--- loncom/lonnet/perl/lonnet.pm	2003/08/06 16:43:36	1.397
+++ loncom/lonnet/perl/lonnet.pm	2003/08/13 18:45:02	1.400
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 # The LearningOnline Network
 # TCP networking package
 #
-# $Id: lonnet.pm,v 1.397 2003/08/06 16:43:36 albertel Exp $
+# $Id: lonnet.pm,v 1.400 2003/08/13 18:45:02 www Exp $
 #
 # Copyright Michigan State University Board of Trustees
 #
@@ -1284,6 +1284,53 @@ sub get_course_adv_roles {
     return %returnhash;
 }
 
+sub get_my_roles {
+    my ($uname,$udom)=@_;
+    unless (defined($uname)) { $uname=$ENV{'user.name'}; }
+    unless (defined($udom)) { $udom=$ENV{'user.domain'}; }
+    my %dumphash=
+            &dump('nohist_userroles',$udom,$uname);
+    my %returnhash=();
+    my $now=time;
+    foreach (keys %dumphash) {
+	my ($tend,$tstart)=split(/\:/,$dumphash{$_});
+        if (($tstart) && ($tstart<0)) { next; }
+        if (($tend) && ($tend<$now)) { next; }
+        if (($tstart) && ($now<$tstart)) { next; }
+        my ($role,$username,$domain,$section)=split(/\:/,$_);
+	$returnhash{$username.':'.$domain.':'.$role}=$tstart.':'.$tend;
+     }
+    return %returnhash;
+}
+
+# ----------------------------------------------------- Frontpage Announcements
+#
+#
+
+sub postannounce {
+    my ($server,$text)=@_;
+    unless (&allowed('psa',$hostdom{$server})) { return 'refused'; }
+    unless ($text=~/\w/) { $text=''; }
+    return &reply('setannounce:'.&escape($text),$server);
+}
+
+sub getannounce {
+    if (my $fh=Apache::File->new($perlvar{'lonDocRoot'}.'/announcement.txt')) {
+	my $announcement='';
+	while (<$fh>) { $announcement .=$_; }
+	$fh->close();
+	if ($announcement=~/\w/) { 
+	    return 
+   '<table bgcolor="#FF5555" cellpadding="5" cellspacing="3">'.
+   '<tr><td bgcolor="#FFFFFF"><pre>'.$announcement.'</pre></td></tr></table>'; 
+	} else {
+	    return '';
+	}
+    } else {
+	return '';
+    }
+}
+
 # ---------------------------------------------------------- Course ID routines
 # Deal with domain's nohist_courseid.db files
 #
@@ -2221,6 +2268,7 @@ sub allowed {
     my $orguri=$uri;
     $uri=&declutter($uri);
 
+    if (defined($ENV{'allowed.'.$priv})) { return $ENV{'allowed.'.$priv}; }
 # Free bre access to adm and meta resources
 
     if ((($uri=~/^adm\//) || ($uri=~/\.meta$/)) && ($priv eq 'bre')) {