--- loncom/lonnet/perl/lonnet.pm	2002/08/30 22:01:31	1.267.4.4
+++ loncom/lonnet/perl/lonnet.pm	2003/10/30 00:26:25	1.435
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 # The LearningOnline Network
 # TCP networking package
 #
-# $Id: lonnet.pm,v 1.267.4.4 2002/08/30 22:01:31 albertel Exp $
+# $Id: lonnet.pm,v 1.435 2003/10/30 00:26:25 www Exp $
 #
 # Copyright Michigan State University Board of Trustees
 #
@@ -25,49 +25,6 @@
 #
 # http://www.lon-capa.org/
 #
-# 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
-# 11/17,11/20,11/22,11/29 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
-#
 ###
 
 package Apache::lonnet;
@@ -77,15 +34,22 @@ use Apache::File;
 use LWP::UserAgent();
 use HTTP::Headers;
 use vars 
-qw(%perlvar %hostname %homecache %badServerCache %hostip %spareid %hostdom 
-   %libserv %pr %prp %metacache %packagetab 
-   %courselogs %accesshash $processmarker $dumpcount 
-   %coursedombuf %coursehombuf %courseresdatacache %domaindescription);
+qw(%perlvar %hostname %homecache %badServerCache %hostip %iphost %spareid %hostdom 
+   %libserv %pr %prp %metacache %packagetab %titlecache 
+   %courselogs %accesshash %userrolehash $processmarker $dumpcount 
+   %coursedombuf %coursenumbuf %coursehombuf %coursedescrbuf %courseresdatacache 
+   %userresdatacache %usectioncache %domaindescription %domain_auth_def %domain_auth_arg_def 
+   %domain_lang_def %domain_city %domain_longi %domain_lati $tmpdir);
+
 use IO::Socket;
 use GDBM_File;
 use Apache::Constants qw(:common :http);
 use HTML::LCParser;
 use Fcntl qw(:flock);
+use Apache::loncoursedata;
+use Apache::lonlocal;
+use Storable qw(lock_store lock_nstore lock_retrieve freeze thaw);
+use Time::HiRes();
 my $readit;
 
 # --------------------------------------------------------------------- Logging
@@ -140,9 +104,9 @@ 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",
@@ -213,7 +177,8 @@ sub critical {
             $middlename=substr($middlename,0,16);
             $middlename=~s/\W//g;
             my $dfilename=
-             "$perlvar{'lonSockDir'}/delayed/$now.$middlename.$server";
+      "$perlvar{'lonSockDir'}/delayed/$now.$dumpcount.$$.$middlename.$server";
+            $dumpcount++;
             {
              my $dfh;
              if ($dfh=Apache::File->new(">$dfilename")) {
@@ -245,6 +210,49 @@ sub critical {
     return $answer;
 }
 
+#
+# -------------- Remove all key from the env that start witha lowercase letter
+#                (Which is always a lon-capa value)
+
+sub cleanenv {
+#    unless (defined(&Apache::exists_config_define("MODPERL2"))) { return; }
+#    unless (&Apache::exists_config_define("MODPERL2")) { return; }
+    foreach my $key (keys(%ENV)) {
+	if ($key =~ /^[a-z]/) {
+	    delete($ENV{$key});
+	}
+    }
+}
+ 
+# ------------------------------------------- Transfer profile into environment
+
+sub transfer_profile_to_env {
+    my ($lonidsdir,$handle)=@_;
+    my @profile;
+    {
+	my $idf=Apache::File->new("$lonidsdir/$handle.id");
+	flock($idf,LOCK_SH);
+	@profile=<$idf>;
+	$idf->close();
+    }
+    my $envi;
+    my %Remove;
+    for ($envi=0;$envi<=$#profile;$envi++) {
+	chomp($profile[$envi]);
+	my ($envname,$envvalue)=split(/=/,$profile[$envi]);
+	$ENV{$envname} = $envvalue;
+        if (my ($key,$time) = ($envname =~ /^(cgi\.(\d+)_\d+\.)/)) {
+            if ($time < time-300) {
+                $Remove{$key}++;
+            }
+        }
+    }
+    foreach my $expired_key (keys(%Remove)) {
+        &delenv($expired_key);
+    }
+    $ENV{'user.environment'} = "$lonidsdir/$handle.id";
+}
+
 # ---------------------------------------------------------- Append Environment
 
 sub appenv {
@@ -348,19 +356,85 @@ sub delenv {
     return 'ok';
 }
 
+# ------------------------------------------ Find out current server userload
+# there is a copy in lond
+sub userload {
+    my $numusers=0;
+    {
+	opendir(LONIDS,$perlvar{'lonIDsDir'});
+	my $filename;
+	my $curtime=time;
+	while ($filename=readdir(LONIDS)) {
+	    if ($filename eq '.' || $filename eq '..') {next;}
+	    my ($mtime)=(stat($perlvar{'lonIDsDir'}.'/'.$filename))[9];
+	    if ($curtime-$mtime < 3600) { $numusers++; }
+	}
+	closedir(LONIDS);
+    }
+    my $userloadpercent=0;
+    my $maxuserload=$perlvar{'lonUserLoadLim'};
+    if ($maxuserload) {
+	$userloadpercent=100*$numusers/$maxuserload;
+    }
+    $userloadpercent=sprintf("%.2f",$userloadpercent);
+    return $userloadpercent;
+}
+
+# ------------------------------------------ Fight off request when overloaded
+
+sub overloaderror {
+    my ($r,$checkserver)=@_;
+    unless ($checkserver) { $checkserver=$perlvar{'lonHostID'}; }
+    my $loadavg;
+    if ($checkserver eq $perlvar{'lonHostID'}) {
+       my $loadfile=Apache::File->new('/proc/loadavg');
+       $loadavg=<$loadfile>;
+       $loadavg =~ s/\s.*//g;
+       $loadavg = 100*$loadavg/$perlvar{'lonLoadLim'};
+    } else {
+       $loadavg=&reply('load',$checkserver);
+    }
+    my $overload=$loadavg-100;
+    if ($overload>0) {
+	$r->err_headers_out->{'Retry-After'}=$overload;
+        $r->log_error('Overload of '.$overload.' on '.$checkserver);
+        return 413;
+    }    
+    return '';
+}
+
 # ------------------------------ Find server with least workload from spare.tab
 
 sub spareserver {
+    my ($loadpercent,$userloadpercent) = @_;
     my $tryserver;
     my $spareserver='';
-    my $lowestserver=100;
+    if ($userloadpercent !~ /\d/) { $userloadpercent=0; }
+    my $lowestserver=$loadpercent > $userloadpercent?
+	             $loadpercent :  $userloadpercent;
     foreach $tryserver (keys %spareid) {
-       my $answer=reply('load',$tryserver);
-       if (($answer =~ /\d/) && ($answer<$lowestserver)) {
-	   $spareserver="http://$hostname{$tryserver}";
-           $lowestserver=$answer;
-       }
-    }    
+	my $loadans=reply('load',$tryserver);
+	my $userloadans=reply('userload',$tryserver);
+	if ($loadans !~ /\d/ && $userloadans !~ /\d/) {
+	    next; #didn't get a number from the server
+	}
+	my $answer;
+	if ($loadans =~ /\d/) {
+	    if ($userloadans =~ /\d/) {
+		#both are numbers, pick the bigger one
+		$answer=$loadans > $userloadans?
+		    $loadans :  $userloadans;
+	    } else {
+		$answer = $loadans;
+	    }
+	} else {
+	    $answer = $userloadans;
+	}
+	if (($answer =~ /\d/) && ($answer<$lowestserver)) {
+	    $spareserver="http://$hostname{$tryserver}";
+	    $lowestserver=$answer;
+	}
+    }
     return $spareserver;
 }
 
@@ -483,9 +557,9 @@ sub authenticate {
 sub homeserver {
     my ($uname,$udom,$ignoreBadCache)=@_;
     my $index="$uname:$udom";
-    if ($homecache{$index}) { 
-        return "$homecache{$index}"; 
-    }
+
+    my ($result,$cached)=&is_cached(\%homecache,$index,'home',86400);
+    if (defined($cached)) { return $result; }
     my $tryserver;
     foreach $tryserver (keys %libserv) {
         next if ($ignoreBadCache ne 'true' && 
@@ -493,8 +567,7 @@ sub homeserver {
 	if ($hostdom{$tryserver} eq $udom) {
            my $answer=reply("home:$udom:$uname",$tryserver);
            if ($answer eq 'found') { 
-              $homecache{$index}=$tryserver;
-              return $tryserver; 
+	       return &do_cache(\%homecache,$index,$tryserver,'home');
            } elsif ($answer eq 'no_host') {
 	       $badServerCache{$tryserver}=1;
            }
@@ -565,10 +638,347 @@ sub idput {
     }
 }
 
+# --------------------------------------------------- Assign a key to a student
+
+sub assign_access_key {
+#
+# a valid key looks like uname:udom#comments
+# comments are being appended
+#
+    my ($ckey,$cdom,$cnum,$udom,$uname,$logentry)=@_;
+    $cdom=
+   $ENV{'course.'.$ENV{'request.course.id'}.'.domain'} unless (defined($cdom));
+    $cnum=
+   $ENV{'course.'.$ENV{'request.course.id'}.'.num'} unless (defined($cnum));
+    $udom=$ENV{'user.name'} unless (defined($udom));
+    $uname=$ENV{'user.domain'} unless (defined($uname));
+    my %existing=&get('accesskeys',[$ckey],$cdom,$cnum);
+    if (($existing{$ckey}=~/^\#(.*)$/) || # - new key
+        ($existing{$ckey}=~/^$uname\:$udom\#(.*)$/)) { 
+                                                  # assigned to this person
+                                                  # - this should not happen,
+                                                  # unless something went wrong
+                                                  # the first time around
+# ready to assign
+        $logentry=$1.'; '.$logentry;
+        if (&put('accesskey',{$ckey=>$uname.':'.$udom.'#'.$logentry},
+                                                 $cdom,$cnum) eq 'ok') {
+# key now belongs to user
+	    my $envkey='key.'.$cdom.'_'.$cnum;
+            if (&put('environment',{$envkey => $ckey}) eq 'ok') {
+                &appenv('environment.'.$envkey => $ckey);
+                return 'ok';
+            } else {
+                return 
+  'error: Count not permanently assign key, will need to be re-entered later.';
+	    }
+        } else {
+            return 'error: Could not assign key, try again later.';
+        }
+    } elsif (!$existing{$ckey}) {
+# the key does not exist
+	return 'error: The key does not exist';
+    } else {
+# the key is somebody else's
+	return 'error: The key is already in use';
+    }
+}
+
+# ------------------------------------------ put an additional comment on a key
+
+sub comment_access_key {
+#
+# a valid key looks like uname:udom#comments
+# comments are being appended
+#
+    my ($ckey,$cdom,$cnum,$logentry)=@_;
+    $cdom=
+   $ENV{'course.'.$ENV{'request.course.id'}.'.domain'} unless (defined($cdom));
+    $cnum=
+   $ENV{'course.'.$ENV{'request.course.id'}.'.num'} unless (defined($cnum));
+    my %existing=&get('accesskeys',[$ckey],$cdom,$cnum);
+    if ($existing{$ckey}) {
+        $existing{$ckey}.='; '.$logentry;
+# ready to assign
+        if (&put('accesskeys',{$ckey=>$existing{$ckey}},
+                                                 $cdom,$cnum) eq 'ok') {
+	    return 'ok';
+        } else {
+	    return 'error: Count not store comment.';
+        }
+    } else {
+# the key does not exist
+	return 'error: The key does not exist';
+    }
+}
+
+# ------------------------------------------------------ Generate a set of keys
+
+sub generate_access_keys {
+    my ($number,$cdom,$cnum,$logentry)=@_;
+    $cdom=
+   $ENV{'course.'.$ENV{'request.course.id'}.'.domain'} unless (defined($cdom));
+    $cnum=
+   $ENV{'course.'.$ENV{'request.course.id'}.'.num'} unless (defined($cnum));
+    unless (&allowed('mky',$cdom)) { return 0; }
+    unless (($cdom) && ($cnum)) { return 0; }
+    if ($number>10000) { return 0; }
+    sleep(2); # make sure don't get same seed twice
+    srand(time()^($$+($$<<15))); # from "Programming Perl"
+    my $total=0;
+    for (my $i=1;$i<=$number;$i++) {
+       my $newkey=sprintf("%lx",int(100000*rand)).'-'.
+                  sprintf("%lx",int(100000*rand)).'-'.
+                  sprintf("%lx",int(100000*rand));
+       $newkey=~s/1/g/g; # folks mix up 1 and l
+       $newkey=~s/0/h/g; # and also 0 and O
+       my %existing=&get('accesskeys',[$newkey],$cdom,$cnum);
+       if ($existing{$newkey}) {
+           $i--;
+       } else {
+	  if (&put('accesskeys',
+              { $newkey => '# generated '.localtime().
+                           ' by '.$ENV{'user.name'}.'@'.$ENV{'user.domain'}.
+                           '; '.$logentry },
+		   $cdom,$cnum) eq 'ok') {
+              $total++;
+	  }
+       }
+    }
+    &log($ENV{'user.domain'},$ENV{'user.name'},$ENV{'user.home'},
+         'Generated '.$total.' keys for '.$cnum.' at '.$cdom);
+    return $total;
+}
+
+# ------------------------------------------------------- Validate an accesskey
+
+sub validate_access_key {
+    my ($ckey,$cdom,$cnum,$udom,$uname)=@_;
+    $cdom=
+   $ENV{'course.'.$ENV{'request.course.id'}.'.domain'} unless (defined($cdom));
+    $cnum=
+   $ENV{'course.'.$ENV{'request.course.id'}.'.num'} unless (defined($cnum));
+    $udom=$ENV{'user.name'} unless (defined($udom));
+    $uname=$ENV{'user.domain'} unless (defined($uname));
+    my %existing=&get('accesskeys',[$ckey],$cdom,$cnum);
+    return ($existing{$ckey}=~/^$uname\:$udom\#/);
+}
+
 # ------------------------------------- Find the section of student in a course
 
+sub getsection {
+    my ($udom,$unam,$courseid)=@_;
+    $courseid=~s/\_/\//g;
+    $courseid=~s/^(\w)/\/$1/;
+    my %Pending; 
+    my %Expired;
+    #
+    # Each role can either have not started yet (pending), be active, 
+    #    or have expired.
+    #
+    # If there is an active role, we are done.
+    #
+    # If there is more than one role which has not started yet, 
+    #     choose the one which will start sooner
+    # If there is one role which has not started yet, return it.
+    #
+    # If there is more than one expired role, choose the one which ended last.
+    # If there is a role which has expired, return it.
+    #
+    foreach (split(/\&/,&reply('dump:'.$udom.':'.$unam.':roles',
+                        &homeserver($unam,$udom)))) {
+        my ($key,$value)=split(/\=/,$_);
+        $key=&unescape($key);
+        next if ($key !~/^$courseid(?:\/)*(\w+)*\_st$/);
+        my $section=$1;
+        if ($key eq $courseid.'_st') { $section=''; }
+        my ($dummy,$end,$start)=split(/\_/,&unescape($value));
+        my $now=time;
+        if (defined($end) && ($now > $end)) {
+            $Expired{$end}=$section;
+            next;
+        }
+        if (defined($start) && ($now < $start)) {
+            $Pending{$start}=$section;
+            next;
+        }
+        return $section;
+    }
+    #
+    # Presumedly there will be few matching roles from the above
+    # loop and the sorting time will be negligible.
+    if (scalar(keys(%Pending))) {
+        my ($time) = sort {$a <=> $b} keys(%Pending);
+        return $Pending{$time};
+    } 
+    if (scalar(keys(%Expired))) {
+        my @sorted = sort {$a <=> $b} keys(%Expired);
+        my $time = pop(@sorted);
+        return $Expired{$time};
+    }
+    return '-1';
+}
+
+sub devalidate_cache {
+    my ($cache,$id,$name) = @_;
+    delete $$cache{$id.'.time'};
+    delete $$cache{$id};
+    my $filename=$perlvar{'lonDaemons'}.'/tmp/'.$name.".db";
+    open(DB,"$filename.lock");
+    flock(DB,LOCK_EX);
+    my %hash;
+    if (tie(%hash,'GDBM_File',$filename,&GDBM_WRCREAT(),0640)) {
+	delete($hash{$id});
+	delete($hash{$id.'.time'});
+    } else {
+	&logthis("Unable to tie hash (devalidate cache): $name");
+    }
+    untie(%hash);
+    flock(DB,LOCK_UN);
+    close(DB);
+}
+
+sub is_cached {
+    my ($cache,$id,$name,$time) = @_;
+    if (!$time) { $time=300; }
+    if (!exists($$cache{$id.'.time'})) {
+	&load_cache_item($cache,$name,$id);
+    }
+    if (!exists($$cache{$id.'.time'})) {
+#	&logthis("Didn't find $id");
+	return (undef,undef);
+    } else {
+	if (time-($$cache{$id.'.time'})>$time) {
+#	    &logthis("Devalidating $id - ".time-($$cache{$id.'.time'}));
+	    &devalidate_cache($cache,$id,$name);
+	    return (undef,undef);
+	}
+    }
+    return ($$cache{$id},1);
+}
+
+sub do_cache {
+    my ($cache,$id,$value,$name) = @_;
+    $$cache{$id.'.time'}=time;
+    $$cache{$id}=$value;
+#    &logthis("Caching $id as :$value:");
+    &save_cache_item($cache,$name,$id);
+    # do_cache implictly return the set value
+    $$cache{$id};
+}
+
+sub save_cache {
+    my ($cache,$name)=@_;
+    my $starttime=&Time::HiRes::time();
+#    &logthis("Saving :$name:");
+    eval lock_store($cache,$perlvar{'lonDaemons'}.'/tmp/'.$name.".storable");
+    if ($@) { &logthis("lock_store threw a die ".$@); }
+#    &logthis("save_cache took ".(&Time::HiRes::time()-$starttime));
+}
+
+sub load_cache {
+    my ($cache,$name)=@_;
+    my $starttime=&Time::HiRes::time();
+#    &logthis("Before Loading $name size is ".scalar(%$cache));
+    my $tmpcache;
+    eval {
+	$tmpcache=lock_retrieve($perlvar{'lonDaemons'}.'/tmp/'.$name.".storable");
+    };
+    if ($@) { &logthis("lock_retreive threw a die ".$@); return; }
+    if (!%$cache) {
+	my $count;
+	while (my ($key,$value)=each(%$tmpcache)) { 
+	    $count++;
+	    $$cache{$key}=$value;
+	}
+#	&logthis("Initial load: $count");
+    } else {
+	my $key;
+	my $count;
+	while ($key=each(%$tmpcache)) {
+	    if ($key !~/^(.*)\.time$/) { next; }
+	    my $name=$1;
+	    if (exists($$cache{$key})) {
+		if ($$tmpcache{$key} >= $$cache{$key}) {
+		    $$cache{$key}=$$tmpcache{$key};
+		    $$cache{$name}=$$tmpcache{$name};
+		} else {
+#		    &logthis("Would have overwritten $name with is set to expire at ".$$cache{$key}." with ".$$tmpcache{$key}." Whew!");
+		}
+	    } else {
+		$count++;
+		$$cache{$key}=$$tmpcache{$key};
+		$$cache{$name}=$$tmpcache{$name};
+	    }
+	}
+#	&logthis("Additional load: $count");
+    }
+#    &logthis("After Loading $name size is ".scalar(%$cache));
+#    &logthis("load_cache took ".(&Time::HiRes::time()-$starttime));
+}
+
+sub save_cache_item {
+    my ($cache,$name,$id)=@_;
+    my $starttime=&Time::HiRes::time();
+ #   &logthis("Saving :$name:$id");
+    my %hash;
+    my $filename=$perlvar{'lonDaemons'}.'/tmp/'.$name.".db";
+    open(DB,"$filename.lock");
+    flock(DB,LOCK_EX);
+    if (tie(%hash,'GDBM_File',$filename,&GDBM_WRCREAT(),0640)) {
+	$hash{$id.'.time'}=$$cache{$id.'.time'};
+	$hash{$id}=freeze({'item'=>$$cache{$id}});
+    } else {
+	&logthis("Unable to tie hash (save cache item): $name");
+    }
+    untie(%hash);
+    flock(DB,LOCK_UN);
+    close(DB);
+#    &logthis("save_cache_item $name took ".(&Time::HiRes::time()-$starttime));
+}
+
+sub load_cache_item {
+    my ($cache,$name,$id)=@_;
+    my $starttime=&Time::HiRes::time();
+#    &logthis("Before Loading $name  for $id size is ".scalar(%$cache));
+    my %hash;
+    my $filename=$perlvar{'lonDaemons'}.'/tmp/'.$name.".db";
+    open(DB,"$filename.lock");
+    flock(DB,LOCK_SH);
+    if (tie(%hash,'GDBM_File',$filename,&GDBM_READER(),0640)) {
+	if (!%$cache) {
+	    my $count;
+	    while (my ($key,$value)=each(%hash)) { 
+		$count++;
+		if ($key =~ /\.time$/) {
+		    $$cache{$key}=$value;
+		} else {
+		    my $hashref=thaw($value);
+		    $$cache{$key}=$hashref->{'item'};
+		}
+	    }
+#	    &logthis("Initial load: $count");
+	} else {
+	    my $hashref=thaw($hash{$id});
+	    $$cache{$id}=$hashref->{'item'};
+	    $$cache{$id.'.time'}=$hash{$id.'.time'};
+	}
+    } else {
+	&logthis("Unable to tie hash (load cache item): $name");
+    }
+    untie(%hash);
+    flock(DB,LOCK_UN);
+    close(DB);
+#    &logthis("After Loading $name size is ".scalar(%$cache));
+#    &logthis("load_cache_item $name took ".(&Time::HiRes::time()-$starttime));
+}
+
 sub usection {
     my ($udom,$unam,$courseid)=@_;
+    my $hashid="$udom:$unam:$courseid";
+    
+    my ($result,$cached)=&is_cached(\%usectioncache,$hashid,'usection');
+    if (defined($cached)) { return $result; }
     $courseid=~s/\_/\//g;
     $courseid=~s/^(\w)/\/$1/;
     foreach (split(/\&/,&reply('dump:'.$udom.':'.$unam.':roles',
@@ -587,10 +997,12 @@ sub usection {
             if ($end) {
                 if ($now>$end) { $notactive=1; }
             } 
-            unless ($notactive) { return $section; }
+            unless ($notactive) {
+		return &do_cache(\%usectioncache,$hashid,$section,'usection');
+	    }
         }
     }
-    return '-1';
+    return &do_cache(\%usectioncache,$hashid,'-1','usection');
 }
 
 # ------------------------------------- Read an entry from a user's environment
@@ -620,16 +1032,41 @@ sub chatsend {
 		   &escape($newentry)),$chome);
 }
 
+# ------------------------------------------ Find current version of a resource
+
+sub getversion {
+    my $fname=&clutter(shift);
+    unless ($fname=~/^\/res\//) { return -1; }
+    return &currentversion(&filelocation('',$fname));
+}
+
+sub currentversion {
+    my $fname=shift;
+    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 -1; 
+    }
+    my $answer=reply("currentversion:$fname",$home);
+    if (($answer eq 'con_lost') || ($answer eq 'rejected')) {
+	return -1;
+    }
+    return $answer;
+}
+
 # ----------------------------- Subscribe to a resource, return URL if possible
 
 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') || ($home eq $perlvar{'lonHostID'})) { 
-        return 'not_found'; 
+    if ($home eq 'no_host') {
+        return 'not_found';
     }
     my $answer=reply("sub:$fname",$home);
     if (($answer eq 'con_lost') || ($answer eq 'rejected')) {
@@ -659,6 +1096,11 @@ sub repcopy {
     } elsif ($remoteurl eq 'directory') {
            return OK;
     } else {
+        my $author=$filename;
+        $author=~s/\/home\/httpd\/html\/res\/([^\/]*)\/([^\/]*).*/$1\/$2/;
+        my ($udom,$uname)=split(/\//,$author);
+        my $home=homeserver($uname,$udom);
+        unless ($home eq $perlvar{'lonHostID'}) {
            my @parts=split(/\//,$filename);
            my $path="/$parts[1]/$parts[2]/$parts[3]/$parts[4]";
            if ($path ne "$perlvar{'lonDocRoot'}/res") {
@@ -694,9 +1136,22 @@ sub repcopy {
                rename($transname,$filename);
                return OK;
            }
+       }
     }
 }
 
+# ------------------------------------------------ Get server side include body
+sub ssi_body {
+    my ($filelink,%form)=@_;
+    my $output=($filelink=~/^http\:/?&externalssi($filelink):
+                                     &ssi($filelink,%form));
+    $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 {
@@ -720,6 +1175,14 @@ 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 {
@@ -731,7 +1194,8 @@ sub tokenwrapper {
     if ($uri=~/^uploaded\/([^\/]+)\/([^\/]+)\/([^\/]+)(\?\.*)*$/) {
 	&appenv('userfile.'.$1.'/'.$2.'/'.$3 => $ENV{'request.course.id'});
         return 'http://'.$hostname{ &homeserver($2,$1)}.'/'.$uri.
-               (($uri=~/\?/)?'&':'?').'token='.$token;
+               (($uri=~/\?/)?'&':'?').'token='.$token.
+                               '&tokenissued='.$perlvar{'lonHostID'};
     } else {
 	return '/adm/notfound.html';
     }
@@ -744,8 +1208,15 @@ sub tokenwrapper {
 sub userfileupload {
     my ($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
@@ -761,6 +1232,12 @@ sub userfileupload {
         $docudom=$ENV{'user.domain'};
         $docuhome=$ENV{'user.home'};
     }
+    return 
+        &finishuserfileupload($docuname,$docudom,$docuhome,$formname,$fname);
+}
+
+sub finishuserfileupload {
+    my ($docuname,$docudom,$docuhome,$formname,$fname)=@_;
     my $path=$docudom.'/'.$docuname.'/';
     my $filepath=$perlvar{'lonDocRoot'};
     my @parts=split(/\//,$filepath.'/userfiles/'.$path);
@@ -778,13 +1255,16 @@ sub userfileupload {
     }
 # Notify homeserver to grep it
 #
-    if 
-(&reply('fetchuserfile:'.$docudom.'/'.$docuname.'/'.$fname,$docuhome) eq 'ok') 
-    {
+    
+    my $fetchresult= 
+ &reply('fetchuserfile:'.$docudom.'/'.$docuname.'/'.$fname,$docuhome);
+    if ($fetchresult eq 'ok') {
 #
 # Return the URL to it
         return '/uploaded/'.$path.$fname;
     } else {
+        &logthis('Failed to transfer '.$docudom.'/'.$docuname.'/'.$fname.
+         ' to host '.$docuhome.': '.$fetchresult);
         return '/adm/notfound.html';
     }    
 }
@@ -797,12 +1277,24 @@ sub log {
 }
 
 # ------------------------------------------------------------------ Course Log
+#
+# This routine flushes several buffers of non-mission-critical nature
+#
 
 sub flushcourselogs {
-    &logthis('Flushing course log buffers');
+    &logthis('Flushing log buffers');
+#
+# course logs
+# This is a log of all transactions in a course, which can be used
+# for data mining purposes
+#
+# It also collects the courseid database, which lists last transaction
+# times and course titles for all courseids
+#
+    my %courseidbuffer=();
     foreach (keys %courselogs) {
         my $crsid=$_;
-        if (&reply('log:'.$coursedombuf{$crsid}.':'.
+        if (&reply('log:'.$coursedombuf{$crsid}.':'.$coursenumbuf{$crsid}.':'.
 		          &escape($courselogs{$crsid}),
 		          $coursehombuf{$crsid}) eq 'ok') {
 	    delete $courselogs{$crsid};
@@ -813,9 +1305,26 @@ sub flushcourselogs {
                         " exceeded maximum size, deleting.</font>");
                delete $courselogs{$crsid};
             }
-        }        
+        }
+        if ($courseidbuffer{$coursehombuf{$crsid}}) {
+           $courseidbuffer{$coursehombuf{$crsid}}.='&'.
+			 &escape($crsid).'='.&escape($coursedescrbuf{$crsid});
+        } else {
+           $courseidbuffer{$coursehombuf{$crsid}}=
+			 &escape($crsid).'='.&escape($coursedescrbuf{$crsid});
+        }    
     }
-    &logthis('Flushing access logs');
+#
+# Write course id database (reverse lookup) to homeserver of courses 
+# Is used in pickcourse
+#
+    foreach (keys %courseidbuffer) {
+        &courseidput($hostdom{$_},$courseidbuffer{$_},$_);
+    }
+#
+# File accesses
+# Writes to the dynamic metadata of resources to get hit counts, etc.
+#
     foreach (keys %accesshash) {
         my $entry=$_;
         $entry=~/\_\_\_(\w+)\/(\w+)\/(.*)\_\_\_(\w+)$/;
@@ -824,6 +1333,20 @@ sub flushcourselogs {
 	    delete $accesshash{$entry};
         }
     }
+#
+# Roles
+# Reverse lookup of user roles for course faculty/staff and co-authorship
+#
+    foreach (keys %userrolehash) {
+        my $entry=$_;
+        my ($role,$uname,$udom,$runame,$rudom,$rsec)=
+	    split(/\:/,$entry);
+        if (&Apache::lonnet::put('nohist_userroles',
+             { $role.':'.$uname.':'.$udom.':'.$rsec => $userrolehash{$entry} },
+                $rudom,$runame) eq 'ok') {
+	    delete $userrolehash{$entry};
+        }
+    }
     $dumpcount++;
 }
 
@@ -832,10 +1355,13 @@ sub courselog {
     $what=time.':'.$what;
     unless ($ENV{'request.course.id'}) { return ''; }
     $coursedombuf{$ENV{'request.course.id'}}=
-       $ENV{'course.'.$ENV{'request.course.id'}.'.domain'}.':'.
+       $ENV{'course.'.$ENV{'request.course.id'}.'.domain'};
+    $coursenumbuf{$ENV{'request.course.id'}}=
        $ENV{'course.'.$ENV{'request.course.id'}.'.num'};
     $coursehombuf{$ENV{'request.course.id'}}=
        $ENV{'course.'.$ENV{'request.course.id'}.'.home'};
+    $coursedescrbuf{$ENV{'request.course.id'}}=
+       $ENV{'course.'.$ENV{'request.course.id'}.'.description'};
     if (defined $courselogs{$ENV{'request.course.id'}}) {
 	$courselogs{$ENV{'request.course.id'}}.='&'.$what;
     } else {
@@ -850,7 +1376,7 @@ sub courseacclog {
     my $fnsymb=shift;
     unless ($ENV{'request.course.id'}) { return ''; }
     my $what=$fnsymb.':'.$ENV{'user.name'}.':'.$ENV{'user.domain'};
-    if ($fnsymb=~/(problem|exam|quiz|assess|survey|form)$/) {
+    if ($fnsymb=~/(problem|exam|quiz|assess|survey|form|page)$/) {
         $what.=':POST';
 	foreach (keys %ENV) {
             if ($_=~/^form\.(.*)/) {
@@ -865,14 +1391,137 @@ sub countacc {
     my $url=&declutter(shift);
     unless ($ENV{'request.course.id'}) { return ''; }
     $accesshash{$ENV{'request.course.id'}.'___'.$url.'___course'}=1;
-    my $key=$processmarker.'_'.$dumpcount.'___'.$url.'___count';
+    my $key=$$.$processmarker.'_'.$dumpcount.'___'.$url.'___count';
     if (defined($accesshash{$key})) {
 	$accesshash{$key}++;
     } else {
         $accesshash{$key}=1;
     }
 }
-    
+
+sub linklog {
+    my ($from,$to)=@_;
+    $from=&declutter($from);
+    $to=&declutter($to);
+    $accesshash{$from.'___'.$to.'___comefrom'}=1;
+    $accesshash{$to.'___'.$from.'___goto'}=1;
+}
+  
+sub userrolelog {
+    my ($trole,$username,$domain,$area,$tstart,$tend)=@_;
+    if (($trole=~/^ca/) || ($trole=~/^in/) || 
+        ($trole=~/^cc/) || ($trole=~/^ep/) ||
+        ($trole=~/^cr/)) {
+       my (undef,$rudom,$runame,$rsec)=split(/\//,$area);
+       $userrolehash
+         {$trole.':'.$username.':'.$domain.':'.$runame.':'.$rudom.':'.$rsec}
+                    =$tend.':'.$tstart;
+   }
+}
+
+sub get_course_adv_roles {
+    my $cid=shift;
+    $cid=$ENV{'request.course.id'} unless (defined($cid));
+    my %coursehash=&coursedescription($cid);
+    my %returnhash=();
+    my %dumphash=
+            &dump('nohist_userroles',$coursehash{'domain'},$coursehash{'num'});
+    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,$section)=split(/\:/,$_);
+        my $key=&plaintext($role);
+        if ($section) { $key.=' (Sec/Grp '.$section.')'; }
+        if ($returnhash{$key}) {
+	    $returnhash{$key}.=','.$username.':'.$domain;
+        } else {
+            $returnhash{$key}=$username.':'.$domain;
+        }
+     }
+    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>'.$announcement.'</pre></td></tr></table>'; 
+	} else {
+	    return '';
+	}
+    } else {
+	return '';
+    }
+}
+
+# ---------------------------------------------------------- Course ID routines
+# Deal with domain's nohist_courseid.db files
+#
+
+sub courseidput {
+    my ($domain,$what,$coursehome)=@_;
+    return &reply('courseidput:'.$domain.':'.$what,$coursehome);
+}
+
+sub courseiddump {
+    my ($domfilter,$descfilter,$sincefilter)=@_;
+    my %returnhash=();
+    unless ($domfilter) { $domfilter=''; }
+    foreach my $tryserver (keys %libserv) {
+	if ((!$domfilter) || ($hostdom{$tryserver} eq $domfilter)) {
+	    foreach (
+             split(/\&/,&reply('courseiddump:'.$hostdom{$tryserver}.':'.
+			       $sincefilter.':'.&escape($descfilter),
+                               $tryserver))) {
+		my ($key,$value)=split(/\=/,$_);
+                if (($key) && ($value)) {
+		    $returnhash{&unescape($key)}=&unescape($value);
+                }
+            }
+
+        }
+    }
+    return %returnhash;
+}
+
+#
 # ----------------------------------------------------------- Check out an item
 
 sub checkout {
@@ -980,21 +1629,25 @@ 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 $status=
-	    &del('nohist_calculatedsheet',
-		 [$key.'studentcalc'],
+	    &del('nohist_calculatedsheets',
+		 [$key.'studentcalc:'],
 		 $ENV{'course.'.$cid.'.domain'},
 		 $ENV{'course.'.$cid.'.num'})
 		.' '.
 	    &del('nohist_calculatedsheets_'.$cid,
-		 [$key.'assesscalc:'.$symb]);
+		 [$key.'assesscalc:'.$symb],$udom,$uname);
         unless ($status eq 'ok ok') {
            &logthis('Could not devalidate spreadsheet '.
-                    $ENV{'user.name'}.' at '.$ENV{'user.domain'}.' for '.
+                    $uname.' at '.$udom.' for '.
 		    $symb.': '.$status);
         }
     }
@@ -1197,7 +1850,7 @@ sub tmpreset {
   my ($symb,$namespace,$domain,$stuname) = @_;
   if (!$symb) {
     $symb=&symbread();
-    if (!$symb) { $symb= $ENV{'REQUEST_URI'}; }
+    if (!$symb) { $symb= $ENV{'request.url'}; }
   }
   $symb=escape($symb);
 
@@ -1326,7 +1979,10 @@ 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 (!$namespace) { 
@@ -1334,8 +1990,6 @@ sub store {
           return ''; 
        } 
     }
-    if (!$domain) { $domain=$ENV{'user.domain'}; }
-    if (!$stuname) { $stuname=$ENV{'user.name'}; }
     if (!$home) { $home=$ENV{'user.home'}; }
     my $namevalue='';
     foreach (keys %$storehash) {
@@ -1357,7 +2011,10 @@ 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 (!$namespace) { 
@@ -1365,8 +2022,6 @@ sub cstore {
           return ''; 
        } 
     }
-    if (!$domain) { $domain=$ENV{'user.domain'}; }
-    if (!$stuname) { $stuname=$ENV{'user.name'}; }
     if (!$home) { $home=$ENV{'user.home'}; }
 
     my $namevalue='';
@@ -1424,29 +2079,31 @@ sub coursedescription {
     $courseid=~s/\_/\//g;
     my ($cdomain,$cnum)=split(/\//,$courseid);
     my $chome=&homeserver($cnum,$cdomain);
+    my $normalid=$cdomain.'_'.$cnum;
+    # need to always cache even if we get errors otherwise we keep 
+    # trying and trying and trying to get the course description.
+    my %envhash=();
+    my %returnhash=();
+    $envhash{'course.'.$normalid.'.last_cache'}=time;
     if ($chome ne 'no_host') {
-       my %returnhash=&dump('environment',$cdomain,$cnum);
+       %returnhash=&dump('environment',$cdomain,$cnum);
        if (!exists($returnhash{'con_lost'})) {
-           my $normalid=$cdomain.'_'.$cnum;
-           my %envhash=();
            $returnhash{'home'}= $chome;
 	   $returnhash{'domain'} = $cdomain;
 	   $returnhash{'num'} = $cnum;
            while (my ($name,$value) = each %returnhash) {
                $envhash{'course.'.$normalid.'.'.$name}=$value;
            }
-           $returnhash{'url'}='/res/'.declutter($returnhash{'url'});
+           $returnhash{'url'}=&clutter($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;
        }
     }
-    return ();
+    &appenv(%envhash);
+    return %returnhash;
 }
 
 # -------------------------------------------------------- Get user privileges
@@ -1469,6 +2126,8 @@ sub rolesinit {
             my ($trole,$tend,$tstart)=split(/_/,$role);
             $userroles.='user.role.'.$trole.'.'.$area.'='.
                         $tstart.'.'.$tend."\n";
+# log the associated role with the area
+            &userrolelog($trole,$username,$domain,$area,$tstart,$tend);
             if ($tend!=0) {
 	        if ($tend<$now) {
 	            $trole='';
@@ -1480,42 +2139,54 @@ sub rolesinit {
                 }
             }
             if (($area ne '') && ($trole ne '')) {
-	       my $spec=$trole.'.'.$area;
-               my ($tdummy,$tdomain,$trest)=split(/\//,$area);
-               if ($trole =~ /^cr\//) {
-		   my ($rdummy,$rdomain,$rauthor,$rrole)=split(/\//,$trole);
-                   my $homsvr=homeserver($rauthor,$rdomain);
-                   if ($hostname{$homsvr} ne '') {
-                      my $roledef=
-			  reply("get:$rdomain:$rauthor:roles:rolesdef_$rrole",
-                                $homsvr);
-                      if (($roledef ne 'con_lost') && ($roledef ne '')) {
-                         my ($syspriv,$dompriv,$coursepriv)=
-			     split(/\_/,unescape($roledef));
- 	                 $allroles{'cm./'}.=':'.$syspriv;
-                         $allroles{$spec.'./'}.=':'.$syspriv;
-                         if ($tdomain ne '') {
-                             $allroles{'cm./'.$tdomain.'/'}.=':'.$dompriv;
-                             $allroles{$spec.'./'.$tdomain.'/'}.=':'.$dompriv;
-                             if ($trest ne '') {
-		                $allroles{'cm.'.$area}.=':'.$coursepriv;
-		                $allroles{$spec.'.'.$area}.=':'.$coursepriv;
-                             }
-	                 }
-                      }
-                   }
-               } else {
-	           $allroles{'cm./'}.=':'.$pr{$trole.':s'};
-	           $allroles{$spec.'./'}.=':'.$pr{$trole.':s'};
-                   if ($tdomain ne '') {
-                     $allroles{'cm./'.$tdomain.'/'}.=':'.$pr{$trole.':d'};
-                     $allroles{$spec.'./'.$tdomain.'/'}.=':'.$pr{$trole.':d'};
-                      if ($trest ne '') {
-		          $allroles{'cm.'.$area}.=':'.$pr{$trole.':c'};
-		          $allroles{$spec.'.'.$area}.=':'.$pr{$trole.':c'};
-                      }
-	           }
-	       }
+		my $spec=$trole.'.'.$area;
+		my ($tdummy,$tdomain,$trest)=split(/\//,$area);
+		if ($trole =~ /^cr\//) {
+		    my ($rdummy,$rdomain,$rauthor,$rrole)=split(/\//,$trole);
+ 		    my $homsvr=homeserver($rauthor,$rdomain);
+		    if ($hostname{$homsvr} ne '') {
+			my ($rdummy,$roledef)=
+			   &get('roles',["rolesdef_$rrole"],$rdomain,$rauthor);
+				
+			if (($rdummy ne 'con_lost') && ($roledef ne '')) {
+			    my ($syspriv,$dompriv,$coursepriv)=
+				split(/\_/,$roledef);
+			    if (defined($syspriv)) {
+				$allroles{'cm./'}.=':'.$syspriv;
+				$allroles{$spec.'./'}.=':'.$syspriv;
+			    }
+			    if ($tdomain ne '') {
+				if (defined($dompriv)) {
+				    $allroles{'cm./'.$tdomain.'/'}.=':'.$dompriv;
+				    $allroles{$spec.'./'.$tdomain.'/'}.=':'.$dompriv;
+				}
+				if ($trest ne '') {
+				    if (defined($coursepriv)) {
+					$allroles{'cm.'.$area}.=':'.$coursepriv;
+					$allroles{$spec.'.'.$area}.=':'.$coursepriv;
+				    }
+				}
+			    }
+			}
+		    }
+		} else {
+		    if (defined($pr{$trole.':s'})) {
+			$allroles{'cm./'}.=':'.$pr{$trole.':s'};
+			$allroles{$spec.'./'}.=':'.$pr{$trole.':s'};
+		    }
+		    if ($tdomain ne '') {
+			if (defined($pr{$trole.':d'})) {
+			    $allroles{'cm./'.$tdomain.'/'}.=':'.$pr{$trole.':d'};
+			    $allroles{$spec.'./'.$tdomain.'/'}.=':'.$pr{$trole.':d'};
+			}
+			if ($trest ne '') {
+			    if (defined($pr{$trole.':c'})) {
+				$allroles{'cm.'.$area}.=':'.$pr{$trole.':c'};
+				$allroles{$spec.'.'.$area}.=':'.$pr{$trole.':c'};
+			    }
+			}
+		    }
+		}
             }
           } 
         }
@@ -1563,6 +2234,9 @@ sub get {
 
    my $rep=&reply("get:$udomain:$uname:$namespace:$items",$uhome);
    my @pairs=split(/\&/,$rep);
+   if ( $#pairs==0 && $pairs[0] =~ /^(con_lost|error|no_such_host)/i) {
+     return @pairs;
+   }
    my %returnhash=();
    my $i=0;
    foreach (@$storearr) {
@@ -1610,6 +2284,80 @@ sub dump {
    return %returnhash;
 }
 
+# -------------------------------------------------------------- keys interface
+
+sub getkeys {
+   my ($namespace,$udomain,$uname)=@_;
+   if (!$udomain) { $udomain=$ENV{'user.domain'}; }
+   if (!$uname) { $uname=$ENV{'user.name'}; }
+   my $uhome=&homeserver($uname,$udomain);
+   my $rep=reply("keys:$udomain:$uname:$namespace",$uhome);
+   my @keyarray=();
+   foreach (split(/\&/,$rep)) {
+      push (@keyarray,&unescape($_));
+   }
+   return @keyarray;
+}
+
+# --------------------------------------------------------------- currentdump
+sub currentdump {
+   my ($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 ($tmp[0] =~ /^(error:|no_such_host)/);
+       my %hash = @tmp;
+       @tmp=();
+       %returnhash = %{&convert_dump_to_currentdump(\%hash)};
+   } else {
+       my @pairs=split(/\&/,$rep);
+       foreach (@pairs) {
+           my ($key,$value)=split(/=/,$_);
+           my ($symb,$param) = split(/:/,$key);
+           $returnhash{&unescape($symb)}->{&unescape($param)} = 
+                                                          &unescape($value);
+       }
+   }
+   return %returnhash;
+}
+
+sub convert_dump_to_currentdump{
+    my %hash = %{shift()};
+    my %returnhash;
+    # 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\./);
+        }
+    }
+    return \%returnhash;
+}
+
 # --------------------------------------------------------------- put interface
 
 sub put {
@@ -1663,6 +2411,40 @@ 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;
+        }
+	if ($realm eq '' && $role eq '') {
+            $access=($effect eq 'allow');
+	}
+    }
+    return $access;
+}
+
 # ------------------------------------------------- Check for a user privilege
 
 sub allowed {
@@ -1671,6 +2453,7 @@ 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')) {
@@ -1681,7 +2464,9 @@ sub allowed {
 
     if ($priv eq 'bre') {
         my $copyright=&metadata($uri,'copyright');
-	if ($copyright eq 'public') { return 'F'; }
+	if (($copyright eq 'public') && (!$ENV{'request.course.id'})) { 
+           return 'F'; 
+        }
         if ($copyright eq 'priv') {
             $uri=~/([^\/]+)\/([^\/]+)\//;
 	    unless (($ENV{'user.name'} eq $2) && ($ENV{'user.domain'} eq $1)) {
@@ -1699,6 +2484,9 @@ sub allowed {
             # Library role, so allow browsing of resources in this domain.
             return 'F';
         }
+        if ($copyright eq 'custom') {
+	    unless (&customaccess($priv,$uri)) { return ''; }
+        }
     }
     # Domain coordinator is trying to create a course
     if (($priv eq 'ccc') && ($ENV{'request.role'} =~ /^dc\./)) {
@@ -1735,6 +2523,12 @@ 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/) {
@@ -1910,20 +2704,10 @@ 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 '';
        }
    }
 
@@ -1950,17 +2734,43 @@ sub allowed {
 
 sub is_on_map {
     my $uri=&declutter(shift);
+    $uri=~s/\.\d+\.(\w+)$/\.$1/;
     my @uriparts=split(/\//,$uri);
     my $filename=$uriparts[$#uriparts];
     my $pathname=$uri;
-    $pathname=~s/\/$filename$//;
+    $pathname=~s|/\Q$filename\E$||;
+    $pathname=~s/^adm\/wrapper\///;    
+    #Trying to find the conditional for the file
     my $match=($ENV{'acc.res.'.$ENV{'request.course.id'}.'.'.$pathname}=~
-	       /\&$filename\:([\d\|]+)\&/);
+	       /\&\Q$filename\E\:([\d\|]+)\&/);
     if ($match) {
-       return (1,$1);
-   } else {
-       return (0,0);
-   }
+	return (1,$1);
+    } else {
+	return (0,0);
+    }
+}
+
+# --------------------------------------------------------- Get symb from alias
+
+sub get_symb_from_alias {
+    my $symb=shift;
+    my ($map,$resid,$url)=&decode_symb($symb);
+# Already is a symb
+    if ($url) { return $symb; }
+# Must be an alias
+    my $aliassymb='';
+    my %bighash;
+    if (tie(%bighash,'GDBM_File',$ENV{'request.course.fn'}.'.db',
+                            &GDBM_READER(),0640)) {
+        my $rid=$bighash{'mapalias_'.$symb};
+	if ($rid) {
+	    my ($mapid,$resid)=split(/\./,$rid);
+	    $aliassymb=&encode_symb($bighash{'map_id_'.$mapid},
+				    $resid,$bighash{'src_'.$rid});
+	}
+        untie %bighash;
+    }
+    return $aliassymb;
 }
 
 # ----------------------------------------------------------------- Define Role
@@ -1968,7 +2778,7 @@ sub is_on_map {
 sub definerole {
   if (allowed('mcr','/')) {
     my ($rolename,$sysrole,$domrole,$courole)=@_;
-    foreach (split('/',$sysrole)) {
+    foreach (split(':',$sysrole)) {
 	my ($crole,$cqual)=split(/\&/,$_);
         if ($pr{'cr:s'}!~/$crole/) { return "refused:s:$crole"; }
         if ($pr{'cr:s'}=~/$crole\&/) {
@@ -1977,7 +2787,7 @@ sub definerole {
             }
         }
     }
-    foreach (split('/',$domrole)) {
+    foreach (split(':',$domrole)) {
 	my ($crole,$cqual)=split(/\&/,$_);
         if ($pr{'cr:d'}!~/$crole/) { return "refused:d:$crole"; }
         if ($pr{'cr:d'}=~/$crole\&/) {
@@ -1986,7 +2796,7 @@ sub definerole {
             }
         }
     }
-    foreach (split('/',$courole)) {
+    foreach (split(':',$courole)) {
 	my ($crole,$cqual)=split(/\&/,$_);
         if ($pr{'cr:c'}!~/$crole/) { return "refused:c:$crole"; }
         if ($pr{'cr:c'}=~/$crole\&/) {
@@ -2089,16 +2899,18 @@ sub userlog_query {
 
 sub plaintext {
     my $short=shift;
-    return $prp{$short};
+    return &mt($prp{$short});
 }
 
 # ----------------------------------------------------------------- Assign Role
 
 sub assignrole {
-    my ($udom,$uname,$url,$role,$end,$start)=@_;
+    my ($udom,$uname,$url,$role,$end,$start,$deleteflag)=@_;
     my $mrole;
     if ($role =~ /^cr\//) {
-	unless (&allowed('ccr',$url)) {
+        my $cwosec=$url;
+        $cwosec=~s/^\/(\w+)\/(\w+)\/.*/$1\/$2/;
+	unless (&allowed('ccr',$cwosec)) {
            &logthis('Refused custom assignrole: '.
              $udom.' '.$uname.' '.$url.' '.$role.' '.$end.' '.$start.' by '.
 		    $ENV{'user.name'}.' at '.$ENV{'user.domain'});
@@ -2108,7 +2920,7 @@ sub assignrole {
     } else {
         my $cwosec=$url;
         $cwosec=~s/^\/(\w+)\/(\w+)\/.*/$1\/$2/;
-        unless (&allowed('c'.$role,$cwosec)) { 
+        unless ((&allowed('c'.$role,$cwosec)) || &allowed('c'.$role,$udom)) { 
            &logthis('Refused assignrole: '.
              $udom.' '.$uname.' '.$url.' '.$role.' '.$end.' '.$start.' by '.
 		    $ENV{'user.name'}.' at '.$ENV{'user.domain'});
@@ -2126,7 +2938,25 @@ sub assignrole {
            $command.='_0_'.$start;
         }
     }
-    return &reply($command,&homeserver($uname,$udom));
+# actually delete
+    if ($deleteflag) {
+	if ((&allowed('dro',$udom)) || (&allowed('dro',$url))) {
+# modify command to delete the role
+           $command="encrypt:rolesdel:$ENV{'user.domain'}:$ENV{'user.name'}:".
+                "$udom:$uname:$url".'_'."$mrole";
+	   &logthis("$ENV{'user.name'} at $ENV{'user.domain'} deletes $mrole in $url for $uname at $udom"); 
+# set start and finish to negative values for userrolelog
+           $start=-1;
+           $end=-1;
+        }
+    }
+# send command
+    my $answer=&reply($command,&homeserver($uname,$udom));
+# log new user role if status is ok
+    if ($answer eq 'ok') {
+	&userrolelog($mrole,$uname,$udom,$url,$start,$end);
+    }
+    return $answer;
 }
 
 # -------------------------------------------------- Modify user authentication
@@ -2161,7 +2991,7 @@ sub modifyuser {
     my ($udom,    $uname, $uid,
         $umode,   $upass, $first,
         $middle,  $last,  $gene,
-        $forceid, $desiredhome)=@_;
+        $forceid, $desiredhome, $email)=@_;
     $udom=~s/\W//g;
     $uname=~s/\W//g;
     &logthis('Call to modify user '.$udom.', '.$uname.', '.$uid.', '.
@@ -2173,7 +3003,8 @@ sub modifyuser {
              ' in domain '.$ENV{'request.role.domain'});
     my $uhome=&homeserver($uname,$udom,'true');
 # ----------------------------------------------------------------- Create User
-    if (($uhome eq 'no_host') && ($umode) && ($upass)) {
+    if (($uhome eq 'no_host') && 
+	(($umode && $upass) || ($umode eq 'localauth'))) {
         my $unhome='';
         if (defined($desiredhome) && $hostdom{$desiredhome} eq $udom) { 
             $unhome = $desiredhome;
@@ -2203,7 +3034,7 @@ sub modifyuser {
         }   
         $uhome=&homeserver($uname,$udom,'true');
         if (($uhome eq '') || ($uhome eq 'no_host') || ($uhome ne $unhome)) {
-	    return 'error: verify home';
+	    return 'error: unable verify users home machine.';
         }
     }   # End of creation of new user
 # ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Add ID
@@ -2213,21 +3044,34 @@ sub modifyuser {
        if (($uidhash{$uname}) && ($uidhash{$uname}!~/error\:/) 
          && (!$forceid)) {
 	  unless ($uid eq $uidhash{$uname}) {
-	      return 'error: mismatch '.$uidhash{$uname}.' versus '.$uid;
+	      return 'error: user id "'.$uid.'" does not match '.
+                  'current user id "'.$uidhash{$uname}.'".';
           }
        } else {
 	  &idput($udom,($uname => $uid));
        }
     }
 # -------------------------------------------------------------- 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;
+    }
+#
+# Make sure to not trash student environment if instructor does not bother
+# to supply name and email information
+#
     if ($first)  { $names{'firstname'}  = $first; }
-    if ($middle) { $names{'middlename'} = $middle; }
+    if (defined($middle)) { $names{'middlename'} = $middle; }
     if ($last)   { $names{'lastname'}   = $last; }
-    if ($gene)   { $names{'generation'} = $gene; }
+    if (defined($gene))   { $names{'generation'} = $gene; }
+    if ($email)  { $names{'notification'} = $email;
+                   $names{'critnotification'} = $email; }
+
     my $reply = &put('environment', \%names, $udom,$uname);
     if ($reply ne 'ok') { return 'error: '.$reply; }
     &logthis('Success modifying user '.$udom.', '.$uname.', '.$uid.', '.
@@ -2241,7 +3085,7 @@ sub modifyuser {
 
 sub modifystudent {
     my ($udom,$uname,$uid,$umode,$upass,$first,$middle,$last,$gene,$usec,
-        $end,$start,$forceid,$desiredhome)=@_;
+        $end,$start,$forceid,$desiredhome,$email)=@_;
     my $cid='';
     unless ($cid=$ENV{'request.course.id'}) {
 	return 'not_in_class';
@@ -2249,22 +3093,61 @@ sub modifystudent {
 # --------------------------------------------------------------- Make the user
     my $reply=&modifyuser
 	($udom,$uname,$uid,$umode,$upass,$first,$middle,$last,$gene,$forceid,
-         $desiredhome);
+         $desiredhome,$email);
     unless ($reply eq 'ok') { return $reply; }
+    # This will cause &modify_student_enrollment to get the uid from the
+    # students environment
+    $uid = undef if (!$forceid);
+    $reply = &modify_student_enrollment($udom,$uname,$uid,$first,$middle,
+                                        $last,$gene,$usec,$end,$start);
+    return $reply;
+}
+
+sub modify_student_enrollment {
+    my ($udom,$uname,$uid,$first,$middle,$last,$gene,$usec,$end,$start) = @_;
+    # Get the course id from the environment
+    my $cid='';
+    unless ($cid=$ENV{'request.course.id'}) {
+	return 'not_in_class';
+    }
+    # Make sure the user exists
     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.'.$cid.'.domain'}.':'.
+    #
+    # Get student data if we were not given enough information
+    if (!defined($first)  || $first  eq '' || 
+        !defined($last)   || $last   eq '' || 
+        !defined($uid)    || $uid    eq '' || 
+        !defined($middle) || $middle eq '' || 
+        !defined($gene)   || $gene   eq '') {
+        # They did not supply us with enough data to enroll the student, so
+        # we need to pick up more information.
+        my %tmp = &get('environment',
+                       ['firstname','middlename','lastname', 'generation','id']
+                       ,$udom,$uname);
+
+        foreach (keys(%tmp)) {
+            &logthis("key $_ = ".$tmp{$_});
+        }
+        $first  = $tmp{'firstname'}  if (!defined($first)  || $first  eq '');
+        $middle = $tmp{'middlename'} if (!defined($middle) || $middle eq '');
+        $last   = $tmp{'lastname'}   if (!defined($last)   || $last eq '');
+        $gene   = $tmp{'generation'} if (!defined($gene)   || $gene eq '');
+        $uid    = $tmp{'id'}         if (!defined($uid)    || $uid  eq '');
+    }
+    my $fullname = &Apache::loncoursedata::ProcessFullName($last,$gene,
+                                                           $first,$middle);
+    my $reply=critical('put:'.$ENV{'course.'.$cid.'.domain'}.':'.
 	              $ENV{'course.'.$cid.'.num'}.':classlist:'.
                       &escape($uname.':'.$udom).'='.
-                      &escape($end.':'.$start),
+                      &escape(join(':',$end,$start,$uid,$usec,$fullname)),
 	              $ENV{'course.'.$cid.'.home'});
     unless (($reply eq 'ok') || ($reply eq 'delayed')) {
 	return 'error: '.$reply;
     }
-# ---------------------------------------------------- Add student role to user
+    # Add student role to user
     my $uurl='/'.$cid;
     $uurl=~s/\_/\//g;
     if ($usec) {
@@ -2295,7 +3178,7 @@ sub writecoursepref {
 # ---------------------------------------------------------- Make/modify course
 
 sub createcourse {
-    my ($udom,$description,$url,$course_server)=@_;
+    my ($udom,$description,$url,$course_server,$nonstandard)=@_;
     $url=&declutter($url);
     my $cid='';
     unless (&allowed('ccc',$udom)) {
@@ -2327,34 +3210,60 @@ sub createcourse {
     if (($uhome eq '') || ($uhome eq 'no_host')) { 
 	return 'error: no such course';
     }
+# ----------------------------------------------------------------- Course made
+# log existance
+    &courseidput($udom,&escape($udom.'_'.$uname).'='.&escape($description),
+                 $uhome);
+    &flushcourselogs();
+# set toplevel url
+    my $topurl=$url;
+    unless ($nonstandard) {
+# ------------------------------------------ For standard courses, make top url
+        my $mapurl=&clutter($url);
+        if ($mapurl eq '/res/') { $mapurl=''; }
+        $ENV{'form.initmap'}=(<<ENDINITMAP);
+<map>
+<resource id="1" type="start"></resource>
+<resource id="2" src="$mapurl"></resource>
+<resource id="3" type="finish"></resource>
+<link index="1" from="1" to="2"></link>
+<link index="2" from="2" to="3"></link>
+</map>
+ENDINITMAP
+        $topurl=&declutter(
+        &finishuserfileupload($uname,$udom,$uhome,'initmap','default.sequence')
+                          );
+    }
+# ----------------------------------------------------------- Write preferences
     &writecoursepref($udom.'_'.$uname,
                      ('description' => $description,
-                      'url'         => $url));
+                      'url'         => $topurl));
     return '/'.$udom.'/'.$uname;
 }
 
 # ---------------------------------------------------------- Assign Custom Role
 
 sub assigncustomrole {
-    my ($udom,$uname,$url,$rdom,$rnam,$rolename,$end,$start)=@_;
+    my ($udom,$uname,$url,$rdom,$rnam,$rolename,$end,$start,$deleteflag)=@_;
     return &assignrole($udom,$uname,$url,'cr/'.$rdom.'/'.$rnam.'/'.$rolename,
-                       $end,$start);
+                       $end,$start,$deleteflag);
 }
 
 # ----------------------------------------------------------------- Revoke Role
 
 sub revokerole {
-    my ($udom,$uname,$url,$role)=@_;
+    my ($udom,$uname,$url,$role,$deleteflag)=@_;
     my $now=time;
-    return &assignrole($udom,$uname,$url,$role,$now);
+    return &assignrole($udom,$uname,$url,$role,$now,$deleteflag);
 }
 
 # ---------------------------------------------------------- Revoke Custom Role
 
 sub revokecustomrole {
-    my ($udom,$uname,$url,$rdom,$rnam,$rolename)=@_;
+    my ($udom,$uname,$url,$rdom,$rnam,$rolename,$deleteflag)=@_;
     my $now=time;
-    return &assigncustomrole($udom,$uname,$url,$rdom,$rnam,$rolename,$now);
+    return &assigncustomrole($udom,$uname,$url,$rdom,$rnam,$rolename,$now,
+           $deleteflag);
 }
 
 # ------------------------------------------------------------ Directory lister
@@ -2419,7 +3328,7 @@ sub dirlist {
         }
         my $alldomstr='';
         foreach (sort keys %alldom) {
-            $alldomstr.=$perlvar{'lonDocRoot'}.'/res/'.$_.'&domain:';
+            $alldomstr.=$perlvar{'lonDocRoot'}.'/res/'.$_.'/&domain:';
         }
         $alldomstr=~s/:$//;
         return split(/:/,$alldomstr);       
@@ -2430,6 +3339,37 @@ sub dirlist {
     }
 }
 
+# --------------------------------------------- GetFileTimestamp
+# This function utilizes dirlist and returns the date stamp for
+# when it was last modified.  It will also return an error of -1
+# if an error occurs
+
+##
+## FIXME: This subroutine assumes its caller knows something about the
+## directory structure of the home server for the student ($root).
+## Not a good assumption to make.  Since this is for looking up files
+## in user directories, the full path should be constructed by lond, not
+## whatever machine we request data from.
+##
+sub GetFileTimestamp {
+    my ($studentDomain,$studentName,$filename,$root)=@_;
+    $studentDomain=~s/\W//g;
+    $studentName=~s/\W//g;
+    my $subdir=$studentName.'__';
+    $subdir =~ s/(.)(.)(.).*/$1\/$2\/$3/;
+    my $proname="$studentDomain/$subdir/$studentName";
+    $proname .= '/'.$filename;
+    my ($fileStat) = &Apache::lonnet::dirlist($proname, $studentDomain, 
+                                              $studentName, $root);
+    my @stats = split('&', $fileStat);
+    if($stats[0] ne 'empty' && $stats[0] ne 'no_such_dir') {
+        # @stats contains first the filename, then the stat output
+        return $stats[10]; # so this is 10 instead of 9.
+    } else {
+        return -1;
+    }
+}
+
 # -------------------------------------------------------- Value of a Condition
 
 sub directcondval {
@@ -2482,57 +3422,93 @@ sub condval {
     return $result;
 }
 
+# ---------------------------------------------------- Devalidate courseresdata
+
+sub devalidatecourseresdata {
+    my ($coursenum,$coursedomain)=@_;
+    my $hashid=$coursenum.':'.$coursedomain;
+    &devalidate_cache(\%courseresdatacache,$hashid,'courseres');
+}
+
 # --------------------------------------------------- Course Resourcedata Query
 
 sub courseresdata {
     my ($coursenum,$coursedomain,@which)=@_;
     my $coursehom=&homeserver($coursenum,$coursedomain);
     my $hashid=$coursenum.':'.$coursedomain;
-    my $dodump=0;
-    if (!defined($courseresdatacache{$hashid.'.time'})) {
-	$dodump=1;
-    } else {
-	if (time-$courseresdatacache{$hashid.'.time'}>300) { $dodump=1; }
-    }
-    if ($dodump) {
+    my ($result,$cached)=&is_cached(\%courseresdatacache,$hashid,'courseres');
+    unless (defined($cached)) {
 	my %dumpreply=&dump('resourcedata',$coursedomain,$coursenum);
+	$result=\%dumpreply;
 	my ($tmp) = keys(%dumpreply);
 	if ($tmp !~ /^(con_lost|error|no_such_host)/i) {
-	    $courseresdatacache{$hashid.'.time'}=time;
-	    $courseresdatacache{$hashid}=\%dumpreply;
+	    &do_cache(\%courseresdatacache,$hashid,$result,'courseres');
+	} elsif ($tmp =~ /^(con_lost|no_such_host)/) {
+	    return $tmp;
+	} elsif ($tmp =~ /^(error)/) {
+	    $result=undef;
+	    &do_cache(\%courseresdatacache,$hashid,$result,'courseres');
 	}
     }
     foreach my $item (@which) {
-	if ($courseresdatacache{$hashid}->{$item}) {
-	    return $courseresdatacache{$hashid}->{$item};
+	if (defined($result->{$item})) {
+	    return $result->{$item};
 	}
     }
-    return '';
+    return undef;
 }
 
-# --------------------------------------------------------- Value of a Variable
+#
+# EXT resource caching routines
+#
+
+sub clear_EXT_cache_status {
+    &delenv('cache.EXT.');
+}
 
+sub EXT_cache_status {
+    my ($target_domain,$target_user) = @_;
+    my $cachename = 'cache.EXT.'.$target_user.'.'.$target_domain;
+    if (exists($ENV{$cachename}) && ($ENV{$cachename}+600) > time) {
+        # We know already the user has no data
+        return 1;
+    } else {
+        return 0;
+    }
+}
+
+sub EXT_cache_set {
+    my ($target_domain,$target_user) = @_;
+    my $cachename = 'cache.EXT.'.$target_user.'.'.$target_domain;
+    &appenv($cachename => time);
+}
+
+# --------------------------------------------------------- Value of a Variable
 sub EXT {
-    my ($varname,$symbparm,$udom,$uname)=@_;
+    my ($varname,$symbparm,$udom,$uname,$usection,$recurse)=@_;
 
     unless ($varname) { return ''; }
-
     #get real user name/domain, courseid and symb
     my $courseid;
+    my $publicuser;
+    if ($symbparm) {
+	$symbparm=&get_symb_from_alias($symbparm);
+    }
     if (!($uname && $udom)) {
-      (my $cursymb,$courseid,$udom,$uname)=&Apache::lonxml::whichuser();
+      (my $cursymb,$courseid,$udom,$uname,$publicuser)=
+	  &Apache::lonxml::whichuser($symbparm);
       if (!$symbparm) {	$symbparm=$cursymb; }
     } 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;
@@ -2540,8 +3516,17 @@ 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;
+		if ($publicuser || $ENV{'request.state'} eq 'construct') {
+		    %restored=&tmprestore($symbparm,$courseid,$udom,$uname);
+		} else {
+		    %restored=&restore($symbparm,$courseid,$udom,$uname);
+		}
+		return $restored{$qualifierrest};
+	    }
 # ----------------------------------------------------------------- user.access
         } elsif ($space eq 'access') {
 	    # FIXME - not supporting calls for a specific user
@@ -2552,7 +3537,11 @@ sub EXT {
 		($udom eq $ENV{'user.domain'})) {
 		return $ENV{join('.',('environment',$qualifierrest))};
 	    } else {
-		my %returnhash=&userenvironment($udom,$uname,$qualifierrest);
+		my %returnhash;
+		if (!$publicuser) {
+		    %returnhash=&userenvironment($udom,$uname,
+						 $qualifierrest);
+		}
 		return $returnhash{$qualifierrest};
 	    }
 # ----------------------------------------------------------------- user.course
@@ -2576,18 +3565,29 @@ 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;
+	    if (!$publicuser) {
+		%reply=&get($space,[$qualifierrest],$udom,$uname);
+	    }
+	    return $reply{$qualifierrest};
         }
     } elsif ($realm eq 'query') {
 # ---------------------------------------------- pull stuff out of query string
-        &Apache::loncommon::get_unprocessed_cgi($ENV{'QUERY_STRING'},[$space]);
-	return $ENV{'form.'.$space}; 
+        &Apache::loncommon::get_unprocessed_cgi($ENV{'QUERY_STRING'},
+						[$spacequalifierrest]);
+	return $ENV{'form.'.$spacequalifierrest}; 
    } elsif ($realm eq 'request') {
 # ------------------------------------------------------------- request.browser
         if ($space eq 'browser') {
-	    return $ENV{'browser.'.$qualifier};
+	    if ($qualifier eq 'textremote') {
+		if (&mt('textual_remote_display') eq 'on') {
+		    return 1;
+		} else {
+		    return 0;
+		}
+	    } else {
+		return $ENV{'browser.'.$qualifier};
+	    }
 # ------------------------------------------------------------ request.filename
         } else {
             return $ENV{'request.'.$spacequalifierrest};
@@ -2597,24 +3597,28 @@ sub EXT {
         return $ENV{'course.'.$courseid.'.'.$spacequalifierrest};
     } elsif ($realm eq 'resource') {
 
-	if ($courseid eq $ENV{'request.course.id'}) {
+	my $section;
+	if (defined($courseid) && $courseid eq $ENV{'request.course.id'}) {
 
 	    #print '<br>'.$space.' - '.$qualifier.' - '.$spacequalifierrest;
 
 # ----------------------------------------------------- Cascading lookup scheme
 	    if (!$symbparm) { $symbparm=&symbread(); }
 	    my $symbp=$symbparm;
-	    my $mapp=(split(/\_\_\_/,$symbp))[0];
+	    my $mapp=(&decode_symb($symbp))[0];
 
 	    my $symbparm=$symbp.'.'.$spacequalifierrest;
 	    my $mapparm=$mapp.'___(all).'.$spacequalifierrest;
 
-	    my $section;
 	    if (($ENV{'user.name'} eq $uname) &&
 		($ENV{'user.domain'} eq $udom)) {
 		$section=$ENV{'request.course.sec'};
 	    } else {
-		$section=&usection($udom,$uname,$courseid);
+                if (! defined($usection)) {
+                    $section=&usection($udom,$uname,$courseid);
+                } else {
+                    $section = $usection;
+                }
 	    }
 
 	    my $seclevel=$courseid.'.['.$section.'].'.$spacequalifierrest;
@@ -2626,24 +3630,37 @@ sub EXT {
 	    my $courselevelm=$courseid.'.'.$mapparm;
 
 # ----------------------------------------------------------- first, check user
-	    my %resourcedata=&get('resourcedata',
-				  [$courselevelr,$courselevelm,$courselevel],
-				 $udom,$uname);
-	    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 ".
-			     $uname." at ".$udom.": ".
-			     $resourcedata{$courselevelr}."</font>");
+	    #most student don\'t have any data set, check if there is some data
+	    if (! &EXT_cache_status($udom,$uname)) {
+		my $hashid="$udom:$uname";
+		my ($result,$cached)=&is_cached(\%userresdatacache,$hashid,
+						'userres');
+		if (!defined($cached)) { 
+		    my %resourcedata=&get('resourcedata',
+					  [$courselevelr,$courselevelm,
+					   $courselevel],$udom,$uname);
+		    $result=\%resourcedata;
+		    &do_cache(\%userresdatacache,$hashid,$result,'userres');
+		}
+		my ($tmp)=keys(%$result);
+		if (($tmp!~/^error\:/) && ($tmp!~/^con_lost/)) {
+		    if ($$result{$courselevelr}) {
+			return $$result{$courselevelr}; }
+		    if ($$result{$courselevelm}) {
+			return $$result{$courselevelm}; }
+		    if ($$result{$courselevel}) {
+			return $$result{$courselevel}; }
+		} else {
+		    if ($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/) {
+                        &EXT_cache_set($udom,$uname);
+		    } elsif ($tmp =~ /^(con_lost|no_such_host)/) {
+			return $tmp;
+		    }
 		}
 	    }
 
@@ -2654,7 +3671,7 @@ sub EXT {
 					  ($seclevelr,$seclevelm,$seclevel,
 					   $courselevelr,$courselevelm,
 					   $courselevel));
-	    if ($coursereply) { return $coursereply; }
+	    if (defined($coursereply)) { return $coursereply; }
 
 # ------------------------------------------------------ third, check map parms
 	    my %parmhash=();
@@ -2670,25 +3687,31 @@ sub EXT {
 # --------------------------------------------- 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; }
+	my $filename;
+	if (!$symbparm) { $symbparm=&symbread(); }
+	if ($symbparm) {
+	    $filename=(&decode_symb($symbparm))[2];
+	} else {
+	    $filename=$ENV{'request.filename'};
+	}
+	my $metadata=&metadata($filename,$spacequalifierrest);
+	if (defined($metadata)) { return $metadata; }
+	$metadata=&metadata($filename,'parameter_'.$spacequalifierrest);
+	if (defined($metadata)) { return $metadata; }
 
 # ------------------------------------------------------------------ Cascade up
 	unless ($space eq '0') {
-	    my ($part,$id)=split(/\_/,$space);
-	    if ($id) {
-		my $partgeneral=&EXT('resource.'.$part.'.'.$qualifierrest,
-				     $symbparm,$udom,$uname);
-		if ($partgeneral) { return $partgeneral; }
-	    } else {
-		my $resourcegeneral=&EXT('resource.0.'.$qualifierrest,
-					 $symbparm,$udom,$uname);
-		if ($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,$uname,$section,1);
+	    if (defined($partgeneral)) { return $partgeneral; }
 	}
+	if ($recurse) { return undef; }
+	my $pack_def=&packages_tab_default($filename,$varname);
+	if (defined($pack_def)) { return $pack_def; }
 
 # ---------------------------------------------------- Any other user namespace
     } elsif ($realm eq 'environment') {
@@ -2709,12 +3732,46 @@ sub EXT {
     return '';
 }
 
+sub packages_tab_default {
+    my ($uri,$varname)=@_;
+    my (undef,$part,$name)=split(/\./,$varname);
+    my $packages=&metadata($uri,'packages');
+    foreach my $package (split(/,/,$packages)) {
+	my ($pack_type,$pack_part)=split(/_/,$package,2);
+	if ($pack_part eq $part) {
+	    return $packagetab{"$pack_type&$name&default"};
+	}
+    }
+    return undef;
+}
+
+sub add_prefix_and_part {
+    my ($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 {
     my ($uri,$what,$liburi,$prefix,$depthcount)=@_;
-
     $uri=&declutter($uri);
+    # if it is a non metadata possible uri return quickly
+    if (($uri eq '') || (($uri =~ m|^/*adm/|) && ($uri !~ m|^adm/includes|)) ||
+        ($uri =~ m|/$|) || ($uri =~ m|/.meta$|) || ($uri =~ /^~/) ||
+	($uri =~ m|home/[^/]+/public_html/|)) {
+	return '';
+    }
     my $filename=$uri;
     $uri=~s/\.meta$//;
 #
@@ -2722,126 +3779,158 @@ sub metadata {
 # Look at timestamp of caching
 # Everything is cached by the main uri, libraries are never directly cached
 #
-    unless (abs($metacache{$uri.':cachedtimestamp'}-time)<600 && !defined($liburi)) {
+    if (!defined($liburi)) {
+	my ($result,$cached)=&is_cached(\%metacache,$uri,'meta');
+	if (defined($cached)) { return $result->{':'.$what}; }
+    }
+    {
 #
 # Is this a recursive call for a library?
 #
+	my %lcmetacache;
         if ($liburi) {
 	    $liburi=&declutter($liburi);
             $filename=$liburi;
-        }
+        } else {
+	    &devalidate_cache(\%metacache,$uri,'meta');
+	}
         my %metathesekeys=();
         unless ($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 ($lcmetacache{':packages'}) {
+			$lcmetacache{':packages'}.=','.$package.$keyroot;
+		    } else {
+			$lcmetacache{':packages'}=$package.$keyroot;
+		    }
+		    foreach (keys %packagetab) {
+			my $part=$keyroot;
+			$part=~s/^\_//;
+			if ($_=~/^\Q$package\E\&/ || 
+			    $_=~/^\Q$package\E_0\&/) {
+			    my ($pack,$name,$subp)=split(/\&/,$_);
+			    # ignore package.tab specified default values
+                            # here &package_tab_default() will fetch those
+			    if ($subp eq 'default') { next; }
+			    my $value=$packagetab{$_};
+			    my $unikey;
+			    if ($pack =~ /_0$/) {
+				$unikey='parameter_0_'.$name;
+				$part=0;
+			    } else {
+				$unikey='parameter'.$keyroot.'_'.$name;
+			    }
+			    if ($subp eq 'display') {
+				$value.=' [Part: '.$part.']';
+			    }
+			    $lcmetacache{':'.$unikey.'.part'}=$part;
+			    $metathesekeys{$unikey}=1;
+			    unless (defined($lcmetacache{':'.$unikey.'.'.$subp})) {
+				$lcmetacache{':'.$unikey.'.'.$subp}=$value;
+			    }
+			    if (defined($lcmetacache{':'.$unikey.'.default'})) {
+				$lcmetacache{':'.$unikey}=
+				    $lcmetacache{':'.$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]}) {
+			    $lcmetacache{':'.$unikey.'.'.$_}=$token->[2]->{$_};
+			}
+			my $internaltext=&HTML::Entities::decode($parser->get_text('/'.$entry));
+			my $default=$lcmetacache{':'.$unikey.'.default'};
+			if ( $internaltext =~ /^\s*$/ && $default !~ /^\s*$/) {
+		 # only ws inside the tag, and not in default, so use default
+		 # as value
+			    $lcmetacache{':'.$unikey}=$default;
+			} else {
+		  # either something interesting inside the tag or default
+                  # uninteresting
+			    $lcmetacache{':'.$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);
-	&metadata_generate_part0(\%metathesekeys,\%metacache,$uri);
-       $metacache{$uri.':allpossiblekeys'}=join(',',keys %metathesekeys);
-       $metacache{$uri.':cachedtimestamp'}=time;
+	    }
+	}
+# are there custom rights to evaluate
+	if ($lcmetacache{':copyright'} eq 'custom') {
+
+    #
+    # Importing a rights file here
+    #
+	    unless ($depthcount) {
+		my $location=$lcmetacache{':customdistributionfile'};
+		my $dir=$filename;
+		$dir=~s|[^/]*$||;
+		$location=&filelocation($dir,$location);
+		foreach (sort(split(/\,/,&metadata($uri,'keys',
+						   $location,'_rights',
+						   $depthcount+1)))) {
+		    $metathesekeys{$_}=1;
+		}
+	    }
+	}
+	$lcmetacache{':keys'}=join(',',keys %metathesekeys);
+	&metadata_generate_part0(\%metathesekeys,\%lcmetacache,$uri);
+	$lcmetacache{':allpossiblekeys'}=join(',',keys %metathesekeys);
+	&do_cache(\%metacache,$uri,\%lcmetacache,'meta');
 # this is the end of "was not already recently cached
     }
-    return $metacache{$uri.':'.$what};
+    return $metacache{$uri}->{':'.$what};
 }
 
 sub metadata_generate_part0 {
@@ -2849,22 +3938,22 @@ sub metadata_generate_part0 {
     my %allnames;
     foreach my $metakey (sort keys %$metadata) {
 	if ($metakey=~/^parameter\_(.*)/) {
-	  my $part=$$metacache{$uri.':'.$metakey.'.part'};
-	  my $name=$$metacache{$uri.':'.$metakey.'.name'};
-	  if (! exists($$metadata{'parameter_0_'.$name})) {
+	  my $part=$$metacache{':'.$metakey.'.part'};
+	  my $name=$$metacache{':'.$metakey.'.name'};
+	  if (! exists($$metadata{'parameter_0_'.$name.'.name'})) {
 	    $allnames{$name}=$part;
 	  }
 	}
     }
     foreach my $name (keys(%allnames)) {
       $$metadata{"parameter_0_$name"}=1;
-      my $key="$uri:parameter_0_$name";
+      my $key=":parameter_0_$name";
       $$metacache{"$key.part"}='0';
       $$metacache{"$key.name"}=$name;
-      $$metacache{"$key.type"}=$$metacache{$uri.':parameter_'.
+      $$metacache{"$key.type"}=$$metacache{':parameter_'.
 					   $allnames{$name}.'_'.$name.
 					   '.type'};
-      my $olddis=$$metacache{$uri.':parameter_'.$allnames{$name}.'_'.$name.
+      my $olddis=$$metacache{':parameter_'.$allnames{$name}.'_'.$name.
 			     '.display'};
       my $expr='\\[Part: '.$allnames{$name}.'\\]';
       $olddis=~s/$expr/\[Part: 0\]/;
@@ -2872,6 +3961,34 @@ sub metadata_generate_part0 {
     }
 }
 
+# ------------------------------------------------- Get the title of a resource
+
+sub gettitle {
+    my $urlsymb=shift;
+    my $symb=&symbread($urlsymb);
+    unless ($symb) {
+	unless ($urlsymb) { $urlsymb=$ENV{'request.filename'}; }
+        return &metadata($urlsymb,'title'); 
+    }
+    my ($result,$cached)=&is_cached(\%titlecache,$symb,'title',600);
+    if (defined($cached)) { return $result; }
+    my ($map,$resid,$url)=&decode_symb($symb);
+    my $title='';
+    my %bighash;
+    if (tie(%bighash,'GDBM_File',$ENV{'request.course.fn'}.'.db',
+                            &GDBM_READER(),0640)) {
+        my $mapid=$bighash{'map_pc_'.&clutter($map)};
+        $title=$bighash{'title_'.$mapid.'.'.$resid};
+        untie %bighash;
+    }
+    $title=~s/\&colon\;/\:/gs;
+    if ($title) {
+        return &do_cache(\%titlecache,$symb,$title,'title');
+    } else {
+	return &metadata($urlsymb,'title');
+    }
+}
+    
 # ------------------------------------------------- Update symbolic store links
 
 sub symblist {
@@ -2896,20 +4013,21 @@ sub symblist {
 
 sub symbverify {
     my ($symb,$thisfn)=@_;
-    $thisfn=&declutter($thisfn);
+    $thisfn=&symbclean(&declutter($thisfn));
 # direct jump to resource in page or to a sequence - will construct own symbs
     if ($thisfn=~/\.(page|sequence)$/) { return 1; }
 # check URL part
-    my ($map,$resid,$url)=split(/\_\_\_/,$symb);
-    unless (&symbclean($url) eq &symbclean($thisfn)) { return 0; }
+    my ($map,$resid,$url)=&decode_symb($symb);
+    unless ($url eq $thisfn) { return 0; }
 
     $symb=&symbclean($symb);
 
     my %bighash;
     my $okay=0;
+
     if (tie(%bighash,'GDBM_File',$ENV{'request.course.fn'}.'.db',
                             &GDBM_READER(),0640)) {
-        my $ids=$bighash{'ids_/res/'.$thisfn};
+        my $ids=$bighash{'ids_'.&clutter($thisfn)};
         unless ($ids) { 
            $ids=$bighash{'ids_/'.$thisfn};
         }
@@ -2943,6 +4061,36 @@ sub symbclean {
     return $symb;
 }
 
+# ---------------------------------------------- Split symb to find map and url
+
+sub encode_symb {
+    my ($map,$resid,$url)=@_;
+    return &symbclean(&declutter($map).'___'.$resid.'___'.&declutter($url));
+}
+
+sub decode_symb {
+    my ($map,$resid,$url)=split(/\_\_\_/,shift);
+    return (&fixversion($map),$resid,&fixversion($url));
+}
+
+sub fixversion {
+    my $fn=shift;
+    if ($fn=~/^(adm|uploaded|public)/) { return $fn; }
+    my %bighash;
+    my $uri=&clutter($fn);
+    if (tie(%bighash,'GDBM_File',$ENV{'request.course.fn'}.'.db',
+       &GDBM_READER(),0640)) {
+	if ($bighash{'version_'.$uri}) {
+	    my $version=$bighash{'version_'.$uri};
+	    unless ($version eq 'mostrecent') {
+		$uri=~s/\.(\w+)$/\.$version\.$1/;
+	    }
+	}
+	untie %bighash;
+    }
+    return &declutter($uri);
+}
+
 # ------------------------------------------------------ Return symb list entry
 
 sub symbread {
@@ -2980,7 +4128,7 @@ sub symbread {
            if (tie(%bighash,'GDBM_File',$ENV{'request.course.fn'}.'.db',
                             &GDBM_READER(),0640)) {
 # ---------------------------------------------- Get ID(s) for current resource
-              my $ids=$bighash{'ids_/res/'.$thisfn};
+              my $ids=$bighash{'ids_'.&clutter($thisfn)};
               unless ($ids) { 
                  $ids=$bighash{'ids_/'.$thisfn};
               }
@@ -3037,29 +4185,92 @@ sub numval {
     $txt=~tr/u-z/0-5/;
     $txt=~s/\D//g;
     return int($txt);
-}    
+}
+
+sub latest_rnd_algorithm_id {
+    return '64bit';
+}
 
 sub rndseed {
     my ($symb,$courseid,$domain,$username)=@_;
+
+    my ($wsymb,$wcourseid,$wdomain,$wusername)=&Apache::lonxml::whichuser();
     if (!$symb) {
-      unless ($symb=&symbread()) { return time; }
+	unless ($symb=$wsymb) { return time; }
+    }
+    if (!$courseid) { $courseid=$wcourseid; }
+    if (!$domain) { $domain=$wdomain; }
+    if (!$username) { $username=$wusername }
+    my $which=$ENV{"course.$courseid.rndseed"};
+    my $CODE=$ENV{'scantron.CODE'};
+    if (defined($CODE)) {
+	&rndseed_CODE_64bit($symb,$courseid,$domain,$username);
+    } elsif ($which eq '64bit') {
+	return &rndseed_64bit($symb,$courseid,$domain,$username);
     }
-    if (!$courseid) { $courseid=$ENV{'request.course.id'};}
-    if (!$domain) {$domain=$ENV{'user.domain'};}
-    if (!$username) {$username=$ENV{'user.name'};}
+    return &rndseed_32bit($symb,$courseid,$domain,$username);
+}
+
+sub rndseed_32bit {
+    my ($symb,$courseid,$domain,$username)=@_;
+    {
+	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+$symbchck;
+	#&Apache::lonxml::debug("$symbseed:$nameseed;$domainseed|$courseseed;$namechck:$symbchck");
+	#&Apache::lonxml::debug("rndseed :$num:$symb");
+	return $num;
+    }
+}
+
+sub rndseed_64bit {
+    my ($symb,$courseid,$domain,$username)=@_;
     {
-      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;
+	use integer;
+	my $symbchck=unpack("%32S*",$symb) << 21;
+	my $symbseed=numval($symb) << 10;
+	my $namechck=unpack("%32S*",$username);
+	
+	my $nameseed=numval($username) << 21;
+	my $domainseed=unpack("%32S*",$domain) << 10;
+	my $courseseed=unpack("%32S*",$courseid);
+	
+	my $num1=$symbchck+$symbseed+$namechck;
+	my $num2=$nameseed+$domainseed+$courseseed;
+	#&Apache::lonxml::debug("$symbseed:$nameseed;$domainseed|$courseseed;$namechck:$symbchck");
+	#&Apache::lonxml::debug("rndseed :$num:$symb");
+	return "$num1,$num2";
+    }
+}
+
+sub rndseed_CODE_64bit {
+    my ($symb,$courseid,$domain,$username)=@_;
+    {
+	use integer;
+	my $symbchck=unpack("%32S*",$symb) << 16;
+	my $symbseed=numval($symb);
+	my $CODEseed=numval($ENV{'scantron.CODE'}) << 16;
+	my $courseseed=unpack("%32S*",$courseid);
+	my $num1=$symbseed+$CODEseed;
+	my $num2=$courseseed+$symbchck;
+	#&Apache::lonxml::debug("$symbseed:$CODEseed|$courseseed:$symbchck");
+	#&Apache::lonxml::debug("rndseed :$num1:$num2:$symb");
+	return "$num1,$num2";
+    }
+}
+
+sub setup_random_from_rndseed {
+    my ($rndseed)=@_;
+    if ($rndseed =~/,/) {
+	my ($num1,$num2)=split(/,/,$rndseed);
+	&Math::Random::random_set_seed(abs($num1),abs($num2));
+    } else {
+	&Math::Random::random_set_seed_from_phrase($rndseed);
     }
 }
 
@@ -3087,13 +4298,24 @@ sub receipt {
 # ------------------------------------------------------------ Serves up a file
 # returns either the contents of the file or a -1
 sub getfile {
-  my $file=shift;
+ my $file=shift;
+ if ($file=~/^\/*uploaded\//) { # user file
+    my $ua=new LWP::UserAgent;
+    my $request=new HTTP::Request('GET',&tokenwrapper($file));
+    my $response=$ua->request($request);
+    if ($response->is_success()) {
+       return $response->content;
+    } else { 
+       return -1; 
+    }
+ } else { # normal file from res space
   &repcopy($file);
   if (! -e $file ) { return -1; };
   my $fh=Apache::File->new($file);
   my $a='';
   while (<$fh>) { $a .=$_; }
-  return $a
+  return $a;
+ }
 }
 
 sub filelocation {
@@ -3103,6 +4325,8 @@ sub filelocation {
   if ($file=~m:^/~:) { # is a contruction space reference
     $location = $file;
     $location =~ s:/~(.*?)/(.*):/home/$1/public_html/$2:;
+  } elsif ($file=~/^\/*uploaded/) { # is an uploaded file
+    $location=$file;
   } else {
     $file=~s/^$perlvar{'lonDocRoot'}//;
     $file=~s:^/*res::;
@@ -3140,6 +4364,16 @@ sub declutter {
     return $thisfn;
 }
 
+# ------------------------------------------------------------- Clutter up URLs
+
+sub clutter {
+    my $thisfn='/'.&declutter(shift);
+    unless ($thisfn=~/^\/(uploaded|adm|userfiles|ext|raw|priv)\//) { 
+       $thisfn='/res'.$thisfn; 
+    }
+    return $thisfn;
+}
+
 # -------------------------------------------------------- Escape Special Chars
 
 sub escape {
@@ -3156,12 +4390,29 @@ sub unescape {
     return $str;
 }
 
+sub mod_perl_version {
+    if (defined($perlvar{'MODPERL2'})) {
+	return 2;
+    }
+    return 1;
+}
 # ================================================================ Main Program
 
 sub goodbye {
    &logthis("Starting Shut down");
+#not converted to using infrastruture
+   &logthis(sprintf("%-20s is %s",'%homecache',scalar(%homecache)));
+   &logthis(sprintf("%-20s is %s",'%badServerCache',scalar(%badServerCache)));
+   &logthis(sprintf("%-20s is %s",'%metacache',scalar(%metacache)));
+#converted
+   &logthis(sprintf("%-20s is %s",'%titlecache',scalar(%titlecache)));
+   &logthis(sprintf("%-20s is %s",'%courseresdatacache',scalar(%courseresdatacache)));
+#1.1 only
+   &logthis(sprintf("%-20s is %s",'%userresdatacache',scalar(%userresdatacache)));
+   &logthis(sprintf("%-20s is %s",'%usectioncache',scalar(%usectioncache)));
    &flushcourselogs();
    &logthis("Shutting down");
+   return DONE;
 }
 
 BEGIN {
@@ -3190,18 +4441,48 @@ 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 (/^(\#|\s*$)/);
+#           next if /^\#/;
+           chomp;
+           my ($domain, $domain_description, $def_auth, $def_auth_arg,
+	       $def_lang, $city, $longi, $lati) = split(/:/,$_);
+	   $domain_auth_def{$domain}=$def_auth;
+           $domain_auth_arg_def{$domain}=$def_auth_arg;
+	   $domaindescription{$domain}=$domain_description;
+	   $domain_lang_def{$domain}=$def_lang;
+	   $domain_city{$domain}=$city;
+	   $domain_longi{$domain}=$longi;
+	   $domain_lati{$domain}=$lati;
+
+#          &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");
 
     while (my $configline=<$config>) {
+       next if ($configline =~ /^(\#|\s*$)/);
        chomp($configline);
        my ($id,$domain,$role,$name,$ip,$domdescr)=split(/:/,$configline);
        if ($id && $domain && $role && $name && $ip) {
 	 $hostname{$id}=$name;
 	 $hostdom{$id}=$domain;
 	 $hostip{$id}=$ip;
-	 if ($domdescr) { $domaindescription{$domain}=$domdescr; }
+	 $iphost{$ip}=$id;
 	 if ($role eq 'library') { $libserv{$id}=$name; }
        } else {
 	 if ($configline) {
@@ -3217,7 +4498,7 @@ BEGIN {
 
     while (my $configline=<$config>) {
        chomp($configline);
-       if (($configline) && ($configline ne $perlvar{'lonHostID'})) {
+       if ($configline) {
           $spareid{$configline}=1;
        }
     }
@@ -3263,9 +4544,15 @@ BEGIN {
     }
 }
 
+# ------------- set up temporary directory
+{
+    $tmpdir = $perlvar{'lonDaemons'}.'/tmp/';
+
+}
+
 %metacache=();
 
-$processmarker=$$.'_'.time.'_'.$perlvar{'lonHostID'};
+$processmarker='_'.time.'_'.$perlvar{'lonHostID'};
 $dumpcount=0;
 
 &logtouch();
@@ -3312,45 +4599,125 @@ being set.
 
 =back
 
-=head1 INTRODUCTION
+=head1 OVERVIEW
 
-This module provides subroutines which interact with the
-lonc/lond (TCP) network layer of LON-CAPA. And Can be used to ask about 
-- classes
-- users 
-- resources
+lonnet provides subroutines which interact with the
+lonc/lond (TCP) network layer of LON-CAPA. They can be used to ask
+about classes, users, and resources.
 
 For many of these objects you can also use this to store data about
 them or modify them in various ways.
 
-This is part of the LearningOnline Network with CAPA project
-described at http://www.lon-capa.org.
+=head2 Symbs
 
-=head1 RETURN MESSAGES
+To identify a specific instance of a resource, LON-CAPA uses symbols
+or "symbs"X<symb>. These identifiers are built from the URL of the
+map, the resource number of the resource in the map, and the URL of
+the resource itself. The latter is somewhat redundant, but might help
+if maps change.
 
-=over 4
+An example is
 
-=item *
+ msu/korte/parts/part1.sequence___19___msu/korte/tests/part12.problem
 
-con_lost : unable to contact remote host
+The respective map entry is
 
-=item *
+ <resource id="19" src="/res/msu/korte/tests/part12.problem"
+  title="Problem 2">
+ </resource>
 
-con_delayed : unable to contact remote host, message will be delivered
-when the connection is brought back up
+Symbs are used by the random number generator, as well as to store and
+restore data specific to a certain instance of for example a problem.
 
-=item *
+=head2 Storing And Retrieving Data
 
-con_failed : unable to contact remote host and unable to save message
-for later delivery
+X<store()>X<cstore()>X<restore()>Three of the most important functions
+in C<lonnet.pm> are C<&Apache::lonnet::cstore()>,
+C<&Apache::lonnet:restore()>, and C<&Apache::lonnet::store()>, which
+is is the non-critical message twin of cstore. These functions are for
+handlers to store a perl hash to a user's permanent data space in an
+easy manner, and to retrieve it again on another call. It is expected
+that a handler would use this once at the beginning to retrieve data,
+and then again once at the end to send only the new data back.
 
-=item *
+The data is stored in the user's data directory on the user's
+homeserver under the ID of the course.
 
-error: : an error a occured, a description of the error follows the :
+The hash that is returned by restore will have all of the previous
+value for all of the elements of the hash.
 
-=item *
+Example:
+
+ #creating a hash
+ my %hash;
+ $hash{'foo'}='bar';
+
+ #storing it
+ &Apache::lonnet::cstore(\%hash);
+
+ #changing a value
+ $hash{'foo'}='notbar';
+
+ #adding a new value
+ $hash{'bar'}='foo';
+ &Apache::lonnet::cstore(\%hash);
+
+ #retrieving the hash
+ my %history=&Apache::lonnet::restore();
+
+ #print the hash
+ foreach my $key (sort(keys(%history))) {
+   print("\%history{$key} = $history{$key}");
+ }
+
+Will print out:
+
+ %history{1:foo} = bar
+ %history{1:keys} = foo:timestamp
+ %history{1:timestamp} = 990455579
+ %history{2:bar} = foo
+ %history{2:foo} = notbar
+ %history{2:keys} = foo:bar:timestamp
+ %history{2:timestamp} = 990455580
+ %history{bar} = foo
+ %history{foo} = notbar
+ %history{timestamp} = 990455580
+ %history{version} = 2
+
+Note that the special hash entries C<keys>, C<version> and
+C<timestamp> were added to the hash. C<version> will be equal to the
+total number of versions of the data that have been stored. The
+C<timestamp> attribute will be the UNIX time the hash was
+stored. C<keys> is available in every historical section to list which
+keys were added or changed at a specific historical revision of a
+hash.
+
+B<Warning>: do not store the hash that restore returns directly. This
+will cause a mess since it will restore the historical keys as if the
+were new keys. I.E. 1:foo will become 1:1:foo etc.
+
+Calling convention:
 
-no_such_host : unable to fund a host associated with the user/domain
+ my %record=&Apache::lonnet::restore($symb,$courseid,$domain,$uname,$home);
+ &Apache::lonnet::cstore(\%newrecord,$symb,$courseid,$domain,$uname,$home);
+
+For more detailed information, see lonnet specific documentation.
+
+=head1 RETURN MESSAGES
+
+=over 4
+
+=item * B<con_lost>: unable to contact remote host
+
+=item * B<con_delayed>: unable to contact remote host, message will be delivered
+when the connection is brought back up
+
+=item * B<con_failed>: unable to contact remote host and unable to save message
+for later delivery
+
+=item * B<error:>: an error a occured, a description of the error follows the :
+
+=item * B<no_such_host>: unable to fund a host associated with the user/domain
 that was requested
 
 =back
@@ -3361,15 +4728,18 @@ that was requested
 
 =over 4
 
-=item *
-
-appenv(%hash) : the value of %hash is written to the user envirnoment
-file, and will be restored for each access this user makes during this
-session, also modifies the %ENV for the current process
+=item * 
+X<appenv()>
+B<appenv(%hash)>: the value of %hash is written to
+the user envirnoment file, and will be restored for each access this
+user makes during this session, also modifies the %ENV for the current
+process
 
 =item *
-
-delenv($regexp) : removes all items from the session environment file that matches the regular expression in $regexp. The values are also delted from the current processes %ENV.
+X<delenv()>
+B<delenv($regexp)>: removes all items from the session
+environment file that matches the regular expression in $regexp. The
+values are also delted from the current processes %ENV.
 
 =back
 
@@ -3378,50 +4748,51 @@ delenv($regexp) : removes all items from
 =over 4
 
 =item *
-
-queryauthenticate($uname,$udom) : try to determine user's current
+X<queryauthenticate()>
+B<queryauthenticate($uname,$udom)>: try to determine user's current 
 authentication scheme
 
 =item *
-
-authenticate($uname,$upass,$udom) : try to authenticate user from domain's lib
-servers (first use the current one), $upass should be the users password
+X<authenticate()>
+B<authenticate($uname,$upass,$udom)>: try to
+authenticate user from domain's lib servers (first use the current
+one). C<$upass> should be the users password.
 
 =item *
-
-homeserver($uname,$udom) : find the server which has the user's
-directory and files (there must be only one), this caches the answer,
-and also caches if there is a borken connection.
+X<homeserver()>
+B<homeserver($uname,$udom)>: find the server which has
+the user's directory and files (there must be only one), this caches
+the answer, and also caches if there is a borken connection.
 
 =item *
-
-idget($udom,@ids) : find the usernames behind a list of IDs (IDs are a
-unique resource in a domain, there must be only 1 ID per username, and
-only 1 username per ID in a specific domain) (returns hash:
-id=>name,id=>name)
+X<idget()>
+B<idget($udom,@ids)>: find the usernames behind a list of IDs
+(IDs are a unique resource in a domain, there must be only 1 ID per
+username, and only 1 username per ID in a specific domain) (returns
+hash: id=>name,id=>name)
 
 =item *
-
-idrget($udom,@unames) : find the IDs behind a list of usernames (returns hash:
-name=>id,name=>id)
+X<idrget()>
+B<idrget($udom,@unames)>: find the IDs behind a list of
+usernames (returns hash: name=>id,name=>id)
 
 =item *
-
-idput($udom,%ids) : store away a list of names and associated IDs
+X<idput()>
+B<idput($udom,%ids)>: store away a list of names and associated IDs
 
 =item *
-
-rolesinit($udom,$username,$authhost) : get user privileges
+X<rolesinit()>
+B<rolesinit($udom,$username,$authhost)>: get user privileges
 
 =item *
-
-usection($udom,$uname,$cname) : finds the section of student in the
+X<usection()>
+B<usection($udom,$uname,$cname)>: finds the section of student in the
 course $cname, return section name/number or '' for "not in course"
 and '-1' for "no section"
 
 =item *
-
-userenvironment($udom,$uname,@what) : gets the values of the keys
+X<userenvironment()>
+B<userenvironment($udom,$uname,@what)>: gets the values of the keys
 passed in @what from the requested user's environment, returns a hash
 
 =back
@@ -3481,7 +4852,83 @@ modify user
 
 =item *
 
-modifystudent($udom,$uname,$uid,$umode,$upass,$first,$middle,$last,$gene,$usec,$end,$start) : modify student
+modifystudent
+
+modify a students enrollment and identification information.
+The course id is resolved based on the current users environment.  
+This means the envoking user must be a course coordinator or otherwise
+associated with a course.
+
+This call is essentially a wrapper for lonnet::modifyuser and
+lonnet::modify_student_enrollment
+
+Inputs: 
+
+=over 4
+
+=item B<$udom> Students loncapa domain
+
+=item B<$uname> Students loncapa login name
+
+=item B<$uid> Students id/student number
+
+=item B<$umode> Students authentication mode
+
+=item B<$upass> Students password
+
+=item B<$first> Students first name
+
+=item B<$middle> Students middle name
+
+=item B<$last> Students last name
+
+=item B<$gene> Students generation
+
+=item B<$usec> Students section in course
+
+=item B<$end> Unix time of the roles expiration
+
+=item B<$start> Unix time of the roles start date
+
+=item B<$forceid> If defined, allow $uid to be changed
+
+=item B<$desiredhome> server to use as home server for student
+
+=back
+
+=item *
+
+modify_student_enrollment
+
+Change a students enrollment status in a class.  The environment variable
+'role.request.course' must be defined for this function to proceed.
+
+Inputs:
+
+=over 4
+
+=item $udom, students domain
+
+=item $uname, students name
+
+=item $uid, students user id
+
+=item $first, students first name
+
+=item $middle
+
+=item $last
+
+=item $gene
+
+=item $usec
+
+=item $end
+
+=item $start
+
+=back
+
 
 =item *