 
 sub put {
-   my ($namespace,%storehash)=@_;
+   my ($namespace,$storehash,$udomain,$uname)=@_;
+   if (!$udomain) { $udomain=$ENV{'user.domain'}; }
+   if (!$uname) { $uname=$ENV{'user.name'}; }
+   my $uhome=&homeserver($uname,$udomain);
    my $items='';
    map {
-       $items.=escape($_).'='.escape($storehash{$_}).'&';
-   } keys %storehash;
+       $items.=&escape($_).'='.&escape($$storehash{$_}).'&';
+   } keys %$storehash;
    $items=~s/\&$//;
-   return reply("put:$ENV{'user.domain'}:$ENV{'user.name'}:$namespace:$items",
-                 $ENV{'user.home'});
+   return &reply("put:$udomain:$uname:$namespace:$items",$uhome);
 }
 
 # ------------------------------------------------------ critical put interface
 
 sub cput {
-   my ($namespace,%storehash)=@_;
+   my ($namespace,$storehash,$udomain,$uname)=@_;
+   if (!$udomain) { $udomain=$ENV{'user.domain'}; }
+   if (!$uname) { $uname=$ENV{'user.name'}; }
+   my $uhome=&homeserver($uname,$udomain);
    my $items='';
    map {
-       $items.=escape($_).'='.escape($storehash{$_}).'&';
-   } keys %storehash;
+       $items.=escape($_).'='.escape($$storehash{$_}).'&';
+   } keys %$storehash;
    $items=~s/\&$//;
-   return critical
-           ("put:$ENV{'user.domain'}:$ENV{'user.name'}:$namespace:$items",
-                 $ENV{'user.home'});
+   return &critical("put:$udomain:$uname:$namespace:$items",$uhome);
 }
 
 # -------------------------------------------------------------- eget interface
 
 sub eget {
-   my ($namespace,@storearr)=@_;
+   my ($namespace,$storearr,$udomain,$uname)=@_;
    my $items='';
    map {
        $items.=escape($_).'&';
-   } @storearr;
+   } @$storearr;
    $items=~s/\&$//;
- my $rep=reply("eget:$ENV{'user.domain'}:$ENV{'user.name'}:$namespace:$items",
-                 $ENV{'user.home'});
+   if (!$udomain) { $udomain=$ENV{'user.domain'}; }
+   if (!$uname) { $uname=$ENV{'user.name'}; }
+   my $uhome=&homeserver($uname,$udomain);
+   my $rep=&reply("eget:$udomain:$uname:$namespace:$items",$uhome);
    my @pairs=split(/\&/,$rep);
    my %returnhash=();
    my $i=0;
    map {
       $returnhash{$_}=unescape($pairs[$i]);
       $i++;
-   } @storearr;
+   } @$storearr;
    return %returnhash;
 }
 
-# ------------------------------------------------- Check for a user priviledge
+# ------------------------------------------------- Check for a user privilege
 
 sub allowed {
     my ($priv,$uri)=@_;
+
+    my $orguri=$uri;
     $uri=&declutter($uri);
 
 # Free bre access to adm and meta resources
@@ -754,6 +1380,12 @@ sub allowed {
 	return 'F';
     }
 
+# Free bre to public access
+
+    if ($priv eq 'bre') {
+	if (&metadata($uri,'copyright') eq 'public') { return 'F'; }
+    }
+
     my $thisallowed='';
     my $statecond=0;
     my $courseprivid='';
@@ -772,8 +1404,11 @@ sub allowed {
     }
 
 # Course: uri itself is a course
+    my $courseuri=$uri;
+    $courseuri=~s/\_(\d)/\/$1/;
+    $courseuri=~s/^([^\/])/\/$1/;
 
-    if ($ENV{'user.priv.'.$ENV{'request.role'}.'./'.$uri}
+    if ($ENV{'user.priv.'.$ENV{'request.role'}.'.'.$courseuri}
        =~/$priv\&([^\:]*)/) {
        $thisallowed.=$1;
     }
@@ -786,11 +1421,11 @@ sub allowed {
 
 # If this is generating or modifying users, exit with special codes
 
-    if (':csu:cdc:ccc:cin:cta:cep:ccr:cst:cad:cli:cau:cdg:'=~/\:$priv\:/) {
+    if (':csu:cdc:ccc:cin:cta:cep:ccr:cst:cad:cli:cau:cdg:cca:'=~/\:$priv\:/) {
 	return $thisallowed;
     }
 #
-# Gathered so far: system, domain and course wide priviledges
+# Gathered so far: system, domain and course wide privileges
 #
 # Course: See if uri or referer is an individual resource that is part of 
 # the course
@@ -815,17 +1450,29 @@ sub allowed {
                $checkreferer=0;
            }
        }
+       
+       if ($checkreferer) {
+	  my $refuri=$ENV{'httpref.'.$orguri};
 
-       if (($ENV{'HTTP_REFERER'}) && ($checkreferer)) {
-	  my $refuri=$ENV{'HTTP_REFERER'};
-          $refuri=~s/^http\:\/\/$ENV{'request.host'}//i;
-          $refuri=&declutter($refuri);
+            unless ($refuri) {
+                map {
+		    if ($_=~/^httpref\..*\*/) {
+			my $pattern=$_;
+                        $pattern=~s/^httpref\.\/res\///;
+                        $pattern=~s/\*/\[\^\/\]\+/g;
+                        $pattern=~s/\//\\\//g;
+                        if ($orguri=~/$pattern/) {
+			    $refuri=$ENV{$_};
+                        }
+                    }
+                } keys %ENV;
+            }
+         if ($refuri) { 
+	  $refuri=&declutter($refuri);
           my @uriparts=split(/\//,$refuri);
           my $filename=$uriparts[$#uriparts];
           my $pathname=$refuri;
           $pathname=~s/\/$filename$//;
-          my @filenameparts=split(/\./,$uri);
-          if (&fileembstyle($filenameparts[$#filenameparts]) ne 'ssi') {
             if ($ENV{'acc.res.'.$ENV{'request.course.id'}.'.'.$pathname}=~
               /\&$filename\:([\d\|]+)\&/) {
               my $refstatecond=$1;
@@ -835,13 +1482,13 @@ sub allowed {
                   $uri=$refuri;
                   $statecond=$refstatecond;
               }
-            }
           }
+        }
        }
    }
 
 #
-# Gathered now: all priviledges that could apply, and condition number
+# Gathered now: all privileges that could apply, and condition number
 # 
 #
 # Full or no access?
@@ -873,6 +1520,7 @@ sub allowed {
            if ($envkey=~/^user\.role\.(st|ta)\.([^\.]*)/) {
                my $courseid=$2;
                my $roleid=$1.'.'.$2;
+               $courseid=~s/^\///;
                my $expiretime=600;
                if ($ENV{'request.role'} eq $roleid) {
 		  $expiretime=120;
@@ -968,11 +1616,6 @@ sub allowed {
    return 'F';
 }
 
-# ---------------------------------------------------------- Refresh State Info
-
-sub refreshstate {
-}
-
 # ----------------------------------------------------------------- Define Role
 
 sub definerole {
@@ -1015,6 +1658,26 @@ sub definerole {
   }
 }
 
+# ---------------- Make a metadata query against the network of library servers
+
+sub metadata_query {
+    my ($query,$custom,$customshow)=@_;
+    my %rhash;
+    for my $server (keys %libserv) {
+	unless ($custom or $customshow) {
+	    my $reply=&reply("querysend:".&escape($query),$server);
+	    $rhash{$server}=$reply;
+	}
+	else {
+	    my $reply=&reply("querysend:".&escape($query).':'.
+			     &escape($custom).':'.&escape($customshow),
+			     $server);
+	    $rhash{$server}=$reply;
+	}
+    }
+    return \%rhash;
+}
+
 # ------------------------------------------------------------------ Plain Text
 
 sub plaintext {
@@ -1031,7 +1694,7 @@ sub fileembstyle {
 
 # ------------------------------------------------------------ Description Text
 
-sub filedecription {
+sub filedescription {
     my $ending=shift;
     return $fd{$ending};
 }
@@ -1041,29 +1704,215 @@ sub filedecription {
 sub assignrole {
     my ($udom,$uname,$url,$role,$end,$start)=@_;
     my $mrole;
-    $url=declutter($url);
     if ($role =~ /^cr\//) {
-        unless ($url=~/\.course$/) { return 'invalid'; }
-	unless (allowed('ccr',$url)) { return 'refused'; }
+	unless (&allowed('ccr',$url)) {
+           &logthis('Refused custom assignrole: '.
+             $udom.' '.$uname.' '.$url.' '.$role.' '.$end.' '.$start.' by '.
+		    $ENV{'user.name'}.' at '.$ENV{'user.domain'});
+           return 'refused'; 
+        }
         $mrole='cr';
     } else {
-        unless (($url=~/\.course$/) || ($url=~/\/$/)) { return 'invalid'; }
-        unless (allowed('c'+$role)) { return 'refused'; }
+        my $cwosec=$url;
+        $cwosec=~s/^\/(\w+)\/(\w+)\/.*/$1\/$2/;
+        unless (&allowed('c'.$role,$cwosec)) { 
+           &logthis('Refused assignrole: '.
+             $udom.' '.$uname.' '.$url.' '.$role.' '.$end.' '.$start.' by '.
+		    $ENV{'user.name'}.' at '.$ENV{'user.domain'});
+           return 'refused'; 
+        }
         $mrole=$role;
     }
     my $command="encrypt:rolesput:$ENV{'user.domain'}:$ENV{'user.name'}:".
                 "$udom:$uname:$url".'_'."$mrole=$role";
-    if ($end) { $command.='_$end'; }
+    if ($end) { $command.='_'.$end; }
     if ($start) {
 	if ($end) { 
-           $command.='_$start'; 
+           $command.='_'.$start; 
         } else {
-           $command.='_0_$start';
+           $command.='_0_'.$start;
         }
     }
     return &reply($command,&homeserver($uname,$udom));
 }
 
+# -------------------------------------------------- Modify user authentication
+sub modifyuserauth {
+    my ($udom,$uname,$umode,$upass)=@_;
+    my $uhome=&homeserver($uname,$udom);
+    &logthis('Call to modify user authentication'.$udom.', '.$uname.', '.
+             $umode.' by '.$ENV{'user.name'}.' at '.$ENV{'user.domain'});  
+    my $reply=&reply('encrypt:changeuserauth:'.$udom.':'.$uname.':'.$umode.':'.
+		     &escape($upass),$uhome);
+    unless ($reply eq 'ok') {
+	return 'error: '.$reply;
+    }   
+    return 'ok';
+}
+
+# --------------------------------------------------------------- Modify a user
+
+
+sub modifyuser {
+    my ($udom,$uname,$uid,$umode,$upass,$first,$middle,$last,$gene)=@_;
+    &logthis('Call to modify user '.$udom.', '.$uname.', '.$uid.', '.
+             $umode.', '.$first.', '.$middle.', '.
+	     $last.', '.$gene.' by '.
+             $ENV{'user.name'}.' at '.$ENV{'user.domain'});  
+    my $uhome=&homeserver($uname,$udom);
+# ----------------------------------------------------------------- Create User
+    if (($uhome eq 'no_host') && ($umode) && ($upass)) {
+        my $unhome='';
+	if ($ENV{'course.'.$ENV{'request.course.id'}.'.domain'} eq $udom) {
+	    $unhome=$ENV{'course.'.$ENV{'request.course.id'}.'.home'};
+        } else {
+            my $tryserver;
+            my $loadm=10000000;
+            foreach $tryserver (keys %libserv) {
+	       if ($hostdom{$tryserver} eq $udom) {
+                  my $answer=reply('load',$tryserver);
+                  if (($answer=~/\d+/) && ($answer<$loadm)) {
+		      $loadm=$answer;
+                      $unhome=$tryserver;
+                  }
+	       }
+	    }
+        }
+        if (($unhome eq '') || ($unhome eq 'no_host')) {
+	    return 'error: find home';
+        }
+        my $reply=&reply('encrypt:makeuser:'.$udom.':'.$uname.':'.$umode.':'.
+                         &escape($upass),$unhome);
+	unless ($reply eq 'ok') {
+            return 'error: '.$reply;
+        }   
+        $uhome=&homeserver($uname,$udom);
+        if (($uhome eq '') || ($uhome eq 'no_host') || ($uhome ne $unhome)) {
+	    return 'error: verify home';
+        }
+    }
+# ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Add ID
+    if ($uid) {
+       $uid=~tr/A-Z/a-z/;
+       my %uidhash=&idrget($udom,$uname);
+       if (($uidhash{$uname}) && ($uidhash{$uname}!~/error\:/)) {
+	  unless ($uid eq $uidhash{$uname}) {
+	      return 'error: mismatch '.$uidhash{$uname}.' versus '.$uid;
+          }
+       } else {
+	  &idput($udom,($uname => $uid));
+       }
+    }
+# -------------------------------------------------------------- Add names, etc
+    my %names=&get('environment',
+		   ['firstname','middlename','lastname','generation'],
+		   $udom,$uname);
+    if ($first)  { $names{'firstname'}  = $first; }
+    if ($middle) { $names{'middlename'} = $middle; }
+    if ($last)   { $names{'lastname'}   = $last; }
+    if ($gene)   { $names{'generation'} = $gene; }
+    my $reply = &put('environment', \%names, $udom,$uname);
+    if ($reply ne 'ok') { return 'error: '.$reply; }
+    &logthis('Success modifying user '.$udom.', '.$uname.', '.$uid.', '.
+             $umode.', '.$first.', '.$middle.', '.
+	     $last.', '.$gene.' by '.
+             $ENV{'user.name'}.' at '.$ENV{'user.domain'});
+    return 'ok';
+}
+
+# -------------------------------------------------------------- Modify student
+
+sub modifystudent {
+    my ($udom,$uname,$uid,$umode,$upass,$first,$middle,$last,$gene,$usec,
+        $end,$start)=@_;
+    my $cid='';
+    unless ($cid=$ENV{'request.course.id'}) {
+	return 'not_in_class';
+    }
+# --------------------------------------------------------------- Make the user
+    my $reply=&modifyuser
+	($udom,$uname,$uid,$umode,$upass,$first,$middle,$last,$gene);
+    unless ($reply eq 'ok') { return $reply; }
+    my $uhome=&homeserver($uname,$udom);
+    if (($uhome eq '') || ($uhome eq 'no_host')) { 
+	return 'error: no such user';
+    }
+# -------------------------------------------------- Add student to course list
+    $reply=critical('put:'.$ENV{'course.'.$cid.'.domain'}.':'.
+	              $ENV{'course.'.$cid.'.num'}.':classlist:'.
+                      &escape($uname.':'.$udom).'='.
+                      &escape($end.':'.$start),
+	              $ENV{'course.'.$cid.'.home'});
+    unless (($reply eq 'ok') || ($reply eq 'delayed')) {
+	return 'error: '.$reply;
+    }
+# ---------------------------------------------------- Add student role to user
+    my $uurl='/'.$cid;
+    $uurl=~s/\_/\//g;
+    if ($usec) {
+	$uurl.='/'.$usec;
+    }
+    return &assignrole($udom,$uname,$uurl,'st',$end,$start);
+}
+
+# ------------------------------------------------- Write to course preferences
+
+sub writecoursepref {
+    my ($courseid,%prefs)=@_;
+    $courseid=~s/^\///;
+    $courseid=~s/\_/\//g;
+    my ($cdomain,$cnum)=split(/\//,$courseid);
+    my $chome=homeserver($cnum,$cdomain);
+    if (($chome eq '') || ($chome eq 'no_host')) { 
+	return 'error: no such course';
+    }
+    my $cstring='';
+    map {
+	$cstring.=escape($_).'='.escape($prefs{$_}).'&';
+    } keys %prefs;
+    $cstring=~s/\&$//;
+    return reply('put:'.$cdomain.':'.$cnum.':environment:'.$cstring,$chome);
+}
+
+# ---------------------------------------------------------- Make/modify course
+
+sub createcourse {
+    my ($udom,$description,$url)=@_;
+    $url=&declutter($url);
+    my $cid='';
+    unless (&allowed('ccc',$ENV{'user.domain'})) {
+        return 'refused';
+    }
+    unless ($udom eq $ENV{'user.domain'}) {
+        return 'refused';
+    }
+# ------------------------------------------------------------------- Create ID
+   my $uname=substr($$.time,0,5).unpack("H8",pack("I32",time)).
+       unpack("H2",pack("I32",int(rand(255)))).$perlvar{'lonHostID'};
+# ----------------------------------------------- Make sure that does not exist
+   my $uhome=&homeserver($uname,$udom);
+   unless (($uhome eq '') || ($uhome eq 'no_host')) {
+       $uname=substr($$.time,0,5).unpack("H8",pack("I32",time)).
+        unpack("H2",pack("I32",int(rand(255)))).$perlvar{'lonHostID'};
+       $uhome=&homeserver($uname,$udom);       
+       unless (($uhome eq '') || ($uhome eq 'no_host')) {
+           return 'error: unable to generate unique course-ID';
+       } 
+   }
+# ------------------------------------------------------------- Make the course
+    my $reply=&reply('encrypt:makeuser:'.$udom.':'.$uname.':none::',
+                      $ENV{'user.home'});
+    unless ($reply eq 'ok') { return 'error: '.$reply; }
+    $uhome=&homeserver($uname,$udom);
+    if (($uhome eq '') || ($uhome eq 'no_host')) { 
+	return 'error: no such course';
+    }
+    &writecoursepref($udom.'_'.$uname,
+                     ('description' => $description,
+                      'url'         => $url));
+    return '/'.$udom.'/'.$uname;
+}
+
 # ---------------------------------------------------------- Assign Custom Role
 
 sub assigncustomrole {
@@ -1193,7 +2042,8 @@ sub condval {
 # --------------------------------------------------------- Value of a Variable
 
 sub EXT {
-    my $varname=shift;
+    my ($varname,$symbparm)=@_;
+    unless ($varname) { return ''; }
     my ($realm,$space,$qualifier,@therest)=split(/\./,$varname);
     my $rest;
     if ($therest[0]) {
@@ -1208,7 +2058,7 @@ sub EXT {
     if ($realm eq 'user') {
 # --------------------------------------------------------------- user.resource
 	if ($space eq 'resource') {
-	    my %restored=&restore;
+	    my %restored=&restore();
             return $restored{$qualifierrest};
 # ----------------------------------------------------------------- user.access
         } elsif ($space eq 'access') {
@@ -1236,7 +2086,7 @@ sub EXT {
 # ---------------------------------------------------- Any other user namespace
         } else {
             my $item=($rest)?$qualifier.'.'.$rest:$qualifier;
-            my %reply=&get($space,$item);
+            my %reply=&get($space,[$item]);
             return $reply{$item};
         }
     } elsif ($realm eq 'request') {
@@ -1249,36 +2099,127 @@ sub EXT {
         }
     } elsif ($realm eq 'course') {
 # ---------------------------------------------------------- course.description
-        my $section='';
-        if ($ENV{'request.course.sec'}) {
-	    $section='_'.$ENV{'request.course.sec'};
-        }
-        return $ENV{'course.'.$ENV{'request.course.id'}.$section.'.'.
+        return $ENV{'course.'.$ENV{'request.course.id'}.'.'.
                               $spacequalifierrest};
     } elsif ($realm eq 'resource') {
-# ----------------------------------------------------------- resource metadata
-	my $uri=&declutter($ENV{'request.filename'});
-        my $filename=$perlvar{'lonDocRoot'}.'/res/'.$ENV.'.meta';
-        if (-e $filename) {
-            my @content;
-            {
-             my $fh=Apache::File->new($filename);
-             @content=<$fh>;
-            }
-            if (join('',@content)=~
-                 /\<$space[^\>]*\>([^\<]*)\<\/$space\>/) {
-	        return $1;
-            } else {
-                return '';
-            }
-         }
-    } elsif ($realm eq 'userdata') {
-        my $uhome=&homeserver($qualifier,$space);
-# ----------------------------------------------- userdata.domain.name.resource
+       if ($ENV{'request.course.id'}) {
+
+#	   print '<br>'.$space.' - '.$qualifier.' - '.$spacequalifierrest;
+
+
+# ----------------------------------------------------- Cascading lookup scheme
+         my $symbp;
+         if ($symbparm) {
+            $symbp=$symbparm;
+	 } else {
+            $symbp=&symbread();
+         }            
+         my $mapp=(split(/\_\_\_/,$symbp))[0];
+
+         my $symbparm=$symbp.'.'.$spacequalifierrest;
+         my $mapparm=$mapp.'___(all).'.$spacequalifierrest;
+
+         my $seclevel=
+            $ENV{'request.course.id'}.'.['.
+		$ENV{'request.course.sec'}.'].'.$spacequalifierrest;
+         my $seclevelr=
+            $ENV{'request.course.id'}.'.['.
+		$ENV{'request.course.sec'}.'].'.$symbparm;
+         my $seclevelm=
+            $ENV{'request.course.id'}.'.['.
+		$ENV{'request.course.sec'}.'].'.$mapparm;
+
+         my $courselevel=
+            $ENV{'request.course.id'}.'.'.$spacequalifierrest;
+         my $courselevelr=
+            $ENV{'request.course.id'}.'.'.$symbparm;
+         my $courselevelm=
+            $ENV{'request.course.id'}.'.'.$mapparm;
+
+# ----------------------------------------------------------- first, check user
+         my %resourcedata=get('resourcedata',
+                           [$courselevelr,$courselevelm,$courselevel]);
+         if (($resourcedata{$courselevelr}!~/^error\:/) &&
+             ($resourcedata{$courselevelr}!~/^con_lost/)) {
+
+         if ($resourcedata{$courselevelr}) { 
+            return $resourcedata{$courselevelr}; }
+         if ($resourcedata{$courselevelm}) { 
+            return $resourcedata{$courselevelm}; }
+         if ($resourcedata{$courselevel}) { return $resourcedata{$courselevel}; }
+
+      } else {
+	  if ($resourcedata{$courselevelr}!~/No such file/) {
+	    &logthis("<font color=blue>WARNING:".
+		   " Trying to get resource data for ".$ENV{'user.name'}." at "
+                   .$ENV{'user.domain'}.": ".$resourcedata{$courselevelr}.
+                 "</font>");
+	  }
+      }
+
+# -------------------------------------------------------- second, check course
+
+        my $reply=&reply('get:'.
+              $ENV{'course.'.$ENV{'request.course.id'}.'.domain'}.':'.
+              $ENV{'course.'.$ENV{'request.course.id'}.'.num'}.
+	      ':resourcedata:'.
+   &escape($seclevelr).'&'.&escape($seclevelm).'&'.&escape($seclevel).'&'.
+   &escape($courselevelr).'&'.&escape($courselevelm).'&'.&escape($courselevel),
+		   $ENV{'course.'.$ENV{'request.course.id'}.'.home'});
+      if ($reply!~/^error\:/) {
+	  map {
+	      if ($_) { return &unescape($_); }
+          } split(/\&/,$reply);
+      }
+      if (($reply=~/^con_lost/) || ($reply=~/^error\:/)) {
+	  &logthis("<font color=blue>WARNING:".
+                " Getting ".$reply." asking for ".$varname." for ".
+                $ENV{'course.'.$ENV{'request.course.id'}.'.num'}.
+                ' at '.
+                $ENV{'course.'.$ENV{'request.course.id'}.'.domain'}.
+                ' from '.
+                $ENV{'course.'.$ENV{'request.course.id'}.'.home'}.
+                 "</font>");
+      }
+# ------------------------------------------------------ third, check map parms
+       my %parmhash=();
+       my $thisparm='';       
+       if (tie(%parmhash,'GDBM_File',
+          $ENV{'request.course.fn'}.'_parms.db',&GDBM_READER,0640)) {
+           $thisparm=$parmhash{$symbparm};
+	   untie(%parmhash);
+       }
+       if ($thisparm) { return $thisparm; }
+     }
+     
+# --------------------------------------------- last, look in resource metadata
+
+      $spacequalifierrest=~s/\./\_/;
+      my $metadata=&metadata($ENV{'request.filename'},$spacequalifierrest);
+      if ($metadata) { return $metadata; }
+      $metadata=&metadata($ENV{'request.filename'},
+                                         'parameter_'.$spacequalifierrest);
+      if ($metadata) { return $metadata; }
+
+# ------------------------------------------------------------------ Cascade up
+
+      unless ($space eq '0') {
+          my ($part,$id)=split(/\_/,$space);
+          if ($id) {
+	      my $partgeneral=&EXT('resource.'.$part.'.'.$qualifierrest,
+                                   $symbparm);
+              if ($partgeneral) { return $partgeneral; }
+          } else {
+              my $resourcegeneral=&EXT('resource.0.'.$qualifierrest,
+                                       $symbparm);
+              if ($resourcegeneral) { return $resourcegeneral; }
+          }
+      }
+
 # ---------------------------------------------------- Any other user namespace
     } elsif ($realm eq 'environment') {
 # ----------------------------------------------------------------- environment
-        return $ENV{$spacequalifierrest};
+        return $ENV{'environment.'.$spacequalifierrest};
     } elsif ($realm eq 'system') {
 # ----------------------------------------------------------------- system.time
 	if ($space eq 'time') {
@@ -1288,6 +2229,125 @@ sub EXT {
     return '';
 }
 
+# ---------------------------------------------------------------- Get metadata
+
+sub metadata {
+    my ($uri,$what,$liburi,$prefix)=@_;
+
+    $uri=&declutter($uri);
+    my $filename=$uri;
+    $uri=~s/\.meta$//;
+#
+# Is the metadata already cached?
+# If "keys" are set, the assumption is that everything is already cached.
+# Everything is cached by the main uri, libraries are never directly cached
+#
+    unless (abs($metacache{$uri.':cachedtimestamp'}-time)<600) {
+#
+# Is this a recursive call for a library?
+#
+        if ($liburi) {
+	    $liburi=&declutter($liburi);
+            $filename=$liburi;
+        }
+        my %metathesekeys=();
+        unless ($filename=~/\.meta$/) { $filename.='.meta'; }
+	my $metastring=&getfile($perlvar{'lonDocRoot'}.'/res/'.$filename);
+        my $parser=HTML::TokeParser->new(\$metastring);
+        my $token;
+        undef %metathesekeys;
+        while ($token=$parser->get_token) {
+           if ($token->[0] eq 'S') {
+	     if (defined($token->[2]->{'package'})) {
+#
+# This is a package - get package info
+#
+	      my $package=$token->[2]->{'package'};
+	      my $keyroot='';
+              if ($prefix) {
+		  $keyroot.='_'.$prefix;
+              } else {
+                if (defined($token->[2]->{'part'})) { 
+                   $keyroot.='_'.$token->[2]->{'part'}; 
+	        }
+	      }
+              if (defined($token->[2]->{'id'})) { 
+                 $keyroot.='_'.$token->[2]->{'id'}; 
+	      }
+              if ($metacache{$uri.':packages'}) {
+                 $metacache{$uri.':packages'}.=','.$package.$keyroot;
+              } else {
+                 $metacache{$uri.':packages'}=$package.$keyroot;
+	      }
+              map {
+		  if ($_=~/^$package\&/) {
+		      my ($pack,$name,$subp)=split(/\&/,$_);
+                      my $value=$packagetab{$_};
+		      my $part=$keyroot;
+                      $part=~s/^\_//;
+                      if ($subp eq 'display') {
+			  $value.=' [Part: '.$part.']';
+                      }
+                      my $unikey='parameter'.$keyroot.'_'.$name;
+                      $metathesekeys{$unikey}=1;
+                      $metacache{$uri.':'.$unikey.'.part'}=$part;
+                      unless 
+                       (defined($metacache{$uri.':'.$unikey.'.'.$subp})) {
+                         $metacache{$uri.':'.$unikey.'.'.$subp}=$value;
+		      }
+                  }
+              } keys %packagetab;
+             } else {
+#
+# This is not a package - some other kind of start tag
+# 
+              my $entry=$token->[1];
+              my $unikey=$entry;
+              if ($prefix) {
+		  $unikey.='_'.$prefix;
+              } else {
+                if (defined($token->[2]->{'part'})) { 
+                   $unikey.='_'.$token->[2]->{'part'}; 
+	        }
+	      }
+              if (defined($token->[2]->{'id'})) { 
+                 $unikey.='_'.$token->[2]->{'id'}; 
+	      }
+
+             if ($entry eq 'import') {
+#
+# Importing a library here
+#
+                my $libid=$token->[2]->{'id'};
+
+              
+             } else { 
+
+              if (defined($token->[2]->{'name'})) { 
+                 $unikey.='_'.$token->[2]->{'name'}; 
+	      }
+              $metathesekeys{$unikey}=1;
+              map {
+		  $metacache{$uri.':'.$unikey.'.'.$_}=$token->[2]->{$_};
+              } @{$token->[3]};
+              unless (
+                 $metacache{$uri.':'.$unikey}=$parser->get_text('/'.$entry)
+		      ) { $metacache{$uri.':'.$unikey}=
+			      $metacache{$uri.':'.$unikey.'.default'};
+		      }
+# end of not-a-package not-a-library import
+	   }
+# end of not-a-package start tag
+	  }
+# the next is the end of "start tag"
+	 }
+       }
+       $metacache{$uri.':keys'}=join(',',keys %metathesekeys);
+       $metacache{$uri.':cachedtimestamp'}=time;
+    }
+    return $metacache{$uri.':'.$what};
+}
+
 # ------------------------------------------------- Update symbolic store links
 
 sub symblist {
@@ -1340,6 +2400,9 @@ sub symbread {
                             &GDBM_READER,0640)) {
 # ---------------------------------------------- Get ID(s) for current resource
               my $ids=$bighash{'ids_/res/'.$thisfn};
+              unless ($ids) { 
+                 $ids=$bighash{'ids_/'.$thisfn};
+              }
               if ($ids) {
 # ------------------------------------------------------------------- Has ID(s)
                  my @possibilities=split(/\,/,$ids);
@@ -1367,7 +2430,9 @@ sub symbread {
               untie(%bighash)
            } 
         }
-        if ($syval) { return $syval.'___'.$thisfn; }
+        if ($syval) {
+           return $syval.'___'.$thisfn; 
+        }
     }
     &appenv('request.ambiguous' => $thisfn);
     return '';
@@ -1388,20 +2453,50 @@ sub numval {
 }    
 
 sub rndseed {
-    my $symb;
-    unless ($symb=&symbread()) { return time; }
-    my $symbchck=unpack("%32C*",$symb);
-    my $symbseed=numval($symb)%$symbchck;
-    my $namechck=unpack("%32C*",$ENV{'user.name'});
-    my $nameseed=numval($ENV{'user.name'})%$namechck;
-    return int( $symbseed
-	       .$nameseed
-               .unpack("%32C*",$ENV{'user.domain'})
-               .unpack("%32C*",$ENV{'request.course.id'})
-               .$namechck
-               .$symbchck);
+    my ($symb,$courseid,$domain,$username)=@_;
+    if (!$symb) {
+      unless ($symb=&symbread()) { return time; }
+    }
+    if (!$courseid) { $courseid=$ENV{'request.course.id'};}
+    if (!$domain) {$domain=$ENV{'user.domain'};}
+    if (!$username) {$username=$ENV{'user.name'};}
+    {
+      use integer;
+      my $symbchck=unpack("%32C*",$symb) << 27;
+      my $symbseed=numval($symb) << 22;
+      my $namechck=unpack("%32C*",$username) << 17;
+      my $nameseed=numval($username) << 12;
+      my $domainseed=unpack("%32C*",$domain) << 7;
+      my $courseseed=unpack("%32C*",$courseid);
+      my $num=$symbseed+$nameseed+$domainseed+$courseseed+$namechck+$symbchck;
+      #uncommenting these lines can break things!
+      #&Apache::lonxml::debug("$symbseed:$nameseed;$domainseed|$courseseed;$namechck:$symbchck");
+      #&Apache::lonxml::debug("rndseed :$num:$symb");
+      return $num;
+    }
 }
 
+sub ireceipt {
+    my ($funame,$fudom,$fucourseid,$fusymb)=@_;
+    my $cuname=unpack("%32C*",$funame);
+    my $cudom=unpack("%32C*",$fudom);
+    my $cucourseid=unpack("%32C*",$fucourseid);
+    my $cusymb=unpack("%32C*",$fusymb);
+    my $cunique=unpack("%32C*",$perlvar{'lonReceipt'});
+    return unpack("%32C*",$perlvar{'lonHostID'}).'-'.
+           ($cunique%$cuname+
+            $cunique%$cudom+
+            $cusymb%$cuname+
+            $cusymb%$cudom+
+            $cucourseid%$cuname+
+            $cucourseid%$cudom);
+}
+
+sub receipt {
+    return &ireceipt($ENV{'user.name'},$ENV{'user.domain'},
+                     $ENV{'request.course.id'},&symbread());
+}
+  
 # ------------------------------------------------------------ Serves up a file
 # returns either the contents of the file or a -1
 sub getfile {
@@ -1475,7 +2570,7 @@ sub unescape {
 # ================================================================ Main Program
 
 sub BEGIN {
-if ($readit ne 'done') {
+unless ($readit) {
 # ------------------------------------------------------------ Read access.conf
 {
     my $config=Apache::File->new("/etc/httpd/conf/access.conf");
@@ -1494,9 +2589,11 @@ if ($readit ne 'done') {
     my $config=Apache::File->new("$perlvar{'lonTabDir'}/hosts.tab");
 
     while (my $configline=<$config>) {
+       chomp($configline);
        my ($id,$domain,$role,$name,$ip)=split(/:/,$configline);
        $hostname{$id}=$name;
        $hostdom{$id}=$domain;
+       $hostip{$id}=$ip;
        if ($role eq 'library') { $libserv{$id}=$name; }
     }
 }
@@ -1518,8 +2615,10 @@ if ($readit ne 'done') {
 
     while (my $configline=<$config>) {
        chomp($configline);
+      if ($configline) {
        my ($role,$perm)=split(/ /,$configline);
        if ($perm ne '') { $pr{$role}=$perm; }
+      }
     }
 }
 
@@ -1529,8 +2628,25 @@ if ($readit ne 'done') {
 
     while (my $configline=<$config>) {
        chomp($configline);
+      if ($configline) {
        my ($short,$plain)=split(/:/,$configline);
        if ($plain ne '') { $prp{$short}=$plain; }
+      }
+    }
+}
+
+# ---------------------------------------------------------- Read package table
+{
+    my $config=Apache::File->new("$perlvar{'lonTabDir'}/packages.tab");
+
+    while (my $configline=<$config>) {
+       chomp($configline);
+       my ($short,$plain)=split(/:/,$configline);
+       my ($pack,$name)=split(/\&/,$short);
+       if ($plain ne '') {
+          $packagetab{$pack.'&'.$name.'&name'}=$name; 
+          $packagetab{$short}=$plain; 
+       }
     }
 }
 
@@ -1548,8 +2664,10 @@ if ($readit ne 'done') {
     }
 }
 
+%metacache=();
 
 $readit='done';
+&logtouch();
 &logthis('<font color=yellow>INFO: Read configuration</font>');
 }
 }