--- loncom/lonnet/perl/lonnet.pm	2002/03/29 18:23:50	1.204
+++ loncom/lonnet/perl/lonnet.pm	2002/04/10 15:28:45	1.208
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 # The LearningOnline Network
 # TCP networking package
 #
-# $Id: lonnet.pm,v 1.204 2002/03/29 18:23:50 albertel Exp $
+# $Id: lonnet.pm,v 1.208 2002/04/10 15:28:45 albertel Exp $
 #
 # Copyright Michigan State University Board of Trustees
 #
@@ -84,7 +84,7 @@ qw(%perlvar %hostname %homecache %hostip
 use IO::Socket;
 use GDBM_File;
 use Apache::Constants qw(:common :http);
-use HTML::TokeParser;
+use HTML::LCParser;
 use Fcntl qw(:flock);
 my $readit;
 
@@ -137,6 +137,7 @@ sub subreply {
 
 sub reply {
     my ($cmd,$server)=@_;
+    unless (defined($hostname{$server})) { return 'no_such_host'; }
     my $answer=subreply($cmd,$server);
     if ($answer eq 'con_lost') {
        sleep 5; 
@@ -1859,22 +1860,27 @@ sub modifyuserauth {
 
 # --------------------------------------------------------------- Modify a user
 
-
 sub modifyuser {
-    my ($udom,$uname,$uid,$umode,$upass,$first,$middle,$last,$gene,
-        $forceid)=@_;
+    my ($udom,    $uname, $uid,
+        $umode,   $upass, $first,
+        $middle,  $last,  $gene,
+        $forceid, $desiredhome)=@_;
     $udom=~s/\W//g;
     $uname=~s/\W//g;
     &logthis('Call to modify user '.$udom.', '.$uname.', '.$uid.', '.
              $umode.', '.$first.', '.$middle.', '.
-	     $last.', '.$gene.'(forceid: '.$forceid.') by '.
-             $ENV{'user.name'}.' at '.$ENV{'user.domain'});  
+	     $last.', '.$gene.'(forceid: '.$forceid.')'.
+             (defined($desiredhome) ? ' desiredhome = '.$desiredhome :
+                                     ' desiredhome not specified'). 
+             ' by '.$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.'.$ENV{'request.course.id'}.'.home'};
+        } elsif (defined($desiredhome) && $hostdom{$desiredhome} eq $udom) { 
+            $unhome = $desiredhome;
         } else {
             my $tryserver;
             my $loadm=10000000;
@@ -1889,7 +1895,8 @@ sub modifyuser {
 	    }
         }
         if (($unhome eq '') || ($unhome eq 'no_host')) {
-	    return 'error: find home';
+	    return 'error: unable to find a home server for '.$uname.
+                   ' in domain '.$udom;
         }
         my $reply=&reply('encrypt:makeuser:'.$udom.':'.$uname.':'.$umode.':'.
                          &escape($upass),$unhome);
@@ -1918,6 +1925,7 @@ sub modifyuser {
     my %names=&get('environment',
 		   ['firstname','middlename','lastname','generation'],
 		   $udom,$uname);
+    if ($names{'firstname'} =~ m/^error:.*/) { %names=(); }
     if ($first)  { $names{'firstname'}  = $first; }
     if ($middle) { $names{'middlename'} = $middle; }
     if ($last)   { $names{'lastname'}   = $last; }
@@ -2381,7 +2389,7 @@ sub metadata {
         my %metathesekeys=();
         unless ($filename=~/\.meta$/) { $filename.='.meta'; }
 	my $metastring=&getfile($perlvar{'lonDocRoot'}.'/res/'.$filename);
-        my $parser=HTML::TokeParser->new(\$metastring);
+        my $parser=HTML::LCParser->new(\$metastring);
         my $token;
         undef %metathesekeys;
         while ($token=$parser->get_token) {
@@ -2470,7 +2478,7 @@ sub metadata {
 		  $metacache{$uri.':'.$unikey.'.'.$_}=$token->[2]->{$_};
               }
               unless (
-                 $metacache{$uri.':'.$unikey}=$parser->get_text('/'.$entry)
+                 $metacache{$uri.':'.$unikey}=&HTML::Entities::decode($parser->get_text('/'.$entry))
 		      ) { $metacache{$uri.':'.$unikey}=
 			      $metacache{$uri.':'.$unikey.'.default'};
 		      }