--- loncom/lonnet/perl/lonnet.pm	2002/12/05 22:59:37	1.306
+++ loncom/lonnet/perl/lonnet.pm	2003/03/19 21:23:03	1.343
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 # The LearningOnline Network
 # TCP networking package
 #
-# $Id: lonnet.pm,v 1.306 2002/12/05 22:59:37 albertel Exp $
+# $Id: lonnet.pm,v 1.343 2003/03/19 21:23:03 www Exp $
 #
 # Copyright Michigan State University Board of Trustees
 #
@@ -47,23 +47,18 @@
 # 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
 # 11/17,11/20,11/22,11/29 Gerd Kortemeyer
 # 12/5 Matthew Hall
 # 12/5 Guy Albertelli
 # 12/6,12/7,12/12 Gerd Kortemeyer
-# 12/18 Scott Harrison
 # 12/21,12/22,12/27,12/28 Gerd Kortemeyer
 # YEAR=2002
 # 1/4,2/4,2/7 Gerd Kortemeyer
@@ -80,7 +75,8 @@ use vars
 qw(%perlvar %hostname %homecache %badServerCache %hostip %iphost %spareid %hostdom 
    %libserv %pr %prp %metacache %packagetab %titlecache 
    %courselogs %accesshash $processmarker $dumpcount 
-   %coursedombuf %coursehombuf %courseresdatacache %domaindescription);
+   %coursedombuf %coursehombuf %courseresdatacache 
+   %domaindescription %domain_auth_def %domain_auth_arg_def $tmpdir);
 use IO::Socket;
 use GDBM_File;
 use Apache::Constants qw(:common :http);
@@ -142,9 +138,9 @@ sub reply {
     unless (defined($hostname{$server})) { return 'no_such_host'; }
     my $answer=subreply($cmd,$server);
     if ($answer eq 'con_lost') {
-       #sleep 5; 
-       #$answer=subreply($cmd,$server);
-       #if ($answer eq 'con_lost') {
+        #sleep 5; 
+        #$answer=subreply($cmd,$server);
+        #if ($answer eq 'con_lost') {
 	#   &logthis("Second attempt con_lost on $server");
         #   my $peerfile="$perlvar{'lonSockDir'}/$server";
         #   my $client=IO::Socket::UNIX->new(Peer    =>"$peerfile",
@@ -202,7 +198,6 @@ sub critical {
                " Critical message to unknown server ($server)</font>");
         return 'no_such_host';
     }
-    sleep 2;
     my $answer=reply($cmd,$server);
     if ($answer eq 'con_lost') {
         my $pingreply=reply('ping',$server);
@@ -729,12 +724,13 @@ sub currentversion {
 
 sub subscribe {
     my $fname=shift;
+    if ($fname=~/\/(aboutme|syllabus|bulletinboard|smppg)$/) { return ''; }
     my $author=$fname;
     $author=~s/\/home\/httpd\/html\/res\/([^\/]*)\/([^\/]*).*/$1\/$2/;
     my ($udom,$uname)=split(/\//,$author);
     my $home=homeserver($uname,$udom);
-    if ($home eq 'no_host') { 
-        return 'not_found'; 
+    if ($home eq 'no_host') {
+        return 'not_found';
     }
     my $answer=reply("sub:$fname",$home);
     if (($answer eq 'con_lost') || ($answer eq 'rejected')) {
@@ -808,6 +804,18 @@ sub repcopy {
     }
 }
 
+# ------------------------------------------------ Get server side include body
+sub ssi_body {
+    my $filelink=shift;
+    my $output=($filelink=~/^http\:/?&externalssi($filelink):
+                                     &ssi($filelink));
+    $output=~s/^.*\<body[^\>]*\>//si;
+    $output=~s/\<\/body\s*\>.*$//si;
+    $output=~
+            s/\/\/ BEGIN LON\-CAPA Internal.+\/\/ END LON\-CAPA Internal\s//gs;
+    return $output;
+}
+
 # --------------------------------------------------------- Server Side Include
 
 sub ssi {
@@ -831,6 +839,14 @@ sub ssi {
     return $response->content;
 }
 
+sub externalssi {
+    my ($url)=@_;
+    my $ua=new LWP::UserAgent;
+    my $request=new HTTP::Request('GET',$url);
+    my $response=$ua->request($request);
+    return $response->content;
+}
+
 # ------- Add a token to a remote URI's query string to vouch for access rights
 
 sub tokenwrapper {
@@ -856,8 +872,15 @@ sub tokenwrapper {
 sub userfileupload {
     my ($formname,$coursedoc)=@_;
     my $fname=$ENV{'form.'.$formname.'.filename'};
+# Replace Windows backslashes by forward slashes
     $fname=~s/\\/\//g;
+# Get rid of everything but the actual filename
     $fname=~s/^.*\/([^\/]+)$/$1/;
+# Replace spaces by underscores
+    $fname=~s/\s+/\_/g;
+# Replace all other weird characters by nothing
+    $fname=~s/[^\w\.\-]//g;
+# See if there is anything left
     unless ($fname) { return 'error: no uploaded file'; }
     chop($ENV{'form.'.$formname});
 # Create the directory if not present
@@ -1101,10 +1124,14 @@ sub expirespread {
 # ----------------------------------------------------- Devalidate Spreadsheets
 
 sub devalidate {
-    my $symb=shift;
+    my ($symb,$uname,$udom)=@_;
     my $cid=$ENV{'request.course.id'}; 
     if ($cid) {
-	my $key=$ENV{'user.name'}.':'.$ENV{'user.domain'}.':';
+# delete the stored spreadsheets for
+# - the student level sheet of this user in course's homespace
+# - the assessment level sheet for this resource 
+#   for this user in user's homespace
+	my $key=$uname.':'.$udom.':';
         my $status=
 	    &del('nohist_calculatedsheets',
 		 [$key.'studentcalc'],
@@ -1115,7 +1142,7 @@ sub devalidate {
 		 [$key.'assesscalc:'.$symb]);
         unless ($status eq 'ok ok') {
            &logthis('Could not devalidate spreadsheet '.
-                    $ENV{'user.name'}.' at '.$ENV{'user.domain'}.' for '.
+                    $uname.' at '.$udom.' for '.
 		    $symb.': '.$status);
         }
     }
@@ -1447,7 +1474,10 @@ sub store {
     $symb=&symbclean($symb);
     if (!$symb) { unless ($symb=&symbread()) { return ''; } }
 
-    &devalidate($symb);
+    if (!$domain) { $domain=$ENV{'user.domain'}; }
+    if (!$stuname) { $stuname=$ENV{'user.name'}; }
+
+    &devalidate($symb,$stuname,$domain);
 
     $symb=escape($symb);
     if (!$namespace) { 
@@ -1455,8 +1485,6 @@ sub store {
           return ''; 
        } 
     }
-    if (!$domain) { $domain=$ENV{'user.domain'}; }
-    if (!$stuname) { $stuname=$ENV{'user.name'}; }
     if (!$home) { $home=$ENV{'user.home'}; }
     my $namevalue='';
     foreach (keys %$storehash) {
@@ -1478,7 +1506,10 @@ sub cstore {
     $symb=&symbclean($symb);
     if (!$symb) { unless ($symb=&symbread()) { return ''; } }
 
-    &devalidate($symb);
+    if (!$domain) { $domain=$ENV{'user.domain'}; }
+    if (!$stuname) { $stuname=$ENV{'user.name'}; }
+
+    &devalidate($symb,$stuname,$domain);
 
     $symb=escape($symb);
     if (!$namespace) { 
@@ -1486,8 +1517,6 @@ sub cstore {
           return ''; 
        } 
     }
-    if (!$domain) { $domain=$ENV{'user.domain'}; }
-    if (!$stuname) { $stuname=$ENV{'user.name'}; }
     if (!$home) { $home=$ENV{'user.home'}; }
 
     my $namevalue='';
@@ -1736,6 +1765,58 @@ sub dump {
    return %returnhash;
 }
 
+# --------------------------------------------------------------- currentdump
+sub currentdump {
+   my ($courseid,$sdom,$sname)=@_;
+   $courseid = $ENV{'request.course.id'} if (! defined($courseid));
+   $sdom     = $ENV{'user.domain'}       if (! defined($sdom));
+   $sname    = $ENV{'user.name'}         if (! defined($sname));
+   my $uhome = &homeserver($sname,$sdom);
+   my $rep=reply('currentdump:'.$sdom.':'.$sname.':'.$courseid,$uhome);
+   return if ($rep =~ /^(error:|no_such_host)/);
+   #
+   my %returnhash=();
+   #
+   if ($rep eq "unknown_cmd") { 
+       # an old lond will not know currentdump
+       # Do a dump and make it look like a currentdump
+       my @tmp = &dump($courseid,$sdom,$sname,'.');
+       return if ($tmp[0] =~ /^(error:|no_such_host)/);
+       my %hash = @tmp;
+       @tmp=();
+       # Code ripped from lond, essentially.  The only difference
+       # here is the unescaping done by lonnet::dump().  Conceivably
+       # we might run in to problems with parameter names =~ /^v\./
+       while (my ($key,$value) = each(%hash)) {
+           my ($v,$symb,$param) = split(/:/,$key);
+           next if ($v eq 'version' || $symb eq 'keys');
+           next if (exists($returnhash{$symb}) &&
+                    exists($returnhash{$symb}->{$param}) &&
+                    $returnhash{$symb}->{'v.'.$param} > $v);
+           $returnhash{$symb}->{$param}=$value;
+           $returnhash{$symb}->{'v.'.$param}=$v;
+       }
+       #
+       # Remove all of the keys in the hashes which keep track of
+       # the version of the parameter.
+       while (my ($symb,$param_hash) = each(%returnhash)) {
+           # use a foreach because we are going to delete from the hash.
+           foreach my $key (keys(%$param_hash)) {
+               delete($param_hash->{$key}) if ($key =~ /^v\./);
+           }
+       }
+   } else {
+       my @pairs=split(/\&/,$rep);
+       foreach (@pairs) {
+           my ($key,$value)=split(/=/,$_);
+           my ($symb,$param) = split(/:/,$key);
+           $returnhash{&unescape($symb)}->{&unescape($param)} = 
+                                                          &unescape($value);
+       }
+   }
+   return %returnhash;
+}
+
 # --------------------------------------------------------------- put interface
 
 sub put {
@@ -1789,6 +1870,37 @@ sub eget {
    return %returnhash;
 }
 
+# ---------------------------------------------- Custom access rule evaluation
+
+sub customaccess {
+    my ($priv,$uri)=@_;
+    my ($urole,$urealm)=split(/\./,$ENV{'request.role'});
+    $urealm=~s/^\W//;
+    my ($udom,$ucrs,$usec)=split(/\//,$urealm);
+    my $access=0;
+    foreach (split(/\s*\,\s*/,&metadata($uri,'rule_rights'))) {
+	my ($effect,$realm,$role)=split(/\:/,$_);
+        if ($role) {
+	   if ($role ne $urole) { next; }
+        }
+        foreach (split(/\s*\,\s*/,$realm)) {
+            my ($tdom,$tcrs,$tsec)=split(/\_/,$_);
+            if ($tdom) {
+		if ($tdom ne $udom) { next; }
+            }
+            if ($tcrs) {
+		if ($tcrs ne $ucrs) { next; }
+            }
+            if ($tsec) {
+		if ($tsec ne $usec) { next; }
+            }
+            $access=($effect eq 'allow');
+            last;
+        }
+    }
+    return $access;
+}
+
 # ------------------------------------------------- Check for a user privilege
 
 sub allowed {
@@ -1827,6 +1939,9 @@ sub allowed {
             # Library role, so allow browsing of resources in this domain.
             return 'F';
         }
+        if ($copyright eq 'custom') {
+	    unless (&customaccess($priv,$uri)) { return ''; }
+        }
     }
     # Domain coordinator is trying to create a course
     if (($priv eq 'ccc') && ($ENV{'request.role'} =~ /^dc\./)) {
@@ -1863,6 +1978,12 @@ sub allowed {
        $thisallowed.=$1;
     }
 
+# URI is an uploaded document for this course
+
+    if (($priv eq 'bre') && 
+        ($uri=~/^uploaded\/$ENV{'course.'.$ENV{'request.course.id'}.'.domain'}\/$ENV{'course.'.$ENV{'request.course.id'}.'.num'}/)) {
+        return 'F';
+    }
 # Full access at system, domain or course-wide level? Exit.
 
     if ($thisallowed=~/F/) {
@@ -2038,20 +2159,10 @@ sub allowed {
 
    if ($thisallowed=~/R/) {
        my $rolecode=(split(/\./,$ENV{'request.role'}))[0];
-       my $filename=$perlvar{'lonDocRoot'}.'/res/'.$uri.'.meta';
-       if (-e $filename) {
-           my @content;
-           {
-	     my $fh=Apache::File->new($filename);
-             @content=<$fh>;
-	   }
-           if (join('',@content)=~
-                    /\<roledeny[^\>]*\>[^\<]*$rolecode[^\<]*\<\/roledeny\>/) {
-	       &log($ENV{'user.domain'},$ENV{'user.name'},$ENV{'user.host'},
+       if (&metadata($uri,'roledeny')=~/$rolecode/) {
+	  &log($ENV{'user.domain'},$ENV{'user.name'},$ENV{'user.host'},
                     'Denied by role: '.$priv.' for '.$uri.' as '.$rolecode);
-           return '';
-
-           }
+          return '';
        }
    }
 
@@ -2082,6 +2193,7 @@ sub is_on_map {
     my $filename=$uriparts[$#uriparts];
     my $pathname=$uri;
     $pathname=~s|/\Q$filename\E$||;
+    $pathname=~s/^adm\/wrapper\///;    
     #Trying to find the conditional for the file
     my $match=($ENV{'acc.res.'.$ENV{'request.course.id'}.'.'.$pathname}=~
 	       /\&\Q$filename\E\:([\d\|]+)\&/);
@@ -2349,10 +2461,15 @@ sub modifyuser {
        }
     }
 # -------------------------------------------------------------- Add names, etc
-    my %names=&get('environment',
+    my @tmp=&get('environment',
 		   ['firstname','middlename','lastname','generation'],
 		   $udom,$uname);
-    if ($names{'firstname'} =~ m/^error:.*/) { %names=(); }
+    my %names;
+    if ($tmp[0] =~ m/^error:.*/) { 
+        %names=(); 
+    } else {
+        %names = @tmp;
+    }
     if ($first)  { $names{'firstname'}  = $first; }
     if ($middle) { $names{'middlename'} = $middle; }
     if ($last)   { $names{'lastname'}   = $last; }
@@ -2738,7 +2855,6 @@ sub EXT {
     my ($varname,$symbparm,$udom,$uname,)=@_;
 
     unless ($varname) { return ''; }
-
     #get real user name/domain, courseid and symb
     my $courseid;
     if (!($uname && $udom)) {
@@ -2747,14 +2863,14 @@ sub EXT {
     } else {
 	$courseid=$ENV{'request.course.id'};
     }
-
     my ($realm,$space,$qualifier,@therest)=split(/\./,$varname);
     my $rest;
-    if ($therest[0]) {
+    if (defined($therest[0])) {
        $rest=join('.',@therest);
     } else {
        $rest='';
     }
+
     my $qualifierrest=$qualifier;
     if ($rest) { $qualifierrest.='.'.$rest; }
     my $spacequalifierrest=$space;
@@ -2762,8 +2878,12 @@ sub EXT {
     if ($realm eq 'user') {
 # --------------------------------------------------------------- user.resource
 	if ($space eq 'resource') {
-	    my %restored=&restore(undef,undef,$udom,$uname);
-            return $restored{$qualifierrest};
+	    if (defined($Apache::lonhomework::parsing_a_problem)) {
+		return $Apache::lonhomework::history{$qualifierrest};
+	    } else {
+		my %restored=&restore($symbparm,$courseid,$udom,$uname);
+		return $restored{$qualifierrest};
+	    }
 # ----------------------------------------------------------------- user.access
         } elsif ($space eq 'access') {
 	    # FIXME - not supporting calls for a specific user
@@ -2798,9 +2918,8 @@ sub EXT {
             return $uname;
 # ---------------------------------------------------- Any other user namespace
         } else {
-            my $item=($rest)?$qualifier.'.'.$rest:$qualifier;
-            my %reply=&get($space,[$item]);
-            return $reply{$item};
+            my %reply=&get($space,[$qualifierrest],$udom,$uname);
+            return $reply{$qualifierrest};
         }
     } elsif ($realm eq 'query') {
 # ---------------------------------------------- pull stuff out of query string
@@ -2848,27 +2967,35 @@ sub EXT {
 	    my $courselevelm=$courseid.'.'.$mapparm;
 
 # ----------------------------------------------------------- first, check user
-	    my %resourcedata=&get('resourcedata',
-				  [$courselevelr,$courselevelm,$courselevel],
-				 $udom,$uname);
-	    my ($tmp)=keys(%resourcedata);
-	    &Apache::lonnet::logthis("Returned $tmp: ".join(':',keys(%resourcedata)));
-	    if (($tmp!~/^error\:/) && ($tmp!~/^con_lost/)) {
-
-		if ($resourcedata{$courselevelr}) {
-		    return $resourcedata{$courselevelr}; }
-		if ($resourcedata{$courselevelm}) {
-		    return $resourcedata{$courselevelm}; }
-		if ($resourcedata{$courselevel}) {
-		    return $resourcedata{$courselevel}; }
-	    } else {
-		if ($tmp!~/No such file/) {
-		    &logthis("<font color=blue>WARNING:".
-			     " Trying to get resource data for ".
-			     $uname." at ".$udom.": ".
-			     $tmp."</font>");
-		} elsif ($tmp =~ /^(con_lost|no_such_host)/) {
-		  return $tmp;
+	    #most student don't have any data set, check if there is some data
+            #every thirty minutes
+	    if (!
+		(exists($ENV{'cache.studentresdata'})
+		    && (($ENV{'cache.studentresdata'}+1800) > time))) {
+		my %resourcedata=&get('resourcedata',
+				      [$courselevelr,$courselevelm,$courselevel],
+				      $udom,$uname);
+		my ($tmp)=keys(%resourcedata);
+		if (($tmp!~/^error\:/) && ($tmp!~/^con_lost/)) {
+		    if ($resourcedata{$courselevelr}) {
+			return $resourcedata{$courselevelr}; }
+		    if ($resourcedata{$courselevelm}) {
+			return $resourcedata{$courselevelm}; }
+		    if ($resourcedata{$courselevel}) {
+			return $resourcedata{$courselevel}; }
+		} else {
+		    if ($tmp!~/No such file/) {
+			&logthis("<font color=blue>WARNING:".
+				 " Trying to get resource data for ".
+				 $uname." at ".$udom.": ".
+				 $tmp."</font>");
+		    } elsif ($tmp=~/error:No such file/) {
+			$ENV{'cache.studentresdata'}=time;
+			&appenv(('cache.studentresdata'=>
+				 $ENV{'cache.studentresdata'}));
+		    } elsif ($tmp =~ /^(con_lost|no_such_host)/) {
+			return $tmp;
+		    }
 		}
 	    }
 
@@ -2909,16 +3036,13 @@ sub EXT {
 
 # ------------------------------------------------------------------ Cascade up
 	unless ($space eq '0') {
-	    my ($part,$id)=split(/\_/,$space);
-	    if ($id) {
-		my $partgeneral=&EXT('resource.'.$part.'.'.$qualifierrest,
-				     $symbparm,$udom,$uname);
-		if (defined($partgeneral)) { return $partgeneral; }
-	    } else {
-		my $resourcegeneral=&EXT('resource.0.'.$qualifierrest,
-					 $symbparm,$udom,$uname);
-		if (defined($resourcegeneral)) { return $resourcegeneral; }
-	    }
+	    my @parts=split(/_/,$space);
+	    my $id=pop(@parts);
+	    my $part=join('_',@parts);
+	    if ($part eq '') { $part='0'; }
+	    my $partgeneral=&EXT('resource.'.$part.'.'.$qualifierrest,
+				 $symbparm,$udom,$uname);
+	    if (defined($partgeneral)) { return $partgeneral; }
 	}
 
 # ---------------------------------------------------- Any other user namespace
@@ -2940,6 +3064,22 @@ sub EXT {
     return '';
 }
 
+sub add_prefix_and_part {
+    my ($prefix,$part)=@_;
+    my $keyroot;
+    if (defined($prefix) && $prefix !~ /^__/) {
+	# prefix that has a part already
+	$keyroot=$prefix;
+    } elsif (defined($prefix)) {
+	# prefix that is missing a part
+	if (defined($part)) { $keyroot='_'.$part.substr($prefix,1); }
+    } else {
+	# no prefix at all
+	if (defined($part)) { $keyroot='_'.$part; }
+    }
+    return $keyroot;
+}
+
 # ---------------------------------------------------------------- Get metadata
 
 sub metadata {
@@ -2968,113 +3108,129 @@ sub metadata {
         }
         my %metathesekeys=();
         unless ($filename=~/\.meta$/) { $filename.='.meta'; }
-	my $metastring=&getfile($perlvar{'lonDocRoot'}.'/res/'.$filename);
+	my $metastring=&getfile(&filelocation('',&clutter($filename)));
         my $parser=HTML::LCParser->new(\$metastring);
         my $token;
         undef %metathesekeys;
         while ($token=$parser->get_token) {
-           if ($token->[0] eq 'S') {
-	     if (defined($token->[2]->{'package'})) {
+	    if ($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;
-	      }
-              foreach (keys %packagetab) {
-		  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;
-		      }
-                  }
-              }
-             } else {
+		    my $package=$token->[2]->{'package'};
+		    my $keyroot=&add_prefix_and_part($prefix,$token->[2]->{'part'});
+		    if (defined($token->[2]->{'id'})) { 
+			$keyroot.='_'.$token->[2]->{'id'}; 
+		    }
+		    if ($metacache{$uri.':packages'}) {
+			$metacache{$uri.':packages'}.=','.$package.$keyroot;
+		    } else {
+			$metacache{$uri.':packages'}=$package.$keyroot;
+		    }
+		    foreach (keys %packagetab) {
+			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.'_'.$name;
+			    if ($subp eq 'default') { $unikey='parameter_0_'.$name; }
+			    $metathesekeys{$unikey}=1;
+			    $metacache{$uri.':'.$unikey.'.part'}=$part;
+			    unless (defined($metacache{$uri.':'.$unikey.'.'.$subp})) {
+				$metacache{$uri.':'.$unikey.'.'.$subp}=$value;
+			    }
+			    if (defined($metacache{$uri.':'.$unikey.'.default'})) {
+				$metacache{$uri.':'.$unikey}=
+				    $metacache{$uri.':'.$unikey.'.default'}
+				}
+			}
+		    }
+		} else {
 #
 # This is not a package - some other kind of start tag
-# 
-              my $entry=$token->[1];
-              my $unikey;
-              if ($entry eq 'import') {
-                 $unikey='';
-              } else {
-                 $unikey=$entry;
-	      }
-              if ($prefix) {
-		  $unikey.=$prefix;
-              } else {
-                if (defined($token->[2]->{'part'})) { 
-                   $unikey.='_'.$token->[2]->{'part'}; 
-	        }
-	      }
-              if (defined($token->[2]->{'id'})) { 
-                 $unikey.='_'.$token->[2]->{'id'}; 
-	      }
+#
+		    my $entry=$token->[1];
+		    my $unikey;
+		    if ($entry eq 'import') {
+			$unikey='';
+		    } else {
+			$unikey=$entry;
+		    }
+		    $unikey.=&add_prefix_and_part($prefix,$token->[2]->{'part'});
+
+		    if (defined($token->[2]->{'id'})) { 
+			$unikey.='_'.$token->[2]->{'id'}; 
+		    }
 
-             if ($entry eq 'import') {
+		    if ($entry eq 'import') {
 #
 # Importing a library here
-#                
-                 if ($depthcount<20) {
-		     my $location=$parser->get_text('/import');
-		     my $dir=$filename;
-		     $dir=~s|[^/]*$||;
-		     $location=&filelocation($dir,$location);
-		     foreach (sort(split(/\,/,&metadata($uri,'keys',
-							$location,$unikey,
-							$depthcount+1)))) {
-                         $metathesekeys{$_}=1;
-		     }
-		 }
-             } else { 
-
-              if (defined($token->[2]->{'name'})) { 
-                 $unikey.='_'.$token->[2]->{'name'}; 
-	      }
-              $metathesekeys{$unikey}=1;
-              foreach (@{$token->[3]}) {
-		  $metacache{$uri.':'.$unikey.'.'.$_}=$token->[2]->{$_};
-              }
-              unless (
-                 $metacache{$uri.':'.$unikey}=&HTML::Entities::decode($parser->get_text('/'.$entry))
-		      ) { $metacache{$uri.':'.$unikey}=
-			      $metacache{$uri.':'.$unikey.'.default'};
-		      }
+#
+			if ($depthcount<20) {
+			    my $location=$parser->get_text('/import');
+			    my $dir=$filename;
+			    $dir=~s|[^/]*$||;
+			    $location=&filelocation($dir,$location);
+			    foreach (sort(split(/\,/,&metadata($uri,'keys',
+							       $location,$unikey,
+							       $depthcount+1)))) {
+				$metathesekeys{$_}=1;
+			    }
+			}
+		    } else { 
+			
+			if (defined($token->[2]->{'name'})) { 
+			    $unikey.='_'.$token->[2]->{'name'}; 
+			}
+			$metathesekeys{$unikey}=1;
+			foreach (@{$token->[3]}) {
+			    $metacache{$uri.':'.$unikey.'.'.$_}=$token->[2]->{$_};
+			}
+			my $internaltext=&HTML::Entities::decode($parser->get_text('/'.$entry));
+			my $default=$metacache{$uri.':'.$unikey.'.default'};
+			if ( $internaltext =~ /^\s*$/ && $default !~ /^\s*$/) {
+		 # only ws inside the tag, and not in default, so use default
+		 # as value
+			    $metacache{$uri.':'.$unikey}=$default;
+			} else {
+		  # either something interesting inside the tag or default
+                  # uninteresting
+			    $metacache{$uri.':'.$unikey}=$internaltext;
+			}
 # 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);
+	    }
+	}
+# are there custom rights to evaluate
+	if ($metacache{$uri.':copyright'} eq 'custom') {
+
+    #
+    # Importing a rights file here
+    #
+	    unless ($depthcount) {
+		my $location=$metacache{$uri.':customdistributionfile'};
+		my $dir=$filename;
+		$dir=~s|[^/]*$||;
+		$location=&filelocation($dir,$location);
+		foreach (sort(split(/\,/,&metadata($uri,'keys',
+						   $location,'_rights',
+						   $depthcount+1)))) {
+		    $metathesekeys{$_}=1;
+		}
+	    }
+	}
+	$metacache{$uri.':keys'}=join(',',keys %metathesekeys);
 	&metadata_generate_part0(\%metathesekeys,\%metacache,$uri);
-       $metacache{$uri.':allpossiblekeys'}=join(',',keys %metathesekeys);
-       $metacache{$uri.':cachedtimestamp'}=time;
+	$metacache{$uri.':allpossiblekeys'}=join(',',keys %metathesekeys);
+	$metacache{$uri.':cachedtimestamp'}=time;
 # this is the end of "was not already recently cached
     }
     return $metacache{$uri.':'.$what};
@@ -3476,6 +3632,29 @@ BEGIN {
     }
 }
 
+# ------------------------------------------------------------ Read domain file
+{
+    my $fh=Apache::File->new($Apache::lonnet::perlvar{'lonTabDir'}.
+                            '/domain.tab');
+    %domaindescription = ();
+    %domain_auth_def = ();
+    %domain_auth_arg_def = ();
+    if ($fh) {
+       while (<$fh>) {
+           next if /^\#/;
+           chomp;
+           my ($domain, $domain_description, $def_auth, $def_auth_arg)
+               = split(/:/,$_,4);
+           $domain_auth_def{$domain}=$def_auth;
+           $domain_auth_arg_def{$domain}=$def_auth_arg;
+           $domaindescription{$domain}=$domain_description;
+#          &logthis("Domain.tab: $domain, $domain_auth_def{$domain}, $domain_auth_arg_def{$domain},$domaindescription{$domain}");
+#          &logthis("Domain.tab: $domain ".$domaindescription{$domain} );
+       }
+    }
+}
+
+
 # ------------------------------------------------------------- Read hosts file
 {
     my $config=Apache::File->new("$perlvar{'lonTabDir'}/hosts.tab");
@@ -3489,7 +3668,6 @@ BEGIN {
 	 $hostdom{$id}=$domain;
 	 $hostip{$id}=$ip;
 	 $iphost{$ip}=$id;
-	 if ($domdescr) { $domaindescription{$domain}=$domdescr; }
 	 if ($role eq 'library') { $libserv{$id}=$name; }
        } else {
 	 if ($configline) {
@@ -3551,6 +3729,12 @@ BEGIN {
     }
 }
 
+# ------------- set up temporary directory
+{
+    $tmpdir = $perlvar{'lonDaemons'}.'/tmp/';
+
+}
+
 %metacache=();
 
 $processmarker='_'.time.'_'.$perlvar{'lonHostID'};