--- loncom/lonnet/perl/lonnet.pm	2004/01/26 22:00:07	1.459.2.2
+++ loncom/lonnet/perl/lonnet.pm	2005/11/15 18:30:41	1.676
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 # The LearningOnline Network
 # TCP networking package
 #
-# $Id: lonnet.pm,v 1.459.2.2 2004/01/26 22:00:07 albertel Exp $
+# $Id: lonnet.pm,v 1.676 2005/11/15 18:30:41 albertel Exp $
 #
 # Copyright Michigan State University Board of Trustees
 #
@@ -32,24 +32,35 @@ package Apache::lonnet;
 use strict;
 use LWP::UserAgent();
 use HTTP::Headers;
+use HTTP::Date;
+# use Date::Parse;
 use vars 
-qw(%perlvar %hostname %homecache %badServerCache %hostip %iphost %spareid %hostdom 
-   %libserv %pr %prp %metacache %packagetab %titlecache %courseresversioncache %resversioncache
-   %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);
+qw(%perlvar %hostname %badServerCache %iphost %spareid %hostdom 
+   %libserv %pr %prp $memcache %packagetab 
+   %courselogs %accesshash %userrolehash %domainrolehash $processmarker $dumpcount 
+   %coursedombuf %coursenumbuf %coursehombuf %coursedescrbuf %courseinstcodebuf %courseownerbuf
+   %domaindescription %domain_auth_def %domain_auth_arg_def 
+   %domain_lang_def %domain_city %domain_longi %domain_lati $tmpdir $_64bit
+   %env);
 
 use IO::Socket;
 use GDBM_File;
 use Apache::Constants qw(:common :http);
 use HTML::LCParser;
+use HTML::Parser;
 use Fcntl qw(:flock);
-use Apache::loncoursedata;
-use Apache::lonlocal;
-use Storable qw(lock_store lock_nstore lock_retrieve freeze thaw);
-use Time::HiRes();
+use Storable qw(lock_store lock_nstore lock_retrieve freeze thaw nfreeze);
+use Time::HiRes qw( gettimeofday tv_interval );
+use Cache::Memcached;
+use Digest::MD5;
+
 my $readit;
+my $max_connection_retries = 10;     # Or some such value.
+
+require Exporter;
+
+our @ISA = qw (Exporter);
+our @EXPORT = qw(%env);
 
 =pod
 
@@ -114,14 +125,40 @@ sub logperm {
 sub subreply {
     my ($cmd,$server)=@_;
     my $peerfile="$perlvar{'lonSockDir'}/$server";
-    my $client=IO::Socket::UNIX->new(Peer    =>"$peerfile",
-                                     Type    => SOCK_STREAM,
-                                     Timeout => 10)
-       or return "con_lost";
-    print $client "$cmd\n";
-    my $answer=<$client>;
-    if (!$answer) { $answer="con_lost"; }
-    chomp($answer);
+    #
+    #  With loncnew process trimming, there's a timing hole between lonc server
+    #  process exit and the master server picking up the listen on the AF_UNIX
+    #  socket.  In that time interval, a lock file will exist:
+
+    my $lockfile=$peerfile.".lock";
+    while (-e $lockfile) {	# Need to wait for the lockfile to disappear.
+	sleep(1);
+    }
+    # At this point, either a loncnew parent is listening or an old lonc
+    # or loncnew child is listening so we can connect or everything's dead.
+    #
+    #   We'll give the connection a few tries before abandoning it.  If
+    #   connection is not possible, we'll con_lost back to the client.
+    #   
+    my $client;
+    for (my $retries = 0; $retries < $max_connection_retries; $retries++) {
+	$client=IO::Socket::UNIX->new(Peer    =>"$peerfile",
+				      Type    => SOCK_STREAM,
+				      Timeout => 10);
+	if($client) {
+	    last;		# Connected!
+	}
+	sleep(1);		# Try again later if failed connection.
+    }
+    my $answer;
+    if ($client) {
+	print $client "$cmd\n";
+	$answer=<$client>;
+	if (!$answer) { $answer="con_lost"; }
+	chomp($answer);
+    } else {
+	$answer = 'con_lost';	# Failed connection.
+    }
     return $answer;
 }
 
@@ -129,24 +166,8 @@ sub reply {
     my ($cmd,$server)=@_;
     unless (defined($hostname{$server})) { return 'no_such_host'; }
     my $answer=subreply($cmd,$server);
-    if ($answer eq 'con_lost') {
-        #sleep 5; 
-        #$answer=subreply($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",
-        #                                    Type    => SOCK_STREAM,
-        #                                    Timeout => 10)
-        #              or return "con_lost";
-        #   &logthis("Killing socket");
-        #   print $client "close_connection_exit\n";
-           #sleep 5;
-        #   $answer=subreply($cmd,$server);       
-       #}   
-    }
     if (($answer=~/^refused/) || ($answer=~/^rejected/)) {
-       &logthis("<font color=blue>WARNING:".
+       &logthis("<font color=\"blue\">WARNING:".
                 " $cmd to $server returned $answer</font>");
     }
     return $answer;
@@ -170,14 +191,14 @@ sub reconlonc {
             sleep 5;
             if (-e "$peerfile") { return; }
             &logthis(
-  "<font color=blue>WARNING: $peerfile still not there, giving up</font>");
+  "<font color=\"blue\">WARNING: $peerfile still not there, giving up</font>");
         } else {
 	    &logthis(
-               "<font color=blue>WARNING:".
+               "<font color=\"blue\">WARNING:".
                " lonc at pid $loncpid not responding, giving up</font>");
         }
     } else {
-     &logthis('<font color=blue>WARNING: lonc not running, giving up</font>');
+     &logthis('<font color="blue">WARNING: lonc not running, giving up</font>');
     }
 }
 
@@ -186,17 +207,14 @@ sub reconlonc {
 sub critical {
     my ($cmd,$server)=@_;
     unless ($hostname{$server}) {
-        &logthis("<font color=blue>WARNING:".
+        &logthis("<font color=\"blue\">WARNING:".
                " Critical message to unknown server ($server)</font>");
         return 'no_such_host';
     }
     my $answer=reply($cmd,$server);
     if ($answer eq 'con_lost') {
-        my $pingreply=reply('ping',$server);
 	&reconlonc("$perlvar{'lonSockDir'}/$server");
-        my $pongreply=reply('pong',$server);
-        &logthis("Ping/Pong for $server: $pingreply/$pongreply");
-        $answer=reply($cmd,$server);
+	my $answer=reply($cmd,$server);
         if ($answer eq 'con_lost') {
             my $now=time;
             my $middlename=$cmd;
@@ -223,12 +241,12 @@ sub critical {
             }
             chomp($wcmd);
             if ($wcmd eq $cmd) {
-		&logthis("<font color=blue>WARNING: ".
+		&logthis("<font color=\"blue\">WARNING: ".
                          "Connection buffer $dfilename: $cmd</font>");
                 &logperm("D:$server:$cmd");
 	        return 'con_delayed';
             } else {
-                &logthis("<font color=red>CRITICAL:"
+                &logthis("<font color=\"red\">CRITICAL:"
                         ." Critical connection failed: $server $cmd</font>");
                 &logperm("F:$server:$cmd");
                 return 'con_failed';
@@ -238,20 +256,6 @@ 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 {
@@ -268,14 +272,14 @@ sub transfer_profile_to_env {
     for ($envi=0;$envi<=$#profile;$envi++) {
 	chomp($profile[$envi]);
 	my ($envname,$envvalue)=split(/=/,$profile[$envi]);
-	$ENV{$envname} = $envvalue;
+	$env{$envname} = $envvalue;
         if (my ($key,$time) = ($envname =~ /^(cgi\.(\d+)_\d+\.)/)) {
             if ($time < time-300) {
                 $Remove{$key}++;
             }
         }
     }
-    $ENV{'user.environment'} = "$lonidsdir/$handle.id";
+    $env{'user.environment'} = "$lonidsdir/$handle.id";
     foreach my $expired_key (keys(%Remove)) {
         &delenv($expired_key);
     }
@@ -287,21 +291,21 @@ sub appenv {
     my %newenv=@_;
     foreach (keys %newenv) {
 	if (($newenv{$_}=~/^user\.role/) || ($newenv{$_}=~/^user\.priv/)) {
-            &logthis("<font color=blue>WARNING: ".
+            &logthis("<font color=\"blue\">WARNING: ".
                 "Attempt to modify environment ".$_." to ".$newenv{$_}
                 .'</font>');
 	    delete($newenv{$_});
         } else {
-            $ENV{$_}=$newenv{$_};
+            $env{$_}=$newenv{$_};
         }
     }
 
     my $lockfh;
-    unless (open($lockfh,"$ENV{'user.environment'}")) {
+    unless (open($lockfh,"$env{'user.environment'}")) {
 	return 'error: '.$!;
     }
     unless (flock($lockfh,LOCK_EX)) {
-         &logthis("<font color=blue>WARNING: ".
+         &logthis("<font color=\"blue\">WARNING: ".
                   'Could not obtain exclusive lock in appenv: '.$!);
          close($lockfh);
          return 'error: '.$!;
@@ -310,7 +314,7 @@ sub appenv {
     my @oldenv;
     {
 	my $fh;
-	unless (open($fh,"$ENV{'user.environment'}")) {
+	unless (open($fh,"$env{'user.environment'}")) {
 	    return 'error: '.$!;
 	}
 	@oldenv=<$fh>;
@@ -327,7 +331,7 @@ sub appenv {
     }
     {
 	my $fh;
-	unless (open($fh,">$ENV{'user.environment'}")) {
+	unless (open($fh,">$env{'user.environment'}")) {
 	    return 'error';
 	}
 	my $newname;
@@ -346,18 +350,18 @@ sub delenv {
     my $delthis=shift;
     my %newenv=();
     if (($delthis=~/user\.role/) || ($delthis=~/user\.priv/)) {
-        &logthis("<font color=blue>WARNING: ".
+        &logthis("<font color=\"blue\">WARNING: ".
                 "Attempt to delete from environment ".$delthis);
         return 'error';
     }
     my @oldenv;
     {
 	my $fh;
-	unless (open($fh,"$ENV{'user.environment'}")) {
+	unless (open($fh,"$env{'user.environment'}")) {
 	    return 'error';
 	}
 	unless (flock($fh,LOCK_SH)) {
-	    &logthis("<font color=blue>WARNING: ".
+	    &logthis("<font color=\"blue\">WARNING: ".
 		     'Could not obtain shared lock in delenv: '.$!);
 	    close($fh);
 	    return 'error: '.$!;
@@ -367,17 +371,22 @@ sub delenv {
     }
     {
 	my $fh;
-	unless (open($fh,">$ENV{'user.environment'}")) {
+	unless (open($fh,">$env{'user.environment'}")) {
 	    return 'error';
 	}
 	unless (flock($fh,LOCK_EX)) {
-	    &logthis("<font color=blue>WARNING: ".
+	    &logthis("<font color=\"blue\">WARNING: ".
 		     'Could not obtain exclusive lock in delenv: '.$!);
 	    close($fh);
 	    return 'error: '.$!;
 	}
 	foreach (@oldenv) {
-	    unless ($_=~/^$delthis/) { print $fh $_; }
+	    if ($_=~/^$delthis/) { 
+                my ($key,undef) = split('=',$_);
+                delete($env{$key});
+            } else {
+                print $fh $_; 
+            }
 	}
 	close($fh);
     }
@@ -435,15 +444,15 @@ sub overloaderror {
 # ------------------------------ Find server with least workload from spare.tab
 
 sub spareserver {
-    my ($loadpercent,$userloadpercent) = @_;
+    my ($loadpercent,$userloadpercent,$want_server_name) = @_;
     my $tryserver;
     my $spareserver='';
     if ($userloadpercent !~ /\d/) { $userloadpercent=0; }
     my $lowestserver=$loadpercent > $userloadpercent?
 	             $loadpercent :  $userloadpercent;
-    foreach $tryserver (keys %spareid) {
-	my $loadans=reply('load',$tryserver);
-	my $userloadans=reply('userload',$tryserver);
+    foreach $tryserver (keys(%spareid)) {
+	my $loadans=&reply('load',$tryserver);
+	my $userloadans=&reply('userload',$tryserver);
 	if ($loadans !~ /\d/ && $userloadans !~ /\d/) {
 	    next; #didn't get a number from the server
 	}
@@ -460,7 +469,11 @@ sub spareserver {
 	    $answer = $userloadans;
 	}
 	if (($answer =~ /\d/) && ($answer<$lowestserver)) {
-	    $spareserver="http://$hostname{$tryserver}";
+	    if ($want_server_name) {
+		$spareserver=$tryserver;
+	    } else {
+		$spareserver="http://$hostname{$tryserver}";
+	    }
 	    $lowestserver=$answer;
 	}
     }
@@ -524,49 +537,32 @@ sub authenticate {
     my ($uname,$upass,$udom)=@_;
     $upass=escape($upass);
     $uname=~s/\W//g;
-    if (($perlvar{'lonRole'} eq 'library') && 
-        ($udom eq $perlvar{'lonDefDomain'})) {
-    my $answer=reply("encrypt:auth:$udom:$uname:$upass",$perlvar{'lonHostID'});
-        if ($answer =~ /authorized/) {
-              if ($answer eq 'authorized') {
-                 &logthis("User $uname at $udom authorized by local server"); 
-                 return $perlvar{'lonHostID'}; 
-              }
-              if ($answer eq 'non_authorized') {
-                 &logthis("User $uname at $udom rejected by local server"); 
-                 return 'no_host'; 
-              }
-	}
+    my $uhome=&homeserver($uname,$udom);
+    if (!$uhome) {
+	&logthis("User $uname at $udom is unknown in authenticate");
+	return 'no_host';
     }
-
-    my $tryserver;
-    foreach $tryserver (keys %libserv) {
-	if ($hostdom{$tryserver} eq $udom) {
-           my $answer=reply("encrypt:auth:$udom:$uname:$upass",$tryserver);
-           if ($answer =~ /authorized/) {
-              if ($answer eq 'authorized') {
-                 &logthis("User $uname at $udom authorized by $tryserver"); 
-                 return $tryserver; 
-              }
-              if ($answer eq 'non_authorized') {
-                 &logthis("User $uname at $udom rejected by $tryserver");
-                 return 'no_host';
-              } 
-	   }
-       }
+    my $answer=reply("encrypt:auth:$udom:$uname:$upass",$uhome);
+    if ($answer eq 'authorized') {
+	&logthis("User $uname at $udom authorized by $uhome"); 
+	return $uhome; 
+    }
+    if ($answer eq 'non_authorized') {
+	&logthis("User $uname at $udom rejected by $uhome");
+	return 'no_host'; 
     }
-    &logthis("User $uname at $udom could not be authenticated");    
+    &logthis("User $uname at $udom threw error $answer when checking authentication mechanism");
     return 'no_host';
 }
 
 # ---------------------- Find the homebase for a user from domain's lib servers
 
+my %homecache;
 sub homeserver {
     my ($uname,$udom,$ignoreBadCache)=@_;
     my $index="$uname:$udom";
 
-    my ($result,$cached)=&is_cached(\%homecache,$index,'home',86400);
-    if (defined($cached)) { return $result; }
+    if (exists($homecache{$index})) { return $homecache{$index}; }
     my $tryserver;
     foreach $tryserver (keys %libserv) {
         next if ($ignoreBadCache ne 'true' && 
@@ -574,7 +570,7 @@ sub homeserver {
 	if ($hostdom{$tryserver} eq $udom) {
            my $answer=reply("home:$udom:$uname",$tryserver);
            if ($answer eq 'found') { 
-	       return &do_cache(\%homecache,$index,$tryserver,'home');
+	       return $homecache{$index}=$tryserver;
            } elsif ($answer eq 'no_host') {
 	       $badServerCache{$tryserver}=1;
            }
@@ -627,6 +623,7 @@ sub idput {
     my ($udom,%ids)=@_;
     my %servers=();
     foreach (keys %ids) {
+	&cput('environment',{'id'=>$ids{$_}},$udom,$_);
         my $uhom=&homeserver($_,$udom);
         if ($uhom ne 'no_host') {
             my $id=&escape($ids{$_});
@@ -637,7 +634,6 @@ sub idput {
             } else {
                 $servers{$uhom}=$id.'='.$unam;
             }
-            &critical('put:'.$udom.':'.$unam.':environment:id='.$id,$uhom);
         }
     }
     foreach (keys %servers) {
@@ -652,24 +648,28 @@ sub assign_access_key {
 # a valid key looks like uname:udom#comments
 # comments are being appended
 #
-    my ($ckey,$cdom,$cnum,$udom,$uname,$logentry)=@_;
+    my ($ckey,$kdom,$knum,$cdom,$cnum,$udom,$uname,$logentry)=@_;
+    $kdom=
+   $env{'course.'.$env{'request.course.id'}.'.domain'} unless (defined($kdom));
+    $knum=
+   $env{'course.'.$env{'request.course.id'}.'.num'} unless (defined($knum));
     $cdom=
-   $ENV{'course.'.$ENV{'request.course.id'}.'.domain'} unless (defined($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);
+   $env{'course.'.$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],$kdom,$knum);
     if (($existing{$ckey}=~/^\#(.*)$/) || # - new key
-        ($existing{$ckey}=~/^$uname\:$udom\#(.*)$/)) { 
+        ($existing{$ckey}=~/^\Q$uname\E\:\Q$udom\E\#(.*)$/)) { 
                                                   # 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') {
+        if (&put('accesskeys',{$ckey=>$uname.':'.$udom.'#'.$logentry},
+                                                 $kdom,$knum) eq 'ok') {
 # key now belongs to user
 	    my $envkey='key.'.$cdom.'_'.$cnum;
             if (&put('environment',{$envkey => $ckey}) eq 'ok') {
@@ -700,9 +700,9 @@ sub comment_access_key {
 #
     my ($ckey,$cdom,$cnum,$logentry)=@_;
     $cdom=
-   $ENV{'course.'.$ENV{'request.course.id'}.'.domain'} unless (defined($cdom));
+   $env{'course.'.$env{'request.course.id'}.'.domain'} unless (defined($cdom));
     $cnum=
-   $ENV{'course.'.$ENV{'request.course.id'}.'.num'} unless (defined($cnum));
+   $env{'course.'.$env{'request.course.id'}.'.num'} unless (defined($cnum));
     my %existing=&get('accesskeys',[$ckey],$cdom,$cnum);
     if ($existing{$ckey}) {
         $existing{$ckey}.='; '.$logentry;
@@ -724,9 +724,9 @@ sub comment_access_key {
 sub generate_access_keys {
     my ($number,$cdom,$cnum,$logentry)=@_;
     $cdom=
-   $ENV{'course.'.$ENV{'request.course.id'}.'.domain'} unless (defined($cdom));
+   $env{'course.'.$env{'request.course.id'}.'.domain'} unless (defined($cdom));
     $cnum=
-   $ENV{'course.'.$ENV{'request.course.id'}.'.num'} unless (defined($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; }
@@ -745,14 +745,14 @@ sub generate_access_keys {
        } else {
 	  if (&put('accesskeys',
               { $newkey => '# generated '.localtime().
-                           ' by '.$ENV{'user.name'}.'@'.$ENV{'user.domain'}.
+                           ' by '.$env{'user.name'}.'@'.$env{'user.domain'}.
                            '; '.$logentry },
 		   $cdom,$cnum) eq 'ok') {
               $total++;
 	  }
        }
     }
-    &log($ENV{'user.domain'},$ENV{'user.name'},$ENV{'user.home'},
+    &log($env{'user.domain'},$env{'user.name'},$env{'user.home'},
          'Generated '.$total.' keys for '.$cnum.' at '.$cdom);
     return $total;
 }
@@ -762,21 +762,34 @@ sub generate_access_keys {
 sub validate_access_key {
     my ($ckey,$cdom,$cnum,$udom,$uname)=@_;
     $cdom=
-   $ENV{'course.'.$ENV{'request.course.id'}.'.domain'} unless (defined($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));
+   $env{'course.'.$env{'request.course.id'}.'.num'} unless (defined($cnum));
+    $udom=$env{'user.domain'} unless (defined($udom));
+    $uname=$env{'user.name'} unless (defined($uname));
     my %existing=&get('accesskeys',[$ckey],$cdom,$cnum);
-    return ($existing{$ckey}=~/^$uname\:$udom\#/);
+    return ($existing{$ckey}=~/^\Q$uname\E\:\Q$udom\E\#/);
 }
 
 # ------------------------------------- Find the section of student in a course
+sub devalidate_getsection_cache {
+    my ($udom,$unam,$courseid)=@_;
+    $courseid=~s/\_/\//g;
+    $courseid=~s/^(\w)/\/$1/;
+    my $hashid="$udom:$unam:$courseid";
+    &devalidate_cache_new('getsection',$hashid);
+}
 
 sub getsection {
     my ($udom,$unam,$courseid)=@_;
+    my $cachetime=1800;
     $courseid=~s/\_/\//g;
     $courseid=~s/^(\w)/\/$1/;
+
+    my $hashid="$udom:$unam:$courseid";
+    my ($result,$cached)=&is_cached_new('getsection',$hashid);
+    if (defined($cached)) { return $result; }
+
     my %Pending; 
     my %Expired;
     #
@@ -796,205 +809,125 @@ sub getsection {
                         &homeserver($unam,$udom)))) {
         my ($key,$value)=split(/\=/,$_);
         $key=&unescape($key);
-        next if ($key !~/^$courseid(?:\/)*(\w+)*\_st$/);
+        next if ($key !~/^\Q$courseid\E(?:\/)*(\w+)*\_st$/);
         my $section=$1;
         if ($key eq $courseid.'_st') { $section=''; }
         my ($dummy,$end,$start)=split(/\_/,&unescape($value));
         my $now=time;
-        if (defined($end) && ($now > $end)) {
+        if (defined($end) && $end && ($now > $end)) {
             $Expired{$end}=$section;
             next;
         }
-        if (defined($start) && ($now < $start)) {
+        if (defined($start) && $start && ($now < $start)) {
             $Pending{$start}=$section;
             next;
         }
-        return $section;
+        return &do_cache_new('getsection',$hashid,$section,$cachetime);
     }
     #
     # 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};
+        return &do_cache_new('getsection',$hashid,$Pending{$time},$cachetime);
     } 
     if (scalar(keys(%Expired))) {
         my @sorted = sort {$a <=> $b} keys(%Expired);
         my $time = pop(@sorted);
-        return $Expired{$time};
+        return &do_cache_new('getsection',$hashid,$Expired{$time},$cachetime);
     }
-    return '-1';
+    return &do_cache_new('getsection',$hashid,'-1',$cachetime);
 }
 
-
-my $disk_caching_disabled=1;
-
-sub devalidate_cache {
-    my ($cache,$id,$name) = @_;
-    delete $$cache{$id.'.time'};
-    delete $$cache{$id};
-    if ($disk_caching_disabled) { return; }
-    my $filename=$perlvar{'lonDaemons'}.'/tmp/lonnet_internal_cache_'.$name.".db";
-    open(DB,"$filename.lock");
-    flock(DB,LOCK_EX);
-    my %hash;
-    if (tie(%hash,'GDBM_File',$filename,&GDBM_WRCREAT(),0640)) {
-	eval <<'EVALBLOCK';
-	    delete($hash{$id});
-	    delete($hash{$id.'.time'});
-EVALBLOCK
-        if ($@) {
-	    &logthis("<font color='red'>devalidate_cache blew up :$@:$name</font>");
-	    unlink($filename);
-	}
-    } else {
-	if (-e $filename) {
-	    &logthis("Unable to tie hash (devalidate cache): $name");
-	    unlink($filename);
-	}
-    }
-    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 $id");
+sub save_cache {
+    my ($r)=@_;
+    if (! $r->is_initial_req()) { return DECLINED; }
+    &purge_remembered();
+    undef(%env);
+    return OK;
+}
+
+my $to_remember=-1;
+my %remembered;
+my %accessed;
+my $kicks=0;
+my $hits=0;
+sub devalidate_cache_new {
+    my ($name,$id,$debug) = @_;
+    if ($debug) { &Apache::lonnet::logthis("deleting $name:$id"); }
+    $id=&escape($name.':'.$id);
+    $memcache->delete($id);
+    delete($remembered{$id});
+    delete($accessed{$id});
+}
+
+sub is_cached_new {
+    my ($name,$id,$debug) = @_;
+    $id=&escape($name.':'.$id);
+    if (exists($remembered{$id})) {
+	if ($debug) { &Apache::lonnet::logthis("Earyl return $id of $remembered{$id} "); }
+	$accessed{$id}=[&gettimeofday()];
+	$hits++;
+	return ($remembered{$id},1);
+    }
+    my $value = $memcache->get($id);
+    if (!(defined($value))) {
+	if ($debug) { &Apache::lonnet::logthis("getting $id is not defined"); }
 	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{$id};
-}
-
-sub save_cache_item {
-    my ($cache,$name,$id)=@_;
-    if ($disk_caching_disabled) { return; }
-    my $starttime=&Time::HiRes::time();
-#    &logthis("Saving :$name:$id");
-    my %hash;
-    my $filename=$perlvar{'lonDaemons'}.'/tmp/lonnet_internal_cache_'.$name.".db";
-    open(DB,"$filename.lock");
-    flock(DB,LOCK_EX);
-    if (tie(%hash,'GDBM_File',$filename,&GDBM_WRCREAT(),0640)) {
-	eval <<'EVALBLOCK';
-	    $hash{$id.'.time'}=$$cache{$id.'.time'};
-	    $hash{$id}=freeze({'item'=>$$cache{$id}});
-EVALBLOCK
-        if ($@) {
-	    &logthis("<font color='red'>save_cache blew up :$@:$name</font>");
-	    unlink($filename);
-	}
-    } else {
-	if (-e $filename) {
-	    &logthis("Unable to tie hash (save cache item): $name ($!)");
-	    unlink($filename);
-	}
-    }
-    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,$id)=@_;
-    if ($disk_caching_disabled) { return; }
-    my $starttime=&Time::HiRes::time();
-#    &logthis("Before Loading $name  for $id size is ".scalar(%$cache));
-    my %hash;
-    my $filename=$perlvar{'lonDaemons'}.'/tmp/lonnet_internal_cache_'.$name.".db";
-    open(DB,"$filename.lock");
-    flock(DB,LOCK_SH);
-    if (tie(%hash,'GDBM_File',$filename,&GDBM_READER(),0640)) {
-	eval <<'EVALBLOCK';
-	    if (!%$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{$id.'.time'};
-	    }
-EVALBLOCK
-        if ($@) {
-	    &logthis("<font color='red'>load_cache blew up :$@:$name</font>");
-	    unlink($filename);
-	}        
-    } else {
-	if (-e $filename) {
-	    &logthis("Unable to tie hash (load cache item): $name ($!)");
-	    unlink($filename);
-	}
-    }
-    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.':'.$unam.':roles',
-                        &homeserver($unam,$udom)))) {
-        my ($key,$value)=split(/\=/,$_);
-        $key=&unescape($key);
-        if ($key=~/^$courseid(?:\/)*(\w+)*\_st$/) {
-            my $section=$1;
-            if ($key eq $courseid.'_st') { $section=''; }
-	    my ($dummy,$end,$start)=split(/\_/,&unescape($value));
-            my $now=time;
-            my $notactive=0;
-            if ($start) {
-		if ($now<$start) { $notactive=1; }
-            }
-            if ($end) {
-                if ($now>$end) { $notactive=1; }
-            } 
-            unless ($notactive) {
-		return &do_cache(\%usectioncache,$hashid,$section,'usection');
-	    }
-        }
     }
-    return &do_cache(\%usectioncache,$hashid,'-1','usection');
+    if ($value eq '__undef__') {
+	if ($debug) { &Apache::lonnet::logthis("getting $id is __undef__"); }
+	$value=undef;
+    }
+    &make_room($id,$value,$debug);
+    if ($debug) { &Apache::lonnet::logthis("getting $id is $value"); }
+    return ($value,1);
+}
+
+sub do_cache_new {
+    my ($name,$id,$value,$time,$debug) = @_;
+    $id=&escape($name.':'.$id);
+    my $setvalue=$value;
+    if (!defined($setvalue)) {
+	$setvalue='__undef__';
+    }
+    if (!defined($time) ) {
+	$time=600;
+    }
+    if ($debug) { &Apache::lonnet::logthis("Setting $id to $value"); }
+    $memcache->set($id,$setvalue,$time);
+    # need to make a copy of $value
+    #&make_room($id,$value,$debug);
+    return $value;
+}
+
+sub make_room {
+    my ($id,$value,$debug)=@_;
+    $remembered{$id}=$value;
+    if ($to_remember<0) { return; }
+    $accessed{$id}=[&gettimeofday()];
+    if (scalar(keys(%remembered)) <= $to_remember) { return; }
+    my $to_kick;
+    my $max_time=0;
+    foreach my $other (keys(%accessed)) {
+	if (&tv_interval($accessed{$other}) > $max_time) {
+	    $to_kick=$other;
+	    $max_time=&tv_interval($accessed{$other});
+	}
+    }
+    delete($remembered{$to_kick});
+    delete($accessed{$to_kick});
+    $kicks++;
+    if ($debug) { &logthis("kicking $to_kick $max_time $kicks\n"); }
+    return;
+}
+
+sub purge_remembered {
+    #&logthis("Tossing ".scalar(keys(%remembered)));
+    #&logthis(sprintf("%-20s is %s",'%remembered',length(&freeze(\%remembered))));
+    undef(%remembered);
+    undef(%accessed);
 }
-
 # ------------------------------------- Read an entry from a user's environment
 
 sub userenvironment {
@@ -1010,15 +943,28 @@ sub userenvironment {
     return %returnhash;
 }
 
+# ---------------------------------------------------------- Get a studentphoto
+sub studentphoto {
+    my ($udom,$unam,$ext) = @_;
+    my $home=&Apache::lonnet::homeserver($unam,$udom);
+    my $ret=&Apache::lonnet::reply("studentphoto:$udom:$unam:$ext",$home);
+    my $url="/uploaded/$udom/$unam/internal/studentphoto.".$ext;
+    if ($ret ne 'ok') {
+	return '/adm/lonKaputt/lonlogo_broken.gif';
+    }
+    my $tokenurl=&Apache::lonnet::tokenwrapper($url);
+    return $tokenurl;
+}
+
 # -------------------------------------------------------------------- New chat
 
 sub chatsend {
     my ($newentry,$anon)=@_;
-    my $cnum=$ENV{'course.'.$ENV{'request.course.id'}.'.num'};
-    my $cdom=$ENV{'course.'.$ENV{'request.course.id'}.'.domain'};
-    my $chome=$ENV{'course.'.$ENV{'request.course.id'}.'.home'};
+    my $cnum=$env{'course.'.$env{'request.course.id'}.'.num'};
+    my $cdom=$env{'course.'.$env{'request.course.id'}.'.domain'};
+    my $chome=$env{'course.'.$env{'request.course.id'}.'.home'};
     &reply('chatsend:'.$cdom.':'.$cnum.':'.
-	   &escape($ENV{'user.domain'}.':'.$ENV{'user.name'}.':'.$anon.':'.
+	   &escape($env{'user.domain'}.':'.$env{'user.name'}.':'.$anon.':'.
 		   &escape($newentry)),$chome);
 }
 
@@ -1032,7 +978,7 @@ sub getversion {
 
 sub currentversion {
     my $fname=shift;
-    my ($result,$cached)=&is_cached(\%resversioncache,$fname,'resversion',600);
+    my ($result,$cached)=&is_cached_new('resversion',$fname);
     if (defined($cached)) { return $result; }
     my $author=$fname;
     $author=~s/\/home\/httpd\/html\/res\/([^\/]*)\/([^\/]*).*/$1\/$2/;
@@ -1045,7 +991,7 @@ sub currentversion {
     if (($answer eq 'con_lost') || ($answer eq 'rejected')) {
 	return -1;
     }
-    return &do_cache(\%resversioncache,$fname,$answer,'resversion');
+    return &do_cache_new('resversion',$fname,$answer,600);
 }
 
 # ----------------------------- Subscribe to a resource, return URL if possible
@@ -1053,6 +999,7 @@ sub currentversion {
 sub subscribe {
     my $fname=shift;
     if ($fname=~/\/(aboutme|syllabus|bulletinboard|smppg)$/) { return ''; }
+    $fname=~s/[\n\r]//g;
     my $author=$fname;
     $author=~s/\/home\/httpd\/html\/res\/([^\/]*)\/([^\/]*).*/$1\/$2/;
     my ($udom,$uname)=split(/\//,$author);
@@ -1072,21 +1019,27 @@ sub subscribe {
 sub repcopy {
     my $filename=shift;
     $filename=~s/\/+/\//g;
-    if ($filename=~/^\/home\/httpd\/html\/adm\//) { return OK; }
+    if ($filename=~m|^/home/httpd/html/adm/|) { return 'ok'; }
+    if ($filename=~m|^/home/httpd/html/lonUsers/|) { return 'ok'; }
+    if ($filename=~m|^/home/httpd/html/userfiles/| or
+	$filename=~m -^/*(uploaded|editupload)/-) { 
+	return &repcopy_userfile($filename);
+    }
+    $filename=~s/[\n\r]//g;
     my $transname="$filename.in.transfer";
-    if ((-e $filename) || (-e $transname)) { return OK; }
+    if ((-e $filename) || (-e $transname)) { return 'ok'; }
     my $remoteurl=subscribe($filename);
     if ($remoteurl =~ /^con_lost by/) {
 	   &logthis("Subscribe returned $remoteurl: $filename");
-           return HTTP_SERVICE_UNAVAILABLE;
+           return 'unavailable';
     } elsif ($remoteurl eq 'not_found') {
 	   #&logthis("Subscribe returned not_found: $filename");
-	   return HTTP_NOT_FOUND;
+	   return 'not_found';
     } elsif ($remoteurl =~ /^rejected by/) {
 	   &logthis("Subscribe returned $remoteurl: $filename");
-           return FORBIDDEN;
+           return 'forbidden';
     } elsif ($remoteurl eq 'directory') {
-           return OK;
+           return 'ok';
     } else {
         my $author=$filename;
         $author=~s/\/home\/httpd\/html\/res\/([^\/]*)\/([^\/]*).*/$1\/$2/;
@@ -1097,7 +1050,7 @@ sub repcopy {
            my $path="/$parts[1]/$parts[2]/$parts[3]/$parts[4]";
            if ($path ne "$perlvar{'lonDocRoot'}/res") {
                &logthis("Malconfiguration for replication: $filename");
-	       return HTTP_BAD_REQUEST;
+	       return 'bad_request';
            }
            my $count;
            for ($count=5;$count<$#parts;$count++) {
@@ -1112,9 +1065,9 @@ sub repcopy {
            if ($response->is_error()) {
 	       unlink($transname);
                my $message=$response->status_line;
-               &logthis("<font color=blue>WARNING:"
+               &logthis("<font color=\"blue\">WARNING:"
                        ." LWP get: $message: $filename</font>");
-               return HTTP_SERVICE_UNAVAILABLE;
+               return 'unavailable';
            } else {
 	       if ($remoteurl!~/\.meta$/) {
                   my $mrequest=new HTTP::Request('GET',$remoteurl.'.meta');
@@ -1122,11 +1075,11 @@ sub repcopy {
                   if ($mresponse->is_error()) {
 		      unlink($filename.'.meta');
                       &logthis(
-                     "<font color=yellow>INFO: No metadata: $filename</font>");
+                     "<font color=\"yellow\">INFO: No metadata: $filename</font>");
                   }
 	       }
                rename($transname,$filename);
-               return OK;
+               return 'ok';
            }
        }
     }
@@ -1135,12 +1088,14 @@ sub repcopy {
 # ------------------------------------------------ Get server side include body
 sub ssi_body {
     my ($filelink,%form)=@_;
+    if (! exists($form{'LONCAPA_INTERNAL_no_discussion'})) {
+        $form{'LONCAPA_INTERNAL_no_discussion'}='true';
+    }
     my $output=($filelink=~/^http\:/?&externalssi($filelink):
                                      &ssi($filelink,%form));
+    $output=~s|//(\s*<!--)? BEGIN LON-CAPA Internal.+// END LON-CAPA Internal\s*(-->)?\s||gs;
     $output=~s/^.*?\<body[^\>]*\>//si;
     $output=~s/(.*)\<\/body\s*\>.*?$/$1/si;
-    $output=~
-            s/\/\/ BEGIN LON\-CAPA Internal.+\/\/ END LON\-CAPA Internal\s//gs;
     return $output;
 }
 
@@ -1175,31 +1130,141 @@ sub externalssi {
     return $response->content;
 }
 
-# ------- Add a token to a remote URI's query string to vouch for access rights
+# -------------------------------- Allow a /uploaded/ URI to be vouched for
 
-sub tokenwrapper {
-    my $uri=shift;
-    $uri=~s/^http\:\/\/([^\/]+)//;
-    $uri=~s/^\///;
-    $ENV{'user.environment'}=~/\/([^\/]+)\.id/;
-    my $token=$1;
-    if ($uri=~/^uploaded\/([^\/]+)\/([^\/]+)\/([^\/]+)(\?\.*)*$/) {
-	&appenv('userfile.'.$1.'/'.$2.'/'.$3 => $ENV{'request.course.id'});
-        return 'http://'.$hostname{ &homeserver($2,$1)}.'/'.$uri.
-               (($uri=~/\?/)?'&':'?').'token='.$token.
-                               '&tokenissued='.$perlvar{'lonHostID'};
+sub allowuploaded {
+    my ($srcurl,$url)=@_;
+    $url=&clutter(&declutter($url));
+    my $dir=$url;
+    $dir=~s/\/[^\/]+$//;
+    my %httpref=();
+    my $httpurl=&hreflocation('',$url);
+    $httpref{'httpref.'.$httpurl}=$srcurl;
+    &Apache::lonnet::appenv(%httpref);
+}
+
+# --------- File operations in /home/httpd/html/userfiles/$domain/1/2/3/$course
+# input: action, courseID, current domain, intended
+#        path to file, source of file, instruction to parse file for objects,
+#        ref to hash for embedded objects,
+#        ref to hash for codebase of java objects.
+#
+# output: url to file (if action was uploaddoc), 
+#         ok if successful, or diagnostic message otherwise (if action was propagate or copy)
+#
+# Allows directory structure to be used within lonUsers/../userfiles/ for a 
+# course.
+#
+# action = propagate - /home/httpd/html/userfiles/$domain/1/2/3/$course/$file
+#          will be copied to /home/httpd/lonUsers/1/2/3/$course/userfiles in
+#          course's home server.
+#
+# action = copy - /home/httpd/html/userfiles/$domain/1/2/3/$course/$file will
+#          be copied from $source (current location) to 
+#          /home/httpd/html/userfiles/$domain/1/2/3/$course/$file
+#         and will then be copied to
+#          /home/httpd/lonUsers/$domain/1/2/3/$course/userfiles/$file in
+#         course's home server.
+#
+# action = uploaddoc - /home/httpd/html/userfiles/$domain/1/2/3/$course/$file
+#         will be retrived from $env{form.uploaddoc} (from DOCS interface) to
+#         /home/httpd/html/userfiles/$domain/1/2/3/$course/$file
+#         and will then be copied to /home/httpd/lonUsers/1/2/3/$course/userfiles/$file
+#         in course's home server.
+#
+
+sub process_coursefile {
+    my ($action,$docuname,$docudom,$file,$source,$parser,$allfiles,$codebase)=@_;
+    my $fetchresult;
+    my $home=&homeserver($docuname,$docudom);
+    if ($action eq 'propagate') {
+        $fetchresult= &reply('fetchuserfile:'.$docudom.'/'.$docuname.'/'.$file,
+			     $home);
+    } else {
+        my $fpath = '';
+        my $fname = $file;
+        ($fpath,$fname) = ($file =~ m|^(.*)/([^/]+)$|);
+        $fpath=$docudom.'/'.$docuname.'/'.$fpath;
+        my $filepath = &build_filepath($fpath);
+        if ($action eq 'copy') {
+            if ($source eq '') {
+                $fetchresult = 'no source file';
+                return $fetchresult;
+            } else {
+                my $destination = $filepath.'/'.$fname;
+                rename($source,$destination);
+                $fetchresult= &reply('fetchuserfile:'.$docudom.'/'.$docuname.'/'.$file,
+                                 $home);
+            }
+        } elsif ($action eq 'uploaddoc') {
+            open(my $fh,'>'.$filepath.'/'.$fname);
+            print $fh $env{'form.'.$source};
+            close($fh);
+            if ($parser eq 'parse') {
+                my $parse_result = &extract_embedded_items($filepath,$fname,$allfiles,$codebase);
+                unless ($parse_result eq 'ok') {
+                    &logthis('Failed to parse '.$filepath.'/'.$fname.' for embedded media: '.$parse_result);
+                }
+            }
+            $fetchresult= &reply('fetchuserfile:'.$docudom.'/'.$docuname.'/'.$file,
+                                 $home);
+            if ($fetchresult eq 'ok') {
+                return '/uploaded/'.$fpath.'/'.$fname;
+            } else {
+                &logthis('Failed to transfer '.$docudom.'/'.$docuname.'/'.$file.
+                        ' to host '.$home.': '.$fetchresult);
+                return '/adm/notfound.html';
+            }
+        }
+    }
+    unless ( $fetchresult eq 'ok') {
+        &logthis('Failed to transfer '.$docudom.'/'.$docuname.'/'.$file.
+             ' to host '.$home.': '.$fetchresult);
+    }
+    return $fetchresult;
+}
+
+sub build_filepath {
+    my ($fpath) = @_;
+    my $filepath=$perlvar{'lonDocRoot'}.'/userfiles';
+    unless ($fpath eq '') {
+        my @parts=split('/',$fpath);
+        foreach my $part (@parts) {
+            $filepath.= '/'.$part;
+            if ((-e $filepath)!=1) {
+                mkdir($filepath,0777);
+            }
+        }
+    }
+    return $filepath;
+}
+
+sub store_edited_file {
+    my ($primary_url,$content,$docudom,$docuname,$fetchresult) = @_;
+    my $file = $primary_url;
+    $file =~ s#^/uploaded/$docudom/$docuname/##;
+    my $fpath = '';
+    my $fname = $file;
+    ($fpath,$fname) = ($file =~ m|^(.*)/([^/]+)$|);
+    $fpath=$docudom.'/'.$docuname.'/'.$fpath;
+    my $filepath = &build_filepath($fpath);
+    open(my $fh,'>'.$filepath.'/'.$fname);
+    print $fh $content;
+    close($fh);
+    my $home=&homeserver($docuname,$docudom);
+    $$fetchresult= &reply('fetchuserfile:'.$docudom.'/'.$docuname.'/'.$file,
+			  $home);
+    if ($$fetchresult eq 'ok') {
+        return '/uploaded/'.$fpath.'/'.$fname;
     } else {
-	return '/adm/notfound.html';
+        &logthis('Failed to transfer '.$docudom.'/'.$docuname.'/'.$file.
+		 ' to host '.$home.': '.$$fetchresult);
+        return '/adm/notfound.html';
     }
 }
-    
-# --------------- Take an uploaded file and put it into the userfiles directory
-# input: name of form element, coursedoc=1 means this is for the course
-# output: url of file in userspace
 
-sub userfileupload {
-    my ($formname,$coursedoc)=@_;
-    my $fname=$ENV{'form.'.$formname.'.filename'};
+sub clean_filename {
+    my ($fname)=@_;
 # Replace Windows backslashes by forward slashes
     $fname=~s/\\/\//g;
 # Get rid of everything but the actual filename
@@ -1208,30 +1273,74 @@ sub userfileupload {
     $fname=~s/\s+/\_/g;
 # Replace all other weird characters by nothing
     $fname=~s/[^\w\.\-]//g;
+# Replace all .\d. sequences with _\d. so they no longer look like version
+# numbers
+    $fname=~s/\.(\d+)(?=\.)/_$1/g;
+    return $fname;
+}
+
+# --------------- Take an uploaded file and put it into the userfiles directory
+# input: name of form element, coursedoc=1 means this is for the course
+# output: url of file in userspace
+
+
+sub userfileupload {
+    my ($formname,$coursedoc,$subdir,$parser,$allfiles,$codebase)=@_;
+    if (!defined($subdir)) { $subdir='unknown'; }
+    my $fname=$env{'form.'.$formname.'.filename'};
+    $fname=&clean_filename($fname);
 # See if there is anything left
     unless ($fname) { return 'error: no uploaded file'; }
-    chop($ENV{'form.'.$formname});
+    chop($env{'form.'.$formname});
+    if (($formname eq 'screenshot') && ($subdir eq 'helprequests')) { #files uploaded to help request form are handled differently
+        my $now = time;
+        my $filepath = 'tmp/helprequests/'.$now;
+        my @parts=split(/\//,$filepath);
+        my $fullpath = $perlvar{'lonDaemons'};
+        for (my $i=0;$i<@parts;$i++) {
+            $fullpath .= '/'.$parts[$i];
+            if ((-e $fullpath)!=1) {
+                mkdir($fullpath,0777);
+            }
+        }
+        open(my $fh,'>'.$fullpath.'/'.$fname);
+        print $fh $env{'form.'.$formname};
+        close($fh);
+        return $fullpath.'/'.$fname; 
+    }
 # Create the directory if not present
-    my $docuname='';
-    my $docudom='';
-    my $docuhome='';
+    $fname="$subdir/$fname";
     if ($coursedoc) {
-	$docuname=$ENV{'course.'.$ENV{'request.course.id'}.'.num'};
-	$docudom=$ENV{'course.'.$ENV{'request.course.id'}.'.domain'};
-	$docuhome=$ENV{'course.'.$ENV{'request.course.id'}.'.home'};
-    } else {
-        $docuname=$ENV{'user.name'};
-        $docudom=$ENV{'user.domain'};
-        $docuhome=$ENV{'user.home'};
+	my $docuname=$env{'course.'.$env{'request.course.id'}.'.num'};
+	my $docudom=$env{'course.'.$env{'request.course.id'}.'.domain'};
+        if ($env{'form.folder'} =~ m/^(default|supplemental)/) {
+            return &finishuserfileupload($docuname,$docudom,
+					 $formname,$fname,$parser,$allfiles,
+					 $codebase);
+        } else {
+            $fname=$env{'form.folder'}.'/'.$fname;
+            return &process_coursefile('uploaddoc',$docuname,$docudom,
+				       $fname,$formname,$parser,
+				       $allfiles,$codebase);
+        }
+    } else {
+        my $docuname=$env{'user.name'};
+        my $docudom=$env{'user.domain'};
+	return &finishuserfileupload($docuname,$docudom,$formname,
+				     $fname,$parser,$allfiles,$codebase);
     }
-    return 
-        &finishuserfileupload($docuname,$docudom,$docuhome,$formname,$fname);
 }
 
 sub finishuserfileupload {
-    my ($docuname,$docudom,$docuhome,$formname,$fname)=@_;
+    my ($docuname,$docudom,$formname,$fname,$parser,$allfiles,$codebase) = @_;
     my $path=$docudom.'/'.$docuname.'/';
     my $filepath=$perlvar{'lonDocRoot'};
+    my ($fnamepath,$file);
+    $file=$fname;
+    if ($fname=~m|/|) {
+        ($fnamepath,$file) = ($fname =~ m|^(.*)/([^/]+)$|);
+	$path.=$fnamepath.'/';
+    }
     my @parts=split(/\//,$filepath.'/userfiles/'.$path);
     my $count;
     for ($count=4;$count<=$#parts;$count++) {
@@ -1242,26 +1351,166 @@ sub finishuserfileupload {
     }
 # Save the file
     {
-       open(my $fh,'>'.$filepath.'/'.$fname);
-       print $fh $ENV{'form.'.$formname};
-       close($fh);
+	open(FH,'>'.$filepath.'/'.$file);
+	print FH $env{'form.'.$formname};
+	close(FH);
+    }
+    if ($parser eq 'parse') {
+        my $parse_result = &extract_embedded_items($filepath,$file,$allfiles,
+						   $codebase);
+        unless ($parse_result eq 'ok') {
+            &logthis('Failed to parse '.$filepath.$file.
+		     ' for embedded media: '.$parse_result); 
+        }
     }
 # Notify homeserver to grep it
 #
-    
-    my $fetchresult= 
- &reply('fetchuserfile:'.$docudom.'/'.$docuname.'/'.$fname,$docuhome);
+    my $docuhome=&homeserver($docuname,$docudom);
+    my $fetchresult= &reply('fetchuserfile:'.$path.$file,$docuhome);
     if ($fetchresult eq 'ok') {
 #
 # Return the URL to it
-        return '/uploaded/'.$path.$fname;
+        return '/uploaded/'.$path.$file;
     } else {
-        &logthis('Failed to transfer '.$docudom.'/'.$docuname.'/'.$fname.
-         ' to host '.$docuhome.': '.$fetchresult);
+        &logthis('Failed to transfer '.$path.$file.' to host '.$docuhome.
+		 ': '.$fetchresult);
         return '/adm/notfound.html';
     }    
 }
 
+sub extract_embedded_items {
+    my ($filepath,$file,$allfiles,$codebase,$content) = @_;
+    my @state = ();
+    my %javafiles = (
+                      codebase => '',
+                      code => '',
+                      archive => ''
+                    );
+    my %mediafiles = (
+                      src => '',
+                      movie => '',
+                     );
+    my $p;
+    if ($content) {
+        $p = HTML::LCParser->new($content);
+    } else {
+        $p = HTML::LCParser->new($filepath.'/'.$file);
+    }
+    while (my $t=$p->get_token()) {
+	if ($t->[0] eq 'S') {
+	    my ($tagname, $attr) = ($t->[1],$t->[2]);
+	    push (@state, $tagname);
+            if (lc($tagname) eq 'allow') {
+                &add_filetype($allfiles,$attr->{'src'},'src');
+            }
+	    if (lc($tagname) eq 'img') {
+		&add_filetype($allfiles,$attr->{'src'},'src');
+	    }
+            if (lc($tagname) eq 'script') {
+                if ($attr->{'archive'} =~ /\.jar$/i) {
+                    &add_filetype($allfiles,$attr->{'archive'},'archive');
+                } else {
+                    &add_filetype($allfiles,$attr->{'src'},'src');
+                }
+            }
+            if (lc($tagname) eq 'link') {
+                if (lc($attr->{'rel'}) eq 'stylesheet') { 
+                    &add_filetype($allfiles,$attr->{'href'},'href');
+                }
+            }
+	    if (lc($tagname) eq 'object' ||
+		(lc($tagname) eq 'embed' && lc($state[-2]) ne 'object')) {
+		foreach my $item (keys(%javafiles)) {
+		    $javafiles{$item} = '';
+		}
+	    }
+	    if (lc($state[-2]) eq 'object' && lc($tagname) eq 'param') {
+		my $name = lc($attr->{'name'});
+		foreach my $item (keys(%javafiles)) {
+		    if ($name eq $item) {
+			$javafiles{$item} = $attr->{'value'};
+			last;
+		    }
+		}
+		foreach my $item (keys(%mediafiles)) {
+		    if ($name eq $item) {
+			&add_filetype($allfiles, $attr->{'value'}, 'value');
+			last;
+		    }
+		}
+	    }
+	    if (lc($tagname) eq 'embed' || lc($tagname) eq 'applet') {
+		foreach my $item (keys(%javafiles)) {
+		    if ($attr->{$item}) {
+			$javafiles{$item} = $attr->{$item};
+			last;
+		    }
+		}
+		foreach my $item (keys(%mediafiles)) {
+		    if ($attr->{$item}) {
+			&add_filetype($allfiles,$attr->{$item},$item);
+			last;
+		    }
+		}
+	    }
+	} elsif ($t->[0] eq 'E') {
+	    my ($tagname) = ($t->[1]);
+	    if ($javafiles{'codebase'} ne '') {
+		$javafiles{'codebase'} .= '/';
+	    }  
+	    if (lc($tagname) eq 'applet' ||
+		lc($tagname) eq 'object' ||
+		(lc($tagname) eq 'embed' && lc($state[-2]) ne 'object')
+		) {
+		foreach my $item (keys(%javafiles)) {
+		    if ($item ne 'codebase' && $javafiles{$item} ne '') {
+			my $file=$javafiles{'codebase'}.$javafiles{$item};
+			&add_filetype($allfiles,$file,$item);
+		    }
+		}
+	    } 
+	    pop @state;
+	}
+    }
+    return 'ok';
+}
+
+sub add_filetype {
+    my ($allfiles,$file,$type)=@_;
+    if (exists($allfiles->{$file})) {
+	unless (grep/^\Q$type\E$/, @{$allfiles->{$file}}) {
+	    push(@{$allfiles->{$file}}, &escape($type));
+	}
+    } else {
+	@{$allfiles->{$file}} = (&escape($type));
+    }
+}
+
+sub removeuploadedurl {
+    my ($url)=@_;
+    my (undef,undef,$udom,$uname,$fname)=split('/',$url,5);
+    return &removeuserfile($uname,$udom,$fname);
+}
+
+sub removeuserfile {
+    my ($docuname,$docudom,$fname)=@_;
+    my $home=&homeserver($docuname,$docudom);
+    return &reply("removeuserfile:$docudom/$docuname/$fname",$home);
+}
+
+sub mkdiruserfile {
+    my ($docuname,$docudom,$dir)=@_;
+    my $home=&homeserver($docuname,$docudom);
+    return &reply("mkdiruserfile:".&escape("$docudom/$docuname/$dir"),$home);
+}
+
+sub renameuserfile {
+    my ($docuname,$docudom,$old,$new)=@_;
+    my $home=&homeserver($docuname,$docudom);
+    return &reply("renameuserfile:$docudom:$docuname:".&escape("$old").':'.
+		  &escape("$new"),$home);
+}
+
 # ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Log
 
 sub log {
@@ -1294,18 +1543,20 @@ sub flushcourselogs {
         } else {
             &logthis('Failed to flush log buffer for '.$crsid);
             if (length($courselogs{$crsid})>40000) {
-               &logthis("<font color=blue>WARNING: Buffer for ".$crsid.
+               &logthis("<font color=\"blue\">WARNING: Buffer for ".$crsid.
                         " exceeded maximum size, deleting.</font>");
                delete $courselogs{$crsid};
             }
         }
         if ($courseidbuffer{$coursehombuf{$crsid}}) {
            $courseidbuffer{$coursehombuf{$crsid}}.='&'.
-			 &escape($crsid).'='.&escape($coursedescrbuf{$crsid});
+			 &escape($crsid).'='.&escape($coursedescrbuf{$crsid}).
+                         ':'.&escape($courseinstcodebuf{$crsid}).':'.&escape($courseownerbuf{$crsid});
         } else {
            $courseidbuffer{$coursehombuf{$crsid}}=
-			 &escape($crsid).'='.&escape($coursedescrbuf{$crsid});
-        }    
+			 &escape($crsid).'='.&escape($coursedescrbuf{$crsid}).
+                         ':'.&escape($courseinstcodebuf{$crsid}).':'.&escape($courseownerbuf{$crsid});
+        }
     }
 #
 # Write course id database (reverse lookup) to homeserver of courses 
@@ -1324,9 +1575,9 @@ sub flushcourselogs {
             ($dom,$name,undef)=($entry=~m:___(\w+)/(\w+)/(.*)___count$:);
             if (! defined($dom) || $dom eq '' || 
                 ! defined($name) || $name eq '') {
-                my $cid = $ENV{'request.course.id'};
-                $dom  = $ENV{'request.'.$cid.'.domain'};
-                $name = $ENV{'request.'.$cid.'.num'};
+                my $cid = $env{'request.course.id'};
+                $dom  = $env{'request.'.$cid.'.domain'};
+                $name = $env{'request.'.$cid.'.num'};
             }
             my $value = $accesshash{$entry};
             my (undef,$url,undef) = ($entry =~ /^(.*)___(.*)___count$/);
@@ -1363,40 +1614,81 @@ sub flushcourselogs {
 	    delete $userrolehash{$entry};
         }
     }
+#
+# Reverse lookup of domain roles (dc, ad, li, sc, au)
+#
+    my %domrolebuffer = ();
+    foreach my $entry (keys %domainrolehash) {
+        my ($role,$uname,$udom,$runame,$rudom,$rsec)=split/:/,$entry;
+        if ($domrolebuffer{$rudom}) {
+            $domrolebuffer{$rudom}.='&'.&escape($entry).
+                      '='.&escape($domainrolehash{$entry});
+        } else {
+            $domrolebuffer{$rudom}.=&escape($entry).
+                      '='.&escape($domainrolehash{$entry});
+        }
+        delete $domainrolehash{$entry};
+    }
+    foreach my $dom (keys(%domrolebuffer)) {
+        foreach my $tryserver (keys %libserv) {
+            if ($hostdom{$tryserver} eq $dom) {
+                unless (&reply('domroleput:'.$dom.':'.
+                  $domrolebuffer{$dom},$tryserver) eq 'ok') {
+                    &logthis('Put of domain roles failed for '.$dom.' and  '.$tryserver);
+                }
+            }
+        }
+    }
     $dumpcount++;
 }
 
 sub courselog {
     my $what=shift;
     $what=time.':'.$what;
-    unless ($ENV{'request.course.id'}) { return ''; }
-    $coursedombuf{$ENV{'request.course.id'}}=
-       $ENV{'course.'.$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'}}.='&'.$what;
+    unless ($env{'request.course.id'}) { return ''; }
+    $coursedombuf{$env{'request.course.id'}}=
+       $env{'course.'.$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'};
+    $courseinstcodebuf{$env{'request.course.id'}}=
+       $env{'course.'.$env{'request.course.id'}.'.internal.coursecode'};
+    $courseownerbuf{$env{'request.course.id'}}=
+       $env{'course.'.$env{'request.course.id'}.'.internal.courseowner'};
+    if (defined $courselogs{$env{'request.course.id'}}) {
+	$courselogs{$env{'request.course.id'}}.='&'.$what;
     } else {
-	$courselogs{$ENV{'request.course.id'}}.=$what;
+	$courselogs{$env{'request.course.id'}}.=$what;
     }
-    if (length($courselogs{$ENV{'request.course.id'}})>4048) {
+    if (length($courselogs{$env{'request.course.id'}})>4048) {
 	&flushcourselogs();
     }
 }
 
 sub courseacclog {
     my $fnsymb=shift;
-    unless ($ENV{'request.course.id'}) { return ''; }
-    my $what=$fnsymb.':'.$ENV{'user.name'}.':'.$ENV{'user.domain'};
-    if ($fnsymb=~/(problem|exam|quiz|assess|survey|form|page)$/) {
+    unless ($env{'request.course.id'}) { return ''; }
+    my $what=$fnsymb.':'.$env{'user.name'}.':'.$env{'user.domain'};
+    if ($fnsymb=~/(problem|exam|quiz|assess|survey|form|task|page)$/) {
         $what.=':POST';
-	foreach (keys %ENV) {
+        # FIXME: Probably ought to escape things....
+	foreach (keys %env) {
             if ($_=~/^form\.(.*)/) {
-		$what.=':'.$1.'='.$ENV{$_};
+		$what.=':'.$1.'='.$env{$_};
+            }
+        }
+    } elsif ($fnsymb =~ m:^/adm/searchcat:) {
+        # FIXME: We should not be depending on a form parameter that someone
+        # editing lonsearchcat.pm might change in the future.
+        if ($env{'form.phase'} eq 'course_search') {
+            $what.= ':POST';
+            # FIXME: Probably ought to escape things....
+            foreach my $element ('courseexp','crsfulltext','crsrelated',
+                                 'crsdiscuss') {
+                $what.=':'.$element.'='.$env{'form.'.$element};
             }
         }
     }
@@ -1406,8 +1698,8 @@ sub courseacclog {
 sub countacc {
     my $url=&declutter(shift);
     return if (! defined($url) || $url eq '');
-    unless ($ENV{'request.course.id'}) { return ''; }
-    $accesshash{$ENV{'request.course.id'}.'___'.$url.'___course'}=1;
+    unless ($env{'request.course.id'}) { return ''; }
+    $accesshash{$env{'request.course.id'}.'___'.$url.'___course'}=1;
     my $key=$$.$processmarker.'_'.$dumpcount.'___'.$url.'___count';
     $accesshash{$key}++;
 }
@@ -1422,20 +1714,34 @@ sub linklog {
   
 sub userrolelog {
     my ($trole,$username,$domain,$area,$tstart,$tend)=@_;
-    if (($trole=~/^ca/) || ($trole=~/^in/) || 
-        ($trole=~/^cc/) || ($trole=~/^ep/) ||
-        ($trole=~/^cr/)) {
+    if (($trole=~/^ca/) || ($trole=~/^aa/) ||
+        ($trole=~/^in/) || ($trole=~/^cc/) ||
+        ($trole=~/^ep/) || ($trole=~/^cr/) ||
+        ($trole=~/^ta/)) {
        my (undef,$rudom,$runame,$rsec)=split(/\//,$area);
        $userrolehash
          {$trole.':'.$username.':'.$domain.':'.$runame.':'.$rudom.':'.$rsec}
                     =$tend.':'.$tstart;
-   }
+    }
+    if (($trole=~/^dc/) || ($trole=~/^ad/) ||
+        ($trole=~/^li/) || ($trole=~/^li/) ||
+        ($trole=~/^au/) || ($trole=~/^dg/) ||
+        ($trole=~/^sc/)) {
+       my (undef,$rudom,$runame,$rsec)=split(/\//,$area);
+       $domainrolehash
+         {$trole.':'.$username.':'.$domain.':'.$runame.':'.$rudom.':'.$rsec}
+                    = $tend.':'.$tstart;
+    }
 }
 
 sub get_course_adv_roles {
     my $cid=shift;
-    $cid=$ENV{'request.course.id'} unless (defined($cid));
+    $cid=$env{'request.course.id'} unless (defined($cid));
     my %coursehash=&coursedescription($cid);
+    my %nothide=();
+    foreach (split(/\s*\,\s*/,$coursehash{'nothideprivileged'})) {
+	$nothide{join(':',split(/[\@\:]/,$_))}=1;
+    }
     my %returnhash=();
     my %dumphash=
             &dump('nohist_userroles',$coursehash{'domain'},$coursehash{'num'});
@@ -1446,7 +1752,14 @@ sub get_course_adv_roles {
         if (($tend) && ($tend<$now)) { next; }
         if (($tstart) && ($now<$tstart)) { next; }
         my ($role,$username,$domain,$section)=split(/\:/,$_);
+	if ($username eq '' || $domain eq '') { next; }
+	if ((&privileged($username,$domain)) && 
+	    (!$nothide{$username.':'.$domain})) { next; }
+	if ($role eq 'cr') { next; }
         my $key=&plaintext($role);
+	if ($role =~ /^cr/) {
+	    $key=(split('/',$role))[3];
+	}
         if ($section) { $key.=' (Sec/Grp '.$section.')'; }
         if ($returnhash{$key}) {
 	    $returnhash{$key}.=','.$username.':'.$domain;
@@ -1459,8 +1772,8 @@ sub get_course_adv_roles {
 
 sub get_my_roles {
     my ($uname,$udom)=@_;
-    unless (defined($uname)) { $uname=$ENV{'user.name'}; }
-    unless (defined($udom)) { $udom=$ENV{'user.domain'}; }
+    unless (defined($uname)) { $uname=$env{'user.name'}; }
+    unless (defined($udom)) { $udom=$env{'user.domain'}; }
     my %dumphash=
             &dump('nohist_userroles',$udom,$uname);
     my %returnhash=();
@@ -1496,7 +1809,7 @@ sub getannounce {
 	if ($announcement=~/\w/) { 
 	    return 
    '<table bgcolor="#FF5555" cellpadding="5" cellspacing="3">'.
-   '<tr><td bgcolor="#FFFFFF"><pre>'.$announcement.'</pre></td></tr></table>'; 
+   '<tr><td bgcolor="#FFFFFF"><tt>'.$announcement.'</tt></td></tr></table>'; 
 	} else {
 	    return '';
 	}
@@ -1515,29 +1828,119 @@ sub courseidput {
 }
 
 sub courseiddump {
-    my ($domfilter,$descfilter,$sincefilter)=@_;
+    my ($domfilter,$descfilter,$sincefilter,$instcodefilter,$ownerfilter,$coursefilter,$hostidflag,$hostidref)=@_;
     my %returnhash=();
     unless ($domfilter) { $domfilter=''; }
     foreach my $tryserver (keys %libserv) {
-	if ((!$domfilter) || ($hostdom{$tryserver} eq $domfilter)) {
-	    foreach (
-             split(/\&/,&reply('courseiddump:'.$hostdom{$tryserver}.':'.
-			       $sincefilter.':'.&escape($descfilter),
+        if ( ($hostidflag == 1 && grep/^$tryserver$/,@{$hostidref}) || (!defined($hostidflag)) ) {
+	    if ((!$domfilter) || ($hostdom{$tryserver} eq $domfilter)) {
+	        foreach (
+                 split(/\&/,&reply('courseiddump:'.$hostdom{$tryserver}.':'.
+			       $sincefilter.':'.&escape($descfilter).':'.
+                               &escape($instcodefilter).':'.&escape($ownerfilter).':'.&escape($coursefilter),
                                $tryserver))) {
-		my ($key,$value)=split(/\=/,$_);
-                if (($key) && ($value)) {
-		    $returnhash{&unescape($key)}=&unescape($value);
+		    my ($key,$value)=split(/\=/,$_);
+                    if (($key) && ($value)) {
+		        $returnhash{&unescape($key)}=$value;
+                    }
                 }
             }
+        }
+    }
+    return %returnhash;
+}
+
+# ---------------------------------------------------------- DC e-mail
 
+sub dcmailput {
+    my ($domain,$msgid,$contents,$server)=@_;
+    my $status = &Apache::lonnet::critical(
+       'dcmailput:'.$domain.':'.&Apache::lonnet::escape($msgid).'='.
+       &Apache::lonnet::escape($$contents{$server}),$server);
+    return $status;
+}
+
+sub dcmaildump {
+    my ($dom,$startdate,$enddate,$senders) = @_;
+    my %returnhash=(); 
+    foreach my $tryserver (keys(%libserv)) {
+        if ($hostdom{$tryserver} eq $dom) {
+            %{$returnhash{$tryserver}}=();
+	    my $cmd='dcmaildump:'.$dom.':'.
+		&escape($startdate).':'.&escape($enddate).':';
+	    my @esc_senders=map { &escape($_)} @$senders;
+	    $cmd.=&escape(join('&',@esc_senders));
+	    foreach (split(/\&/,&reply($cmd,$tryserver))) {
+                my ($key,$value) = split(/\=/,$_);
+                if (($key) && ($value)) {
+                    $returnhash{$tryserver}{&unescape($key)} = &unescape($value);
+                }
+            }
         }
     }
     return %returnhash;
 }
+# ---------------------------------------------------------- Domain roles
+
+sub get_domain_roles {
+    my ($dom,$roles,$startdate,$enddate)=@_;
+    if (undef($startdate) || $startdate eq '') {
+        $startdate = '.';
+    }
+    if (undef($enddate) || $enddate eq '') {
+        $enddate = '.';
+    }
+    my $rolelist = join(':',@{$roles});
+    my %personnel = ();
+    foreach my $tryserver (keys(%libserv)) {
+        if ($hostdom{$tryserver} eq $dom) {
+            %{$personnel{$tryserver}}=();
+            foreach (
+                split(/\&/,&reply('domrolesdump:'.$dom.':'.
+                   &escape($startdate).':'.&escape($enddate).':'.
+                   &escape($rolelist), $tryserver))) {
+                my($key,$value) = split(/\=/,$_);
+                if (($key) && ($value)) {
+                    $personnel{$tryserver}{&unescape($key)} = &unescape($value);
+                }
+            }
+        }
+    }
+    return %personnel;
+}
 
-#
 # ----------------------------------------------------------- Check out an item
 
+sub get_first_access {
+    my ($type,$argsymb)=@_;
+    my ($symb,$courseid,$udom,$uname)=&Apache::lonxml::whichuser();
+    if ($argsymb) { $symb=$argsymb; }
+    my ($map,$id,$res)=&decode_symb($symb);
+    if ($type eq 'map') {
+	$res=&symbread($map);
+    } else {
+	$res=$symb;
+    }
+    my %times=&get('firstaccesstimes',["$courseid\0$res"],$udom,$uname);
+    return $times{"$courseid\0$res"};
+}
+
+sub set_first_access {
+    my ($type)=@_;
+    my ($symb,$courseid,$udom,$uname)=&Apache::lonxml::whichuser();
+    my ($map,$id,$res)=&decode_symb($symb);
+    if ($type eq 'map') {
+	$res=&symbread($map);
+    } else {
+	$res=$symb;
+    }
+    my $firstaccess=&get_first_access($type,$symb);
+    if (!$firstaccess) {
+	return &put('firstaccesstimes',{"$courseid\0$res"=>time},$udom,$uname);
+    }
+    return 'already_set';
+}
+
 sub checkout {
     my ($symb,$tuname,$tudom,$tcrsid)=@_;
     my $now=time;
@@ -1551,7 +1954,7 @@ sub checkout {
 		 $now.'&'.$ENV{'REMOTE_ADDR'});
     my $token=&reply('tmpput:'.$infostr,$lonhost);
     if ($token=~/^error\:/) { 
-        &logthis("<font color=blue>WARNING: ".
+        &logthis("<font color=\"blue\">WARNING: ".
                 "Checkout tmpput failed ".$tudom.' - '.$tuname.' - '.$symb.
                  "</font>");
         return ''; 
@@ -1567,7 +1970,7 @@ sub checkout {
     unless (&cstore(\%infohash,$symb,$tcrsid,$tudom,$tuname) eq 'ok') {
        return '';
     } else {
-        &logthis("<font color=blue>WARNING: ".
+        &logthis("<font color=\"blue\">WARNING: ".
                 "Checkout cstore failed ".$tudom.' - '.$tuname.' - '.$symb.
                  "</font>");
     }    
@@ -1577,7 +1980,7 @@ sub checkout {
                                                  $token)) ne 'ok') {
 	return '';
     } else {
-        &logthis("<font color=blue>WARNING: ".
+        &logthis("<font color=\"blue\">WARNING: ".
                 "Checkout log failed ".$tudom.' - '.$tuname.' - '.$symb.
                  "</font>");
     }
@@ -1591,7 +1994,7 @@ sub checkin {
     my $now=time;
     my ($ta,$tb,$lonhost)=split(/\*/,$token);
     $lonhost=~tr/A-Z/a-z/;
-    my $dtoken=$ta.'_'.$hostip{$lonhost}.'_'.$tb;
+    my $dtoken=$ta.'_'.$hostname{$lonhost}.'_'.$tb;
     $dtoken=~s/\W/\_/g;
     my ($dummy,$tuname,$tudom,$tcrsid,$symb,$chtim,$rmaddr)=
                  split(/\&/,&unescape(&reply('tmpget:'.$dtoken,$lonhost)));
@@ -1603,7 +2006,7 @@ sub checkin {
     
     unless (&allowed('mgr',$tcrsid)) {
         &logthis('Check in '.$token.' ('.$dtoken.') unauthorized: '.
-                 $ENV{'user.name'}.' - '.$ENV{'user.domain'});
+                 $env{'user.name'}.' - '.$env{'user.domain'});
         return '';
     }
 
@@ -1627,15 +2030,15 @@ sub checkin {
 
 sub expirespread {
     my ($uname,$udom,$stype,$usymb)=@_;
-    my $cid=$ENV{'request.course.id'}; 
+    my $cid=$env{'request.course.id'}; 
     if ($cid) {
        my $now=time;
        my $key=$uname.':'.$udom.':'.$stype.':'.$usymb;
-       return &reply('put:'.$ENV{'course.'.$cid.'.domain'}.':'.
-                            $ENV{'course.'.$cid.'.num'}.
+       return &reply('put:'.$env{'course.'.$cid.'.domain'}.':'.
+                            $env{'course.'.$cid.'.num'}.
 	        	    ':nohist_expirationdates:'.
                             &escape($key).'='.$now,
-                            $ENV{'course.'.$cid.'.home'})
+                            $env{'course.'.$cid.'.home'})
     }
     return 'ok';
 }
@@ -1644,18 +2047,19 @@ sub expirespread {
 
 sub devalidate {
     my ($symb,$uname,$udom)=@_;
-    my $cid=$ENV{'request.course.id'}; 
+    my $cid=$env{'request.course.id'}; 
     if ($cid) {
         # 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
+	# - current conditional state info
 	my $key=$uname.':'.$udom.':';
         my $status=
 	    &del('nohist_calculatedsheets',
 		 [$key.'studentcalc:'],
-		 $ENV{'course.'.$cid.'.domain'},
-		 $ENV{'course.'.$cid.'.num'})
+		 $env{'course.'.$cid.'.domain'},
+		 $env{'course.'.$cid.'.num'})
 		.' '.
 	    &del('nohist_calculatedsheets_'.$cid,
 		 [$key.'assesscalc:'.$symb],$udom,$uname);
@@ -1664,6 +2068,7 @@ sub devalidate {
                     $uname.' at '.$udom.' for '.
 		    $symb.': '.$status);
         }
+	&delenv('user.state.'.$cid);
     }
 }
 
@@ -1716,7 +2121,7 @@ sub hash2str {
 sub hashref2str {
   my ($hashref)=@_;
   my $result='__HASH_REF__';
-  foreach (keys(%$hashref)) {
+  foreach (sort(keys(%$hashref))) {
     if (ref($_) eq 'ARRAY') {
       $result.=&arrayref2str($_).'=';
     } elsif (ref($_) eq 'HASH') {
@@ -1864,17 +2269,19 @@ sub tmpreset {
   my ($symb,$namespace,$domain,$stuname) = @_;
   if (!$symb) {
     $symb=&symbread();
-    if (!$symb) { $symb= $ENV{'request.url'}; }
+    if (!$symb) { $symb= $env{'request.url'}; }
   }
   $symb=escape($symb);
 
-  if (!$namespace) { $namespace=$ENV{'request.state'}; }
+  if (!$namespace) { $namespace=$env{'request.state'}; }
   $namespace=~s/\//\_/g;
   $namespace=~s/\W//g;
 
-  #FIXME needs to do something for /pub resources
-  if (!$domain) { $domain=$ENV{'user.domain'}; }
-  if (!$stuname) { $stuname=$ENV{'user.name'}; }
+  if (!$domain) { $domain=$env{'user.domain'}; }
+  if (!$stuname) { $stuname=$env{'user.name'}; }
+  if ($domain eq 'public' && $stuname eq 'public') {
+      $stuname=$ENV{'REMOTE_ADDR'};
+  }
   my $path=$perlvar{'lonDaemons'}.'/tmp';
   my %hash;
   if (tie(%hash,'GDBM_File',
@@ -1893,23 +2300,25 @@ sub tmpstore {
 
   if (!$symb) {
     $symb=&symbread();
-    if (!$symb) { $symb= $ENV{'request.url'}; }
+    if (!$symb) { $symb= $env{'request.url'}; }
   }
   $symb=escape($symb);
 
   if (!$namespace) {
     # I don't think we would ever want to store this for a course.
     # it seems this will only be used if we don't have a course.
-    #$namespace=$ENV{'request.course.id'};
+    #$namespace=$env{'request.course.id'};
     #if (!$namespace) {
-      $namespace=$ENV{'request.state'};
+      $namespace=$env{'request.state'};
     #}
   }
   $namespace=~s/\//\_/g;
   $namespace=~s/\W//g;
-#FIXME needs to do something for /pub resources
-  if (!$domain) { $domain=$ENV{'user.domain'}; }
-  if (!$stuname) { $stuname=$ENV{'user.name'}; }
+  if (!$domain) { $domain=$env{'user.domain'}; }
+  if (!$stuname) { $stuname=$env{'user.name'}; }
+  if ($domain eq 'public' && $stuname eq 'public') {
+      $stuname=$ENV{'REMOTE_ADDR'};
+  }
   my $now=time;
   my %hash;
   my $path=$perlvar{'lonDaemons'}.'/tmp';
@@ -1921,7 +2330,7 @@ sub tmpstore {
     my $allkeys=''; 
     foreach my $key (keys(%$storehash)) {
       $allkeys.=$key.':';
-      $hash{"$version:$symb:$key"}=$$storehash{$key};
+      $hash{"$version:$symb:$key"}=&freeze_escape($$storehash{$key});
     }
     $hash{"$version:$symb:timestamp"}=$now;
     $allkeys.='timestamp';
@@ -1943,15 +2352,17 @@ sub tmprestore {
 
   if (!$symb) {
     $symb=&symbread();
-    if (!$symb) { $symb= $ENV{'request.url'}; }
+    if (!$symb) { $symb= $env{'request.url'}; }
   }
   $symb=escape($symb);
 
-  if (!$namespace) { $namespace=$ENV{'request.state'}; }
-  #FIXME needs to do something for /pub resources
-  if (!$domain) { $domain=$ENV{'user.domain'}; }
-  if (!$stuname) { $stuname=$ENV{'user.name'}; }
+  if (!$namespace) { $namespace=$env{'request.state'}; }
 
+  if (!$domain) { $domain=$env{'user.domain'}; }
+  if (!$stuname) { $stuname=$env{'user.name'}; }
+  if ($domain eq 'public' && $stuname eq 'public') {
+      $stuname=$ENV{'REMOTE_ADDR'};
+  }
   my %returnhash;
   $namespace=~s/\//\_/g;
   $namespace=~s/\W//g;
@@ -1969,8 +2380,8 @@ sub tmprestore {
       my $key;
       $returnhash{"$scope:keys"}=$vkeys;
       foreach $key (@keys) {
-	$returnhash{"$scope:$key"}=$hash{"$scope:$symb:$key"};
-	$returnhash{"$key"}=$hash{"$scope:$symb:$key"};
+	$returnhash{"$scope:$key"}=&thaw_unescape($hash{"$scope:$symb:$key"});
+	$returnhash{"$key"}=&thaw_unescape($hash{"$scope:$symb:$key"});
       }
     }
     if (!(untie(%hash))) {
@@ -1993,25 +2404,25 @@ sub store {
     $symb=&symbclean($symb);
     if (!$symb) { unless ($symb=&symbread()) { return ''; } }
 
-    if (!$domain) { $domain=$ENV{'user.domain'}; }
-    if (!$stuname) { $stuname=$ENV{'user.name'}; }
+    if (!$domain) { $domain=$env{'user.domain'}; }
+    if (!$stuname) { $stuname=$env{'user.name'}; }
 
     &devalidate($symb,$stuname,$domain);
 
     $symb=escape($symb);
     if (!$namespace) { 
-       unless ($namespace=$ENV{'request.course.id'}) { 
+       unless ($namespace=$env{'request.course.id'}) { 
           return ''; 
        } 
     }
-    if (!$home) { $home=$ENV{'user.home'}; }
+    if (!$home) { $home=$env{'user.home'}; }
 
     $$storehash{'ip'}=$ENV{'REMOTE_ADDR'};
     $$storehash{'host'}=$perlvar{'lonHostID'};
 
     my $namevalue='';
     foreach (keys %$storehash) {
-        $namevalue.=escape($_).'='.escape($$storehash{$_}).'&';
+        $namevalue.=&escape($_).'='.&freeze_escape($$storehash{$_}).'&';
     }
     $namevalue=~s/\&$//;
     &courselog($symb.':'.$stuname.':'.$domain.':STORE:'.$namevalue);
@@ -2029,25 +2440,25 @@ sub cstore {
     $symb=&symbclean($symb);
     if (!$symb) { unless ($symb=&symbread()) { return ''; } }
 
-    if (!$domain) { $domain=$ENV{'user.domain'}; }
-    if (!$stuname) { $stuname=$ENV{'user.name'}; }
+    if (!$domain) { $domain=$env{'user.domain'}; }
+    if (!$stuname) { $stuname=$env{'user.name'}; }
 
     &devalidate($symb,$stuname,$domain);
 
     $symb=escape($symb);
     if (!$namespace) { 
-       unless ($namespace=$ENV{'request.course.id'}) { 
+       unless ($namespace=$env{'request.course.id'}) { 
           return ''; 
        } 
     }
-    if (!$home) { $home=$ENV{'user.home'}; }
+    if (!$home) { $home=$env{'user.home'}; }
 
     $$storehash{'ip'}=$ENV{'REMOTE_ADDR'};
     $$storehash{'host'}=$perlvar{'lonHostID'};
 
     my $namevalue='';
     foreach (keys %$storehash) {
-        $namevalue.=escape($_).'='.escape($$storehash{$_}).'&';
+        $namevalue.=&escape($_).'='.&freeze_escape($$storehash{$_}).'&';
     }
     $namevalue=~s/\&$//;
     &courselog($symb.':'.$stuname.':'.$domain.':CSTORE:'.$namevalue);
@@ -2069,19 +2480,19 @@ sub restore {
       $symb=&escape(&symbclean($symb));
     }
     if (!$namespace) { 
-       unless ($namespace=$ENV{'request.course.id'}) { 
+       unless ($namespace=$env{'request.course.id'}) { 
           return ''; 
        } 
     }
-    if (!$domain) { $domain=$ENV{'user.domain'}; }
-    if (!$stuname) { $stuname=$ENV{'user.name'}; }
-    if (!$home) { $home=$ENV{'user.home'}; }
+    if (!$domain) { $domain=$env{'user.domain'}; }
+    if (!$stuname) { $stuname=$env{'user.name'}; }
+    if (!$home) { $home=$env{'user.home'}; }
     my $answer=&reply("restore:$domain:$stuname:$namespace:$symb","$home");
 
     my %returnhash=();
     foreach (split(/\&/,$answer)) {
 	my ($name,$value)=split(/\=/,$_);
-        $returnhash{&unescape($name)}=&unescape($value);
+        $returnhash{&unescape($name)}=&thaw_unescape($value);
     }
     my $version;
     for ($version=1;$version<=$returnhash{'version'};$version++) {
@@ -2117,7 +2528,7 @@ sub coursedescription {
            }
            $returnhash{'url'}=&clutter($returnhash{'url'});
            $returnhash{'fn'}=$perlvar{'lonDaemons'}.'/tmp/'.
-	       $ENV{'user.name'}.'_'.$cdomain.'_'.$cnum;
+	       $env{'user.name'}.'_'.$cdomain.'_'.$cnum;
            $envhash{'course.'.$normalid.'.home'}=$chome;
            $envhash{'course.'.$normalid.'.domain'}=$cdomain;
            $envhash{'course.'.$normalid.'.num'}=$cnum;
@@ -2127,6 +2538,36 @@ sub coursedescription {
     return %returnhash;
 }
 
+# -------------------------------------------------See if a user is privileged
+
+sub privileged {
+    my ($username,$domain)=@_;
+    my $rolesdump=&reply("dump:$domain:$username:roles",
+			&homeserver($username,$domain));
+    if (($rolesdump eq 'con_lost') || ($rolesdump eq '')) { return 0; }
+    my $now=time;
+    if ($rolesdump ne '') {
+        foreach (split(/&/,$rolesdump)) {
+	    if ($_!~/^rolesdef_/) {
+		my ($area,$role)=split(/=/,$_);
+		$area=~s/\_\w\w$//;
+		my ($trole,$tend,$tstart)=split(/_/,$role);
+		if (($trole eq 'dc') || ($trole eq 'su')) {
+		    my $active=1;
+		    if ($tend) {
+			if ($tend<$now) { $active=0; }
+		    }
+		    if ($tstart) {
+			if ($tstart>$now) { $active=0; }
+		    }
+		    if ($active) { return 1; }
+		}
+	    }
+	}
+    }
+    return 0;
+}
+
 # -------------------------------------------------------- Get user privileges
 
 sub rolesinit {
@@ -2134,112 +2575,125 @@ sub rolesinit {
     my $rolesdump=reply("dump:$domain:$username:roles",$authhost);
     if (($rolesdump eq 'con_lost') || ($rolesdump eq '')) { return ''; }
     my %allroles=();
-    my %thesepriv=();
     my $now=time;
     my $userroles="user.login.time=$now\n";
-    my $thesestr;
 
     if ($rolesdump ne '') {
         foreach (split(/&/,$rolesdump)) {
-	  if ($_!~/^rolesdef\&/) {
+	  if ($_!~/^rolesdef_/) {
             my ($area,$role)=split(/=/,$_);
-            $area=~s/\_\w\w$//;
-            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) {
-	            $trole='';
-                } 
-            }
-            if ($tstart!=0) {
-                if ($tstart>$now) {
-                   $trole='';        
-                }
-            }
+	    $area=~s/\_\w\w$//;
+            my ($trole,$tend,$tstart);
+	    if ($role=~/^cr/) { 
+		if ($role=~m|^(cr/\w+/\w+/[a-zA-Z0-9]+)_(.*)$|) {
+		    ($trole,my $trest)=($role=~m|^(cr/\w+/\w+/[a-zA-Z0-9]+)_(.*)$|);
+		    ($tend,$tstart)=split('_',$trest);
+		} else {
+		    $trole=$role;
+		}
+	    } else {
+		($trole,$tend,$tstart)=split(/_/,$role);
+	    }
+            $userroles.=&set_arearole($trole,$area,$tstart,$tend,$domain,$username);
+            if (($tend!=0) && ($tend<$now)) { $trole=''; }
+            if (($tstart!=0) && ($tstart>$now)) { $trole=''; }
             if (($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{$homsvr} ne '') {
-			my ($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;
-				    }
-				}
-			    }
-			}
-		    }
+                    &custom_roleprivs(\%allroles,$trole,$tdomain,$trest,$spec,$area);
 		} else {
-		    if (defined($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{$trole.':c'};
-			    }
-			}
-		    }
+                    &standard_roleprivs(\%allroles,$trole,$tdomain,$spec,$trest,$area);
 		}
             }
-          } 
-        }
-        my $adv=0;
-        my $author=0;
-        foreach (keys %allroles) {
-            %thesepriv=();
-            if (($_!~/^st/) && ($_!~/^ta/) && ($_!~/^cm/)) { $adv=1; }
-            if (($_=~/^au/) || ($_=~/^ca/)) { $author=1; }
-            foreach (split(/:/,$allroles{$_})) {
-                if ($_ ne '') {
-		    my ($privilege,$restrictions)=split(/&/,$_);
-                    if ($restrictions eq '') {
-			$thesepriv{$privilege}='F';
-                    } else {
-                        if ($thesepriv{$privilege} ne 'F') {
-			    $thesepriv{$privilege}.=$restrictions;
-                        }
-                    }
-                }
-            }
-            $thesestr='';
-            foreach (keys %thesepriv) { $thesestr.=':'.$_.'&'.$thesepriv{$_}; }
-            $userroles.='user.priv.'.$_.'='.$thesestr."\n";
+          }
         }
+        my ($author,$adv) = &set_userprivs(\$userroles,\%allroles);
         $userroles.='user.adv='.$adv."\n".
 	            'user.author='.$author."\n";
-        $ENV{'user.adv'}=$adv;
+        $env{'user.adv'}=$adv;
     }
     return $userroles;  
 }
 
+sub set_arearole {
+    my ($trole,$area,$tstart,$tend,$domain,$username) = @_;
+# log the associated role with the area
+    &userrolelog($trole,$username,$domain,$area,$tstart,$tend);
+    return 'user.role.'.$trole.'.'.$area.'='.$tstart.'.'.$tend."\n";
+}
+
+sub custom_roleprivs {
+    my ($allroles,$trole,$tdomain,$trest,$spec,$area) = @_;
+    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 '') && (defined($coursepriv))) {
+                    $$allroles{'cm.'.$area}.=':'.$coursepriv;
+                    $$allroles{$spec.'.'.$area}.=':'.$coursepriv;
+                }
+            }
+        }
+    }
+}
+
+
+sub standard_roleprivs {
+    my ($allroles,$trole,$tdomain,$spec,$trest,$area) = @_;
+    if (defined($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 (($trest ne '') && (defined($pr{$trole.':c'}))) {
+            $$allroles{'cm.'.$area}.=':'.$pr{$trole.':c'};
+            $$allroles{$spec.'.'.$area}.=':'.$pr{$trole.':c'};
+        }
+    }
+}
+
+sub set_userprivs {
+    my ($userroles,$allroles) = @_; 
+    my $author=0;
+    my $adv=0;
+    foreach (keys %{$allroles}) {
+        my %thesepriv=();
+        if (($_=~/^au/) || ($_=~/^ca/)) { $author=1; }
+        foreach (split(/:/,$$allroles{$_})) {
+            if ($_ ne '') {
+                my ($privilege,$restrictions)=split(/&/,$_);
+                if ($restrictions eq '') {
+                    $thesepriv{$privilege}='F';
+                } elsif ($thesepriv{$privilege} ne 'F') {
+                    $thesepriv{$privilege}.=$restrictions;
+                }
+                if ($thesepriv{'adv'} eq 'F') { $adv=1; }
+            }
+        }
+        my $thesestr='';
+        foreach (keys %thesepriv) { $thesestr.=':'.$_.'&'.$thesepriv{$_}; }
+        $$userroles.='user.priv.'.$_.'='.$thesestr."\n";
+    }
+    return ($author,$adv);
+}
+
 # --------------------------------------------------------------- get interface
 
 sub get {
@@ -2249,8 +2703,8 @@ sub get {
        $items.=escape($_).'&';
    }
    $items=~s/\&$//;
-   if (!$udomain) { $udomain=$ENV{'user.domain'}; }
-   if (!$uname) { $uname=$ENV{'user.name'}; }
+   if (!$udomain) { $udomain=$env{'user.domain'}; }
+   if (!$uname) { $uname=$env{'user.name'}; }
    my $uhome=&homeserver($uname,$udomain);
 
    my $rep=&reply("get:$udomain:$uname:$namespace:$items",$uhome);
@@ -2261,7 +2715,7 @@ sub get {
    my %returnhash=();
    my $i=0;
    foreach (@$storearr) {
-      $returnhash{$_}=unescape($pairs[$i]);
+      $returnhash{$_}=&thaw_unescape($pairs[$i]);
       $i++;
    }
    return %returnhash;
@@ -2276,8 +2730,8 @@ sub del {
        $items.=escape($_).'&';
    }
    $items=~s/\&$//;
-   if (!$udomain) { $udomain=$ENV{'user.domain'}; }
-   if (!$uname) { $uname=$ENV{'user.name'}; }
+   if (!$udomain) { $udomain=$env{'user.domain'}; }
+   if (!$uname) { $uname=$env{'user.name'}; }
    my $uhome=&homeserver($uname,$udomain);
 
    return &reply("del:$udomain:$uname:$namespace:$items",$uhome);
@@ -2287,8 +2741,8 @@ sub del {
 
 sub dump {
    my ($namespace,$udomain,$uname,$regexp)=@_;
-   if (!$udomain) { $udomain=$ENV{'user.domain'}; }
-   if (!$uname) { $uname=$ENV{'user.name'}; }
+   if (!$udomain) { $udomain=$env{'user.domain'}; }
+   if (!$uname) { $uname=$env{'user.name'}; }
    my $uhome=&homeserver($uname,$udomain);
    if ($regexp) {
        $regexp=&escape($regexp);
@@ -2300,7 +2754,7 @@ sub dump {
    my %returnhash=();
    foreach (@pairs) {
       my ($key,$value)=split(/=/,$_);
-      $returnhash{unescape($key)}=unescape($value);
+      $returnhash{unescape($key)}=&thaw_unescape($value);
    }
    return %returnhash;
 }
@@ -2309,8 +2763,8 @@ sub dump {
 
 sub getkeys {
    my ($namespace,$udomain,$uname)=@_;
-   if (!$udomain) { $udomain=$ENV{'user.domain'}; }
-   if (!$uname) { $uname=$ENV{'user.name'}; }
+   if (!$udomain) { $udomain=$env{'user.domain'}; }
+   if (!$uname) { $uname=$env{'user.name'}; }
    my $uhome=&homeserver($uname,$udomain);
    my $rep=reply("keys:$udomain:$uname:$namespace",$uhome);
    my @keyarray=();
@@ -2323,9 +2777,9 @@ sub getkeys {
 # --------------------------------------------------------------- currentdump
 sub currentdump {
    my ($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));
+   $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)/);
@@ -2346,7 +2800,7 @@ sub currentdump {
            my ($key,$value)=split(/=/,$_);
            my ($symb,$param) = split(/:/,$key);
            $returnhash{&unescape($symb)}->{&unescape($param)} = 
-                                                          &unescape($value);
+                                                        &thaw_unescape($value);
        }
    }
    return %returnhash;
@@ -2379,12 +2833,18 @@ sub convert_dump_to_currentdump{
     return \%returnhash;
 }
 
+# ------------------------------------------------------ critical inc interface
+
+sub cinc {
+    return &inc(@_,'critical');
+}
+
 # --------------------------------------------------------------- inc interface
 
 sub inc {
-    my ($namespace,$store,$udomain,$uname) = @_;
-    if (!$udomain) { $udomain=$ENV{'user.domain'}; }
-    if (!$uname) { $uname=$ENV{'user.name'}; }
+    my ($namespace,$store,$udomain,$uname,$critical) = @_;
+    if (!$udomain) { $udomain=$env{'user.domain'}; }
+    if (!$uname) { $uname=$env{'user.name'}; }
     my $uhome=&homeserver($uname,$udomain);
     my $items='';
     if (! ref($store)) {
@@ -2400,19 +2860,62 @@ sub inc {
         }
     }
     $items=~s/\&$//;
-    return &reply("inc:$udomain:$uname:$namespace:$items",$uhome);
+    if ($critical) {
+	return &critical("inc:$udomain:$uname:$namespace:$items",$uhome);
+    } else {
+	return &reply("inc:$udomain:$uname:$namespace:$items",$uhome);
+    }
 }
 
 # --------------------------------------------------------------- put interface
 
 sub put {
    my ($namespace,$storehash,$udomain,$uname)=@_;
-   if (!$udomain) { $udomain=$ENV{'user.domain'}; }
-   if (!$uname) { $uname=$ENV{'user.name'}; }
+   if (!$udomain) { $udomain=$env{'user.domain'}; }
+   if (!$uname) { $uname=$env{'user.name'}; }
    my $uhome=&homeserver($uname,$udomain);
    my $items='';
    foreach (keys %$storehash) {
-       $items.=&escape($_).'='.&escape($$storehash{$_}).'&';
+       $items.=&escape($_).'='.&freeze_escape($$storehash{$_}).'&';
+   }
+   $items=~s/\&$//;
+   return &reply("put:$udomain:$uname:$namespace:$items",$uhome);
+}
+
+# ------------------------------------------------------------ newput interface
+
+sub newput {
+   my ($namespace,$storehash,$udomain,$uname)=@_;
+   if (!$udomain) { $udomain=$env{'user.domain'}; }
+   if (!$uname) { $uname=$env{'user.name'}; }
+   my $uhome=&homeserver($uname,$udomain);
+   my $items='';
+   foreach my $key (keys(%$storehash)) {
+       $items.=&escape($key).'='.&freeze_escape($$storehash{$key}).'&';
+   }
+   $items=~s/\&$//;
+   return &reply("newput:$udomain:$uname:$namespace:$items",$uhome);
+}
+
+# ---------------------------------------------------------  putstore interface
+
+sub putstore {
+   my ($namespace,$storehash,$udomain,$uname)=@_;
+   if (!$udomain) { $udomain=$env{'user.domain'}; }
+   if (!$uname) { $uname=$env{'user.name'}; }
+   my $uhome=&homeserver($uname,$udomain);
+   my $items='';
+   my %allitems = ();
+   foreach (keys %$storehash) {
+       if ($_ =~ m/^([^\:]+):([^\:]+):([^\:]+)$/) {
+           my $key = $1.':keys:'.$2;
+           $allitems{$key} .= $3.':';
+       }
+       $items.=$_.'='.&freeze_escape($$storehash{$_}).'&';
+   }
+   foreach (keys %allitems) {
+       $allitems{$_} =~ s/\:$//;
+       $items.= $_.'='.$allitems{$_}.'&';
    }
    $items=~s/\&$//;
    return &reply("put:$udomain:$uname:$namespace:$items",$uhome);
@@ -2422,12 +2925,12 @@ sub put {
 
 sub cput {
    my ($namespace,$storehash,$udomain,$uname)=@_;
-   if (!$udomain) { $udomain=$ENV{'user.domain'}; }
-   if (!$uname) { $uname=$ENV{'user.name'}; }
+   if (!$udomain) { $udomain=$env{'user.domain'}; }
+   if (!$uname) { $uname=$env{'user.name'}; }
    my $uhome=&homeserver($uname,$udomain);
    my $items='';
    foreach (keys %$storehash) {
-       $items.=escape($_).'='.escape($$storehash{$_}).'&';
+       $items.=escape($_).'='.&freeze_escape($$storehash{$_}).'&';
    }
    $items=~s/\&$//;
    return &critical("put:$udomain:$uname:$namespace:$items",$uhome);
@@ -2442,25 +2945,48 @@ sub eget {
        $items.=escape($_).'&';
    }
    $items=~s/\&$//;
-   if (!$udomain) { $udomain=$ENV{'user.domain'}; }
-   if (!$uname) { $uname=$ENV{'user.name'}; }
+   if (!$udomain) { $udomain=$env{'user.domain'}; }
+   if (!$uname) { $uname=$env{'user.name'}; }
    my $uhome=&homeserver($uname,$udomain);
    my $rep=&reply("eget:$udomain:$uname:$namespace:$items",$uhome);
    my @pairs=split(/\&/,$rep);
    my %returnhash=();
    my $i=0;
    foreach (@$storearr) {
-      $returnhash{$_}=unescape($pairs[$i]);
+      $returnhash{$_}=&thaw_unescape($pairs[$i]);
       $i++;
    }
    return %returnhash;
 }
 
+# ------------------------------------------------------------ tmpput interface
+sub tmpput {
+    my ($storehash,$server)=@_;
+    my $items='';
+    foreach (keys(%$storehash)) {
+	$items.=&escape($_).'='.&freeze_escape($$storehash{$_}).'&';
+    }
+    $items=~s/\&$//;
+    return &reply("tmpput:$items",$server);
+}
+
+# ------------------------------------------------------------ tmpget interface
+sub tmpget {
+    my ($token)=@_;
+    my $rep=&reply("tmpget:$token",$perlvar{'lonHostID'});
+    my %returnhash;
+    foreach my $item (split(/\&/,$rep)) {
+	my ($key,$value)=split(/=/,$item);
+	$returnhash{&unescape($key)}=&thaw_unescape($value);
+    }
+    return %returnhash;
+}
+
 # ---------------------------------------------- Custom access rule evaluation
 
 sub customaccess {
     my ($priv,$uri)=@_;
-    my ($urole,$urealm)=split(/\./,$ENV{'request.role'});
+    my ($urole,$urealm)=split(/\./,$env{'request.role'});
     $urealm=~s/^\W//;
     my ($udom,$ucrs,$usec)=split(/\//,$urealm);
     my $access=0;
@@ -2493,39 +3019,48 @@ sub customaccess {
 # ------------------------------------------------- Check for a user privilege
 
 sub allowed {
-    my ($priv,$uri)=@_;
+    my ($priv,$uri,$symb)=@_;
     $uri=&deversion($uri);
     my $orguri=$uri;
     $uri=&declutter($uri);
-
-    if (defined($ENV{'allowed.'.$priv})) { return $ENV{'allowed.'.$priv}; }
+    
+    
+    
+    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')) {
+    if (((($uri=~/^adm\//) && ($uri !~ m|/bulletinboard$|)) 
+	 || ($uri=~/\.meta$/)) && ($priv eq 'bre')) {
 	return 'F';
     }
 
+# Free bre access to user's own portfolio contents
+    my ($space,$domain,$name,$dir)=split('/',$uri);
+    if (($space=~/^(uploaded|editupload)$/) && ($env{'user.name'} eq $name) && 
+	($env{'user.domain'} eq $domain) && ('portfolio' eq $dir)) {
+        return 'F';
+    }
+
 # Free bre to public access
 
     if ($priv eq 'bre') {
         my $copyright=&metadata($uri,'copyright');
-	if (($copyright eq 'public') && (!$ENV{'request.course.id'})) { 
+	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 $1)) {
+	    unless (($env{'user.name'} eq $2) && ($env{'user.domain'} eq $1)) {
 		return '';
             }
         }
         if ($copyright eq 'domain') {
             $uri=~/([^\/]+)\/([^\/]+)\//;
-	    unless (($ENV{'user.domain'} eq $1) ||
-                 ($ENV{'course.'.$ENV{'request.course.id'}.'.domain'} eq $1)) {
+	    unless (($env{'user.domain'} eq $1) ||
+                 ($env{'course.'.$env{'request.course.id'}.'.domain'} eq $1)) {
 		return '';
             }
         }
-        if ($ENV{'request.role'}=~ /li\.\//) {
+        if ($env{'request.role'}=~ /li\.\//) {
             # Library role, so allow browsing of resources in this domain.
             return 'F';
         }
@@ -2534,11 +3069,11 @@ sub allowed {
         }
     }
     # Domain coordinator is trying to create a course
-    if (($priv eq 'ccc') && ($ENV{'request.role'} =~ /^dc\./)) {
+    if (($priv eq 'ccc') && ($env{'request.role'} =~ /^dc\./)) {
         # uri is the requested domain in this case.
         # comparison to 'request.role.domain' shows if the user has selected
         # a role of dc for the domain in question. 
-        return 'F' if ($uri eq $ENV{'request.role.domain'});
+        return 'F' if ($uri eq $env{'request.role.domain'});
     }
 
     my $thisallowed='';
@@ -2547,14 +3082,14 @@ sub allowed {
 
 # Course
 
-    if ($ENV{'user.priv.'.$ENV{'request.role'}.'./'}=~/$priv\&([^\:]*)/) {
+    if ($env{'user.priv.'.$env{'request.role'}.'./'}=~/\Q$priv\E\&([^\:]*)/) {
        $thisallowed.=$1;
     }
 
 # Domain
 
-    if ($ENV{'user.priv.'.$ENV{'request.role'}.'./'.(split(/\//,$uri))[0].'/'}
-       =~/$priv\&([^\:]*)/) {
+    if ($env{'user.priv.'.$env{'request.role'}.'./'.(split(/\//,$uri))[0].'/'}
+       =~/\Q$priv\E\&([^\:]*)/) {
        $thisallowed.=$1;
     }
 
@@ -2563,17 +3098,37 @@ sub allowed {
     $courseuri=~s/\_(\d)/\/$1/;
     $courseuri=~s/^([^\/])/\/$1/;
 
-    if ($ENV{'user.priv.'.$ENV{'request.role'}.'.'.$courseuri}
-       =~/$priv\&([^\:]*)/) {
+    if ($env{'user.priv.'.$env{'request.role'}.'.'.$courseuri}
+       =~/\Q$priv\E\&([^\:]*)/) {
        $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';
+# URI is an uploaded document for this course, default permissions don't matter
+# not allowing 'edit' access (editupload) to uploaded course docs
+    if (($priv eq 'bre') && ($uri=~m|^uploaded/|)) {
+	$thisallowed='';
+        my ($match)=&is_on_map($uri);
+        if ($match) {
+            if ($env{'user.priv.'.$env{'request.role'}.'./'}
+                  =~/\Q$priv\E\&([^\:]*)/) {
+                $thisallowed.=$1;
+            }
+        } else {
+            my $refuri=$env{'httpref.'.$orguri};
+            if ($refuri) {
+                if ($refuri =~ m|^/adm/|) {
+                    $thisallowed='F';
+                } else {
+                    $refuri=&declutter($refuri);
+                    my ($match) = &is_on_map($refuri);
+                    if ($match) {
+                        $thisallowed='F';
+                    }
+                }
+            }
+        }
     }
+
 # Full access at system, domain or course-wide level? Exit.
 
     if ($thisallowed=~/F/) {
@@ -2582,7 +3137,16 @@ sub allowed {
 
 # If this is generating or modifying users, exit with special codes
 
-    if (':csu:cdc:ccc:cin:cta:cep:ccr:cst:cad:cli:cau:cdg:cca:'=~/\:$priv\:/) {
+    if (':csu:cdc:ccc:cin:cta:cep:ccr:cst:cad:cli:cau:cdg:cca:caa:'=~/\:\Q$priv\E\:/) {
+	if (($priv eq 'cca') || ($priv eq 'caa')) {
+	    my ($audom,$auname)=split('/',$uri);
+# no author name given, so this just checks on the general right to make a co-author in this domain
+	    unless ($auname) { return $thisallowed; }
+# an author name is given, so we are about to actually make a co-author for a certain account
+	    if (($auname ne $env{'user.name'} && $env{'request.role'} !~ /^dc\./) ||
+		(($audom ne $env{'user.domain'} && $env{'request.role'} !~ /^dc\./) &&
+		 ($audom ne $env{'request.role.domain'}))) { return ''; }
+	}
 	return $thisallowed;
     }
 #
@@ -2591,35 +3155,35 @@ sub allowed {
 # Course: See if uri or referer is an individual resource that is part of 
 # the course
 
-    if ($ENV{'request.course.id'}) {
+    if ($env{'request.course.id'}) {
 
-       $courseprivid=$ENV{'request.course.id'};
-       if ($ENV{'request.course.sec'}) {
-          $courseprivid.='/'.$ENV{'request.course.sec'};
+       $courseprivid=$env{'request.course.id'};
+       if ($env{'request.course.sec'}) {
+          $courseprivid.='/'.$env{'request.course.sec'};
        }
        $courseprivid=~s/\_/\//;
        my $checkreferer=1;
        my ($match,$cond)=&is_on_map($uri);
        if ($match) {
            $statecond=$cond;
-           if ($ENV{'user.priv.'.$ENV{'request.role'}.'./'.$courseprivid}
-               =~/$priv\&([^\:]*)/) {
+           if ($env{'user.priv.'.$env{'request.role'}.'./'.$courseprivid}
+               =~/\Q$priv\E\&([^\:]*)/) {
                $thisallowed.=$1;
                $checkreferer=0;
            }
        }
        
        if ($checkreferer) {
-	  my $refuri=$ENV{'httpref.'.$orguri};
+	  my $refuri=$env{'httpref.'.$orguri};
             unless ($refuri) {
-                foreach (keys %ENV) {
+                foreach (keys %env) {
 		    if ($_=~/^httpref\..*\*/) {
 			my $pattern=$_;
                         $pattern=~s/^httpref\.\/res\///;
                         $pattern=~s/\*/\[\^\/\]\+/g;
                         $pattern=~s/\//\\\//g;
                         if ($orguri=~/$pattern/) {
-			    $refuri=$ENV{$_};
+			    $refuri=$env{$_};
                         }
                     }
                 }
@@ -2630,8 +3194,8 @@ sub allowed {
           my ($match,$cond)=&is_on_map($refuri);
             if ($match) {
               my $refstatecond=$cond;
-              if ($ENV{'user.priv.'.$ENV{'request.role'}.'./'.$courseprivid}
-                  =~/$priv\&([^\:]*)/) {
+              if ($env{'user.priv.'.$env{'request.role'}.'./'.$courseprivid}
+                  =~/\Q$priv\E\&([^\:]*)/) {
                   $thisallowed.=$1;
                   $uri=$refuri;
                   $statecond=$refstatecond;
@@ -2670,39 +3234,39 @@ sub allowed {
 
     my $envkey;
     if ($thisallowed=~/L/) {
-        foreach $envkey (keys %ENV) {
+        foreach $envkey (keys %env) {
            if ($envkey=~/^user\.role\.(st|ta)\.([^\.]*)/) {
                my $courseid=$2;
                my $roleid=$1.'.'.$2;
                $courseid=~s/^\///;
                my $expiretime=600;
-               if ($ENV{'request.role'} eq $roleid) {
+               if ($env{'request.role'} eq $roleid) {
 		  $expiretime=120;
                }
 	       my ($cdom,$cnum,$csec)=split(/\//,$courseid);
                my $prefix='course.'.$cdom.'_'.$cnum.'.';
-               if ((time-$ENV{$prefix.'last_cache'})>$expiretime) {
+               if ((time-$env{$prefix.'last_cache'})>$expiretime) {
 		   &coursedescription($courseid);
                }
-               if (($ENV{$prefix.'res.'.$uri.'.lock.sections'}=~/\,$csec\,/)
-                || ($ENV{$prefix.'res.'.$uri.'.lock.sections'} eq 'all')) {
-		   if ($ENV{$prefix.'res.'.$uri.'.lock.expire'}>time) {
-                       &log($ENV{'user.domain'},$ENV{'user.name'},
-                            $ENV{'user.home'},
+               if (($env{$prefix.'res.'.$uri.'.lock.sections'}=~/\,\Q$csec\E\,/)
+                || ($env{$prefix.'res.'.$uri.'.lock.sections'} eq 'all')) {
+		   if ($env{$prefix.'res.'.$uri.'.lock.expire'}>time) {
+                       &log($env{'user.domain'},$env{'user.name'},
+                            $env{'user.home'},
                             'Locked by res: '.$priv.' for '.$uri.' due to '.
                             $cdom.'/'.$cnum.'/'.$csec.' expire '.
-                            $ENV{$prefix.'priv.'.$priv.'.lock.expire'});
+                            $env{$prefix.'priv.'.$priv.'.lock.expire'});
 		       return '';
                    }
                }
-               if (($ENV{$prefix.'priv.'.$priv.'.lock.sections'}=~/\,$csec\,/)
-                || ($ENV{$prefix.'priv.'.$priv.'.lock.sections'} eq 'all')) {
-		   if ($ENV{'priv.'.$priv.'.lock.expire'}>time) {
-                       &log($ENV{'user.domain'},$ENV{'user.name'},
-                            $ENV{'user.home'},
+               if (($env{$prefix.'priv.'.$priv.'.lock.sections'}=~/\,\Q$csec\E\,/)
+                || ($env{$prefix.'priv.'.$priv.'.lock.sections'} eq 'all')) {
+		   if ($env{'priv.'.$priv.'.lock.expire'}>time) {
+                       &log($env{'user.domain'},$env{'user.name'},
+                            $env{'user.home'},
                             'Locked by priv: '.$priv.' for '.$uri.' due to '.
                             $cdom.'/'.$cnum.'/'.$csec.' expire '.
-                            $ENV{$prefix.'priv.'.$priv.'.lock.expire'});
+                            $env{$prefix.'priv.'.$priv.'.lock.expire'});
 		       return '';
                    }
                }
@@ -2714,7 +3278,7 @@ sub allowed {
 # Rest of the restrictions depend on selected course
 #
 
-    unless ($ENV{'request.course.id'}) {
+    unless ($env{'request.course.id'}) {
        return '1';
     }
 
@@ -2726,21 +3290,21 @@ sub allowed {
 # Course preferences
 
    if ($thisallowed=~/C/) {
-       my $rolecode=(split(/\./,$ENV{'request.role'}))[0];
-       my $unamedom=$ENV{'user.name'}.':'.$ENV{'user.domain'};
-       if ($ENV{'course.'.$ENV{'request.course.id'}.'.'.$priv.'.roles.denied'}
-	   =~/$rolecode/) {
-           &log($ENV{'user.domain'},$ENV{'user.name'},$ENV{'user.host'},
+       my $rolecode=(split(/\./,$env{'request.role'}))[0];
+       my $unamedom=$env{'user.name'}.':'.$env{'user.domain'};
+       if ($env{'course.'.$env{'request.course.id'}.'.'.$priv.'.roles.denied'}
+	   =~/\Q$rolecode\E/) {
+           &logthis($env{'user.domain'}.':'.$env{'user.name'}.':'.$env{'user.home'}.':'.
                 'Denied by role: '.$priv.' for '.$uri.' as '.$rolecode.' in '.
-                $ENV{'request.course.id'});
+                $env{'request.course.id'});
            return '';
        }
 
-       if ($ENV{'course.'.$ENV{'request.course.id'}.'.'.$priv.'.users.denied'}
-	   =~/$unamedom/) {
-           &log($ENV{'user.domain'},$ENV{'user.name'},$ENV{'user.host'},
+       if ($env{'course.'.$env{'request.course.id'}.'.'.$priv.'.users.denied'}
+	   =~/\Q$unamedom\E/) {
+           &logthis($env{'user.domain'}.':'.$env{'user.name'}.':'.$env{'user.home'}.
                 'Denied by user: '.$priv.' for '.$uri.' as '.$unamedom.' in '.
-                $ENV{'request.course.id'});
+                $env{'request.course.id'});
            return '';
        }
    }
@@ -2748,10 +3312,10 @@ sub allowed {
 # Resource preferences
 
    if ($thisallowed=~/R/) {
-       my $rolecode=(split(/\./,$ENV{'request.role'}))[0];
-       if (&metadata($uri,'roledeny')=~/$rolecode/) {
-	  &log($ENV{'user.domain'},$ENV{'user.name'},$ENV{'user.host'},
-                    'Denied by role: '.$priv.' for '.$uri.' as '.$rolecode);
+       my $rolecode=(split(/\./,$env{'request.role'}))[0];
+       if (&metadata($uri,'roledeny')=~/\Q$rolecode\E/) {
+	   &logthis($env{'user.domain'}.':'.$env{'user.name'}.':'.$env{'user.home'}.':'.
+		'Denied by role: '.$priv.' for '.$uri.' as '.$rolecode);
           return '';
        }
    }
@@ -2759,9 +3323,9 @@ sub allowed {
 # Restricted by state or randomout?
 
    if ($thisallowed=~/X/) {
-      if ($ENV{'acc.randomout'}) {
-         my $symb=&symbread($uri,1);
-         if (($symb) && ($ENV{'acc.randomout'}=~/\&$symb\&/)) { 
+      if ($env{'acc.randomout'}) {
+	 if (!$symb) { $symb=&symbread($uri,1); }
+         if (($symb) && ($env{'acc.randomout'}=~/\&\Q$symb\E\&/)) { 
             return ''; 
          }
       }
@@ -2778,15 +3342,14 @@ sub allowed {
 # --------------------------------------------------- Is a resource on the map?
 
 sub is_on_map {
-    my $uri=&declutter(shift);
-    $uri=~s/\.\d+\.(\w+)$/\.$1/;
+    my $uri=&deversion(&declutter(shift));
     my @uriparts=split(/\//,$uri);
     my $filename=$uriparts[$#uriparts];
     my $pathname=$uri;
     $pathname=~s|/\Q$filename\E$||;
     $pathname=~s/^adm\/wrapper\///;    
     #Trying to find the conditional for the file
-    my $match=($ENV{'acc.res.'.$ENV{'request.course.id'}.'.'.$pathname}=~
+    my $match=($env{'acc.res.'.$env{'request.course.id'}.'.'.$pathname}=~
 	       /\&\Q$filename\E\:([\d\|]+)\&/);
     if ($match) {
 	return (1,$1);
@@ -2805,7 +3368,7 @@ sub get_symb_from_alias {
 # Must be an alias
     my $aliassymb='';
     my %bighash;
-    if (tie(%bighash,'GDBM_File',$ENV{'request.course.fn'}.'.db',
+    if (tie(%bighash,'GDBM_File',$env{'request.course.fn'}.'.db',
                             &GDBM_READER(),0640)) {
         my $rid=$bighash{'mapalias_'.$symb};
 	if ($rid) {
@@ -2825,36 +3388,36 @@ sub definerole {
     my ($rolename,$sysrole,$domrole,$courole)=@_;
     foreach (split(':',$sysrole)) {
 	my ($crole,$cqual)=split(/\&/,$_);
-        if ($pr{'cr:s'}!~/$crole/) { return "refused:s:$crole"; }
-        if ($pr{'cr:s'}=~/$crole\&/) {
-	    if ($pr{'cr:s'}!~/$crole\&\w*$cqual/) { 
+        if ($pr{'cr:s'}!~/\Q$crole\E/) { return "refused:s:$crole"; }
+        if ($pr{'cr:s'}=~/\Q$crole\E\&/) {
+	    if ($pr{'cr:s'}!~/\Q$crole\E\&\w*\Q$cqual\E/) { 
                return "refused:s:$crole&$cqual"; 
             }
         }
     }
     foreach (split(':',$domrole)) {
 	my ($crole,$cqual)=split(/\&/,$_);
-        if ($pr{'cr:d'}!~/$crole/) { return "refused:d:$crole"; }
-        if ($pr{'cr:d'}=~/$crole\&/) {
-	    if ($pr{'cr:d'}!~/$crole\&\w*$cqual/) { 
+        if ($pr{'cr:d'}!~/\Q$crole\E/) { return "refused:d:$crole"; }
+        if ($pr{'cr:d'}=~/\Q$crole\E\&/) {
+	    if ($pr{'cr:d'}!~/\Q$crole\W\&\w*\Q$cqual\E/) { 
                return "refused:d:$crole&$cqual"; 
             }
         }
     }
     foreach (split(':',$courole)) {
 	my ($crole,$cqual)=split(/\&/,$_);
-        if ($pr{'cr:c'}!~/$crole/) { return "refused:c:$crole"; }
-        if ($pr{'cr:c'}=~/$crole\&/) {
-	    if ($pr{'cr:c'}!~/$crole\&\w*$cqual/) { 
+        if ($pr{'cr:c'}!~/\Q$crole\E/) { return "refused:c:$crole"; }
+        if ($pr{'cr:c'}=~/\Q$crole\E\&/) {
+	    if ($pr{'cr:c'}!~/\Q$crole\E\&\w*\Q$cqual\E/) { 
                return "refused:c:$crole&$cqual"; 
             }
         }
     }
-    my $command="encrypt:rolesput:$ENV{'user.domain'}:$ENV{'user.name'}:".
-                "$ENV{'user.domain'}:$ENV{'user.name'}:".
+    my $command="encrypt:rolesput:$env{'user.domain'}:$env{'user.name'}:".
+                "$env{'user.domain'}:$env{'user.name'}:".
 	        "rolesdef_$rolename=".
                 escape($sysrole.'_'.$domrole.'_'.$courole);
-    return reply($command,$ENV{'user.home'});
+    return reply($command,$env{'user.home'});
   } else {
     return 'refused';
   }
@@ -2892,10 +3455,79 @@ sub log_query {
     my $command=&escape(join(':',map{$_.'='.$filters{$_}} keys %filters));
     my $queryid=&reply("querysend:".$query.':'.$udom.':'.$uname.':'.$command,
                        $uhome);
-    unless ($queryid=~/^$uhost\_/) { return 'error: '.$queryid; }
+    unless ($queryid=~/^\Q$uhost\E\_/) { return 'error: '.$queryid; }
     return get_query_reply($queryid);
 }
 
+# ------- Request retrieval of institutional classlists for course(s)
+
+sub fetch_enrollment_query {
+    my ($context,$affiliatesref,$replyref,$dom,$cnum) = @_;
+    my $homeserver;
+    my $maxtries = 1;
+    if ($context eq 'automated') {
+        $homeserver = $perlvar{'lonHostID'};
+        $maxtries = 10; # will wait for up to 2000s for retrieval of classlist data before timeout
+    } else {
+        $homeserver = &homeserver($cnum,$dom);
+    }
+    my $host=$hostname{$homeserver};
+    my $cmd = '';
+    foreach (keys %{$affiliatesref}) {
+        $cmd .= $_.'='.join(",",@{$$affiliatesref{$_}}).'%%';
+    }
+    $cmd =~ s/%%$//;
+    $cmd = &escape($cmd);
+    my $query = 'fetchenrollment';
+    my $queryid=&reply("querysend:".$query.':'.$dom.':'.$env{'user.name'}.':'.$cmd,$homeserver);
+    unless ($queryid=~/^\Q$host\E\_/) { 
+        &logthis('fetch_enrollment_query: invalid queryid: '.$queryid.' for host: '.$host.' and homeserver: '.$homeserver.' context: '.$context.' '.$cnum); 
+        return 'error: '.$queryid;
+    }
+    my $reply = &get_query_reply($queryid);
+    my $tries = 1;
+    while (($reply=~/^timeout/) && ($tries < $maxtries)) {
+        $reply = &get_query_reply($queryid);
+        $tries ++;
+    }
+    if ( ($reply =~/^timeout/) || ($reply =~/^error/) ) {
+        &logthis('fetch_enrollment_query error: '.$reply.' for '.$dom.' '.$env{'user.name'}.' for '.$queryid.' context: '.$context.' '.$cnum.' maxtries: '.$maxtries.' tries: '.$tries);
+    } else {
+        my @responses = split/:/,$reply;
+        if ($homeserver eq $perlvar{'lonHostID'}) {
+            foreach (@responses) {
+                my ($key,$value) = split/=/,$_;
+                $$replyref{$key} = $value;
+            }
+        } else {
+            my $pathname = $perlvar{'lonDaemons'}.'/tmp';
+            foreach (@responses) {
+                my ($key,$value) = split/=/,$_;
+                $$replyref{$key} = $value;
+                if ($value > 0) {
+                    foreach (@{$$affiliatesref{$key}}) {
+                        my $filename = $dom.'_'.$key.'_'.$_.'_classlist.xml';
+                        my $destname = $pathname.'/'.$filename;
+                        my $xml_classlist = &reply("autoretrieve:".$filename,$homeserver);
+                        if ($xml_classlist =~ /^error/) {
+                            &logthis('fetch_enrollment_query - autoretrieve error: '.$xml_classlist.' for '.$filename.' from server: '.$homeserver.' '.$context.' '.$cnum);
+                        } else {
+                            if ( open(FILE,">$destname") ) {
+                                print FILE &unescape($xml_classlist);
+                                close(FILE);
+                            } else {
+                                &logthis('fetch_enrollment_query - error opening classlist file '.$destname.' '.$context.' '.$cnum);
+                            }
+                        }
+                    }
+                }
+            }
+        }
+        return 'ok';
+    }
+    return 'error';
+}
+
 sub get_query_reply {
     my $queryid=shift;
     my $replyfile=$perlvar{'lonDaemons'}.'/tmp/'.$queryid;
@@ -2924,14 +3556,14 @@ sub courselog_query {
 # end: timestamp
 #
     my (%filters)=@_;
-    unless ($ENV{'request.course.id'}) { return 'no_course'; }
+    unless ($env{'request.course.id'}) { return 'no_course'; }
     if ($filters{'url'}) {
 	$filters{'url'}=&symbclean(&declutter($filters{'url'}));
         $filters{'url'}=~s/\.(\w+)$/(\\.\\d+)*\\.$1/;
         $filters{'url'}=~s/\.(\w+)\_\_\_/(\\.\\d+)*\\.$1/;
     }
-    my $cname=$ENV{'course.'.$ENV{'request.course.id'}.'.num'};
-    my $cdom=$ENV{'course.'.$ENV{'request.course.id'}.'.domain'};
+    my $cname=$env{'course.'.$env{'request.course.id'}.'.num'};
+    my $cdom=$env{'course.'.$env{'request.course.id'}.'.domain'};
     return &log_query($cname,$cdom,'courselog',%filters);
 }
 
@@ -2940,11 +3572,92 @@ sub userlog_query {
     return &log_query($uname,$udom,'userlog',%filters);
 }
 
+#--------- Call auto-enrollment subs in localenroll.pm for homeserver for course 
+
+sub auto_run {
+    my ($cnum,$cdom) = @_;
+    my $homeserver = &homeserver($cnum,$cdom);
+    my $response = &reply('autorun:'.$cdom,$homeserver);
+    return $response;
+}
+                                                                                   
+sub auto_get_sections {
+    my ($cnum,$cdom,$inst_coursecode) = @_;
+    my $homeserver = &homeserver($cnum,$cdom);
+    my @secs = ();
+    my $response=&unescape(&reply('autogetsections:'.$inst_coursecode.':'.$cdom,$homeserver));
+    unless ($response eq 'refused') {
+        @secs = split/:/,$response;
+    }
+    return @secs;
+}
+                                                                                   
+sub auto_new_course {
+    my ($cnum,$cdom,$inst_course_id,$owner) = @_;
+    my $homeserver = &homeserver($cnum,$cdom);
+    my $response=&unescape(&reply('autonewcourse:'.$inst_course_id.':'.$owner.':'.$cdom,$homeserver));
+    return $response;
+}
+                                                                                   
+sub auto_validate_courseID {
+    my ($cnum,$cdom,$inst_course_id) = @_;
+    my $homeserver = &homeserver($cnum,$cdom);
+    my $response=&unescape(&reply('autovalidatecourse:'.$inst_course_id.':'.$cdom,$homeserver));
+    return $response;
+}
+                                                                                   
+sub auto_create_password {
+    my ($cnum,$cdom,$authparam) = @_;
+    my $homeserver = &homeserver($cnum,$cdom); 
+    my $create_passwd = 0;
+    my $authchk = '';
+    my $response=&unescape(&reply('autocreatepassword:'.$authparam.':'.$cdom,$homeserver));
+    if ($response eq 'refused') {
+        $authchk = 'refused';
+    } else {
+        ($authparam,$create_passwd,$authchk) = split/:/,$response;
+    }
+    return ($authparam,$create_passwd,$authchk);
+}
+
+sub auto_instcode_format {
+    my ($caller,$codedom,$instcodes,$codes,$codetitles,$cat_titles,$cat_order) = @_;
+    my $courses = '';
+    my $homeserver;
+    if ($caller eq 'global') {
+        foreach my $tryserver (keys %libserv) {
+            if ($hostdom{$tryserver} eq $codedom) {
+                $homeserver = $tryserver;
+                last;
+            }
+        }
+        if (($env{'user.name'}) && ($env{'user.domain'} eq $codedom)) {
+            $homeserver = &homeserver($env{'user.name'},$codedom);
+        }
+    } else {
+        $homeserver = &homeserver($caller,$codedom);
+    }
+    foreach (keys %{$instcodes}) {
+        $courses .= &escape($_).'='.&escape($$instcodes{$_}).'&';
+    }
+    chop($courses);
+    my $response=&reply('autoinstcodeformat:'.$codedom.':'.$courses,$homeserver);
+    unless ($response =~ /(con_lost|error|no_such_host|refused)/) {
+        my ($codes_str,$codetitles_str,$cat_titles_str,$cat_order_str) = split/:/,$response;
+        %{$codes} = &str2hash($codes_str);
+        @{$codetitles} = &str2array($codetitles_str);
+        %{$cat_titles} = &str2hash($cat_titles_str);
+        %{$cat_order} = &str2hash($cat_order_str);
+        return 'ok';
+    }
+    return $response;
+}
+
 # ------------------------------------------------------------------ Plain Text
 
 sub plaintext {
     my $short=shift;
-    return &mt($prp{$short});
+    return &Apache::lonlocal::mt($prp{$short});
 }
 
 # ----------------------------------------------------------------- Assign Role
@@ -2958,7 +3671,7 @@ sub assignrole {
 	unless (&allowed('ccr',$cwosec)) {
            &logthis('Refused custom assignrole: '.
              $udom.' '.$uname.' '.$url.' '.$role.' '.$end.' '.$start.' by '.
-		    $ENV{'user.name'}.' at '.$ENV{'user.domain'});
+		    $env{'user.name'}.' at '.$env{'user.domain'});
            return 'refused'; 
         }
         $mrole='cr';
@@ -2968,12 +3681,12 @@ sub assignrole {
         unless ((&allowed('c'.$role,$cwosec)) || &allowed('c'.$role,$udom)) { 
            &logthis('Refused assignrole: '.
              $udom.' '.$uname.' '.$url.' '.$role.' '.$end.' '.$start.' by '.
-		    $ENV{'user.name'}.' at '.$ENV{'user.domain'});
+		    $env{'user.name'}.' at '.$env{'user.domain'});
            return 'refused'; 
         }
         $mrole=$role;
     }
-    my $command="encrypt:rolesput:$ENV{'user.domain'}:$ENV{'user.name'}:".
+    my $command="encrypt:rolesput:$env{'user.domain'}:$env{'user.name'}:".
                 "$udom:$uname:$url".'_'."$mrole=$role";
     if ($end) { $command.='_'.$end; }
     if ($start) {
@@ -2987,9 +3700,9 @@ sub assignrole {
     if ($deleteflag) {
 	if ((&allowed('dro',$udom)) || (&allowed('dro',$url))) {
 # modify command to delete the role
-           $command="encrypt:rolesdel:$ENV{'user.domain'}:$ENV{'user.name'}:".
+           $command="encrypt:rolesdel:$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 $udom"); 
+	   &logthis("$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;
@@ -2999,7 +3712,7 @@ sub assignrole {
     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,$end);
+	&userrolelog($role,$uname,$udom,$url,$start,$end);
     }
     return $answer;
 }
@@ -3012,16 +3725,16 @@ sub modifyuserauth {
     my $uhome=&homeserver($uname,$udom);
     unless (&allowed('mau',$udom)) { return 'refused'; }
     &logthis('Call to modify user authentication '.$udom.', '.$uname.', '.
-             $umode.' by '.$ENV{'user.name'}.' at '.$ENV{'user.domain'}.
-             ' in domain '.$ENV{'request.role.domain'});  
+             $umode.' by '.$env{'user.name'}.' at '.$env{'user.domain'}.
+             ' in domain '.$env{'request.role.domain'});  
     my $reply=&reply('encrypt:changeuserauth:'.$udom.':'.$uname.':'.$umode.':'.
 		     &escape($upass),$uhome);
-    &log($ENV{'user.domain'},$ENV{'user.name'},$ENV{'user.home'},
+    &log($env{'user.domain'},$env{'user.name'},$env{'user.home'},
         'Authentication changed for '.$udom.', '.$uname.', '.$umode.
          '(Remote '.$ENV{'REMOTE_ADDR'}.'): '.$reply);
     &log($udom,,$uname,$uhome,
-        'Authentication changed by '.$ENV{'user.domain'}.', '.
-                                     $ENV{'user.name'}.', '.$umode.
+        'Authentication changed by '.$env{'user.domain'}.', '.
+                                     $env{'user.name'}.', '.$umode.
          '(Remote '.$ENV{'REMOTE_ADDR'}.'): '.$reply);
     unless ($reply eq 'ok') {
         &logthis('Authentication mode error: '.$reply);
@@ -3044,8 +3757,8 @@ sub modifyuser {
 	     $last.', '.$gene.'(forceid: '.$forceid.')'.
              (defined($desiredhome) ? ' desiredhome = '.$desiredhome :
                                      ' desiredhome not specified'). 
-             ' by '.$ENV{'user.name'}.' at '.$ENV{'user.domain'}.
-             ' in domain '.$ENV{'request.role.domain'});
+             ' by '.$env{'user.name'}.' at '.$env{'user.domain'}.
+             ' in domain '.$env{'request.role.domain'});
     my $uhome=&homeserver($uname,$udom,'true');
 # ----------------------------------------------------------------- Create User
     if (($uhome eq 'no_host') && 
@@ -3053,8 +3766,8 @@ sub modifyuser {
         my $unhome='';
         if (defined($desiredhome) && $hostdom{$desiredhome} eq $udom) { 
             $unhome = $desiredhome;
-	} elsif($ENV{'course.'.$ENV{'request.course.id'}.'.domain'} eq $udom) {
-	    $unhome=$ENV{'course.'.$ENV{'request.course.id'}.'.home'};
+	} elsif($env{'course.'.$env{'request.course.id'}.'.domain'} eq $udom) {
+	    $unhome=$env{'course.'.$env{'request.course.id'}.'.home'};
         } else { # load balancing routine for determining $unhome
             my $tryserver;
             my $loadm=10000000;
@@ -3114,15 +3827,18 @@ sub modifyuser {
     if (defined($middle)) { $names{'middlename'} = $middle; }
     if ($last)   { $names{'lastname'}   = $last; }
     if (defined($gene))   { $names{'generation'} = $gene; }
-    if ($email)  { $names{'notification'} = $email;
-                   $names{'critnotification'} = $email; }
-
+    if ($email) {
+       $email=~s/[^\w\@\.\-\,]//gs;
+       if ($email=~/\@/) { $names{'notification'} = $email;
+			   $names{'critnotification'} = $email;
+			   $names{'permanentemail'} = $email; }
+    }
     my $reply = &put('environment', \%names, $udom,$uname);
     if ($reply ne 'ok') { return 'error: '.$reply; }
     &logthis('Success modifying user '.$udom.', '.$uname.', '.$uid.', '.
              $umode.', '.$first.', '.$middle.', '.
 	     $last.', '.$gene.' by '.
-             $ENV{'user.name'}.' at '.$ENV{'user.domain'});
+             $env{'user.name'}.' at '.$env{'user.domain'});
     return 'ok';
 }
 
@@ -3130,9 +3846,9 @@ sub modifyuser {
 
 sub modifystudent {
     my ($udom,$uname,$uid,$umode,$upass,$first,$middle,$last,$gene,$usec,
-        $end,$start,$forceid,$desiredhome,$email,$type,$cid)=@_;
+        $end,$start,$forceid,$desiredhome,$email,$type,$locktype,$cid)=@_;
     if (!$cid) {
-	unless ($cid=$ENV{'request.course.id'}) {
+	unless ($cid=$env{'request.course.id'}) {
 	    return 'not_in_class';
 	}
     }
@@ -3145,24 +3861,23 @@ sub modifystudent {
     # students environment
     $uid = undef if (!$forceid);
     $reply = &modify_student_enrollment($udom,$uname,$uid,$first,$middle,$last,
-					$gene,$usec,$end,$start,$type,$cid);
+					$gene,$usec,$end,$start,$type,$locktype,$cid);
     return $reply;
 }
 
 sub modify_student_enrollment {
-    my ($udom,$uname,$uid,$first,$middle,$last,$gene,$usec,$end,$start,$type,
-	$cid) = @_;
+    my ($udom,$uname,$uid,$first,$middle,$last,$gene,$usec,$end,$start,$type,$locktype,$cid) = @_;
     my ($cdom,$cnum,$chome);
     if (!$cid) {
-	unless ($cid=$ENV{'request.course.id'}) {
+	unless ($cid=$env{'request.course.id'}) {
 	    return 'not_in_class';
 	}
-	$cdom=$ENV{'course.'.$cid.'.domain'};
-	$cnum=$ENV{'course.'.$cid.'.num'};
+	$cdom=$env{'course.'.$cid.'.domain'};
+	$cnum=$env{'course.'.$cid.'.num'};
     } else {
 	($cdom,$cnum)=split(/_/,$cid);
     }
-    $chome=$ENV{'course.'.$cid.'.home'};
+    $chome=$env{'course.'.$cid.'.home'};
     if (!$chome) {
 	$chome=&homeserver($cnum,$cdom);
     }
@@ -3193,13 +3908,15 @@ sub modify_student_enrollment {
         $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 $value=&escape($uname.':'.$udom).'='.
-	&escape(join(':',$end,$start,$uid,$usec,$fullname,$type));
-    my $reply=critical('put:'.$cdom.':'.$cnum.':classlist:'.$value,$chome);
+    my $fullname = &format_name($first,$middle,$last,$gene,'lastname');
+    my $reply=cput('classlist',
+		   {"$uname:$udom" => 
+			join(':',$end,$start,$uid,$usec,$fullname,$type,$locktype) },
+		   $cdom,$cnum);
     unless (($reply eq 'ok') || ($reply eq 'delayed')) {
 	return 'error: '.$reply;
+    } else {
+	&devalidate_getsection_cache($udom,$uname,$cid);
     }
     # Add student role to user
     my $uurl='/'.$cid;
@@ -3210,6 +3927,25 @@ sub modify_student_enrollment {
     return &assignrole($udom,$uname,$uurl,'st',$end,$start);
 }
 
+sub format_name {
+    my ($firstname,$middlename,$lastname,$generation,$first)=@_;
+    my $name;
+    if ($first ne 'lastname') {
+	$name=$firstname.' '.$middlename.' '.$lastname.' '.$generation;
+    } else {
+	if ($lastname=~/\S/) {
+	    $name.= $lastname.' '.$generation.', '.$firstname.' '.$middlename;
+	    $name=~s/\s+,/,/;
+	} else {
+	    $name.= $firstname.' '.$middlename.' '.$generation;
+	}
+    }
+    $name=~s/^\s+//;
+    $name=~s/\s+$//;
+    $name=~s/\s+/ /g;
+    return $name;
+}
+
 # ------------------------------------------------- Write to course preferences
 
 sub writecoursepref {
@@ -3232,14 +3968,16 @@ sub writecoursepref {
 # ---------------------------------------------------------- Make/modify course
 
 sub createcourse {
-    my ($udom,$description,$url,$course_server,$nonstandard)=@_;
+    my ($udom,$description,$url,$course_server,$nonstandard,$inst_code,$course_owner)=@_;
     $url=&declutter($url);
     my $cid='';
     unless (&allowed('ccc',$udom)) {
         return 'refused';
     }
 # ------------------------------------------------------------------- Create ID
-   my $uname=substr($$.time,0,5).unpack("H8",pack("I32",time)).
+   my $uname=int(1+rand(9)).
+       ('a'..'z','A'..'Z','0'..'9')[int(rand(62))].
+       substr($$.time,0,5).unpack("H8",pack("I32",time)).
        unpack("H2",pack("I32",int(rand(255)))).$perlvar{'lonHostID'};
 # ----------------------------------------------- Make sure that does not exist
    my $uhome=&homeserver($uname,$udom,'true');
@@ -3252,7 +3990,7 @@ sub createcourse {
        } 
    }
 # ------------------------------------------------ Check supplied server name
-    $course_server = $ENV{'user.homeserver'} if (! defined($course_server));
+    $course_server = $env{'user.homeserver'} if (! defined($course_server));
     if (! exists($libserv{$course_server})) {
         return 'error:bad server name '.$course_server;
     }
@@ -3265,9 +4003,9 @@ sub createcourse {
 	return 'error: no such course';
     }
 # ----------------------------------------------------------------- Course made
-# log existance
-    &courseidput($udom,&escape($udom.'_'.$uname).'='.&escape($description),
-                 $uhome);
+# log existence
+    &courseidput($udom,&escape($udom.'_'.$uname).'='.&escape($description).
+                 ':'.&escape($inst_code).':'.&escape($course_owner),$uhome);
     &flushcourselogs();
 # set toplevel url
     my $topurl=$url;
@@ -3275,7 +4013,7 @@ sub createcourse {
 # ------------------------------------------ For standard courses, make top url
         my $mapurl=&clutter($url);
         if ($mapurl eq '/res/') { $mapurl=''; }
-        $ENV{'form.initmap'}=(<<ENDINITMAP);
+        $env{'form.initmap'}=(<<ENDINITMAP);
 <map>
 <resource id="1" type="start"></resource>
 <resource id="2" src="$mapurl"></resource>
@@ -3285,7 +4023,7 @@ sub createcourse {
 </map>
 ENDINITMAP
         $topurl=&declutter(
-        &finishuserfileupload($uname,$udom,$uhome,'initmap','default.sequence')
+        &finishuserfileupload($uname,$udom,'initmap','default.sequence')
                           );
     }
 # ----------------------------------------------------------- Write preferences
@@ -3320,6 +4058,200 @@ sub revokecustomrole {
            $deleteflag);
 }
 
+# ------------------------------------------------------------ Disk usage
+sub diskusage {
+    my ($udom,$uname,$directoryRoot)=@_;
+    $directoryRoot =~ s/\/$//;
+    my $listing=&reply('du:'.$directoryRoot,homeserver($uname,$udom));
+    return $listing;
+}
+
+sub is_locked {
+    my ($file_name, $domain, $user) = @_;
+    my @check;
+    my $is_locked;
+    push @check, $file_name;
+    my %locked = &get('file_permissions',\@check,
+		      $env{'user.domain'},$env{'user.name'});
+    my ($tmp)=keys(%locked);
+    if ($tmp=~/^error:/) { undef(%locked); }
+
+    if (ref($locked{$file_name}) eq 'ARRAY') {
+        $is_locked = 'true';
+    } else {
+        $is_locked = 'false';
+    }
+}
+
+# ------------------------------------------------------------- Mark as Read Only
+
+sub mark_as_readonly {
+    my ($domain,$user,$files,$what) = @_;
+    my %current_permissions = &dump('file_permissions',$domain,$user);
+    my ($tmp)=keys(%current_permissions);
+    if ($tmp=~/^error:/) { undef(%current_permissions); }
+    foreach my $file (@{$files}) {
+        push(@{$current_permissions{$file}},$what);
+    }
+    &put('file_permissions',\%current_permissions,$domain,$user);
+    return;
+}
+
+# ------------------------------------------------------------Save Selected Files
+
+sub save_selected_files {
+    my ($user, $path, @files) = @_;
+    my $filename = $user."savedfiles";
+    my @other_files = &files_not_in_path($user, $path);
+    open (OUT, '>'.$Apache::lonnet::perlvar{'lonDaemons'}.'/tmp/'.$filename);
+    foreach my $file (@files) {
+        print (OUT $env{'form.currentpath'}.$file."\n");
+    }
+    foreach my $file (@other_files) {
+        print (OUT $file."\n");
+    }
+    close (OUT);
+    return 'ok';
+}
+
+sub clear_selected_files {
+    my ($user) = @_;
+    my $filename = $user."savedfiles";
+    open (OUT, '>'.$Apache::lonnet::perlvar{'lonDaemons'}.'/tmp/'.$filename);
+    print (OUT undef);
+    close (OUT);
+    return ("ok");    
+}
+
+sub files_in_path {
+    my ($user, $path) = @_;
+    my $filename = $user."savedfiles";
+    my %return_files;
+    open (IN, '<'.$Apache::lonnet::perlvar{'lonDaemons'}.'/tmp/'.$filename);
+    while (my $line_in = <IN>) {
+        chomp ($line_in);
+        my @paths_and_file = split (m!/!, $line_in);
+        my $file_part = pop (@paths_and_file);
+        my $path_part = join ('/', @paths_and_file);
+        $path_part.='/';
+        my $path_and_file = $path_part.$file_part;
+        if ($path_part eq $path) {
+            $return_files{$file_part}= 'selected';
+        }
+    }
+    close (IN);
+    return (\%return_files);
+}
+
+# called in portfolio select mode, to show files selected NOT in current directory
+sub files_not_in_path {
+    my ($user, $path) = @_;
+    my $filename = $user."savedfiles";
+    my @return_files;
+    my $path_part;
+    open (IN, '<'.$Apache::lonnet::perlvar{'lonDaemons'}.'/tmp/'.$filename);
+    while (<IN>) {
+        #ok, I know it's clunky, but I want it to work
+        my @paths_and_file = split m!/!, $_;
+        my $file_part = pop (@paths_and_file);
+        chomp ($file_part);
+        my $path_part = join ('/', @paths_and_file);
+        $path_part .= '/';
+        my $path_and_file = $path_part.$file_part;
+        if ($path_part ne $path) {
+            push (@return_files, ($path_and_file));
+        }
+    }
+    close (OUT);
+    return (@return_files);
+}
+
+#--------------------------------------------------------------Get Marked as Read Only
+
+
+sub get_marked_as_readonly {
+    my ($domain,$user,$what) = @_;
+    my %current_permissions = &dump('file_permissions',$domain,$user);
+    my ($tmp)=keys(%current_permissions);
+    if ($tmp=~/^error:/) { undef(%current_permissions); }
+    my @readonly_files;
+    my $cmp1=$what;
+    if (ref($what)) { $cmp1=join('',@{$what}) };
+    while (my ($file_name,$value) = each(%current_permissions)) {
+        if (ref($value) eq "ARRAY"){
+            foreach my $stored_what (@{$value}) {
+                my $cmp2=$stored_what;
+                if (ref($stored_what)) { $cmp2=join('',@{$stored_what}) };
+                if ($cmp1 eq $cmp2) {
+                    push(@readonly_files, $file_name);
+                } elsif (!defined($what)) {
+                    push(@readonly_files, $file_name);
+                }
+            }
+        } 
+    }
+    return @readonly_files;
+}
+#-----------------------------------------------------------Get Marked as Read Only Hash
+
+sub get_marked_as_readonly_hash {
+    my ($domain,$user,$what) = @_;
+    my %current_permissions = &dump('file_permissions',$domain,$user);
+    my ($tmp)=keys(%current_permissions);
+    if ($tmp=~/^error:/) { undef(%current_permissions); }
+
+    my %readonly_files;
+    while (my ($file_name,$value) = each(%current_permissions)) {
+        if (ref($value) eq "ARRAY"){
+            foreach my $stored_what (@{$value}) {
+                if ($stored_what eq $what) {
+                    $readonly_files{$file_name} = 'locked';
+                } elsif (!defined($what)) {
+                    $readonly_files{$file_name} = 'locked';
+                }
+            }
+        } 
+    }
+    return %readonly_files;
+}
+# ------------------------------------------------------------ Unmark as Read Only
+
+sub unmark_as_readonly {
+    # unmarks $file_name (if $file_name is defined), or all files locked by $what 
+    # for portfolio submissions, $what contains [$symb,$crsid] 
+    my ($domain,$user,$what,$file_name) = @_;
+    my $symb_crs = $what;
+    if (ref($what)) { $symb_crs=join('',@$what); }
+    my %current_permissions = &dump('file_permissions',$domain,$user);
+    my ($tmp)=keys(%current_permissions);
+    if ($tmp=~/^error:/) { undef(%current_permissions); }
+    my @readonly_files = &get_marked_as_readonly($domain,$user,$what);
+    foreach my $file (@readonly_files) {
+	if (defined($file_name) && ($file_name ne $file)) { next; }
+	my $current_locks = $current_permissions{$file};
+        my @new_locks;
+        my @del_keys;
+        if (ref($current_locks) eq "ARRAY"){
+            foreach my $locker (@{$current_locks}) {
+                my $compare=$locker;
+                if (ref($locker)) { $compare=join('',@{$locker}) };
+                if ($compare ne $symb_crs) {
+                    push(@new_locks, $locker);
+                }
+            }
+            if (scalar(@new_locks) > 0) {
+                $current_permissions{$file} = \@new_locks;
+            } else {
+                push(@del_keys, $file);
+                &del('file_permissions',\@del_keys, $domain, $user);
+                delete($current_permissions{$file});
+            }
+        }
+    }
+    &put('file_permissions',\%current_permissions,$domain,$user);
+    return;
+}
+
 # ------------------------------------------------------------ Directory lister
 
 sub dirlist {
@@ -3344,19 +4276,37 @@ sub dirlist {
 
     if($udom) {
         if($uname) {
-            my $listing=reply('ls:'.$dirRoot.'/'.$uri,
+            my $listing=reply('ls2:'.$dirRoot.'/'.$uri,
                               homeserver($uname,$udom));
-            return split(/:/,$listing);
+            my @listing_results;
+            if ($listing eq 'unknown_cmd') {
+                $listing=reply('ls:'.$dirRoot.'/'.$uri,
+                               homeserver($uname,$udom));
+                @listing_results = split(/:/,$listing);
+            } else {
+                @listing_results = map { &unescape($_); } split(/:/,$listing);
+            }
+            return @listing_results;
         } elsif(!defined($alternateDirectoryRoot)) {
             my $tryserver;
             my %allusers=();
             foreach $tryserver (keys %libserv) {
                 if($hostdom{$tryserver} eq $udom) {
-                    my $listing=reply('ls:'.$perlvar{'lonDocRoot'}.'/res/'.
+                    my $listing=reply('ls2:'.$perlvar{'lonDocRoot'}.'/res/'.
                                       $udom, $tryserver);
-                    if (($listing ne 'no_such_dir') && ($listing ne 'empty')
-                        && ($listing ne 'con_lost')) {
-                        foreach (split(/:/,$listing)) {
+                    my @listing_results;
+                    if ($listing eq 'unknown_cmd') {
+                        $listing=reply('ls:'.$perlvar{'lonDocRoot'}.'/res/'.
+                                       $udom, $tryserver);
+                        @listing_results = split(/:/,$listing);
+                    } else {
+                        @listing_results =
+                            map { &unescape($_); } split(/:/,$listing);
+                    }
+                    if ($listing_results[0] ne 'no_such_dir' && 
+                        $listing_results[0] ne 'empty'       &&
+                        $listing_results[0] ne 'con_lost') {
+                        foreach (@listing_results) {
                             my ($entry,@stat)=split(/&/,$_);
                             $allusers{$entry}=1;
                         }
@@ -3428,8 +4378,11 @@ sub GetFileTimestamp {
 
 sub directcondval {
     my $number=shift;
-    if ($ENV{'user.state.'.$ENV{'request.course.id'}}) {
-       return substr($ENV{'user.state.'.$ENV{'request.course.id'}},$number,1);
+    if (!defined($env{'user.state.'.$env{'request.course.id'}})) {
+	&Apache::lonuserstate::evalstate();
+    }
+    if ($env{'user.state.'.$env{'request.course.id'}}) {
+       return substr($env{'user.state.'.$env{'request.course.id'}},$number,1);
     } else {
        return 2;
     }
@@ -3440,13 +4393,13 @@ sub condval {
     my $result=0;
     my $allpathcond='';
     foreach (split(/\|/,$condidx)) {
-       if (defined($ENV{'acc.cond.'.$ENV{'request.course.id'}.'.'.$_})) {
+       if (defined($env{'acc.cond.'.$env{'request.course.id'}.'.'.$_})) {
 	   $allpathcond.=
-               '('.$ENV{'acc.cond.'.$ENV{'request.course.id'}.'.'.$_}.')|';
+               '('.$env{'acc.cond.'.$env{'request.course.id'}.'.'.$_}.')|';
        }
     }
     $allpathcond=~s/\|$//;
-    if ($ENV{'request.course.id'}) {
+    if ($env{'request.course.id'}) {
        if ($allpathcond) {
           my $operand='|';
 	  my @stack;
@@ -3481,29 +4434,78 @@ sub condval {
 sub devalidatecourseresdata {
     my ($coursenum,$coursedomain)=@_;
     my $hashid=$coursenum.':'.$coursedomain;
-    &devalidate_cache(\%courseresdatacache,$hashid,'courseres');
+    &devalidate_cache_new('courseres',$hashid);
 }
 
 # --------------------------------------------------- Course Resourcedata Query
 
-sub courseresdata {
-    my ($coursenum,$coursedomain,@which)=@_;
+sub get_courseresdata {
+    my ($coursenum,$coursedomain)=@_;
     my $coursehom=&homeserver($coursenum,$coursedomain);
     my $hashid=$coursenum.':'.$coursedomain;
-    my ($result,$cached)=&is_cached(\%courseresdatacache,$hashid,'courseres');
+    my ($result,$cached)=&is_cached_new('courseres',$hashid);
+    my %dumpreply;
     unless (defined($cached)) {
-	my %dumpreply=&dump('resourcedata',$coursedomain,$coursenum);
+	%dumpreply=&dump('resourcedata',$coursedomain,$coursenum);
 	$result=\%dumpreply;
 	my ($tmp) = keys(%dumpreply);
 	if ($tmp !~ /^(con_lost|error|no_such_host)/i) {
-	    &do_cache(\%courseresdatacache,$hashid,$result,'courseres');
+	    &do_cache_new('courseres',$hashid,$result,600);
 	} elsif ($tmp =~ /^(con_lost|no_such_host)/) {
 	    return $tmp;
 	} elsif ($tmp =~ /^(error)/) {
 	    $result=undef;
-	    &do_cache(\%courseresdatacache,$hashid,$result,'courseres');
+	    &do_cache_new('courseres',$hashid,$result,600);
 	}
     }
+    return $result;
+}
+
+sub devalidateuserresdata {
+    my ($uname,$udom)=@_;
+    my $hashid="$udom:$uname";
+    &devalidate_cache_new('userres',$hashid);
+}
+
+sub get_userresdata {
+    my ($uname,$udom)=@_;
+    #most student don\'t have any data set, check if there is some data
+    if (&EXT_cache_status($udom,$uname)) { return undef; }
+
+    my $hashid="$udom:$uname";
+    my ($result,$cached)=&is_cached_new('userres',$hashid);
+    if (!defined($cached)) {
+	my %resourcedata=&dump('resourcedata',$udom,$uname);
+	$result=\%resourcedata;
+	&do_cache_new('userres',$hashid,$result,600);
+    }
+    my ($tmp)=keys(%$result);
+    if (($tmp!~/^error\:/) && ($tmp!~/^con_lost/)) {
+	return $result;
+    }
+    #error 2 occurs when the .db doesn't exist
+    if ($tmp!~/error: 2 /) {
+	&logthis("<font color=\"blue\">WARNING:".
+		 " Trying to get resource data for ".
+		 $uname." at ".$udom.": ".
+		 $tmp."</font>");
+    } elsif ($tmp=~/error: 2 /) {
+	#&EXT_cache_set($udom,$uname);
+	&do_cache_new('userres',$hashid,undef,600);
+	undef($tmp); # not really an error so don't send it back
+    }
+    return $tmp;
+}
+
+sub resdata {
+    my ($name,$domain,$type,@which)=@_;
+    my $result;
+    if ($type eq 'course') {
+	$result=&get_courseresdata($name,$domain);
+    } elsif ($type eq 'user') {
+	$result=&get_userresdata($name,$domain);
+    }
+    if (!ref($result)) { return $result; }    
     foreach my $item (@which) {
 	if (defined($result->{$item})) {
 	    return $result->{$item};
@@ -3523,7 +4525,7 @@ sub clear_EXT_cache_status {
 sub EXT_cache_status {
     my ($target_domain,$target_user) = @_;
     my $cachename = 'cache.EXT.'.$target_user.'.'.$target_domain;
-    if (exists($ENV{$cachename}) && ($ENV{$cachename}+600) > time) {
+    if (exists($env{$cachename}) && ($env{$cachename}+600) > time) {
         # We know already the user has no data
         return 1;
     } else {
@@ -3534,7 +4536,7 @@ sub EXT_cache_status {
 sub EXT_cache_set {
     my ($target_domain,$target_user) = @_;
     my $cachename = 'cache.EXT.'.$target_user.'.'.$target_domain;
-    &appenv($cachename => time);
+    #&appenv($cachename => time);
 }
 
 # --------------------------------------------------------- Value of a Variable
@@ -3553,7 +4555,7 @@ sub EXT {
 	  &Apache::lonxml::whichuser($symbparm);
       if (!$symbparm) {	$symbparm=$cursymb; }
     } else {
-	$courseid=$ENV{'request.course.id'};
+	$courseid=$env{'request.course.id'};
     }
     my ($realm,$space,$qualifier,@therest)=split(/\./,$varname);
     my $rest;
@@ -3570,11 +4572,14 @@ sub EXT {
     if ($realm eq 'user') {
 # --------------------------------------------------------------- user.resource
 	if ($space eq 'resource') {
-	    if (defined($Apache::lonhomework::parsing_a_problem)) {
+	    if ( (defined($Apache::lonhomework::parsing_a_problem)
+		  || defined($Apache::lonhomework::parsing_a_task))
+		 &&
+		 ($symbparm eq &symbread()) ) {
 		return $Apache::lonhomework::history{$qualifierrest};
 	    } else {
 		my %restored;
-		if ($publicuser || $ENV{'request.state'} eq 'construct') {
+		if ($publicuser || $env{'request.state'} eq 'construct') {
 		    %restored=&tmprestore($symbparm,$courseid,$udom,$uname);
 		} else {
 		    %restored=&restore($symbparm,$courseid,$udom,$uname);
@@ -3587,9 +4592,9 @@ sub EXT {
             return &allowed($qualifier,$rest);
 # ------------------------------------------ user.preferences, user.environment
         } elsif (($space eq 'preferences') || ($space eq 'environment')) {
-	    if (($uname eq $ENV{'user.name'}) &&
-		($udom eq $ENV{'user.domain'})) {
-		return $ENV{join('.',('environment',$qualifierrest))};
+	    if (($uname eq $env{'user.name'}) &&
+		($udom eq $env{'user.domain'})) {
+		return $env{join('.',('environment',$qualifierrest))};
 	    } else {
 		my %returnhash;
 		if (!$publicuser) {
@@ -3601,11 +4606,11 @@ sub EXT {
 # ----------------------------------------------------------------- user.course
         } elsif ($space eq 'course') {
 	    # FIXME - not supporting calls for a specific user
-            return $ENV{join('.',('request.course',$qualifier))};
+            return $env{join('.',('request.course',$qualifier))};
 # ------------------------------------------------------------------- user.role
         } elsif ($space eq 'role') {
 	    # FIXME - not supporting calls for a specific user
-            my ($role,$where)=split(/\./,$ENV{'request.role'});
+            my ($role,$where)=split(/\./,$env{'request.role'});
             if ($qualifier eq 'value') {
 		return $role;
             } elsif ($qualifier eq 'extent') {
@@ -3629,115 +4634,93 @@ sub EXT {
 # ---------------------------------------------- pull stuff out of query string
         &Apache::loncommon::get_unprocessed_cgi($ENV{'QUERY_STRING'},
 						[$spacequalifierrest]);
-	return $ENV{'form.'.$spacequalifierrest}; 
+	return $env{'form.'.$spacequalifierrest}; 
    } elsif ($realm eq 'request') {
 # ------------------------------------------------------------- request.browser
         if ($space eq 'browser') {
 	    if ($qualifier eq 'textremote') {
-		if (&mt('textual_remote_display') eq 'on') {
+		if (&Apache::lonlocal::mt('textual_remote_display') eq 'on') {
 		    return 1;
 		} else {
 		    return 0;
 		}
 	    } else {
-		return $ENV{'browser.'.$qualifier};
+		return $env{'browser.'.$qualifier};
 	    }
 # ------------------------------------------------------------ request.filename
         } else {
-            return $ENV{'request.'.$spacequalifierrest};
+            return $env{'request.'.$spacequalifierrest};
         }
     } elsif ($realm eq 'course') {
 # ---------------------------------------------------------- course.description
-        return $ENV{'course.'.$courseid.'.'.$spacequalifierrest};
+        return $env{'course.'.$courseid.'.'.$spacequalifierrest};
     } elsif ($realm eq 'resource') {
 
 	my $section;
-	if (defined($courseid) && $courseid eq $ENV{'request.course.id'}) {
+	if (defined($courseid) && $courseid eq $env{'request.course.id'}) {
+	    if (!$symbparm) { $symbparm=&symbread(); }
+	}
+	my ($courselevelm,$courselevel);
+	if ($symbparm && defined($courseid) && 
+	    $courseid eq $env{'request.course.id'}) {
 
 	    #print '<br>'.$space.' - '.$qualifier.' - '.$spacequalifierrest;
 
 # ----------------------------------------------------- Cascading lookup scheme
-	    if (!$symbparm) { $symbparm=&symbread(); }
 	    my $symbp=$symbparm;
 	    my $mapp=(&decode_symb($symbp))[0];
 
 	    my $symbparm=$symbp.'.'.$spacequalifierrest;
 	    my $mapparm=$mapp.'___(all).'.$spacequalifierrest;
 
-	    if (($ENV{'user.name'} eq $uname) &&
-		($ENV{'user.domain'} eq $udom)) {
-		$section=$ENV{'request.course.sec'};
+	    if (($env{'user.name'} eq $uname) &&
+		($env{'user.domain'} eq $udom)) {
+		$section=$env{'request.course.sec'};
 	    } else {
-                if (! defined($usection)) {
-                    $section=&usection($udom,$uname,$courseid);
-                } else {
-                    $section = $usection;
-                }
+		if (! defined($usection)) {
+		    $section=&getsection($udom,$uname,$courseid);
+		} else {
+		    $section = $usection;
+		}
 	    }
 
 	    my $seclevel=$courseid.'.['.$section.'].'.$spacequalifierrest;
 	    my $seclevelr=$courseid.'.['.$section.'].'.$symbparm;
 	    my $seclevelm=$courseid.'.['.$section.'].'.$mapparm;
 
-	    my $courselevel=$courseid.'.'.$spacequalifierrest;
+	    $courselevel=$courseid.'.'.$spacequalifierrest;
 	    my $courselevelr=$courseid.'.'.$symbparm;
-	    my $courselevelm=$courseid.'.'.$mapparm;
+	    $courselevelm=$courseid.'.'.$mapparm;
 
 # ----------------------------------------------------------- first, check user
-	    #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($cached)) {
-		    my %resourcedata=&dump('resourcedata',$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{$courselevel}; }
-		} else {
-		    #error 2 occurs when the .db doesn't exist
-		    if ($tmp!~/error: 2 /) {
-			&logthis("<font color=blue>WARNING:".
-				 " Trying to get resource data for ".
-				 $uname." at ".$udom.": ".
-				 $tmp."</font>");
-		    } elsif ($tmp=~/error: 2 /) {
-                        &EXT_cache_set($udom,$uname);
-		    } elsif ($tmp =~ /^(con_lost|no_such_host)/) {
-			return $tmp;
-		    }
-		}
-	    }
-
-# -------------------------------------------------------- second, check course
 
-	    my $coursereply=&courseresdata($ENV{'course.'.$courseid.'.num'},
-					  $ENV{'course.'.$courseid.'.domain'},
-					  ($seclevelr,$seclevelm,$seclevel,
-					   $courselevelr,$courselevelm,
-					   $courselevel));
+	    my $userreply=&resdata($uname,$udom,'user',
+				       ($courselevelr,$courselevelm,
+					$courselevel));
+
+	    if (defined($userreply)) { return $userreply; }
+
+# ------------------------------------------------ second, check some of course
+
+	    my $coursereply=&resdata($env{'course.'.$courseid.'.num'},
+				     $env{'course.'.$courseid.'.domain'},
+				     'course',
+				     ($seclevelr,$seclevelm,$seclevel,
+				      $courselevelr));
 	    if (defined($coursereply)) { return $coursereply; }
 
 # ------------------------------------------------------ third, check map parms
 	    my %parmhash=();
 	    my $thisparm='';
 	    if (tie(%parmhash,'GDBM_File',
-		    $ENV{'request.course.fn'}.'_parms.db',
+		    $env{'request.course.fn'}.'_parms.db',
 		    &GDBM_READER(),0640)) {
 		$thisparm=$parmhash{$symbparm};
 		untie(%parmhash);
 	    }
 	    if ($thisparm) { return $thisparm; }
 	}
-# --------------------------------------------- last, look in resource metadata
+# ------------------------------------------ fourth, look in resource metadata
 
 	$spacequalifierrest=~s/\./\_/;
 	my $filename;
@@ -3745,13 +4728,22 @@ sub EXT {
 	if ($symbparm) {
 	    $filename=(&decode_symb($symbparm))[2];
 	} else {
-	    $filename=$ENV{'request.filename'};
+	    $filename=$env{'request.filename'};
 	}
 	my $metadata=&metadata($filename,$spacequalifierrest);
 	if (defined($metadata)) { return $metadata; }
 	$metadata=&metadata($filename,'parameter_'.$spacequalifierrest);
 	if (defined($metadata)) { return $metadata; }
 
+# ---------------------------------------------- fourth, look in rest pf course
+	if ($symbparm && defined($courseid) && 
+	    $courseid eq $env{'request.course.id'}) {
+	    my $coursereply=&resdata($env{'course.'.$courseid.'.num'},
+				     $env{'course.'.$courseid.'.domain'},
+				     'course',
+				     ($courselevelm,$courselevel));
+	    if (defined($coursereply)) { return $coursereply; }
+	}
 # ------------------------------------------------------------------ Cascade up
 	unless ($space eq '0') {
 	    my @parts=split(/_/,$space);
@@ -3769,8 +4761,8 @@ sub EXT {
 # ---------------------------------------------------- Any other user namespace
     } elsif ($realm eq 'environment') {
 # ----------------------------------------------------------------- environment
-	if (($uname eq $ENV{'user.name'})&&($udom eq $ENV{'user.domain'})) {
-	    return $ENV{'environment.'.$spacequalifierrest};
+	if (($uname eq $env{'user.name'})&&($udom eq $env{'user.domain'})) {
+	    return $env{'environment.'.$spacequalifierrest};
 	} else {
 	    my %returnhash=&userenvironment($udom,$uname,
 					    $spacequalifierrest);
@@ -3791,10 +4783,12 @@ sub packages_tab_default {
     my $packages=&metadata($uri,'packages');
     foreach my $package (split(/,/,$packages)) {
 	my ($pack_type,$pack_part)=split(/_/,$package,2);
-	if ($pack_part eq $part) {
-	    if (defined($packagetab{"$pack_type&$name&default"})) {
-		return $packagetab{"$pack_type&$name&default"};
-	    }
+	if (defined($packagetab{"$pack_type&$name&default"})) {
+	    return $packagetab{"$pack_type&$name&default"};
+	}
+	if ($pack_type eq 'part') { $pack_part='0'; }
+	if (defined($packagetab{$pack_type."_".$pack_part."&$name&default"})) {
+	    return $packagetab{$pack_type."_".$pack_part."&$name&default"};
 	}
     }
     return undef;
@@ -3818,14 +4812,17 @@ sub add_prefix_and_part {
 
 # ---------------------------------------------------------------- Get metadata
 
+my %metaentry;
 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/|) && ($uri !~ m|^adm/includes|)) ||
+    if (($uri eq '') || 
+	(($uri =~ m|^/*adm/|) && 
+	     ($uri !~ m|^adm/includes|) && ($uri !~ m|/bulletinboard$|)) ||
         ($uri =~ m|/$|) || ($uri =~ m|/.meta$|) || ($uri =~ /^~/) ||
 	($uri =~ m|home/[^/]+/public_html/|)) {
-	return '';
+	return undef;
     }
     my $filename=$uri;
     $uri=~s/\.meta$//;
@@ -3835,25 +4832,31 @@ sub metadata {
 # Everything is cached by the main uri, libraries are never directly cached
 #
     if (!defined($liburi)) {
-	my ($result,$cached)=&is_cached(\%metacache,$uri,'meta');
+	my ($result,$cached)=&is_cached_new('meta',$uri);
 	if (defined($cached)) { return $result->{':'.$what}; }
     }
     {
 #
 # Is this a recursive call for a library?
 #
-	if (! exists($metacache{$uri})) {
-	    $metacache{$uri}={};
-	}
+#	if (! exists($metacache{$uri})) {
+#	    $metacache{$uri}={};
+#	}
         if ($liburi) {
 	    $liburi=&declutter($liburi);
             $filename=$liburi;
         } else {
-	    &devalidate_cache(\%metacache,$uri,'meta');
+	    &devalidate_cache_new('meta',$uri);
+	    undef(%metaentry);
 	}
         my %metathesekeys=();
         unless ($filename=~/\.meta$/) { $filename.='.meta'; }
-	my $metastring=&getfile(&filelocation('',&clutter($filename)));
+	my $metastring;
+	if ($uri !~ m -^(uploaded|editupload)/-) {
+	    my $file=&filelocation('',&clutter($filename));
+	    #push(@{$metaentry{$uri.'.file'}},$file);
+	    $metastring=&getfile($file);
+	}
         my $parser=HTML::LCParser->new(\$metastring);
         my $token;
         undef %metathesekeys;
@@ -3868,12 +4871,12 @@ sub metadata {
 		    if (defined($token->[2]->{'id'})) { 
 			$keyroot.='_'.$token->[2]->{'id'}; 
 		    }
-		    if ($metacache{$uri}->{':packages'}) {
-			$metacache{$uri}->{':packages'}.=','.$package.$keyroot;
+		    if ($metaentry{':packages'}) {
+			$metaentry{':packages'}.=','.$package.$keyroot;
 		    } else {
-			$metacache{$uri}->{':packages'}=$package.$keyroot;
+			$metaentry{':packages'}=$package.$keyroot;
 		    }
-		    foreach (keys %packagetab) {
+		    foreach (sort keys %packagetab) {
 			my $part=$keyroot;
 			$part=~s/^\_//;
 			if ($_=~/^\Q$package\E\&/ || 
@@ -3893,14 +4896,14 @@ sub metadata {
 			    if ($subp eq 'display') {
 				$value.=' [Part: '.$part.']';
 			    }
-			    $metacache{$uri}->{':'.$unikey.'.part'}=$part;
+			    $metaentry{':'.$unikey.'.part'}=$part;
 			    $metathesekeys{$unikey}=1;
-			    unless (defined($metacache{$uri}->{':'.$unikey.'.'.$subp})) {
-				$metacache{$uri}->{':'.$unikey.'.'.$subp}=$value;
+			    unless (defined($metaentry{':'.$unikey.'.'.$subp})) {
+				$metaentry{':'.$unikey.'.'.$subp}=$value;
 			    }
-			    if (defined($metacache{$uri}->{':'.$unikey.'.default'})) {
-				$metacache{$uri}->{':'.$unikey}=
-				    $metacache{$uri}->{':'.$unikey.'.default'};
+			    if (defined($metaentry{':'.$unikey.'.default'})) {
+				$metaentry{':'.$unikey}=
+				    $metaentry{':'.$unikey.'.default'};
 			    }
 			}
 		    }
@@ -3933,7 +4936,7 @@ sub metadata {
 			    foreach (sort(split(/\,/,&metadata($uri,'keys',
 							       $location,$unikey,
 							       $depthcount+1)))) {
-				$metacache{$uri}->{':'.$_}=$metacache{$uri}->{':'.$_};
+				$metaentry{':'.$_}=$metaentry{':'.$_};
 				$metathesekeys{$_}=1;
 			    }
 			}
@@ -3944,18 +4947,18 @@ sub metadata {
 			}
 			$metathesekeys{$unikey}=1;
 			foreach (@{$token->[3]}) {
-			    $metacache{$uri}->{':'.$unikey.'.'.$_}=$token->[2]->{$_};
+			    $metaentry{':'.$unikey.'.'.$_}=$token->[2]->{$_};
 			}
 			my $internaltext=&HTML::Entities::decode($parser->get_text('/'.$entry));
-			my $default=$metacache{$uri}->{':'.$unikey.'.default'};
+			my $default=$metaentry{':'.$unikey.'.default'};
 			if ( $internaltext =~ /^\s*$/ && $default !~ /^\s*$/) {
 		 # only ws inside the tag, and not in default, so use default
 		 # as value
-			    $metacache{$uri}->{':'.$unikey}=$default;
+			    $metaentry{':'.$unikey}=$default;
 			} else {
 		  # either something interesting inside the tag or default
                   # uninteresting
-			    $metacache{$uri}->{':'.$unikey}=$internaltext;
+			    $metaentry{':'.$unikey}=$internaltext;
 			}
 # end of not-a-package not-a-library import
 		    }
@@ -3964,32 +4967,71 @@ sub metadata {
 # the next is the end of "start tag"
 	    }
 	}
+	my ($extension) = ($uri =~ /\.(\w+)$/);
+	foreach my $key (sort(keys(%packagetab))) {
+	    #no specific packages #how's our extension
+	    if ($key!~/^extension_\Q$extension\E&/) { next; }
+	    &metadata_create_package_def($uri,$key,'extension_'.$extension,
+					 \%metathesekeys);
+	}
+	if (!exists($metaentry{':packages'})) {
+	    foreach my $key (sort(keys(%packagetab))) {
+		#no specific packages well let's get default then
+		if ($key!~/^default&/) { next; }
+		&metadata_create_package_def($uri,$key,'default',
+					     \%metathesekeys);
+	    }
+	}
 # are there custom rights to evaluate
-	if ($metacache{$uri}->{':copyright'} eq 'custom') {
+	if ($metaentry{':copyright'} eq 'custom') {
 
     #
     # Importing a rights file here
     #
 	    unless ($depthcount) {
-		my $location=$metacache{$uri}->{':customdistributionfile'};
+		my $location=$metaentry{':customdistributionfile'};
 		my $dir=$filename;
 		$dir=~s|[^/]*$||;
 		$location=&filelocation($dir,$location);
 		foreach (sort(split(/\,/,&metadata($uri,'keys',
 						   $location,'_rights',
 						   $depthcount+1)))) {
-		    $metacache{$uri}->{':'.$_}=$metacache{$uri}->{':'.$_};
+		    #$metaentry{':'.$_}=$metacache{$uri}->{':'.$_};
 		    $metathesekeys{$_}=1;
 		}
 	    }
 	}
-	$metacache{$uri}->{':keys'}=join(',',keys %metathesekeys);
-	&metadata_generate_part0(\%metathesekeys,$metacache{$uri},$uri);
-	$metacache{$uri}->{':allpossiblekeys'}=join(',',keys %metathesekeys);
-	&do_cache(\%metacache,$uri,$metacache{$uri},'meta');
+	$metaentry{':keys'}=join(',',keys %metathesekeys);
+	&metadata_generate_part0(\%metathesekeys,\%metaentry,$uri);
+	$metaentry{':allpossiblekeys'}=join(',',keys %metathesekeys);
+	&do_cache_new('meta',$uri,\%metaentry,60*60*24);
 # this is the end of "was not already recently cached
     }
-    return $metacache{$uri}->{':'.$what};
+    return $metaentry{':'.$what};
+}
+
+sub metadata_create_package_def {
+    my ($uri,$key,$package,$metathesekeys)=@_;
+    my ($pack,$name,$subp)=split(/\&/,$key);
+    if ($subp eq 'default') { next; }
+    
+    if (defined($metaentry{':packages'})) {
+	$metaentry{':packages'}.=','.$package;
+    } else {
+	$metaentry{':packages'}=$package;
+    }
+    my $value=$packagetab{$key};
+    my $unikey;
+    $unikey='parameter_0_'.$name;
+    $metaentry{':'.$unikey.'.part'}=0;
+    $$metathesekeys{$unikey}=1;
+    unless (defined($metaentry{':'.$unikey.'.'.$subp})) {
+	$metaentry{':'.$unikey.'.'.$subp}=$value;
+    }
+    if (defined($metaentry{':'.$unikey.'.default'})) {
+	$metaentry{':'.$unikey}=
+	    $metaentry{':'.$unikey.'.default'};
+    }
 }
 
 sub metadata_generate_part0 {
@@ -4014,8 +5056,8 @@ sub metadata_generate_part0 {
 					   '.type'};
       my $olddis=$$metacache{':parameter_'.$allnames{$name}.'_'.$name.
 			     '.display'};
-      my $expr='\\[Part: '.$allnames{$name}.'\\]';
-      $olddis=~s/$expr/\[Part: 0\]/;
+      my $expr='[Part: '.$allnames{$name}.']';
+      $olddis=~s/\Q$expr\E/\[Part: 0\]/;
       $$metacache{"$key.display"}=$olddis;
     }
 }
@@ -4025,40 +5067,60 @@ sub metadata_generate_part0 {
 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($urlsymb,'title');
+    if ($symb) {
+	my $key=$env{'request.course.id'}."\0".$symb;
+	my ($result,$cached)=&is_cached_new('title',$key);
+	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_new('title',$key,$title,600);
+	}
+	$urlsymb=$url;
+    }
+    my $title=&metadata($urlsymb,'title');
+    if (!$title) { $title=(split('/',$urlsymb))[-1]; }    
+    return $title;
+}
+
+sub get_slot {
+    my ($which,$cnum,$cdom)=@_;
+    if (!$cnum || !$cdom) {
+	(undef,my $courseid)=&Apache::lonxml::whichuser();
+	$cdom=$env{'course.'.$courseid.'.domain'};
+	$cnum=$env{'course.'.$courseid.'.num'};
+    }
+    my %slotinfo=&get('slots',[$which],$cdom,$cnum);
+    &Apache::lonhomework::showhash(%slotinfo);
+    my ($tmp)=keys(%slotinfo);
+    if ($tmp=~/^error:/) { return (); }
+    if (ref($slotinfo{$which}) eq 'HASH') {
+	return %{$slotinfo{$which}};
     }
+    return $slotinfo{$which};
 }
-    
 # ------------------------------------------------- Update symbolic store links
 
 sub symblist {
     my ($mapname,%newhash)=@_;
     $mapname=&deversion(&declutter($mapname));
     my %hash;
-    if (($ENV{'request.course.fn'}) && (%newhash)) {
-        if (tie(%hash,'GDBM_File',$ENV{'request.course.fn'}.'_symb.db',
+    if (($env{'request.course.fn'}) && (%newhash)) {
+        if (tie(%hash,'GDBM_File',$env{'request.course.fn'}.'_symb.db',
                       &GDBM_WRCREAT(),0640)) {
 	    foreach (keys %newhash) {
-                $hash{declutter($_)}=$mapname.'___'.&deversion($newhash{$_});
+                $hash{declutter($_)}=&encode_symb($mapname,$newhash{$_}->[1],
+						  $newhash{$_}->[0]);
             }
             if (untie(%hash)) {
 		return 'ok';
@@ -4071,7 +5133,10 @@ sub symblist {
 # --------------------------------------------------------------- Verify a symb
 
 sub symbverify {
-    my ($symb,$thisfn)=@_;
+    my ($symb,$thisurl)=@_;
+    my $thisfn=$thisurl;
+# wrapper not part of symbs
+    $thisfn=~s/^\/adm\/wrapper//;
     $thisfn=&declutter($thisfn);
 # direct jump to resource in page or to a sequence - will construct own symbs
     if ($thisfn=~/\.(page|sequence)$/) { return 1; }
@@ -4081,26 +5146,30 @@ sub symbverify {
     unless ($url eq $thisfn) { return 0; }
 
     $symb=&symbclean($symb);
+    $thisurl=&deversion($thisurl);
     $thisfn=&deversion($thisfn);
 
     my %bighash;
     my $okay=0;
 
-    if (tie(%bighash,'GDBM_File',$ENV{'request.course.fn'}.'.db',
+    if (tie(%bighash,'GDBM_File',$env{'request.course.fn'}.'.db',
                             &GDBM_READER(),0640)) {
-        my $ids=$bighash{'ids_'.&clutter($thisfn)};
+        my $ids=$bighash{'ids_'.&clutter($thisurl)};
         unless ($ids) { 
-           $ids=$bighash{'ids_/'.$thisfn};
+           $ids=$bighash{'ids_/'.$thisurl};
         }
         if ($ids) {
 # ------------------------------------------------------------------- Has ID(s)
 	    foreach (split(/\,/,$ids)) {
-               my ($mapid,$resid)=split(/\./,$_);
+	       my ($mapid,$resid)=split(/\./,$_);
                if (
   &symbclean(&declutter($bighash{'map_id_'.$mapid}).'___'.$resid.'___'.$thisfn)
    eq $symb) { 
-                  $okay=1; 
-               }
+		   if (($env{'request.role.adv'}) ||
+		       $bighash{'encrypted_'.$_} eq $env{'request.enc'}) {
+		       $okay=1; 
+		   }
+	       }
 	   }
         }
 	untie(%bighash);
@@ -4112,13 +5181,16 @@ sub symbverify {
 
 sub symbclean {
     my $symb=shift;
-
+    if ($symb=~m|^/enc/|) { $symb=&Apache::lonenc::unencrypted($symb); }
 # remove version from map
     $symb=~s/\.(\d+)\.(\w+)\_\_\_/\.$2\_\_\_/;
 
 # remove version from URL
     $symb=~s/\.(\d+)\.(\w+)$/\.$2/;
 
+# remove wrapper
+
+    $symb=~s/(\_\_\_\d+\_\_\_)adm\/wrapper\/(res\/)*/$1/;
     return $symb;
 }
 
@@ -4130,22 +5202,23 @@ sub encode_symb {
 }
 
 sub decode_symb {
-    my ($map,$resid,$url)=split(/\_\_\_/,shift);
+    my $symb=shift;
+    if ($symb=~m|^/enc/|) { $symb=&Apache::lonenc::unencrypted($symb); }
+    my ($map,$resid,$url)=split(/___/,$symb);
     return (&fixversion($map),$resid,&fixversion($url));
 }
 
 sub fixversion {
     my $fn=shift;
-    if ($fn=~/^(adm|uploaded|public)/) { return $fn; }
+    if ($fn=~/^(adm|uploaded|editupload|public)/) { return $fn; }
     my %bighash;
     my $uri=&clutter($fn);
-    my $key=$ENV{'request.course.id'}.'_'.$uri;
+    my $key=$env{'request.course.id'}.'_'.$uri;
 # is this cached?
-    my ($result,$cached)=&is_cached(\%courseresversioncache,$key,
-				    'courseresversion',600);
+    my ($result,$cached)=&is_cached_new('courseresversion',$key);
     if (defined($cached)) { return $result; }
 # unfortunately not cached, or expired
-    if (tie(%bighash,'GDBM_File',$ENV{'request.course.fn'}.'.db',
+    if (tie(%bighash,'GDBM_File',$env{'request.course.fn'}.'.db',
 	    &GDBM_READER(),0640)) {
  	if ($bighash{'version_'.$uri}) {
  	    my $version=$bighash{'version_'.$uri};
@@ -4156,8 +5229,7 @@ sub fixversion {
  	}
  	untie %bighash;
     }
-    return &do_cache
-	(\%courseresversioncache,$key,&declutter($uri),'courseresversion');
+    return &do_cache_new('courseresversion',$key,&declutter($uri),600);
 }
 
 sub deversion {
@@ -4170,37 +5242,48 @@ sub deversion {
 
 sub symbread {
     my ($thisfn,$donotrecurse)=@_;
+    my $cache_str='request.symbread.cached.'.$thisfn;
+    if (defined($env{$cache_str})) { return $env{$cache_str}; }
 # no filename provided? try from environment
     unless ($thisfn) {
-        if ($ENV{'request.symb'}) { return &symbclean($ENV{'request.symb'}); }
-	$thisfn=$ENV{'request.filename'};
+        if ($env{'request.symb'}) {
+	    return $env{$cache_str}=&symbclean($env{'request.symb'});
+	}
+	$thisfn=$env{'request.filename'};
     }
+    if ($thisfn=~m|^/enc/|) { $thisfn=&Apache::lonenc::unencrypted($thisfn); }
 # is that filename actually a symb? Verify, clean, and return
     if ($thisfn=~/\_\_\_\d+\_\_\_(.*)$/) {
-	if (&symbverify($thisfn,$1)) { return &symbclean($thisfn); }
+	if (&symbverify($thisfn,$1)) {
+	    return $env{$cache_str}=&symbclean($thisfn);
+	}
     }
     $thisfn=declutter($thisfn);
     my %hash;
     my %bighash;
     my $syval='';
-    if (($ENV{'request.course.fn'}) && ($thisfn)) {
-        if (tie(%hash,'GDBM_File',$ENV{'request.course.fn'}.'_symb.db',
+    if (($env{'request.course.fn'}) && ($thisfn)) {
+        my $targetfn = $thisfn;
+        if ( ($thisfn =~ m/^(uploaded|editupload)\//) && ($thisfn !~ m/\.(page|sequence)$/) ) {
+            $targetfn = 'adm/wrapper/'.$thisfn;
+        }
+        if (tie(%hash,'GDBM_File',$env{'request.course.fn'}.'_symb.db',
                       &GDBM_READER(),0640)) {
-	    $syval=$hash{$thisfn};
+	    $syval=$hash{$targetfn};
             untie(%hash);
         }
 # ---------------------------------------------------------- There was an entry
         if ($syval) {
-           unless ($syval=~/\_\d+$/) {
-	       unless ($ENV{'form.request.prefix'}=~/\.(\d+)\_$/) {
-                  &appenv('request.ambiguous' => $thisfn);
-                  return '';
-               }    
-               $syval.=$1;
-	   }
+	    #unless ($syval=~/\_\d+$/) {
+		#unless ($env{'form.request.prefix'}=~/\.(\d+)\_$/) {
+		    #&appenv('request.ambiguous' => $thisfn);
+		    #return $env{$cache_str}='';
+		#}    
+		#$syval.=$1;
+	    #}
         } else {
 # ------------------------------------------------------- Was not in symb table
-           if (tie(%bighash,'GDBM_File',$ENV{'request.course.fn'}.'.db',
+           if (tie(%bighash,'GDBM_File',$env{'request.course.fn'}.'.db',
                             &GDBM_READER(),0640)) {
 # ---------------------------------------------- Get ID(s) for current resource
               my $ids=$bighash{'ids_'.&clutter($thisfn)};
@@ -4217,7 +5300,8 @@ sub symbread {
                  if ($#possibilities==0) {
 # ----------------------------------------------- There is only one possibility
 		     my ($mapid,$resid)=split(/\./,$ids);
-                     $syval=declutter($bighash{'map_id_'.$mapid}).'___'.$resid;
+		     $syval=&encode_symb($bighash{'map_id_'.$mapid},
+						    $resid,$thisfn);
                  } elsif (!$donotrecurse) {
 # ------------------------------------------ There is more than one possibility
                      my $realpossible=0;
@@ -4227,8 +5311,8 @@ sub symbread {
          		    my ($mapid,$resid)=split(/\./,$_);
                             if ($bighash{'map_type_'.$mapid} ne 'page') {
 				$realpossible++;
-                                $syval=declutter($bighash{'map_id_'.$mapid}).
-                                       '___'.$resid;
+                                $syval=&encode_symb($bighash{'map_id_'.$mapid},
+						    $resid,$thisfn);
                             }
 			 }
                      }
@@ -4238,14 +5322,14 @@ sub symbread {
                  }
 	      }
               untie(%bighash)
-           } 
+           }
         }
         if ($syval) {
-           return &symbclean($syval.'___'.$thisfn); 
+	    return $env{$cache_str}=$syval;
         }
     }
     &appenv('request.ambiguous' => $thisfn);
-    return '';
+    return $env{$cache_str}='';
 }
 
 # ---------------------------------------------------------- Return random seed
@@ -4259,11 +5343,99 @@ sub numval {
     $txt=~tr/U-Z/0-5/;
     $txt=~tr/u-z/0-5/;
     $txt=~s/\D//g;
+    if ($_64bit) { if ($txt > 2**32) { return -1; } }
     return int($txt);
 }
 
+sub numval2 {
+    my $txt=shift;
+    $txt=~tr/A-J/0-9/;
+    $txt=~tr/a-j/0-9/;
+    $txt=~tr/K-T/0-9/;
+    $txt=~tr/k-t/0-9/;
+    $txt=~tr/U-Z/0-5/;
+    $txt=~tr/u-z/0-5/;
+    $txt=~s/\D//g;
+    my @txts=split(/(\d\d\d\d\d\d\d\d\d)/,$txt);
+    my $total;
+    foreach my $val (@txts) { $total+=$val; }
+    if ($_64bit) { if ($total > 2**32) { return -1; } }
+    return int($total);
+}
+
+sub numval3 {
+    use integer;
+    my $txt=shift;
+    $txt=~tr/A-J/0-9/;
+    $txt=~tr/a-j/0-9/;
+    $txt=~tr/K-T/0-9/;
+    $txt=~tr/k-t/0-9/;
+    $txt=~tr/U-Z/0-5/;
+    $txt=~tr/u-z/0-5/;
+    $txt=~s/\D//g;
+    my @txts=split(/(\d\d\d\d\d\d\d\d\d)/,$txt);
+    my $total;
+    foreach my $val (@txts) { $total+=$val; }
+    if ($_64bit) { $total=(($total<<32)>>32); }
+    return $total;
+}
+
+sub digest {
+    my ($data)=@_;
+    my $digest=&Digest::MD5::md5($data);
+    my ($a,$b,$c,$d)=unpack("iiii",$digest);
+    my ($e,$f);
+    {
+        use integer;
+        $e=($a+$b);
+        $f=($c+$d);
+        if ($_64bit) {
+            $e=(($e<<32)>>32);
+            $f=(($f<<32)>>32);
+        }
+    }
+    if (wantarray) {
+	return ($e,$f);
+    } else {
+	my $g;
+	{
+	    use integer;
+	    $g=($e+$f);
+	    if ($_64bit) {
+		$g=(($g<<32)>>32);
+	    }
+	}
+	return $g;
+    }
+}
+
 sub latest_rnd_algorithm_id {
-    return '64bit2';
+    return '64bit5';
+}
+
+sub get_rand_alg {
+    my ($courseid)=@_;
+    if (!$courseid) { $courseid=(&Apache::lonxml::whichuser())[1]; }
+    if ($courseid) {
+	return $env{"course.$courseid.rndseed"};
+    }
+    return &latest_rnd_algorithm_id();
+}
+
+sub validCODE {
+    my ($CODE)=@_;
+    if (defined($CODE) && $CODE ne '' && $CODE =~ /^\w+$/) { return 1; }
+    return 0;
+}
+
+sub getCODE {
+    if (&validCODE($env{'form.CODE'})) { return $env{'form.CODE'}; }
+    if ( (defined($Apache::lonhomework::parsing_a_problem) ||
+	  defined($Apache::lonhomework::parsing_a_task) ) &&
+	 &validCODE($Apache::lonhomework::history{'resource.CODE'})) {
+	return $Apache::lonhomework::history{'resource.CODE'};
+    }
+    return undef;
 }
 
 sub rndseed {
@@ -4276,10 +5448,21 @@ sub rndseed {
     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);
+    my $which=&get_rand_alg();
+    if (defined(&getCODE())) {
+	if ($which eq '64bit5') {
+	    return &rndseed_CODE_64bit5($symb,$courseid,$domain,$username);
+	} elsif ($which eq '64bit4') {
+	    return &rndseed_CODE_64bit4($symb,$courseid,$domain,$username);
+	} else {
+	    return &rndseed_CODE_64bit($symb,$courseid,$domain,$username);
+	}
+    } elsif ($which eq '64bit5') {
+	return &rndseed_64bit5($symb,$courseid,$domain,$username);
+    } elsif ($which eq '64bit4') {
+	return &rndseed_64bit4($symb,$courseid,$domain,$username);
+    } elsif ($which eq '64bit3') {
+	return &rndseed_64bit3($symb,$courseid,$domain,$username);
     } elsif ($which eq '64bit2') {
 	return &rndseed_64bit2($symb,$courseid,$domain,$username);
     } elsif ($which eq '64bit') {
@@ -4301,6 +5484,7 @@ sub rndseed_32bit {
 	my $num=$symbseed+$nameseed+$domainseed+$courseseed+$namechck+$symbchck;
 	#&Apache::lonxml::debug("$symbseed:$nameseed;$domainseed|$courseseed;$namechck:$symbchck");
 	#&Apache::lonxml::debug("rndseed :$num:$symb");
+	if ($_64bit) { $num=(($num<<32)>>32); }
 	return $num;
     }
 }
@@ -4321,6 +5505,8 @@ sub rndseed_64bit {
 	my $num2=$nameseed+$domainseed+$courseseed;
 	#&Apache::lonxml::debug("$symbseed:$nameseed;$domainseed|$courseseed;$namechck:$symbchck");
 	#&Apache::lonxml::debug("rndseed :$num:$symb");
+	if ($_64bit) { $num1=(($num1<<32)>>32); $num2=(($num2<<32)>>32); }
+	if ($_64bit) { $num1=(($num1<<32)>>32); $num2=(($num2<<32)>>32); }
 	return "$num1,$num2";
     }
 }
@@ -4347,117 +5533,392 @@ sub rndseed_64bit2 {
     }
 }
 
+sub rndseed_64bit3 {
+    my ($symb,$courseid,$domain,$username)=@_;
+    {
+	use integer;
+	# strings need to be an even # of cahracters long, it it is odd the
+        # last characters gets thrown away
+	my $symbchck=unpack("%32S*",$symb.' ') << 21;
+	my $symbseed=numval2($symb) << 10;
+	my $namechck=unpack("%32S*",$username.' ');
+	
+	my $nameseed=numval2($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 :$num1:$num2:$_64bit");
+	if ($_64bit) { $num1=(($num1<<32)>>32); $num2=(($num2<<32)>>32); }
+	
+	return "$num1:$num2";
+    }
+}
+
+sub rndseed_64bit4 {
+    my ($symb,$courseid,$domain,$username)=@_;
+    {
+	use integer;
+	# strings need to be an even # of cahracters long, it it is odd the
+        # last characters gets thrown away
+	my $symbchck=unpack("%32S*",$symb.' ') << 21;
+	my $symbseed=numval3($symb) << 10;
+	my $namechck=unpack("%32S*",$username.' ');
+	
+	my $nameseed=numval3($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 :$num1:$num2:$_64bit");
+	if ($_64bit) { $num1=(($num1<<32)>>32); $num2=(($num2<<32)>>32); }
+	
+	return "$num1:$num2";
+    }
+}
+
+sub rndseed_64bit5 {
+    my ($symb,$courseid,$domain,$username)=@_;
+    my ($num1,$num2)=&digest("$symb,$courseid,$domain,$username");
+    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 $symbseed=numval2($symb);
+	my $CODEchck=unpack("%32S*",&getCODE().' ') << 16;
+	my $CODEseed=numval(&getCODE());
 	my $courseseed=unpack("%32S*",$courseid.' ');
-	my $num1=$symbseed+$CODEseed;
-	my $num2=$courseseed+$symbchck;
-	#&Apache::lonxml::debug("$symbseed:$CODEseed|$courseseed:$symbchck");
+	my $num1=$symbseed+$CODEchck;
+	my $num2=$CODEseed+$courseseed+$symbchck;
+	#&Apache::lonxml::debug("$symbseed:$CODEchck|$CODEseed:$courseseed:$symbchck");
 	#&Apache::lonxml::debug("rndseed :$num1:$num2:$symb");
-	return "$num1,$num2";
+	if ($_64bit) { $num1=(($num1<<32)>>32); }
+	if ($_64bit) { $num2=(($num2<<32)>>32); }
+	return "$num1:$num2";
+    }
+}
+
+sub rndseed_CODE_64bit4 {
+    my ($symb,$courseid,$domain,$username)=@_;
+    {
+	use integer;
+	my $symbchck=unpack("%32S*",$symb.' ') << 16;
+	my $symbseed=numval3($symb);
+	my $CODEchck=unpack("%32S*",&getCODE().' ') << 16;
+	my $CODEseed=numval3(&getCODE());
+	my $courseseed=unpack("%32S*",$courseid.' ');
+	my $num1=$symbseed+$CODEchck;
+	my $num2=$CODEseed+$courseseed+$symbchck;
+	#&Apache::lonxml::debug("$symbseed:$CODEchck|$CODEseed:$courseseed:$symbchck");
+	#&Apache::lonxml::debug("rndseed :$num1:$num2:$symb");
+	if ($_64bit) { $num1=(($num1<<32)>>32); }
+	if ($_64bit) { $num2=(($num2<<32)>>32); }
+	return "$num1:$num2";
     }
 }
 
+sub rndseed_CODE_64bit5 {
+    my ($symb,$courseid,$domain,$username)=@_;
+    my $code = &getCODE();
+    my ($num1,$num2)=&digest("$symb,$courseid,$code");
+    return "$num1:$num2";
+}
+
 sub setup_random_from_rndseed {
     my ($rndseed)=@_;
-    if ($rndseed =~/,/) {
-	my ($num1,$num2)=split(/,/,$rndseed);
+    if ($rndseed =~/([,:])/) {
+	my ($num1,$num2)=split(/[,:]/,$rndseed);
 	&Math::Random::random_set_seed(abs($num1),abs($num2));
     } else {
 	&Math::Random::random_set_seed_from_phrase($rndseed);
     }
 }
 
+sub latest_receipt_algorithm_id {
+    return 'receipt2';
+}
+
+sub recunique {
+    my $fucourseid=shift;
+    my $unique;
+    if ($env{"course.$fucourseid.receiptalg"} eq 'receipt2') {
+	$unique=$env{"course.$fucourseid.internal.encseed"};
+    } else {
+	$unique=$perlvar{'lonReceipt'};
+    }
+    return unpack("%32C*",$unique);
+}
+
+sub recprefix {
+    my $fucourseid=shift;
+    my $prefix;
+    if ($env{"course.$fucourseid.receiptalg"} eq 'receipt2') {
+	$prefix=$env{"course.$fucourseid.internal.encpref"};
+    } else {
+	$prefix=$perlvar{'lonHostID'};
+    }
+    return unpack("%32C*",$prefix);
+}
+
 sub ireceipt {
-    my ($funame,$fudom,$fucourseid,$fusymb)=@_;
+    my ($funame,$fudom,$fucourseid,$fusymb,$part)=@_;
     my $cuname=unpack("%32C*",$funame);
     my $cudom=unpack("%32C*",$fudom);
     my $cucourseid=unpack("%32C*",$fucourseid);
     my $cusymb=unpack("%32C*",$fusymb);
-    my $cunique=unpack("%32C*",$perlvar{'lonReceipt'});
-    return unpack("%32C*",$perlvar{'lonHostID'}).'-'.
-           ($cunique%$cuname+
-            $cunique%$cudom+
-            $cusymb%$cuname+
-            $cusymb%$cudom+
-            $cucourseid%$cuname+
-            $cucourseid%$cudom);
+    my $cunique=&recunique($fucourseid);
+    my $cpart=unpack("%32S*",$part);
+    my $return =&recprefix($fucourseid).'-';
+    if ($env{"course.$fucourseid.receiptalg"} eq 'receipt2' ||
+	$env{'request.state'} eq 'construct') {
+	&Apache::lonxml::debug("doing receipt2  using parts $cpart, uname $cuname and udom $cudom gets  ".($cpart%$cuname).
+			       " and ".($cpart%$cudom));
+			       
+	$return.= ($cunique%$cuname+
+		   $cunique%$cudom+
+		   $cusymb%$cuname+
+		   $cusymb%$cudom+
+		   $cucourseid%$cuname+
+		   $cucourseid%$cudom+
+		   $cpart%$cuname+
+		   $cpart%$cudom);
+    } else {
+	$return.= ($cunique%$cuname+
+		   $cunique%$cudom+
+		   $cusymb%$cuname+
+		   $cusymb%$cudom+
+		   $cucourseid%$cuname+
+		   $cucourseid%$cudom);
+    }
+    return $return;
 }
 
 sub receipt {
-  my ($symb,$courseid,$domain,$name) = &Apache::lonxml::whichuser();
-  return &ireceipt($name,$domain,$courseid,$symb);
+    my ($part)=@_;
+    my ($symb,$courseid,$domain,$name) = &Apache::lonxml::whichuser();
+    return &ireceipt($name,$domain,$courseid,$symb,$part);
 }
 
 # ------------------------------------------------------------ Serves up a file
-# returns either the contents of the file or a -1
+# returns either the contents of the file or 
+# -1 if the file doesn't exist
+#
+# if the target is a file that was uploaded via DOCS, 
+# a check will be made to see if a current copy exists on the local server,
+# if it does this will be served, otherwise a copy will be retrieved from
+# the home server for the course and stored in /home/httpd/html/userfiles on
+# the local server.   
+
 sub getfile {
- my $file=shift;
- if ($file=~/^\/*uploaded\//) { # user file
+    my ($file) = @_;
+    if ($file =~ m -^/*(uploaded|editupload)/-) { $file=&filelocation("",$file); }
+    &repcopy($file);
+    return &readfile($file);
+}
+
+sub repcopy_userfile {
+    my ($file)=@_;
+    if ($file =~ m -^/*(uploaded|editupload)/-) { $file=&filelocation("",$file); }
+    if ($file =~ m|^/home/httpd/html/lonUsers/|) { return 'ok'; }
+    my ($cdom,$cnum,$filename) = 
+	($file=~m|^\Q$perlvar{'lonDocRoot'}\E/+userfiles/+([^/]+)/+([^/]+)/+(.*)|);
+    my ($info,$rtncode);
+    my $uri="/uploaded/$cdom/$cnum/$filename";
+    if (-e "$file") {
+	my @fileinfo = stat($file);
+	my $lwpresp = &getuploaded('HEAD',$uri,$cdom,$cnum,\$info,\$rtncode);
+	if ($lwpresp ne 'ok') {
+	    if ($rtncode eq '404') {
+		unlink($file);
+	    }
+	    #my $ua=new LWP::UserAgent;
+	    #my $request=new HTTP::Request('GET',&tokenwrapper($uri));
+	    #my $response=$ua->request($request);
+	    #if ($response->is_success()) {
+	#	return $response->content;
+	#    } else {
+	#	return -1;
+	#    }
+	    return -1;
+	}
+	if ($info < $fileinfo[9]) {
+	    return 'ok';
+	}
+	$info = '';
+	$lwpresp = &getuploaded('GET',$uri,$cdom,$cnum,\$info,\$rtncode);
+	if ($lwpresp ne 'ok') {
+	    return -1;
+	}
+    } else {
+	my $lwpresp = &getuploaded('GET',$uri,$cdom,$cnum,\$info,\$rtncode);
+	if ($lwpresp ne 'ok') {
+	    my $ua=new LWP::UserAgent;
+	    my $request=new HTTP::Request('GET',&tokenwrapper($uri));
+	    my $response=$ua->request($request);
+	    if ($response->is_success()) {
+		$info=$response->content;
+	    } else {
+		return -1;
+	    }
+	}
+	my @parts = ($cdom,$cnum); 
+	if ($filename =~ m|^(.+)/[^/]+$|) {
+	    push @parts, split(/\//,$1);
+	}
+	my $path = $perlvar{'lonDocRoot'}.'/userfiles';
+	foreach my $part (@parts) {
+	    $path .= '/'.$part;
+	    if (!-e $path) {
+		mkdir($path,0770);
+	    }
+	}
+    }
+    open(FILE,">$file");
+    print FILE $info;
+    close(FILE);
+    return 'ok';
+}
+
+sub tokenwrapper {
+    my $uri=shift;
+    $uri=~s|^http\://([^/]+)||;
+    $uri=~s|^/||;
+    $env{'user.environment'}=~/\/([^\/]+)\.id/;
+    my $token=$1;
+    my (undef,$udom,$uname,$file)=split('/',$uri,4);
+    if ($udom && $uname && $file) {
+	$file=~s|(\?\.*)*$||;
+        &appenv("userfile.$udom/$uname/$file" => $env{'request.course.id'});
+        return 'http://'.$hostname{ &homeserver($uname,$udom)}.'/'.$uri.
+               (($uri=~/\?/)?'&':'?').'token='.$token.
+                               '&tokenissued='.$perlvar{'lonHostID'};
+    } else {
+        return '/adm/notfound.html';
+    }
+}
+
+sub getuploaded {
+    my ($reqtype,$uri,$cdom,$cnum,$info,$rtncode) = @_;
+    $uri=~s/^\///;
+    $uri = 'http://'.$hostname{ &homeserver($cnum,$cdom)}.'/raw/'.$uri;
     my $ua=new LWP::UserAgent;
-    my $request=new HTTP::Request('GET',&tokenwrapper($file));
+    my $request=new HTTP::Request($reqtype,$uri);
     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 $fh;
-  open($fh,"<$file");
-  my $a='';
-  while (<$fh>) { $a .=$_; }
-  return $a;
- }
+    $$rtncode = $response->code;
+    if (! $response->is_success()) {
+	return 'failed';
+    }      
+    if ($reqtype eq 'HEAD') {
+	$$info = &HTTP::Date::str2time( $response->header('Last-modified') );
+    } elsif ($reqtype eq 'GET') {
+	$$info = $response->content;
+    }
+    return 'ok';
+}
+
+sub readfile {
+    my $file = shift;
+    if ( (! -e $file ) || ($file eq '') ) { return -1; };
+    my $fh;
+    open($fh,"<$file");
+    my $a='';
+    while (<$fh>) { $a .=$_; }
+    return $a;
 }
 
 sub filelocation {
-  my ($dir,$file) = @_;
-  my $location;
-  $file=~ s/^\s*(\S+)\s*$/$1/; ## strip off leading and trailing spaces
-  if ($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/:/:;
-    if ( !( $file =~ m:^/:) ) {
-      $location = $dir. '/'.$file;
+    my ($dir,$file) = @_;
+    my $location;
+    $file=~ s/^\s*(\S+)\s*$/$1/; ## strip off leading and trailing spaces
+    if ($file=~m:^/~:) { # is a contruction space reference
+        $location = $file;
+        $location =~ s:/~(.*?)/(.*):/home/$1/public_html/$2:;
+    } elsif ($file=~m:^/home/[^/]*/public_html/:) {
+	# is a correct contruction space reference
+        $location = $file;
+    } elsif ($file=~/^\/*(uploaded|editupload)/) { # is an uploaded file
+        my ($udom,$uname,$filename)=
+  	    ($file=~m -^/+(?:uploaded|editupload)/+([^/]+)/+([^/]+)/+(.*)$-);
+        my $home=&homeserver($uname,$udom);
+        my $is_me=0;
+        my @ids=&current_machine_ids();
+        foreach my $id (@ids) { if ($id eq $home) { $is_me=1; } }
+        if ($is_me) {
+  	    $location=&Apache::loncommon::propath($udom,$uname).
+  	      '/userfiles/'.$filename;
+        } else {
+  	  $location=$Apache::lonnet::perlvar{'lonDocRoot'}.'/userfiles/'.
+  	      $udom.'/'.$uname.'/'.$filename;
+        }
     } else {
-      $location = '/home/httpd/html/res'.$file;
+        $file=~s/^\Q$perlvar{'lonDocRoot'}\E//;
+        $file=~s:^/res/:/:;
+        if ( !( $file =~ m:^/:) ) {
+            $location = $dir. '/'.$file;
+        } else {
+            $location = '/home/httpd/html/res'.$file;
+        }
     }
-  }
-  $location=~s://+:/:g; # remove duplicate /
-  while ($location=~m:/\.\./:) {$location=~ s:/[^/]+/\.\./:/:g;} #remove dir/..
-  return $location;
+    $location=~s://+:/:g; # remove duplicate /
+    while ($location=~m:/\.\./:) {$location=~ s:/[^/]+/\.\./:/:g;} #remove dir/..
+    while ($location=~m:/\./:) {$location=~ s:/\./:/:g;} #remove /./
+    return $location;
 }
 
 sub hreflocation {
     my ($dir,$file)=@_;
-    unless (($file=~/^http:\/\//i) || ($file=~/^\//)) {
-       my $finalpath=filelocation($dir,$file);
-       $finalpath=~s/^\/home\/httpd\/html//;
-       $finalpath=~s-/home/(\w+)/public_html/-/~$1/-;
-       return $finalpath;
-    } else {
-       return $file;
+    unless (($file=~m-^http://-i) || ($file=~m-^/-)) {
+	$file=filelocation($dir,$file);
     }
+    if ($file=~m-^\Q$perlvar{'lonDocRoot'}\E-) {
+	$file=~s-^\Q$perlvar{'lonDocRoot'}\E--;
+    } elsif ($file=~m-/home/(\w+)/public_html/-) {
+	$file=~s-^/home/(\w+)/public_html/-/~$1/-;
+    } elsif ($file=~m-^\Q$perlvar{'lonUsersDir'}\E-) {
+	$file=~s-^/home/httpd/lonUsers/([^/]*)/./././([^/]*)/userfiles/
+	    -/uploaded/$1/$2/-x;
+    }
+    return $file;
+}
+
+sub current_machine_domains {
+    my $hostname=$hostname{$perlvar{'lonHostID'}};
+    my @domains;
+    while( my($id, $name) = each(%hostname)) {
+#	&logthis("-$id-$name-$hostname-");
+	if ($hostname eq $name) {
+	    push(@domains,$hostdom{$id});
+	}
+    }
+    return @domains;
+}
+
+sub current_machine_ids {
+    my $hostname=$hostname{$perlvar{'lonHostID'}};
+    my @ids;
+    while( my($id, $name) = each(%hostname)) {
+#	&logthis("-$id-$name-$hostname-");
+	if ($hostname eq $name) {
+	    push(@ids,$id);
+	}
+    }
+    return @ids;
 }
 
 # ------------------------------------------------------------- Declutters URLs
 
 sub declutter {
     my $thisfn=shift;
-    $thisfn=~s/^$perlvar{'lonDocRoot'}//;
+    if ($thisfn=~m|^/enc/|) { $thisfn=&Apache::lonenc::unencrypted($thisfn); }
+    $thisfn=~s/^\Q$perlvar{'lonDocRoot'}\E//;
     $thisfn=~s/^\///;
     $thisfn=~s/^res\///;
     $thisfn=~s/\?.+$//;
@@ -4468,12 +5929,21 @@ sub declutter {
 
 sub clutter {
     my $thisfn='/'.&declutter(shift);
-    unless ($thisfn=~/^\/(uploaded|adm|userfiles|ext|raw|priv)\//) { 
+    unless ($thisfn=~/^\/(uploaded|editupload|adm|userfiles|ext|raw|priv|public)\//) { 
        $thisfn='/res'.$thisfn; 
     }
     return $thisfn;
 }
 
+sub freeze_escape {
+    my ($value)=@_;
+    if (ref($value)) {
+	$value=&nfreeze($value);
+	return '__FROZEN__'.&escape($value);
+    }
+    return &escape($value);
+}
+
 # -------------------------------------------------------- Escape Special Chars
 
 sub escape {
@@ -4490,11 +5960,21 @@ sub unescape {
     return $str;
 }
 
+sub thaw_unescape {
+    my ($value)=@_;
+    if ($value =~ /^__FROZEN__/) {
+	substr($value,0,10,undef);
+	$value=&unescape($value);
+	return &thaw($value);
+    }
+    return &unescape($value);
+}
+
 sub mod_perl_version {
+    return 1;
     if (defined($perlvar{'MODPERL2'})) {
 	return 2;
     }
-    return 1;
 }
 
 sub correct_line_ends {
@@ -4507,17 +5987,20 @@ sub correct_line_ends {
 sub goodbye {
    &logthis("Starting Shut down");
 #not converted to using infrastruture and probably shouldn't be
-   &logthis(sprintf("%-20s is %s",'%badServerCache',scalar(%badServerCache)));
+   &logthis(sprintf("%-20s is %s",'%badServerCache',length(&freeze(\%badServerCache))));
 #converted
-   &logthis(sprintf("%-20s is %s",'%metacache',scalar(%metacache)));
-   &logthis(sprintf("%-20s is %s",'%homecache',scalar(%homecache)));
-   &logthis(sprintf("%-20s is %s",'%titlecache',scalar(%titlecache)));
-   &logthis(sprintf("%-20s is %s",'%courseresdatacache',scalar(%courseresdatacache)));
+#   &logthis(sprintf("%-20s is %s",'%metacache',scalar(%metacache)));
+   &logthis(sprintf("%-20s is %s",'%homecache',length(&freeze(\%homecache))));
+#   &logthis(sprintf("%-20s is %s",'%titlecache',length(&freeze(\%titlecache))));
+#   &logthis(sprintf("%-20s is %s",'%courseresdatacache',length(&freeze(\%courseresdatacache))));
 #1.1 only
-   &logthis(sprintf("%-20s is %s",'%userresdatacache',scalar(%userresdatacache)));
-   &logthis(sprintf("%-20s is %s",'%usectioncache',scalar(%usectioncache)));
-   &logthis(sprintf("%-20s is %s",'%courseresversioncache',scalar(%courseresversioncache)));
-   &logthis(sprintf("%-20s is %s",'%resversioncache',scalar(%resversioncache)));
+#   &logthis(sprintf("%-20s is %s",'%userresdatacache',length(&freeze(\%userresdatacache))));
+#   &logthis(sprintf("%-20s is %s",'%getsectioncache',length(&freeze(\%getsectioncache))));
+#   &logthis(sprintf("%-20s is %s",'%courseresversioncache',length(&freeze(\%courseresversioncache))));
+#   &logthis(sprintf("%-20s is %s",'%resversioncache',length(&freeze(\%resversioncache))));
+   &logthis(sprintf("%-20s is %s",'%remembered',length(&freeze(\%remembered))));
+   &logthis(sprintf("%-20s is %s",'kicks',$kicks));
+   &logthis(sprintf("%-20s is %s",'hits',$hits));
    &flushcourselogs();
    &logthis("Shutting down");
    return DONE;
@@ -4527,10 +6010,11 @@ BEGIN {
 # ----------------------------------- Read loncapa.conf and loncapa_apache.conf
     unless ($readit) {
 {
+    # FIXME: Use LONCAPA::Configuration::read_conf here and omit next block
     open(my $config,"</etc/httpd/conf/loncapa.conf");
 
     while (my $configline=<$config>) {
-        if ($configline =~ /^[^\#]*PerlSetVar/) {
+        if ($configline=~/\S/ && $configline =~ /^[^\#]*PerlSetVar/) {
 	   my ($dummy,$varname,$varvalue)=split(/\s+/,$configline);
            chomp($varvalue);
            $perlvar{$varname}=$varvalue;
@@ -4587,20 +6071,39 @@ BEGIN {
     while (my $configline=<$config>) {
        next if ($configline =~ /^(\#|\s*$)/);
        chomp($configline);
-       my ($id,$domain,$role,$name,$ip,$domdescr)=split(/:/,$configline);
-       if ($id && $domain && $role && $name && $ip) {
+       my ($id,$domain,$role,$name)=split(/:/,$configline);
+       $name=~s/\s//g;
+       if ($id && $domain && $role && $name) {
 	 $hostname{$id}=$name;
 	 $hostdom{$id}=$domain;
-	 $hostip{$id}=$ip;
-	 $iphost{$ip}=$id;
 	 if ($role eq 'library') { $libserv{$id}=$name; }
-       } else {
-	 if ($configline) {
-	   &logthis("Skipping hosts.tab line -$configline-");
-	 }
        }
     }
     close($config);
+    # FIXME: dev server don't want this, production servers _do_ want this
+    #&get_iphost();
+}
+
+sub get_iphost {
+    if (%iphost) { return %iphost; }
+    my %name_to_ip;
+    foreach my $id (keys(%hostname)) {
+	my $name=$hostname{$id};
+	my $ip;
+	if (!exists($name_to_ip{$name})) {
+	    $ip = gethostbyname($name);
+	    if (!$ip || length($ip) ne 4) {
+		&logthis("Skipping host $id name $name no IP found\n");
+		next;
+	    }
+	    $ip=inet_ntoa($ip);
+	    $name_to_ip{$name} = $ip;
+	} else {
+	    $ip = $name_to_ip{$name};
+	}
+	push(@{$iphost{$ip}},$id);
+    }
+    return %iphost;
 }
 
 # ------------------------------------------------------ Read spare server file
@@ -4648,6 +6151,7 @@ BEGIN {
     open(my $config,"<$perlvar{'lonTabDir'}/packages.tab");
 
     while (my $configline=<$config>) {
+	if ($configline !~ /\S/ || $configline=~/^#/) { next; }
 	chomp($configline);
 	my ($short,$plain)=split(/:/,$configline);
 	my ($pack,$name)=split(/\&/,$short);
@@ -4665,14 +6169,20 @@ BEGIN {
 
 }
 
-%metacache=();
+$memcache=new Cache::Memcached({'servers'=>['127.0.0.1:11211']});
 
 $processmarker='_'.time.'_'.$perlvar{'lonHostID'};
 $dumpcount=0;
 
 &logtouch();
-&logthis('<font color=yellow>INFO: Read configuration</font>');
+&logthis('<font color="yellow">INFO: Read configuration</font>');
 $readit=1;
+    {
+	use integer;
+	my $test=(2**32)+1;
+	if ($test != 0) { $_64bit=1; } else { $_64bit=0; }
+	&logthis(" Detected 64bit platform ($_64bit)");
+    }
 }
 }
 
@@ -4847,14 +6357,14 @@ that was requested
 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
+user makes during this session, also modifies the %env for the current
 process
 
 =item *
 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.
+values are also delted from the current processes %env.
 
 =back
 
@@ -4900,8 +6410,8 @@ X<rolesinit()>
 B<rolesinit($udom,$username,$authhost)>: get user privileges
 
 =item *
-X<usection()>
-B<usection($udom,$uname,$cname)>: finds the section of student in the
+X<getsection()>
+B<getsection($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"
 
@@ -5067,13 +6577,17 @@ revokecustomrole($udom,$uname,$url,$role
 
 =item *
 
-coursedescription($courseid) : course description
+coursedescription($courseid) : returns a hash of information about the
+specified course id, including all environment settings for the
+course, the description of the course will be in the hash under the
+key 'description'
 
 =item *
 
-courseresdata($coursenum,$coursedomain,@which) : request for current
-parameter setting for a specific course, @what should be a list of
-parameters to ask about. This routine caches answers for 5 minutes.
+resdata($name,$domain,$type,@which) : request for current parameter
+setting for a specific $type, where $type is either 'course' or 'user',
+@what should be a list of parameters to ask about. This routine caches
+answers for 5 minutes.
 
 =back
 
@@ -5104,8 +6618,8 @@ subscribe($fname) : subscribe to a resou
 
 repcopy($filename) : subscribes to the requested file, and attempts to
 replicate from the owning library server, Might return
-HTTP_SERVICE_UNAVAILABLE, HTTP_NOT_FOUND, FORBIDDEN, OK, or
-HTTP_BAD_REQUEST, also attempts to grab the metadata for the
+'unavailable', 'not_found', 'forbidden', 'ok', or
+'bad_request', also attempts to grab the metadata for the
 resource. Expects the local filesystem pathname
 (/home/httpd/html/res/....)
 
@@ -5159,9 +6673,10 @@ returns the data handle
 =item *
 
 symbverify($symb,$thisfn) : verifies that $symb actually exists and is
-a possible symb for the URL in $thisfn, returns a 1 on success, 0 on
-failure, user must be in a course, as it assumes the existance of the
-course initi hash, and uses $ENV('request.course.id'}
+a possible symb for the URL in $thisfn, and if is an encryypted
+resource that the user accessed using /enc/ returns a 1 on success, 0
+on failure, user must be in a course, as it assumes the existance of
+the course initial hash, and uses $env('request.course.id'}
 
 
 =item *
@@ -5192,7 +6707,7 @@ unfakeable, receipt
 
 =item *
 
-receipt() : API to ireceipt working off of ENV values; given out to users
+receipt() : API to ireceipt working off of env values; given out to users
 
 =item *
 
@@ -5226,7 +6741,7 @@ forcing spreadsheet to reevaluate the re
 store($storehash,$symb,$namespace,$udom,$uname) : stores hash permanently
 for this url; hashref needs to be given and should be a \%hashname; the
 remaining args aren't required and if they aren't passed or are '' they will
-be derived from the ENV
+be derived from the env
 
 =item *
 
@@ -5288,6 +6803,17 @@ put($namespace,$storehash,$udom,$uname)
 
 =item *
 
+putstore($namespace,$storehash,$udomain,$uname) : stores hash in namesp
+keys used in storehash include version information (e.g., 1:$symb:message etc.) as
+used in records written by &store and retrieved by &restore.  This function 
+was created for use in editing discussion posts, without incrementing the
+version number included in the key for a particular post. The colon 
+separated list of attribute names (e.g., the value associated with the key 
+1:keys:$symb) is also generated and passed in the ampersand separated 
+items sent to lonnet::reply().  
+
+=item *
+
 cput($namespace,$storehash,$udom,$uname) : critical put
 ($udom and $uname are optional)
 
@@ -5393,8 +6919,29 @@ messages of critical importance should g
 
 =item *
 
-getfile($file) : returns the entire contents of a file or -1; it
-properly subscribes to and replicates the file if neccessary.
+getfile($file,$caller) : two cases - requests for files in /res or in /uploaded.
+(a) files in /uploaded
+  (i) If a local copy of the file exists - 
+      compares modification date of local copy with last-modified date for 
+      definitive version stored on home server for course. If local copy is 
+      stale, requests a new version from the home server and stores it. 
+      If the original has been removed from the home server, then local copy 
+      is unlinked.
+  (ii) If local copy does not exist -
+      requests the file from the home server and stores it. 
+  
+  If $caller is 'uploadrep':  
+    This indicates a call from lonuploadrep.pm (PerlHeaderParserHandler phase)
+    for request for files originally uploaded via DOCS. 
+     - returns 'ok' if fresh local copy now available, -1 otherwise.
+  
+  Otherwise:
+     This indicates a call from the content generation phase of the request.
+     -  returns the entire contents of the file or -1.
+     
+(b) files in /res
+   - returns the entire contents of a file or -1; 
+   it properly subscribes to and replicates the file if neccessary.
 
 =item *
 
@@ -5414,6 +6961,90 @@ declutter() : declutters URLs (remove do
 
 =back
 
+=head2 Usererfile file routines (/uploaded*)
+
+=over 4
+
+=item *
+
+userfileupload(): main rotine for putting a file in a user or course's
+                  filespace, arguments are,
+
+ formname - required - this is the name of the element in $env where the
+           filename, and the contents of the file to create/modifed exist
+           the filename is in $env{'form.'.$formname.'.filename'} and the
+           contents of the file is located in $env{'form.'.$formname}
+ coursedoc - if true, store the file in the course of the active role
+             of the current user
+ subdir - required - subdirectory to put the file in under ../userfiles/
+         if undefined, it will be placed in "unknown"
+
+ (This routine calls clean_filename() to remove any dangerous
+ characters from the filename, and then calls finuserfileupload() to
+ complete the transaction)
+
+ returns either the url of the uploaded file (/uploaded/....) if successful
+ and /adm/notfound.html if unsuccessful
+
+=item *
+
+clean_filename(): routine for cleaing a filename up for storage in
+                 userfile space, argument is:
+
+ filename - proposed filename
+
+returns: the new clean filename
+
+=item *
+
+finishuserfileupload(): routine that creaes and sends the file to
+userspace, probably shouldn't be called directly
+
+  docuname: username or courseid of destination for the file
+  docudom: domain of user/course of destination for the file
+  formname: same as for userfileupload()
+  fname: filename (inculding subdirectories) for the file
+
+ returns either the url of the uploaded file (/uploaded/....) if successful
+ and /adm/notfound.html if unsuccessful
+
+=item *
+
+renameuserfile(): renames an existing userfile to a new name
+
+  Args:
+   docuname: username or courseid of destination for the file
+   docudom: domain of user/course of destination for the file
+   old: current file name (including any subdirs under userfiles)
+   new: desired file name (including any subdirs under userfiles)
+
+=item *
+
+mkdiruserfile(): creates a directory is a userfiles dir
+
+  Args:
+   docuname: username or courseid of destination for the file
+   docudom: domain of user/course of destination for the file
+   dir: dir to create (including any subdirs under userfiles)
+
+=item *
+
+removeuserfile(): removes a file that exists in userfiles
+
+  Args:
+   docuname: username or courseid of destination for the file
+   docudom: domain of user/course of destination for the file
+   fname: filname to delete (including any subdirs under userfiles)
+
+=item *
+
+removeuploadedurl(): convience function for removeuserfile()
+
+  Args:
+   url:  a full /uploaded/... url to delete
+
+=back
+
 =head2 HTTP Helper Routines
 
 =over 4