--- loncom/lonnet/perl/lonnet.pm	2002/04/04 20:06:20	1.206
+++ loncom/lonnet/perl/lonnet.pm	2004/10/06 09:48:39	1.550
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 # The LearningOnline Network
 # TCP networking package
 #
-# $Id: lonnet.pm,v 1.206 2002/04/04 20:06:20 matthew Exp $
+# $Id: lonnet.pm,v 1.550 2004/10/06 09:48:39 foxr Exp $
 #
 # Copyright Michigan State University Board of Trustees
 #
@@ -25,75 +25,64 @@
 #
 # http://www.lon-capa.org/
 #
-# 6/1/99,6/2,6/10,6/11,6/12,6/14,6/26,6/28,6/29,6/30,
-# 7/1,7/2,7/9,7/10,7/12,7/14,7/15,7/19,
-# 11/8,11/16,11/18,11/22,11/23,12/22,
-# 01/06,01/13,02/24,02/28,02/29,
-# 03/01,03/02,03/06,03/07,03/13,
-# 04/05,05/29,05/31,06/01,
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-# 06/26 Ben Tyszka
-# 06/30,07/15,07/17,07/18,07/20,07/21,07/22,07/25 Gerd Kortemeyer
-# 08/14 Ben Tyszka
-# 08/22,08/28,08/31,09/01,09/02,09/04,09/05,09/25,09/28,09/30 Gerd Kortemeyer
-# 10/04 Gerd Kortemeyer
-# 10/04 Guy Albertelli
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-# 10/30,10/31,
-# 11/2,11/14,11/15,11/16,11/20,11/21,11/22,11/25,11/27,
-# 12/02,12/12,12/13,12/14,12/28,12/29 Gerd Kortemeyer
-# 05/01/01 Guy Albertelli
-# 05/01,06/01,09/01 Gerd Kortemeyer
-# 09/01 Guy Albertelli
-# 09/01,10/01,11/01 Gerd Kortemeyer
-# YEAR=2001
-# 02/27/01 Scott Harrison
-# 3/2 Gerd Kortemeyer
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-# 10/2 Gerd Kortemeyer
-# 10/5,10/10,11/13,11/15 Scott Harrison
-# 11/17,11/20,11/22,11/29 Gerd Kortemeyer
-# 12/5 Matthew Hall
-# 12/5 Guy Albertelli
-# 12/6,12/7,12/12 Gerd Kortemeyer
-# 12/18 Scott Harrison
-# 12/21,12/22,12/27,12/28 Gerd Kortemeyer
-# YEAR=2002
-# 1/4,2/4,2/7 Gerd Kortemeyer
-#
 ###
 
 package Apache::lonnet;
 
 use strict;
-use Apache::File;
 use LWP::UserAgent();
 use HTTP::Headers;
+use HTTP::Date;
+# use Date::Parse;
 use vars 
-qw(%perlvar %hostname %homecache %hostip %spareid %hostdom 
-   %libserv %pr %prp %metacache %packagetab 
-   %courselogs %accesshash $processmarker $dumpcount 
-   %coursedombuf %coursehombuf %courseresdatacache);
+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 %courseinstcodebuf %courseresdatacache 
+   %userresdatacache %usectioncache %domaindescription %domain_auth_def %domain_auth_arg_def 
+   %domain_lang_def %domain_city %domain_longi %domain_lati $tmpdir);
+
 use IO::Socket;
 use GDBM_File;
 use Apache::Constants qw(:common :http);
-use HTML::TokeParser;
+use HTML::LCParser;
 use Fcntl qw(:flock);
+use Apache::loncoursedata;
+use Apache::lonlocal;
+use Storable qw(lock_store lock_nstore lock_retrieve freeze thaw);
+use Time::HiRes qw( gettimeofday tv_interval );
 my $readit;
+my $max_connection_retries = 10;     # Or some such value.
+
+=pod
+
+=head1 Package Variables
+
+These are largely undocumented, so if you decipher one please note it here.
+
+=over 4
+
+=item $processmarker
+
+Contains the time this process was started and this servers host id.
+
+=item $dumpcount
+
+Counts the number of times a message log flush has been attempted (regardless
+of success) by this process.  Used as part of the filename when messages are
+delayed.
+
+=back
+
+=cut
+
 
 # --------------------------------------------------------------------- Logging
 
 sub logtouch {
     my $execdir=$perlvar{'lonDaemons'};
-    unless (-e "$execdir/logs/lonnet.log") {
-	my $fh=Apache::File->new(">>$execdir/logs/lonnet.log");
+    unless (-e "$execdir/logs/lonnet.log") {	
+	open(my $fh,">>$execdir/logs/lonnet.log");
 	close $fh;
     }
     my ($wwwuid,$wwwgid)=(getpwnam('www'))[2,3];
@@ -105,8 +94,10 @@ sub logthis {
     my $execdir=$perlvar{'lonDaemons'};
     my $now=time;
     my $local=localtime($now);
-    my $fh=Apache::File->new(">>$execdir/logs/lonnet.log");
-    print $fh "$local ($$): $message\n";
+    if (open(my $fh,">>$execdir/logs/lonnet.log")) {
+	print $fh "$local ($$): $message\n";
+	close($fh);
+    }
     return 1;
 }
 
@@ -115,8 +106,10 @@ sub logperm {
     my $execdir=$perlvar{'lonDaemons'};
     my $now=time;
     my $local=localtime($now);
-    my $fh=Apache::File->new(">>$execdir/logs/lonnet.perm.log");
-    print $fh "$now:$message:$local\n";
+    if (open(my $fh,">>$execdir/logs/lonnet.perm.log")) {
+	print $fh "$now:$message:$local\n";
+	close($fh);
+    }
     return 1;
 }
 
@@ -124,14 +117,40 @@ 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;
 }
 
@@ -140,20 +159,20 @@ sub reply {
     unless (defined($hostname{$server})) { return 'no_such_host'; }
     my $answer=subreply($cmd,$server);
     if ($answer eq 'con_lost') {
-       sleep 5; 
-       $answer=subreply($cmd,$server);
-       if ($answer eq 'con_lost') {
-	   &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,$server);       
-       }   
+        #sleep 5; 
+        #$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:".
@@ -168,7 +187,7 @@ sub reconlonc {
     my $peerfile=shift;
     &logthis("Trying to reconnect for $peerfile");
     my $loncfile="$perlvar{'lonDaemons'}/logs/lonc.pid";
-    if (my $fh=Apache::File->new("$loncfile")) {
+    if (open(my $fh,"<$loncfile")) {
 	my $loncpid=<$fh>;
         chomp($loncpid);
         if (kill 0 => $loncpid) {
@@ -213,20 +232,23 @@ sub critical {
             $middlename=substr($middlename,0,16);
             $middlename=~s/\W//g;
             my $dfilename=
-             "$perlvar{'lonSockDir'}/delayed/$now.$middlename.$server";
+      "$perlvar{'lonSockDir'}/delayed/$now.$dumpcount.$$.$middlename.$server";
+            $dumpcount++;
             {
-             my $dfh;
-             if ($dfh=Apache::File->new(">$dfilename")) {
-                print $dfh "$cmd\n";
-	     }
+		my $dfh;
+		if (open($dfh,">$dfilename")) {
+		    print $dfh "$cmd\n"; 
+		    close($dfh);
+		}
             }
             sleep 2;
             my $wcmd='';
             {
-	     my $dfh;
-             if ($dfh=Apache::File->new("$dfilename")) {
-                $wcmd=<$dfh>;
-	     }
+		my $dfh;
+		if (open($dfh,"<$dfilename")) {
+		    $wcmd=<$dfh>; 
+		    close($dfh);
+		}
             }
             chomp($wcmd);
             if ($wcmd eq $cmd) {
@@ -245,6 +267,49 @@ sub critical {
     return $answer;
 }
 
+#
+# -------------- Remove all key from the env that start witha lowercase letter
+#                (Which is always a lon-capa value)
+
+sub cleanenv {
+#    unless (defined(&Apache::exists_config_define("MODPERL2"))) { return; }
+#    unless (&Apache::exists_config_define("MODPERL2")) { return; }
+    foreach my $key (keys(%ENV)) {
+	if ($key =~ /^[a-z]/) {
+	    delete($ENV{$key});
+	}
+    }
+}
+ 
+# ------------------------------------------- Transfer profile into environment
+
+sub transfer_profile_to_env {
+    my ($lonidsdir,$handle)=@_;
+    my @profile;
+    {
+	open(my $idf,"$lonidsdir/$handle.id");
+	flock($idf,LOCK_SH);
+	@profile=<$idf>;
+	close($idf);
+    }
+    my $envi;
+    my %Remove;
+    for ($envi=0;$envi<=$#profile;$envi++) {
+	chomp($profile[$envi]);
+	my ($envname,$envvalue)=split(/=/,$profile[$envi]);
+	$ENV{$envname} = $envvalue;
+        if (my ($key,$time) = ($envname =~ /^(cgi\.(\d+)_\d+\.)/)) {
+            if ($time < time-300) {
+                $Remove{$key}++;
+            }
+        }
+    }
+    $ENV{'user.environment'} = "$lonidsdir/$handle.id";
+    foreach my $expired_key (keys(%Remove)) {
+        &delenv($expired_key);
+    }
+}
+
 # ---------------------------------------------------------- Append Environment
 
 sub appenv {
@@ -261,47 +326,47 @@ sub appenv {
     }
 
     my $lockfh;
-    unless ($lockfh=Apache::File->new("$ENV{'user.environment'}")) {
-       return 'error: '.$!;
+    unless (open($lockfh,"$ENV{'user.environment'}")) {
+	return 'error: '.$!;
     }
     unless (flock($lockfh,LOCK_EX)) {
          &logthis("<font color=blue>WARNING: ".
                   'Could not obtain exclusive lock in appenv: '.$!);
-         $lockfh->close();
+         close($lockfh);
          return 'error: '.$!;
     }
 
     my @oldenv;
     {
-     my $fh;
-     unless ($fh=Apache::File->new("$ENV{'user.environment'}")) {
-	return 'error: '.$!;
-     }
-     @oldenv=<$fh>;
-     $fh->close();
+	my $fh;
+	unless (open($fh,"$ENV{'user.environment'}")) {
+	    return 'error: '.$!;
+	}
+	@oldenv=<$fh>;
+	close($fh);
     }
     for (my $i=0; $i<=$#oldenv; $i++) {
         chomp($oldenv[$i]);
         if ($oldenv[$i] ne '') {
-           my ($name,$value)=split(/=/,$oldenv[$i]);
-           unless (defined($newenv{$name})) {
-	      $newenv{$name}=$value;
-	   }
+	    my ($name,$value)=split(/=/,$oldenv[$i]);
+	    unless (defined($newenv{$name})) {
+		$newenv{$name}=$value;
+	    }
         }
     }
     {
-     my $fh;
-     unless ($fh=Apache::File->new(">$ENV{'user.environment'}")) {
-	return 'error';
-     }
-     my $newname;
-     foreach $newname (keys %newenv) {
-	 print $fh "$newname=$newenv{$newname}\n";
-     }
-     $fh->close();
+	my $fh;
+	unless (open($fh,">$ENV{'user.environment'}")) {
+	    return 'error';
+	}
+	my $newname;
+	foreach $newname (keys %newenv) {
+	    print $fh "$newname=$newenv{$newname}\n";
+	}
+	close($fh);
     }
-
-    $lockfh->close();
+	
+    close($lockfh);
     return 'ok';
 }
 # ----------------------------------------------------- Delete from Environment
@@ -316,51 +381,123 @@ sub delenv {
     }
     my @oldenv;
     {
-     my $fh;
-     unless ($fh=Apache::File->new("$ENV{'user.environment'}")) {
-	return 'error';
-     }
-     unless (flock($fh,LOCK_SH)) {
-         &logthis("<font color=blue>WARNING: ".
-                  'Could not obtain shared lock in delenv: '.$!);
-         $fh->close();
-         return 'error: '.$!;
-     }
-     @oldenv=<$fh>;
-     $fh->close();
+	my $fh;
+	unless (open($fh,"$ENV{'user.environment'}")) {
+	    return 'error';
+	}
+	unless (flock($fh,LOCK_SH)) {
+	    &logthis("<font color=blue>WARNING: ".
+		     'Could not obtain shared lock in delenv: '.$!);
+	    close($fh);
+	    return 'error: '.$!;
+	}
+	@oldenv=<$fh>;
+	close($fh);
     }
     {
-     my $fh;
-     unless ($fh=Apache::File->new(">$ENV{'user.environment'}")) {
-	return 'error';
-     }
-     unless (flock($fh,LOCK_EX)) {
-         &logthis("<font color=blue>WARNING: ".
-                  'Could not obtain exclusive lock in delenv: '.$!);
-         $fh->close();
-         return 'error: '.$!;
-     }
-     foreach (@oldenv) {
-	 unless ($_=~/^$delthis/) { print $fh $_; }
-     }
-     $fh->close();
+	my $fh;
+	unless (open($fh,">$ENV{'user.environment'}")) {
+	    return 'error';
+	}
+	unless (flock($fh,LOCK_EX)) {
+	    &logthis("<font color=blue>WARNING: ".
+		     'Could not obtain exclusive lock in delenv: '.$!);
+	    close($fh);
+	    return 'error: '.$!;
+	}
+	foreach (@oldenv) {
+	    if ($_=~/^$delthis/) { 
+                my ($key,undef) = split('=',$_);
+                delete($ENV{$key});
+            } else {
+                print $fh $_; 
+            }
+	}
+	close($fh);
     }
     return 'ok';
 }
 
+# ------------------------------------------ Find out current server userload
+# there is a copy in lond
+sub userload {
+    my $numusers=0;
+    {
+	opendir(LONIDS,$perlvar{'lonIDsDir'});
+	my $filename;
+	my $curtime=time;
+	while ($filename=readdir(LONIDS)) {
+	    if ($filename eq '.' || $filename eq '..') {next;}
+	    my ($mtime)=(stat($perlvar{'lonIDsDir'}.'/'.$filename))[9];
+	    if ($curtime-$mtime < 1800) { $numusers++; }
+	}
+	closedir(LONIDS);
+    }
+    my $userloadpercent=0;
+    my $maxuserload=$perlvar{'lonUserLoadLim'};
+    if ($maxuserload) {
+	$userloadpercent=100*$numusers/$maxuserload;
+    }
+    $userloadpercent=sprintf("%.2f",$userloadpercent);
+    return $userloadpercent;
+}
+
+# ------------------------------------------ Fight off request when overloaded
+
+sub overloaderror {
+    my ($r,$checkserver)=@_;
+    unless ($checkserver) { $checkserver=$perlvar{'lonHostID'}; }
+    my $loadavg;
+    if ($checkserver eq $perlvar{'lonHostID'}) {
+       open(my $loadfile,'/proc/loadavg');
+       $loadavg=<$loadfile>;
+       $loadavg =~ s/\s.*//g;
+       $loadavg = 100*$loadavg/$perlvar{'lonLoadLim'};
+       close($loadfile);
+    } else {
+       $loadavg=&reply('load',$checkserver);
+    }
+    my $overload=$loadavg-100;
+    if ($overload>0) {
+	$r->err_headers_out->{'Retry-After'}=$overload;
+        $r->log_error('Overload of '.$overload.' on '.$checkserver);
+        return 409;
+    }    
+    return '';
+}
+
 # ------------------------------ Find server with least workload from spare.tab
 
 sub spareserver {
+    my ($loadpercent,$userloadpercent) = @_;
     my $tryserver;
     my $spareserver='';
-    my $lowestserver=100;
+    if ($userloadpercent !~ /\d/) { $userloadpercent=0; }
+    my $lowestserver=$loadpercent > $userloadpercent?
+	             $loadpercent :  $userloadpercent;
     foreach $tryserver (keys %spareid) {
-       my $answer=reply('load',$tryserver);
-       if (($answer =~ /\d/) && ($answer<$lowestserver)) {
-	   $spareserver="http://$hostname{$tryserver}";
-           $lowestserver=$answer;
-       }
-    }    
+	my $loadans=reply('load',$tryserver);
+	my $userloadans=reply('userload',$tryserver);
+	if ($loadans !~ /\d/ && $userloadans !~ /\d/) {
+	    next; #didn't get a number from the server
+	}
+	my $answer;
+	if ($loadans =~ /\d/) {
+	    if ($userloadans =~ /\d/) {
+		#both are numbers, pick the bigger one
+		$answer=$loadans > $userloadans?
+		    $loadans :  $userloadans;
+	    } else {
+		$answer = $loadans;
+	    }
+	} else {
+	    $answer = $userloadans;
+	}
+	if (($answer =~ /\d/) && ($answer<$lowestserver)) {
+	    $spareserver="http://$hostname{$tryserver}";
+	    $lowestserver=$answer;
+	}
+    }
     return $spareserver;
 }
 
@@ -403,38 +540,16 @@ sub changepass {
 
 sub queryauthenticate {
     my ($uname,$udom)=@_;
-    if (($perlvar{'lonRole'} eq 'library') && 
-        ($udom eq $perlvar{'lonDefDomain'})) {
-	my $answer=reply("encrypt:currentauth:$udom:$uname",
-			 $perlvar{'lonHostID'});
-	unless ($answer eq 'unknown_user' or $answer eq 'refused') {
-	    if (length($answer)) {
-		return $answer;
-	    }
-	    else {
-	&logthis("User $uname at $udom lacks an authentication mechanism");
-		return 'no_host';
-	    }
-	}
-    }
-
-    my $tryserver;
-    foreach $tryserver (keys %libserv) {
-	if ($hostdom{$tryserver} eq $udom) {
-           my $answer=reply("encrypt:currentauth:$udom:$uname",$tryserver);
-	   unless ($answer eq 'unknown_user' or $answer eq 'refused') {
-	       if (length($answer)) {
-		   return $answer;
-	       }
-	       else {
-	   &logthis("User $uname at $udom lacks an authentication mechanism");
-		   return 'no_host';
-	       }
-	   }
-       }
+    my $uhome=&homeserver($uname,$udom);
+    if (!$uhome) {
+	&logthis("User $uname at $udom is unknown when looking for authentication mechanism");
+	return 'no_host';
+    }
+    my $answer=reply("encrypt:currentauth:$udom:$uname",$uhome);
+    if ($answer =~ /^(unknown_user|refused|con_lost)/) {
+	&logthis("User $uname at $udom threw error $answer when checking authentication mechanism");
     }
-    &logthis("User $uname at $udom lacks an authentication mechanism");    
-    return 'no_host';
+    return $answer;
 }
 
 # --------- Try to authenticate user from domain's lib servers (first this one)
@@ -443,57 +558,43 @@ 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 $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 $uhome=&homeserver($uname,$udom);
+    if (!$uhome) {
+	&logthis("User $uname at $udom is unknown in authenticate");
+	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
 
 sub homeserver {
-    my ($uname,$udom)=@_;
-
+    my ($uname,$udom,$ignoreBadCache)=@_;
     my $index="$uname:$udom";
-    if ($homecache{$index}) { return "$homecache{$index}"; }
 
+    my ($result,$cached)=&is_cached(\%homecache,$index,'home',86400);
+    if (defined($cached)) { return $result; }
     my $tryserver;
     foreach $tryserver (keys %libserv) {
+        next if ($ignoreBadCache ne 'true' && 
+		 exists($badServerCache{$tryserver}));
 	if ($hostdom{$tryserver} eq $udom) {
            my $answer=reply("home:$udom:$uname",$tryserver);
            if ($answer eq 'found') { 
-	      $homecache{$index}=$tryserver;
-              return $tryserver; 
-	   }
+	       return &do_cache(\%homecache,$index,$tryserver,'home');
+           } elsif ($answer eq 'no_host') {
+	       $badServerCache{$tryserver}=1;
+           }
        }
     }    
     return 'no_host';
@@ -543,6 +644,7 @@ 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{$_});
@@ -553,7 +655,6 @@ sub idput {
             } else {
                 $servers{$uhom}=$id.'='.$unam;
             }
-            &critical('put:'.$udom.':'.$unam.':environment:id='.$id,$uhom);
         }
     }
     foreach (keys %servers) {
@@ -561,17 +662,392 @@ sub idput {
     }
 }
 
+# --------------------------------------------------- Assign a key to a student
+
+sub assign_access_key {
+#
+# a valid key looks like uname:udom#comments
+# comments are being appended
+#
+    my ($ckey,$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));
+    $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{$ckey}=~/^\Q$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('accesskeys',{$ckey=>$uname.':'.$udom.'#'.$logentry},
+                                                 $kdom,$knum) eq 'ok') {
+# key now belongs to user
+	    my $envkey='key.'.$cdom.'_'.$cnum;
+            if (&put('environment',{$envkey => $ckey}) eq 'ok') {
+                &appenv('environment.'.$envkey => $ckey);
+                return 'ok';
+            } else {
+                return 
+  'error: Count not permanently assign key, will need to be re-entered later.';
+	    }
+        } else {
+            return 'error: Could not assign key, try again later.';
+        }
+    } elsif (!$existing{$ckey}) {
+# the key does not exist
+	return 'error: The key does not exist';
+    } else {
+# the key is somebody else's
+	return 'error: The key is already in use';
+    }
+}
+
+# ------------------------------------------ put an additional comment on a key
+
+sub comment_access_key {
+#
+# a valid key looks like uname:udom#comments
+# comments are being appended
+#
+    my ($ckey,$cdom,$cnum,$logentry)=@_;
+    $cdom=
+   $ENV{'course.'.$ENV{'request.course.id'}.'.domain'} unless (defined($cdom));
+    $cnum=
+   $ENV{'course.'.$ENV{'request.course.id'}.'.num'} unless (defined($cnum));
+    my %existing=&get('accesskeys',[$ckey],$cdom,$cnum);
+    if ($existing{$ckey}) {
+        $existing{$ckey}.='; '.$logentry;
+# ready to assign
+        if (&put('accesskeys',{$ckey=>$existing{$ckey}},
+                                                 $cdom,$cnum) eq 'ok') {
+	    return 'ok';
+        } else {
+	    return 'error: Count not store comment.';
+        }
+    } else {
+# the key does not exist
+	return 'error: The key does not exist';
+    }
+}
+
+# ------------------------------------------------------ Generate a set of keys
+
+sub generate_access_keys {
+    my ($number,$cdom,$cnum,$logentry)=@_;
+    $cdom=
+   $ENV{'course.'.$ENV{'request.course.id'}.'.domain'} unless (defined($cdom));
+    $cnum=
+   $ENV{'course.'.$ENV{'request.course.id'}.'.num'} unless (defined($cnum));
+    unless (&allowed('mky',$cdom)) { return 0; }
+    unless (($cdom) && ($cnum)) { return 0; }
+    if ($number>10000) { return 0; }
+    sleep(2); # make sure don't get same seed twice
+    srand(time()^($$+($$<<15))); # from "Programming Perl"
+    my $total=0;
+    for (my $i=1;$i<=$number;$i++) {
+       my $newkey=sprintf("%lx",int(100000*rand)).'-'.
+                  sprintf("%lx",int(100000*rand)).'-'.
+                  sprintf("%lx",int(100000*rand));
+       $newkey=~s/1/g/g; # folks mix up 1 and l
+       $newkey=~s/0/h/g; # and also 0 and O
+       my %existing=&get('accesskeys',[$newkey],$cdom,$cnum);
+       if ($existing{$newkey}) {
+           $i--;
+       } else {
+	  if (&put('accesskeys',
+              { $newkey => '# generated '.localtime().
+                           ' by '.$ENV{'user.name'}.'@'.$ENV{'user.domain'}.
+                           '; '.$logentry },
+		   $cdom,$cnum) eq 'ok') {
+              $total++;
+	  }
+       }
+    }
+    &log($ENV{'user.domain'},$ENV{'user.name'},$ENV{'user.home'},
+         'Generated '.$total.' keys for '.$cnum.' at '.$cdom);
+    return $total;
+}
+
+# ------------------------------------------------------- Validate an accesskey
+
+sub validate_access_key {
+    my ($ckey,$cdom,$cnum,$udom,$uname)=@_;
+    $cdom=
+   $ENV{'course.'.$ENV{'request.course.id'}.'.domain'} unless (defined($cdom));
+    $cnum=
+   $ENV{'course.'.$ENV{'request.course.id'}.'.num'} unless (defined($cnum));
+    $udom=$ENV{'user.domain'} unless (defined($udom));
+    $uname=$ENV{'user.name'} unless (defined($uname));
+    my %existing=&get('accesskeys',[$ckey],$cdom,$cnum);
+    return ($existing{$ckey}=~/^\Q$uname\E\:\Q$udom\E\#/);
+}
+
 # ------------------------------------- Find the section of student in a course
 
+sub getsection {
+    my ($udom,$unam,$courseid)=@_;
+    $courseid=~s/\_/\//g;
+    $courseid=~s/^(\w)/\/$1/;
+    my %Pending; 
+    my %Expired;
+    #
+    # Each role can either have not started yet (pending), be active, 
+    #    or have expired.
+    #
+    # If there is an active role, we are done.
+    #
+    # If there is more than one role which has not started yet, 
+    #     choose the one which will start sooner
+    # If there is one role which has not started yet, return it.
+    #
+    # If there is more than one expired role, choose the one which ended last.
+    # If there is a role which has expired, return it.
+    #
+    foreach (split(/\&/,&reply('dump:'.$udom.':'.$unam.':roles',
+                        &homeserver($unam,$udom)))) {
+        my ($key,$value)=split(/\=/,$_);
+        $key=&unescape($key);
+        next if ($key !~/^\Q$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) && $end && ($now > $end)) {
+            $Expired{$end}=$section;
+            next;
+        }
+        if (defined($start) && $start && ($now < $start)) {
+            $Pending{$start}=$section;
+            next;
+        }
+        return $section;
+    }
+    #
+    # Presumedly there will be few matching roles from the above
+    # loop and the sorting time will be negligible.
+    if (scalar(keys(%Pending))) {
+        my ($time) = sort {$a <=> $b} keys(%Pending);
+        return $Pending{$time};
+    } 
+    if (scalar(keys(%Expired))) {
+        my @sorted = sort {$a <=> $b} keys(%Expired);
+        my $time = pop(@sorted);
+        return $Expired{$time};
+    }
+    return '-1';
+}
+
+
+my $disk_caching_disabled=0;
+
+sub devalidate_cache {
+    my ($cache,$id,$name) = @_;
+    delete $$cache{$id.'.time'};
+    delete $$cache{$id.'.file'};
+    delete $$cache{$id};
+    if (1 || $disk_caching_disabled) { return; }
+    my $filename=$perlvar{'lonDaemons'}.'/tmp/lonnet_internal_cache_'.$name.".db";
+    if (!-e $filename) { return; }
+    open(DB,">$filename.lock");
+    flock(DB,LOCK_EX);
+    my %hash;
+    if (tie(%hash,'GDBM_File',$filename,&GDBM_WRCREAT(),0640)) {
+	eval <<'EVALBLOCK';
+	    delete($hash{$id});
+	    delete($hash{$id.'.time'});
+EVALBLOCK
+        if ($@) {
+	    &logthis("<font color='red'>devalidate_cache blew up :$@:$name</font>");
+	    unlink($filename);
+	}
+    } else {
+	if (-e $filename) {
+	    &logthis("Unable to tie hash (devalidate cache): $name");
+	    unlink($filename);
+	}
+    }
+    untie(%hash);
+    flock(DB,LOCK_UN);
+    close(DB);
+}
+
+sub is_cached {
+    my ($cache,$id,$name,$time) = @_;
+    if (!$time) { $time=300; }
+    if (!exists($$cache{$id.'.time'})) {
+	&load_cache_item($cache,$name,$id,$time);
+    }
+    if (!exists($$cache{$id.'.time'})) {
+#	&logthis("Didn't find $id");
+	return (undef,undef);
+    } else {
+	if (time-($$cache{$id.'.time'})>$time) {
+	    if (exists($$cache{$id.'.file'})) {
+		foreach my $filename (@{ $$cache{$id.'.file'} }) {
+		    my $mtime=(stat($filename))[9];
+		    #+1 is to take care of edge effects
+		    if ($mtime && (($mtime+1) < ($$cache{$id.'.time'}))) {
+#			&logthis("Upping $mtime - ".$$cache{$id.'.time'}.
+#				 "$id because of $filename");
+		    } else {
+			&logthis("Devalidating $filename $id - ".(time-($$cache{$id.'.time'})));
+			&devalidate_cache($cache,$id,$name);
+			return (undef,undef);
+		    }
+		}
+		$$cache{$id.'.time'}=time;
+	    } else {
+#		&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
+    $$cache{$id};
+}
+
+my %do_save_item;
+my %do_save;
+sub save_cache_item {
+    my ($cache,$name,$id)=@_;
+    if ($disk_caching_disabled) { return; }
+    $do_save{$name}=$cache;
+    if (!exists($do_save_item{$name})) { $do_save_item{$name}={} }
+    $do_save_item{$name}->{$id}=1;
+    return;
+}
+
+sub save_cache {
+    if ($disk_caching_disabled) { return; }
+    my ($cache,$name,$id);
+    foreach $name (keys(%do_save)) {
+	$cache=$do_save{$name};
+
+	my $starttime=&Time::HiRes::time();
+	&logthis("Saving :$name:");
+	my %hash;
+	my $filename=$perlvar{'lonDaemons'}.'/tmp/lonnet_internal_cache_'.$name.".db";
+	open(DB,">$filename.lock");
+	flock(DB,LOCK_EX);
+	if (tie(%hash,'GDBM_File',$filename,&GDBM_WRCREAT(),0640)) {
+	    foreach $id (keys(%{ $do_save_item{$name} })) {
+		eval <<'EVALBLOCK';
+		$hash{$id.'.time'}=$$cache{$id.'.time'};
+		$hash{$id}=freeze({'item'=>$$cache{$id}});
+		if (exists($$cache{$id.'.file'})) {
+		    $hash{$id.'.file'}=freeze({'item'=>$$cache{$id.'.file'}});
+		}
+EVALBLOCK
+                if ($@) {
+		    &logthis("<font color='red'>save_cache blew up :$@:$name</font>");
+		    unlink($filename);
+		    last;
+		}
+	    }
+	} else {
+	    if (-e $filename) {
+		&logthis("Unable to tie hash (save cache): $name ($!)");
+		unlink($filename);
+	    }
+	}
+	untie(%hash);
+	flock(DB,LOCK_UN);
+	close(DB);
+	&logthis("save_cache $name took ".(&Time::HiRes::time()-$starttime));
+    }
+    undef(%do_save);
+    undef(%do_save_item);
+
+}
+
+sub load_cache_item {
+    my ($cache,$name,$id,$time)=@_;
+    if ($disk_caching_disabled) { return; }
+    my $starttime=&Time::HiRes::time();
+#    &logthis("Before Loading $name  for $id size is ".scalar(%$cache));
+    my %hash;
+    my $filename=$perlvar{'lonDaemons'}.'/tmp/lonnet_internal_cache_'.$name.".db";
+    if (!-e $filename) { return; }
+    open(DB,">$filename.lock");
+    flock(DB,LOCK_SH);
+    if (tie(%hash,'GDBM_File',$filename,&GDBM_READER(),0640)) {
+	eval <<'EVALBLOCK';
+	    if (!%$cache) {
+		my $count;
+		while (my ($key,$value)=each(%hash)) { 
+		    $count++;
+		    if ($key =~ /\.time$/) {
+			$$cache{$key}=$value;
+		    } else {
+			my $hashref=thaw($value);
+			$$cache{$key}=$hashref->{'item'};
+		    }
+		}
+#	    &logthis("Initial load: $count");
+	    } else {
+		if (($$cache{$id.'.time'}+$time) < time) {
+		    $$cache{$id.'.time'}=$hash{$id.'.time'};
+		    {
+			my $hashref=thaw($hash{$id});
+			$$cache{$id}=$hashref->{'item'};
+		    }
+		    if (exists($hash{$id.'.file'})) {
+			my $hashref=thaw($hash{$id.'.file'});
+			$$cache{$id.'.file'}=$hashref->{'item'};
+		    }
+		}
+	    }
+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$/) {
+        if ($key=~/^\Q$courseid\E(?:\/)*(\w+)*\_st$/) {
             my $section=$1;
             if ($key eq $courseid.'_st') { $section=''; }
 	    my ($dummy,$end,$start)=split(/\_/,&unescape($value));
@@ -583,10 +1059,12 @@ sub usection {
             if ($end) {
                 if ($now>$end) { $notactive=1; }
             } 
-            unless ($notactive) { return $section; }
+            unless ($notactive) {
+		return &do_cache(\%usectioncache,$hashid,$section,'usection');
+	    }
         }
     }
-    return '-1';
+    return &do_cache(\%usectioncache,$hashid,'-1','usection');
 }
 
 # ------------------------------------- Read an entry from a user's environment
@@ -604,16 +1082,56 @@ sub userenvironment {
     return %returnhash;
 }
 
+# -------------------------------------------------------------------- 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.'.$ENV{'request.course.id'}.'.home'};
+    &reply('chatsend:'.$cdom.':'.$cnum.':'.
+	   &escape($ENV{'user.domain'}.':'.$ENV{'user.name'}.':'.$anon.':'.
+		   &escape($newentry)),$chome);
+}
+
+# ------------------------------------------ Find current version of a resource
+
+sub getversion {
+    my $fname=&clutter(shift);
+    unless ($fname=~/^\/res\//) { return -1; }
+    return &currentversion(&filelocation('',$fname));
+}
+
+sub currentversion {
+    my $fname=shift;
+    my ($result,$cached)=&is_cached(\%resversioncache,$fname,'resversion',600);
+    if (defined($cached)) { return $result; }
+    my $author=$fname;
+    $author=~s/\/home\/httpd\/html\/res\/([^\/]*)\/([^\/]*).*/$1\/$2/;
+    my ($udom,$uname)=split(/\//,$author);
+    my $home=homeserver($uname,$udom);
+    if ($home eq 'no_host') { 
+        return -1; 
+    }
+    my $answer=reply("currentversion:$fname",$home);
+    if (($answer eq 'con_lost') || ($answer eq 'rejected')) {
+	return -1;
+    }
+    return &do_cache(\%resversioncache,$fname,$answer,'resversion');
+}
+
 # ----------------------------- Subscribe to a resource, return URL if possible
 
 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);
     my $home=homeserver($uname,$udom);
-    if (($home eq 'no_host') || ($home eq $perlvar{'lonHostID'})) { 
-        return 'not_found'; 
+    if ($home eq 'no_host') {
+        return 'not_found';
     }
     my $answer=reply("sub:$fname",$home);
     if (($answer eq 'con_lost') || ($answer eq 'rejected')) {
@@ -627,6 +1145,13 @@ sub subscribe {
 sub repcopy {
     my $filename=shift;
     $filename=~s/\/+/\//g;
+    if ($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
+	$filename=~m|^/*uploaded/|) { 
+	return &repcopy_userfile($filename);
+    }
+    $filename=~s/[\n\r]//g;
     my $transname="$filename.in.transfer";
     if ((-e $filename) || (-e $transname)) { return OK; }
     my $remoteurl=subscribe($filename);
@@ -634,7 +1159,7 @@ sub repcopy {
 	   &logthis("Subscribe returned $remoteurl: $filename");
            return HTTP_SERVICE_UNAVAILABLE;
     } elsif ($remoteurl eq 'not_found') {
-	   &logthis("Subscribe returned not_found: $filename");
+	   #&logthis("Subscribe returned not_found: $filename");
 	   return HTTP_NOT_FOUND;
     } elsif ($remoteurl =~ /^rejected by/) {
 	   &logthis("Subscribe returned $remoteurl: $filename");
@@ -642,6 +1167,11 @@ sub repcopy {
     } elsif ($remoteurl eq 'directory') {
            return OK;
     } else {
+        my $author=$filename;
+        $author=~s/\/home\/httpd\/html\/res\/([^\/]*)\/([^\/]*).*/$1\/$2/;
+        my ($udom,$uname)=split(/\//,$author);
+        my $home=homeserver($uname,$udom);
+        unless ($home eq $perlvar{'lonHostID'}) {
            my @parts=split(/\//,$filename);
            my $path="/$parts[1]/$parts[2]/$parts[3]/$parts[4]";
            if ($path ne "$perlvar{'lonDocRoot'}/res") {
@@ -677,9 +1207,22 @@ sub repcopy {
                rename($transname,$filename);
                return OK;
            }
+       }
     }
 }
 
+# ------------------------------------------------ Get server side include body
+sub ssi_body {
+    my ($filelink,%form)=@_;
+    my $output=($filelink=~/^http\:/?&externalssi($filelink):
+                                     &ssi($filelink,%form));
+    $output=~
+            s/\/\/ BEGIN LON\-CAPA Internal.+\/\/ END LON\-CAPA Internal\s//gs;
+    $output=~s/^.*?\<body[^\>]*\>//si;
+    $output=~s/(.*)\<\/body\s*\>.*?$/$1/si;
+    return $output;
+}
+
 # --------------------------------------------------------- Server Side Include
 
 sub ssi {
@@ -703,6 +1246,239 @@ sub ssi {
     return $response->content;
 }
 
+sub externalssi {
+    my ($url)=@_;
+    my $ua=new LWP::UserAgent;
+    my $request=new HTTP::Request('GET',$url);
+    my $response=$ua->request($request);
+    return $response->content;
+}
+
+# -------------------------------- Allow a /uploaded/ URI to be vouched for
+
+sub allowuploaded {
+    my ($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/$course
+# input: action, courseID, current domain, home server for course, intended
+#        path to file, source of file.
+# output: url to file (if action was uploaddoc), 
+#         ok if successful, or diagnostic message otherwise (if action was propagate or copy)
+#
+# Allows directory structure to be used within lonUsers/../userfiles/ for a 
+# course.
+#
+# action = propagate - /home/httpd/html/userfiles/$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,$docudom,$docuhome,$file,$source)=@_;
+    my $fetchresult;
+    if ($action eq 'propagate') {
+        $fetchresult= &reply('fetchuserfile:'.$docudom.'/'.$docuname.'/'.$file
+                            ,$docuhome);
+    } else {
+        my $fetchresult = '';
+        my $fpath = '';
+        my $fname = $file;
+        ($fpath,$fname) = ($file =~ m|^(.*)/([^/]+)$|);
+        $fpath=$docudom.'/'.$docuname.'/'.$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);
+                }
+            }
+        }
+        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,
+                                 $docuhome);
+            }
+        } elsif ($action eq 'uploaddoc') {
+            open(my $fh,'>'.$filepath.'/'.$fname);
+            print $fh $ENV{'form.'.$source};
+            close($fh);
+            $fetchresult= &reply('fetchuserfile:'.$docudom.'/'.$docuname.'/'.$file,
+                                 $docuhome);
+            if ($fetchresult eq 'ok') {
+                return '/uploaded/'.$fpath.'/'.$fname;
+            } else {
+                &logthis('Failed to transfer '.$docudom.'/'.$docuname.'/'.$file.
+                        ' to host '.$docuhome.': '.$fetchresult);
+                return '/adm/notfound.html';
+            }
+        }
+    }
+    unless ( $fetchresult eq 'ok') {
+        &logthis('Failed to transfer '.$docudom.'/'.$docuname.'/'.$file.
+             ' to host '.$docuhome.': '.$fetchresult);
+    }
+    return $fetchresult;
+}
+
+# --------------- Take an uploaded file and put it into the userfiles directory
+# input: name of form element, coursedoc=1 means this is for the course
+# output: url of file in userspace
+
+sub clean_filename {
+    my ($fname)=@_;
+# Replace Windows backslashes by forward slashes
+    $fname=~s/\\/\//g;
+# Get rid of everything but the actual filename
+    $fname=~s/^.*\/([^\/]+)$/$1/;
+# Replace spaces by underscores
+    $fname=~s/\s+/\_/g;
+# Replace all other weird characters by nothing
+    $fname=~s/[^\w\.\-]//g;
+# Replace all .\d. sequences with _\d. so they no longer look like version
+# numbers
+    $fname=~s/\.(\d+)(?=\.)/_$1/g;
+    return $fname;
+}
+
+sub userfileupload {
+    my ($formname,$coursedoc,$subdir)=@_;
+    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.'.$formname});
+    if (($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.'.$ENV{'request.course.id'}.'.home'};
+        if ($ENV{'form.folder'} =~ m/^default/) {
+            return &finishuserfileupload($docuname,$docudom,$docuhome,$formname,$fname);
+        } else {
+            $fname=$ENV{'form.folder'}.'/'.$fname;
+            return &process_coursefile('uploaddoc',$docuname,$docudom,$docuhome,$fname,$formname);
+        }
+    } else {
+        $docuname=$ENV{'user.name'};
+        $docudom=$ENV{'user.domain'};
+        $docuhome=$ENV{'user.home'};
+        return &finishuserfileupload($docuname,$docudom,$docuhome,$formname,$fname);
+    }
+}
+
+sub finishuserfileupload {
+    my ($docuname,$docudom,$docuhome,$formname,$fname)=@_;
+    my $path=$docudom.'/'.$docuname.'/';
+    my $filepath=$perlvar{'lonDocRoot'};
+    my ($fnamepath,$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++) {
+        $filepath.="/$parts[$count]";
+        if ((-e $filepath)!=1) {
+	    mkdir($filepath,0777);
+        }
+    }
+# Save the file
+    {
+	#&Apache::lonnet::logthis("Saving to $filepath $file");
+       open(my $fh,'>'.$filepath.'/'.$file);
+       print $fh $ENV{'form.'.$formname};
+       close($fh);
+    }
+# Notify homeserver to grep it
+#
+    my $fetchresult= &reply('fetchuserfile:'.$path.$file,$docuhome);
+    if ($fetchresult eq 'ok') {
+#
+# Return the URL to it
+        return '/uploaded/'.$path.$file;
+    } else {
+        &logthis('Failed to transfer '.$path.$file.' to host '.$docuhome.
+		 ': '.$fetchresult);
+        return '/adm/notfound.html';
+    }    
+}
+
+sub removeuploadedurl {
+    my ($url)=@_;
+    my (undef,undef,$udom,$uname,$fname)=split('/',$url,5);
+    return &Apache::lonnet::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 {
@@ -711,13 +1487,24 @@ sub log {
 }
 
 # ------------------------------------------------------------------ Course Log
+#
+# This routine flushes several buffers of non-mission-critical nature
+#
 
 sub flushcourselogs {
-    &logthis('Flushing course log buffers');
+    &logthis('Flushing log buffers');
+#
+# course logs
+# This is a log of all transactions in a course, which can be used
+# for data mining purposes
+#
+# It also collects the courseid database, which lists last transaction
+# times and course titles for all courseids
+#
+    my %courseidbuffer=();
     foreach (keys %courselogs) {
         my $crsid=$_;
-	&logthis(":$crsid:$coursehombuf{$crsid}");
-        if (&reply('log:'.$coursedombuf{$crsid}.':'.
+        if (&reply('log:'.$coursedombuf{$crsid}.':'.$coursenumbuf{$crsid}.':'.
 		          &escape($courselogs{$crsid}),
 		          $coursehombuf{$crsid}) eq 'ok') {
 	    delete $courselogs{$crsid};
@@ -728,15 +1515,71 @@ sub flushcourselogs {
                         " exceeded maximum size, deleting.</font>");
                delete $courselogs{$crsid};
             }
-        }        
+        }
+        if ($courseidbuffer{$coursehombuf{$crsid}}) {
+           $courseidbuffer{$coursehombuf{$crsid}}.='&'.
+			 &escape($crsid).'='.&escape($coursedescrbuf{$crsid}).
+                         '='.&escape($courseinstcodebuf{$crsid});
+        } else {
+           $courseidbuffer{$coursehombuf{$crsid}}=
+			 &escape($crsid).'='.&escape($coursedescrbuf{$crsid}).
+                         '='.&escape($courseinstcodebuf{$crsid});
+        }    
+    }
+#
+# Write course id database (reverse lookup) to homeserver of courses 
+# Is used in pickcourse
+#
+    foreach (keys %courseidbuffer) {
+        &courseidput($hostdom{$_},$courseidbuffer{$_},$_);
+    }
+#
+# File accesses
+# Writes to the dynamic metadata of resources to get hit counts, etc.
+#
+    foreach my $entry (keys(%accesshash)) {
+        if ($entry =~ /___count$/) {
+            my ($dom,$name);
+            ($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 $value = $accesshash{$entry};
+            my (undef,$url,undef) = ($entry =~ /^(.*)___(.*)___count$/);
+            my %temphash=($url => $value);
+            my $result = &inc('nohist_accesscount',\%temphash,$dom,$name);
+            if ($result eq 'ok') {
+                delete $accesshash{$entry};
+            } elsif ($result eq 'unknown_cmd') {
+                # Target server has old code running on it.
+                my %temphash=($entry => $value);
+                if (&put('nohist_resevaldata',\%temphash,$dom,$name) eq 'ok') {
+                    delete $accesshash{$entry};
+                }
+            }
+        } else {
+            my ($dom,$name) = ($entry=~m:___(\w+)/(\w+)/(.*)___(\w+)$:);
+            my %temphash=($entry => $accesshash{$entry});
+            if (&put('nohist_resevaldata',\%temphash,$dom,$name) eq 'ok') {
+                delete $accesshash{$entry};
+            }
+        }
     }
-    &logthis('Flushing access logs');
-    foreach (keys %accesshash) {
+#
+# Roles
+# Reverse lookup of user roles for course faculty/staff and co-authorship
+#
+    foreach (keys %userrolehash) {
         my $entry=$_;
-        $entry=~/\_\_\_(\w+)\/(\w+)\/(.*)\_\_\_(\w+)$/;
-        my %temphash=($entry => $accesshash{$entry});
-        if (&Apache::lonnet::put('resevaldata',\%temphash,$1,$2) eq 'ok') {
-	    delete $accesshash{$entry};
+        my ($role,$uname,$udom,$runame,$rudom,$rsec)=
+	    split(/\:/,$entry);
+        if (&Apache::lonnet::put('nohist_userroles',
+             { $role.':'.$uname.':'.$udom.':'.$rsec => $userrolehash{$entry} },
+                $rudom,$runame) eq 'ok') {
+	    delete $userrolehash{$entry};
         }
     }
     $dumpcount++;
@@ -747,10 +1590,15 @@ sub courselog {
     $what=time.':'.$what;
     unless ($ENV{'request.course.id'}) { return ''; }
     $coursedombuf{$ENV{'request.course.id'}}=
-       $ENV{'course.'.$ENV{'request.course.id'}.'.domain'}.':'.
+       $ENV{'course.'.$ENV{'request.course.id'}.'.domain'};
+    $coursenumbuf{$ENV{'request.course.id'}}=
        $ENV{'course.'.$ENV{'request.course.id'}.'.num'};
     $coursehombuf{$ENV{'request.course.id'}}=
        $ENV{'course.'.$ENV{'request.course.id'}.'.home'};
+    $coursedescrbuf{$ENV{'request.course.id'}}=
+       $ENV{'course.'.$ENV{'request.course.id'}.'.description'};
+    $courseinstcodebuf{$ENV{'request.course.id'}}=
+       $ENV{'course.'.$ENV{'request.course.id'}.'.internal.coursecode'};
     if (defined $courselogs{$ENV{'request.course.id'}}) {
 	$courselogs{$ENV{'request.course.id'}}.='&'.$what;
     } else {
@@ -765,7 +1613,7 @@ sub courseacclog {
     my $fnsymb=shift;
     unless ($ENV{'request.course.id'}) { return ''; }
     my $what=$fnsymb.':'.$ENV{'user.name'}.':'.$ENV{'user.domain'};
-    if ($fnsymb=~/(problem|exam|quiz|assess|survey|form)$/) {
+    if ($fnsymb=~/(problem|exam|quiz|assess|survey|form|page)$/) {
         $what.=':POST';
 	foreach (keys %ENV) {
             if ($_=~/^form\.(.*)/) {
@@ -778,23 +1626,174 @@ 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;
-    my $key=$processmarker.'_'.$dumpcount.'___'.$url.'___count';
-    if (defined($accesshash{$key})) {
-	$accesshash{$key}++;
+    my $key=$$.$processmarker.'_'.$dumpcount.'___'.$url.'___count';
+    $accesshash{$key}++;
+}
+
+sub linklog {
+    my ($from,$to)=@_;
+    $from=&declutter($from);
+    $to=&declutter($to);
+    $accesshash{$from.'___'.$to.'___comefrom'}=1;
+    $accesshash{$to.'___'.$from.'___goto'}=1;
+}
+  
+sub userrolelog {
+    my ($trole,$username,$domain,$area,$tstart,$tend)=@_;
+    if (($trole=~/^ca/) || ($trole=~/^in/) || 
+        ($trole=~/^cc/) || ($trole=~/^ep/) ||
+        ($trole=~/^cr/) || ($trole=~/^ta/)) {
+       my (undef,$rudom,$runame,$rsec)=split(/\//,$area);
+       $userrolehash
+         {$trole.':'.$username.':'.$domain.':'.$runame.':'.$rudom.':'.$rsec}
+                    =$tend.':'.$tstart;
+   }
+}
+
+sub get_course_adv_roles {
+    my $cid=shift;
+    $cid=$ENV{'request.course.id'} unless (defined($cid));
+    my %coursehash=&coursedescription($cid);
+    my %nothide=();
+    foreach (split(/\s*\,\s*/,$coursehash{'nothideprivileged'})) {
+	$nothide{join(':',split(/[\@\:]/,$_))}=1;
+    }
+    my %returnhash=();
+    my %dumphash=
+            &dump('nohist_userroles',$coursehash{'domain'},$coursehash{'num'});
+    my $now=time;
+    foreach (keys %dumphash) {
+	my ($tend,$tstart)=split(/\:/,$dumphash{$_});
+        if (($tstart) && ($tstart<0)) { next; }
+        if (($tend) && ($tend<$now)) { next; }
+        if (($tstart) && ($now<$tstart)) { next; }
+        my ($role,$username,$domain,$section)=split(/\:/,$_);
+	if ((&privileged($username,$domain)) && 
+	    (!$nothide{$username.':'.$domain})) { next; }
+        my $key=&plaintext($role);
+        if ($section) { $key.=' (Sec/Grp '.$section.')'; }
+        if ($returnhash{$key}) {
+	    $returnhash{$key}.=','.$username.':'.$domain;
+        } else {
+            $returnhash{$key}=$username.':'.$domain;
+        }
+     }
+    return %returnhash;
+}
+
+sub get_my_roles {
+    my ($uname,$udom)=@_;
+    unless (defined($uname)) { $uname=$ENV{'user.name'}; }
+    unless (defined($udom)) { $udom=$ENV{'user.domain'}; }
+    my %dumphash=
+            &dump('nohist_userroles',$udom,$uname);
+    my %returnhash=();
+    my $now=time;
+    foreach (keys %dumphash) {
+	my ($tend,$tstart)=split(/\:/,$dumphash{$_});
+        if (($tstart) && ($tstart<0)) { next; }
+        if (($tend) && ($tend<$now)) { next; }
+        if (($tstart) && ($now<$tstart)) { next; }
+        my ($role,$username,$domain,$section)=split(/\:/,$_);
+	$returnhash{$username.':'.$domain.':'.$role}=$tstart.':'.$tend;
+     }
+    return %returnhash;
+}
+
+# ----------------------------------------------------- Frontpage Announcements
+#
+#
+
+sub postannounce {
+    my ($server,$text)=@_;
+    unless (&allowed('psa',$hostdom{$server})) { return 'refused'; }
+    unless ($text=~/\w/) { $text=''; }
+    return &reply('setannounce:'.&escape($text),$server);
+}
+
+sub getannounce {
+
+    if (open(my $fh,$perlvar{'lonDocRoot'}.'/announcement.txt')) {
+	my $announcement='';
+	while (<$fh>) { $announcement .=$_; }
+	close($fh);
+	if ($announcement=~/\w/) { 
+	    return 
+   '<table bgcolor="#FF5555" cellpadding="5" cellspacing="3">'.
+   '<tr><td bgcolor="#FFFFFF"><tt>'.$announcement.'</tt></td></tr></table>'; 
+	} else {
+	    return '';
+	}
     } else {
-        $accesshash{$key}=1;
+	return '';
     }
 }
-    
+
+# ---------------------------------------------------------- Course ID routines
+# Deal with domain's nohist_courseid.db files
+#
+
+sub courseidput {
+    my ($domain,$what,$coursehome)=@_;
+    return &reply('courseidput:'.$domain.':'.$what,$coursehome);
+}
+
+sub courseiddump {
+    my ($domfilter,$descfilter,$sincefilter,$hostidflag,$hostidref)=@_;
+    my %returnhash=();
+    unless ($domfilter) { $domfilter=''; }
+    foreach my $tryserver (keys %libserv) {
+        if ( ($hostidflag == 1 && grep/^$tryserver$/,@{$hostidref}) || (!defined($hostidflag)) ) {
+	    if ((!$domfilter) || ($hostdom{$tryserver} eq $domfilter)) {
+	        foreach (
+                 split(/\&/,&reply('courseiddump:'.$hostdom{$tryserver}.':'.
+			       $sincefilter.':'.&escape($descfilter),
+                               $tryserver))) {
+		    my ($key,$value)=split(/\=/,$_);
+                    if (($key) && ($value)) {
+		        $returnhash{&unescape($key)}=$value;
+                    }
+                }
+            }
+        }
+    }
+    return %returnhash;
+}
+
+#
 # ----------------------------------------------------------- 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') { $res=$map; }
+    my %times=&get('firstaccesstimes',[$res],$udom,$uname);
+    return $times{$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') { $res=$map; }
+    my $firstaccess=&get_first_access($type);
+    if (!$firstaccess) {
+	return &put('firstaccesstimes',{$res=>time},$udom,$uname);
+    }
+    return 'already_set';
+}
+
 sub checkout {
     my ($symb,$tuname,$tudom,$tcrsid)=@_;
     my $now=time;
     my $lonhost=$perlvar{'lonHostID'};
     my $infostr=&escape(
+                 'CHECKOUTTOKEN&'.
                  $tuname.'&'.
                  $tudom.'&'.
                  $tcrsid.'&'.
@@ -844,7 +1843,7 @@ sub checkin {
     $lonhost=~tr/A-Z/a-z/;
     my $dtoken=$ta.'_'.$hostip{$lonhost}.'_'.$tb;
     $dtoken=~s/\W/\_/g;
-    my ($tuname,$tudom,$tcrsid,$symb,$chtim,$rmaddr)=
+    my ($dummy,$tuname,$tudom,$tcrsid,$symb,$chtim,$rmaddr)=
                  split(/\&/,&unescape(&reply('tmpget:'.$dtoken,$lonhost)));
 
     unless (($tuname) && ($tudom)) {
@@ -894,117 +1893,219 @@ sub expirespread {
 # ----------------------------------------------------- Devalidate Spreadsheets
 
 sub devalidate {
-    my $symb=shift;
+    my ($symb,$uname,$udom)=@_;
     my $cid=$ENV{'request.course.id'}; 
     if ($cid) {
-	my $key=$ENV{'user.name'}.':'.$ENV{'user.domain'}.':';
+        # delete the stored spreadsheets for
+        # - the student level sheet of this user in course's homespace
+        # - the assessment level sheet for this resource 
+        #   for this user in user's homespace
+	my $key=$uname.':'.$udom.':';
         my $status=
-	    &del('nohist_calculatedsheet',
-		 [$key.'studentcalc'],
+	    &del('nohist_calculatedsheets',
+		 [$key.'studentcalc:'],
 		 $ENV{'course.'.$cid.'.domain'},
 		 $ENV{'course.'.$cid.'.num'})
 		.' '.
 	    &del('nohist_calculatedsheets_'.$cid,
-		 [$key.'assesscalc:'.$symb]);
+		 [$key.'assesscalc:'.$symb],$udom,$uname);
         unless ($status eq 'ok ok') {
            &logthis('Could not devalidate spreadsheet '.
-                    $ENV{'user.name'}.' at '.$ENV{'user.domain'}.' for '.
+                    $uname.' at '.$udom.' for '.
 		    $symb.': '.$status);
         }
     }
 }
 
+sub get_scalar {
+    my ($string,$end) = @_;
+    my $value;
+    if ($$string =~ s/^([^&]*?)($end)/$2/) {
+	$value = $1;
+    } elsif ($$string =~ s/^([^&]*?)&//) {
+	$value = $1;
+    }
+    return &unescape($value);
+}
+
+sub array2str {
+  my (@array) = @_;
+  my $result=&arrayref2str(\@array);
+  $result=~s/^__ARRAY_REF__//;
+  $result=~s/__END_ARRAY_REF__$//;
+  return $result;
+}
+
 sub arrayref2str {
   my ($arrayref) = @_;
-  my $result='_ARRAY_REF__';
+  my $result='__ARRAY_REF__';
   foreach my $elem (@$arrayref) {
-    if (ref($elem) eq 'ARRAY') {
-      $result.=&escape(&arrayref2str($elem)).'&';
-    } elsif (ref($elem) eq 'HASH') {
-      $result.=&escape(&hashref2str($elem)).'&';
-    } elsif (ref($elem)) {
-      &logthis("Got a ref of ".(ref($elem))." skipping.");
+    if(ref($elem) eq 'ARRAY') {
+      $result.=&arrayref2str($elem).'&';
+    } elsif(ref($elem) eq 'HASH') {
+      $result.=&hashref2str($elem).'&';
+    } elsif(ref($elem)) {
+      #print("Got a ref of ".(ref($elem))." skipping.");
     } else {
       $result.=&escape($elem).'&';
     }
   }
   $result=~s/\&$//;
+  $result .= '__END_ARRAY_REF__';
   return $result;
 }
 
 sub hash2str {
   my (%hash) = @_;
   my $result=&hashref2str(\%hash);
-  $result=~s/^_HASH_REF__//;
+  $result=~s/^__HASH_REF__//;
+  $result=~s/__END_HASH_REF__$//;
   return $result;
 }
 
 sub hashref2str {
   my ($hashref)=@_;
-  my $result='_HASH_REF__';
-  foreach (keys(%$hashref)) {
+  my $result='__HASH_REF__';
+  foreach (sort(keys(%$hashref))) {
     if (ref($_) eq 'ARRAY') {
-      $result.=&escape(&arrayref2str($_)).'=';
+      $result.=&arrayref2str($_).'=';
     } elsif (ref($_) eq 'HASH') {
-      $result.=&escape(&hashref2str($_)).'=';
+      $result.=&hashref2str($_).'=';
     } elsif (ref($_)) {
-      &logthis("Got a ref of ".(ref($_))." skipping.");
+      $result.='=';
+      #print("Got a ref of ".(ref($_))." skipping.");
     } else {
-      $result.=&escape($_).'=';
+	if ($_) {$result.=&escape($_).'=';} else { last; }
     }
 
-    if (ref($$hashref{$_}) eq 'ARRAY') {
-      $result.=&escape(&arrayref2str($$hashref{$_})).'&';
-    } elsif (ref($$hashref{$_}) eq 'HASH') {
-      $result.=&escape(&hashref2str($$hashref{$_})).'&';
-    } elsif (ref($$hashref{$_})) {
-      &logthis("Got a ref of ".(ref($$hashref{$_}))." skipping.");
+    if(ref($hashref->{$_}) eq 'ARRAY') {
+      $result.=&arrayref2str($hashref->{$_}).'&';
+    } elsif(ref($hashref->{$_}) eq 'HASH') {
+      $result.=&hashref2str($hashref->{$_}).'&';
+    } elsif(ref($hashref->{$_})) {
+       $result.='&';
+      #print("Got a ref of ".(ref($hashref->{$_}))." skipping.");
     } else {
-      $result.=&escape($$hashref{$_}).'&';
+      $result.=&escape($hashref->{$_}).'&';
     }
   }
   $result=~s/\&$//;
+  $result .= '__END_HASH_REF__';
   return $result;
 }
 
 sub str2hash {
+    my ($string)=@_;
+    my ($hash)=&str2hashref('__HASH_REF__'.$string.'__END_HASH_REF__');
+    return %$hash;
+}
+
+sub str2hashref {
   my ($string) = @_;
-  my %returnhash;
-  foreach (split(/\&/,$string)) {
-    my ($name,$value)=split(/\=/,$_);
-    $name=&unescape($name);
-    $value=&unescape($value);
-    if ($value =~ /^_HASH_REF__/) {
-      $value =~ s/^_HASH_REF__//;
-      my %hash=&str2hash($value);
-      $value=\%hash;
-    } elsif ($value =~ /^_ARRAY_REF__/) {
-      $value =~ s/^_ARRAY_REF__//;
-      my @array=&str2array($value);
-      $value=\@array;
-    }
-    $returnhash{$name}=$value;
+
+  my %hash;
+
+  if($string !~ /^__HASH_REF__/) {
+      if (! ($string eq '' || !defined($string))) {
+	  $hash{'error'}='Not hash reference';
+      }
+      return (\%hash, $string);
   }
-  return (%returnhash);
+
+  $string =~ s/^__HASH_REF__//;
+
+  while($string !~ /^__END_HASH_REF__/) {
+      #key
+      my $key='';
+      if($string =~ /^__HASH_REF__/) {
+          ($key, $string)=&str2hashref($string);
+          if(defined($key->{'error'})) {
+              $hash{'error'}='Bad data';
+              return (\%hash, $string);
+          }
+      } elsif($string =~ /^__ARRAY_REF__/) {
+          ($key, $string)=&str2arrayref($string);
+          if($key->[0] eq 'Array reference error') {
+              $hash{'error'}='Bad data';
+              return (\%hash, $string);
+          }
+      } else {
+          $string =~ s/^(.*?)=//;
+	  $key=&unescape($1);
+      }
+      $string =~ s/^=//;
+
+      #value
+      my $value='';
+      if($string =~ /^__HASH_REF__/) {
+          ($value, $string)=&str2hashref($string);
+          if(defined($value->{'error'})) {
+              $hash{'error'}='Bad data';
+              return (\%hash, $string);
+          }
+      } elsif($string =~ /^__ARRAY_REF__/) {
+          ($value, $string)=&str2arrayref($string);
+          if($value->[0] eq 'Array reference error') {
+              $hash{'error'}='Bad data';
+              return (\%hash, $string);
+          }
+      } else {
+	  $value=&get_scalar(\$string,'__END_HASH_REF__');
+      }
+      $string =~ s/^&//;
+
+      $hash{$key}=$value;
+  }
+
+  $string =~ s/^__END_HASH_REF__//;
+
+  return (\%hash, $string);
 }
 
 sub str2array {
+    my ($string)=@_;
+    my ($array)=&str2arrayref('__ARRAY_REF__'.$string.'__END_ARRAY_REF__');
+    return @$array;
+}
+
+sub str2arrayref {
   my ($string) = @_;
-  my @returnarray;
-  foreach my $value (split(/\&/,$string)) {
-    $value=&unescape($value);
-    if ($value =~ /^_HASH_REF__/) {
-      $value =~ s/^_HASH_REF__//;
-      my %hash=&str2hash($value);
-      $value=\%hash;
-    } elsif ($value =~ /^_ARRAY_REF__/) {
-      $value =~ s/^_ARRAY_REF__//;
-      my @array=&str2array($value);
-      $value=\@array;
-    }
-    push(@returnarray,$value);
+  my @array;
+
+  if($string !~ /^__ARRAY_REF__/) {
+      if (! ($string eq '' || !defined($string))) {
+	  $array[0]='Array reference error';
+      }
+      return (\@array, $string);
   }
-  return (@returnarray);
+
+  $string =~ s/^__ARRAY_REF__//;
+
+  while($string !~ /^__END_ARRAY_REF__/) {
+      my $value='';
+      if($string =~ /^__HASH_REF__/) {
+          ($value, $string)=&str2hashref($string);
+          if(defined($value->{'error'})) {
+              $array[0] ='Array reference error';
+              return (\@array, $string);
+          }
+      } elsif($string =~ /^__ARRAY_REF__/) {
+          ($value, $string)=&str2arrayref($string);
+          if($value->[0] eq 'Array reference error') {
+              $array[0] ='Array reference error';
+              return (\@array, $string);
+          }
+      } else {
+	  $value=&get_scalar(\$string,'__END_ARRAY_REF__');
+      }
+      $string =~ s/^&//;
+
+      push(@array, $value);
+  }
+
+  $string =~ s/^__END_ARRAY_REF__//;
+
+  return (\@array, $string);
 }
 
 # -------------------------------------------------------------------Temp Store
@@ -1013,7 +2114,7 @@ sub tmpreset {
   my ($symb,$namespace,$domain,$stuname) = @_;
   if (!$symb) {
     $symb=&symbread();
-    if (!$symb) { $symb= $ENV{'REQUEST_URI'}; }
+    if (!$symb) { $symb= $ENV{'request.url'}; }
   }
   $symb=escape($symb);
 
@@ -1028,7 +2129,7 @@ sub tmpreset {
   my %hash;
   if (tie(%hash,'GDBM_File',
 	  $path.'/tmpstore_'.$stuname.'_'.$domain.'_'.$namespace.'.db',
-	  &GDBM_WRCREAT,0640)) {
+	  &GDBM_WRCREAT(),0640)) {
     foreach my $key (keys %hash) {
       if ($key=~ /:$symb/) {
 	delete($hash{$key});
@@ -1064,7 +2165,7 @@ sub tmpstore {
   my $path=$perlvar{'lonDaemons'}.'/tmp';
   if (tie(%hash,'GDBM_File',
 	  $path.'/tmpstore_'.$stuname.'_'.$domain.'_'.$namespace.'.db',
-	  &GDBM_WRCREAT,0640)) {
+	  &GDBM_WRCREAT(),0640)) {
     $hash{"version:$symb"}++;
     my $version=$hash{"version:$symb"};
     my $allkeys=''; 
@@ -1108,7 +2209,7 @@ sub tmprestore {
   my $path=$perlvar{'lonDaemons'}.'/tmp';
   if (tie(%hash,'GDBM_File',
 	  $path.'/tmpstore_'.$stuname.'_'.$domain.'_'.$namespace.'.db',
-	  &GDBM_READER,0640)) {
+	  &GDBM_READER(),0640)) {
     my $version=$hash{"version:$symb"};
     $returnhash{'version'}=$version;
     my $scope;
@@ -1139,9 +2240,13 @@ sub store {
 
     if ($stuname) { $home=&homeserver($stuname,$domain); }
 
+    $symb=&symbclean($symb);
     if (!$symb) { unless ($symb=&symbread()) { return ''; } }
 
-    &devalidate($symb);
+    if (!$domain) { $domain=$ENV{'user.domain'}; }
+    if (!$stuname) { $stuname=$ENV{'user.name'}; }
+
+    &devalidate($symb,$stuname,$domain);
 
     $symb=escape($symb);
     if (!$namespace) { 
@@ -1149,9 +2254,11 @@ sub store {
           return ''; 
        } 
     }
-    if (!$domain) { $domain=$ENV{'user.domain'}; }
-    if (!$stuname) { $stuname=$ENV{'user.name'}; }
     if (!$home) { $home=$ENV{'user.home'}; }
+
+    $$storehash{'ip'}=$ENV{'REMOTE_ADDR'};
+    $$storehash{'host'}=$perlvar{'lonHostID'};
+
     my $namevalue='';
     foreach (keys %$storehash) {
         $namevalue.=escape($_).'='.escape($$storehash{$_}).'&';
@@ -1169,9 +2276,13 @@ sub cstore {
 
     if ($stuname) { $home=&homeserver($stuname,$domain); }
 
+    $symb=&symbclean($symb);
     if (!$symb) { unless ($symb=&symbread()) { return ''; } }
 
-    &devalidate($symb);
+    if (!$domain) { $domain=$ENV{'user.domain'}; }
+    if (!$stuname) { $stuname=$ENV{'user.name'}; }
+
+    &devalidate($symb,$stuname,$domain);
 
     $symb=escape($symb);
     if (!$namespace) { 
@@ -1179,10 +2290,11 @@ sub cstore {
           return ''; 
        } 
     }
-    if (!$domain) { $domain=$ENV{'user.domain'}; }
-    if (!$stuname) { $stuname=$ENV{'user.name'}; }
     if (!$home) { $home=$ENV{'user.home'}; }
 
+    $$storehash{'ip'}=$ENV{'REMOTE_ADDR'};
+    $$storehash{'host'}=$perlvar{'lonHostID'};
+
     my $namevalue='';
     foreach (keys %$storehash) {
         $namevalue.=escape($_).'='.escape($$storehash{$_}).'&';
@@ -1204,7 +2316,7 @@ sub restore {
     if (!$symb) {
       unless ($symb=escape(&symbread())) { return ''; }
     } else {
-      $symb=&escape($symb);
+      $symb=&escape(&symbclean($symb));
     }
     if (!$namespace) { 
        unless ($namespace=$ENV{'request.course.id'}) { 
@@ -1238,29 +2350,61 @@ sub coursedescription {
     $courseid=~s/\_/\//g;
     my ($cdomain,$cnum)=split(/\//,$courseid);
     my $chome=&homeserver($cnum,$cdomain);
+    my $normalid=$cdomain.'_'.$cnum;
+    # need to always cache even if we get errors otherwise we keep 
+    # trying and trying and trying to get the course description.
+    my %envhash=();
+    my %returnhash=();
+    $envhash{'course.'.$normalid.'.last_cache'}=time;
     if ($chome ne 'no_host') {
-       my %returnhash=&dump('environment',$cdomain,$cnum);
+       %returnhash=&dump('environment',$cdomain,$cnum);
        if (!exists($returnhash{'con_lost'})) {
-           my $normalid=$cdomain.'_'.$cnum;
-           my %envhash=();
            $returnhash{'home'}= $chome;
 	   $returnhash{'domain'} = $cdomain;
 	   $returnhash{'num'} = $cnum;
            while (my ($name,$value) = each %returnhash) {
                $envhash{'course.'.$normalid.'.'.$name}=$value;
            }
-           $returnhash{'url'}='/res/'.declutter($returnhash{'url'});
+           $returnhash{'url'}=&clutter($returnhash{'url'});
            $returnhash{'fn'}=$perlvar{'lonDaemons'}.'/tmp/'.
 	       $ENV{'user.name'}.'_'.$cdomain.'_'.$cnum;
-           $envhash{'course.'.$normalid.'.last_cache'}=time;
            $envhash{'course.'.$normalid.'.home'}=$chome;
            $envhash{'course.'.$normalid.'.domain'}=$cdomain;
            $envhash{'course.'.$normalid.'.num'}=$cnum;
-           &appenv(%envhash);
-           return %returnhash;
        }
     }
-    return ();
+    &appenv(%envhash);
+    return %returnhash;
+}
+
+# -------------------------------------------------See if a user is privileged
+
+sub privileged {
+    my ($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
@@ -1283,6 +2427,8 @@ sub rolesinit {
             my ($trole,$tend,$tstart)=split(/_/,$role);
             $userroles.='user.role.'.$trole.'.'.$area.'='.
                         $tstart.'.'.$tend."\n";
+# log the associated role with the area
+            &userrolelog($trole,$username,$domain,$area,$tstart,$tend);
             if ($tend!=0) {
 	        if ($tend<$now) {
 	            $trole='';
@@ -1294,42 +2440,54 @@ sub rolesinit {
                 }
             }
             if (($area ne '') && ($trole ne '')) {
-	       my $spec=$trole.'.'.$area;
-               my ($tdummy,$tdomain,$trest)=split(/\//,$area);
-               if ($trole =~ /^cr\//) {
-		   my ($rdummy,$rdomain,$rauthor,$rrole)=split(/\//,$trole);
-                   my $homsvr=homeserver($rauthor,$rdomain);
-                   if ($hostname{$homsvr} ne '') {
-                      my $roledef=
-			  reply("get:$rdomain:$rauthor:roles:rolesdef_$rrole",
-                                $homsvr);
-                      if (($roledef ne 'con_lost') && ($roledef ne '')) {
-                         my ($syspriv,$dompriv,$coursepriv)=
-			     split(/\_/,unescape($roledef));
- 	                 $allroles{'cm./'}.=':'.$syspriv;
-                         $allroles{$spec.'./'}.=':'.$syspriv;
-                         if ($tdomain ne '') {
-                             $allroles{'cm./'.$tdomain.'/'}.=':'.$dompriv;
-                             $allroles{$spec.'./'.$tdomain.'/'}.=':'.$dompriv;
-                             if ($trest ne '') {
-		                $allroles{'cm.'.$area}.=':'.$coursepriv;
-		                $allroles{$spec.'.'.$area}.=':'.$coursepriv;
-                             }
-	                 }
-                      }
-                   }
-               } else {
-	           $allroles{'cm./'}.=':'.$pr{$trole.':s'};
-	           $allroles{$spec.'./'}.=':'.$pr{$trole.':s'};
-                   if ($tdomain ne '') {
-                     $allroles{'cm./'.$tdomain.'/'}.=':'.$pr{$trole.':d'};
-                     $allroles{$spec.'./'.$tdomain.'/'}.=':'.$pr{$trole.':d'};
-                      if ($trest ne '') {
-		          $allroles{'cm.'.$area}.=':'.$pr{$trole.':c'};
-		          $allroles{$spec.'.'.$area}.=':'.$pr{$trole.':c'};
-                      }
-	           }
-	       }
+		my $spec=$trole.'.'.$area;
+		my ($tdummy,$tdomain,$trest)=split(/\//,$area);
+		if ($trole =~ /^cr\//) {
+		    my ($rdummy,$rdomain,$rauthor,$rrole)=split(/\//,$trole);
+ 		    my $homsvr=homeserver($rauthor,$rdomain);
+		    if ($hostname{$homsvr} ne '') {
+			my ($rdummy,$roledef)=
+			   &get('roles',["rolesdef_$rrole"],$rdomain,$rauthor);
+				
+			if (($rdummy ne 'con_lost') && ($roledef ne '')) {
+			    my ($syspriv,$dompriv,$coursepriv)=
+				split(/\_/,$roledef);
+			    if (defined($syspriv)) {
+				$allroles{'cm./'}.=':'.$syspriv;
+				$allroles{$spec.'./'}.=':'.$syspriv;
+			    }
+			    if ($tdomain ne '') {
+				if (defined($dompriv)) {
+				    $allroles{'cm./'.$tdomain.'/'}.=':'.$dompriv;
+				    $allroles{$spec.'./'.$tdomain.'/'}.=':'.$dompriv;
+				}
+				if ($trest ne '') {
+				    if (defined($coursepriv)) {
+					$allroles{'cm.'.$area}.=':'.$coursepriv;
+					$allroles{$spec.'.'.$area}.=':'.$coursepriv;
+				    }
+				}
+			    }
+			}
+		    }
+		} else {
+		    if (defined($pr{$trole.':s'})) {
+			$allroles{'cm./'}.=':'.$pr{$trole.':s'};
+			$allroles{$spec.'./'}.=':'.$pr{$trole.':s'};
+		    }
+		    if ($tdomain ne '') {
+			if (defined($pr{$trole.':d'})) {
+			    $allroles{'cm./'.$tdomain.'/'}.=':'.$pr{$trole.':d'};
+			    $allroles{$spec.'./'.$tdomain.'/'}.=':'.$pr{$trole.':d'};
+			}
+			if ($trest ne '') {
+			    if (defined($pr{$trole.':c'})) {
+				$allroles{'cm.'.$area}.=':'.$pr{$trole.':c'};
+				$allroles{$spec.'.'.$area}.=':'.$pr{$trole.':c'};
+			    }
+			}
+		    }
+		}
             }
           } 
         }
@@ -1377,6 +2535,9 @@ sub get {
 
    my $rep=&reply("get:$udomain:$uname:$namespace:$items",$uhome);
    my @pairs=split(/\&/,$rep);
+   if ( $#pairs==0 && $pairs[0] =~ /^(con_lost|error|no_such_host)/i) {
+     return @pairs;
+   }
    my %returnhash=();
    my $i=0;
    foreach (@$storearr) {
@@ -1424,6 +2585,104 @@ sub dump {
    return %returnhash;
 }
 
+# -------------------------------------------------------------- keys interface
+
+sub getkeys {
+   my ($namespace,$udomain,$uname)=@_;
+   if (!$udomain) { $udomain=$ENV{'user.domain'}; }
+   if (!$uname) { $uname=$ENV{'user.name'}; }
+   my $uhome=&homeserver($uname,$udomain);
+   my $rep=reply("keys:$udomain:$uname:$namespace",$uhome);
+   my @keyarray=();
+   foreach (split(/\&/,$rep)) {
+      push (@keyarray,&unescape($_));
+   }
+   return @keyarray;
+}
+
+# --------------------------------------------------------------- currentdump
+sub currentdump {
+   my ($courseid,$sdom,$sname)=@_;
+   $courseid = $ENV{'request.course.id'} if (! defined($courseid));
+   $sdom     = $ENV{'user.domain'}       if (! defined($sdom));
+   $sname    = $ENV{'user.name'}         if (! defined($sname));
+   my $uhome = &homeserver($sname,$sdom);
+   my $rep=reply('currentdump:'.$sdom.':'.$sname.':'.$courseid,$uhome);
+   return if ($rep =~ /^(error:|no_such_host)/);
+   #
+   my %returnhash=();
+   #
+   if ($rep eq "unknown_cmd") { 
+       # an old lond will not know currentdump
+       # Do a dump and make it look like a currentdump
+       my @tmp = &dump($courseid,$sdom,$sname,'.');
+       return if ($tmp[0] =~ /^(error:|no_such_host)/);
+       my %hash = @tmp;
+       @tmp=();
+       %returnhash = %{&convert_dump_to_currentdump(\%hash)};
+   } else {
+       my @pairs=split(/\&/,$rep);
+       foreach (@pairs) {
+           my ($key,$value)=split(/=/,$_);
+           my ($symb,$param) = split(/:/,$key);
+           $returnhash{&unescape($symb)}->{&unescape($param)} = 
+                                                          &unescape($value);
+       }
+   }
+   return %returnhash;
+}
+
+sub convert_dump_to_currentdump{
+    my %hash = %{shift()};
+    my %returnhash;
+    # Code ripped from lond, essentially.  The only difference
+    # here is the unescaping done by lonnet::dump().  Conceivably
+    # we might run in to problems with parameter names =~ /^v\./
+    while (my ($key,$value) = each(%hash)) {
+        my ($v,$symb,$param) = split(/:/,$key);
+        next if ($v eq 'version' || $symb eq 'keys');
+        next if (exists($returnhash{$symb}) &&
+                 exists($returnhash{$symb}->{$param}) &&
+                 $returnhash{$symb}->{'v.'.$param} > $v);
+        $returnhash{$symb}->{$param}=$value;
+        $returnhash{$symb}->{'v.'.$param}=$v;
+    }
+    #
+    # Remove all of the keys in the hashes which keep track of
+    # the version of the parameter.
+    while (my ($symb,$param_hash) = each(%returnhash)) {
+        # use a foreach because we are going to delete from the hash.
+        foreach my $key (keys(%$param_hash)) {
+            delete($param_hash->{$key}) if ($key =~ /^v\./);
+        }
+    }
+    return \%returnhash;
+}
+
+# --------------------------------------------------------------- inc interface
+
+sub inc {
+    my ($namespace,$store,$udomain,$uname) = @_;
+    if (!$udomain) { $udomain=$ENV{'user.domain'}; }
+    if (!$uname) { $uname=$ENV{'user.name'}; }
+    my $uhome=&homeserver($uname,$udomain);
+    my $items='';
+    if (! ref($store)) {
+        # got a single value, so use that instead
+        $items = &escape($store).'=&';
+    } elsif (ref($store) eq 'SCALAR') {
+        $items = &escape($$store).'=&';        
+    } elsif (ref($store) eq 'ARRAY') {
+        $items = join('=&',map {&escape($_);} @{$store});
+    } elsif (ref($store) eq 'HASH') {
+        while (my($key,$value) = each(%{$store})) {
+            $items.= &escape($key).'='.&escape($value).'&';
+        }
+    }
+    $items=~s/\&$//;
+    return &reply("inc:$udomain:$uname:$namespace:$items",$uhome);
+}
+
 # --------------------------------------------------------------- put interface
 
 sub put {
@@ -1439,6 +2698,30 @@ sub put {
    return &reply("put:$udomain:$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.':';
+       }
+       $items.=$_.'='.&escape($$storehash{$_}).'&';
+   }
+   foreach (keys %allitems) {
+       $allitems{$_} =~ s/\:$//;
+       $items.= $_.'='.$allitems{$_}.'&';
+   }
+   $items=~s/\&$//;
+   return &reply("put:$udomain:$uname:$namespace:$items",$uhome);
+}
+
 # ------------------------------------------------------ critical put interface
 
 sub cput {
@@ -1477,24 +2760,98 @@ sub eget {
    return %returnhash;
 }
 
+# ---------------------------------------------- Custom access rule evaluation
+
+sub customaccess {
+    my ($priv,$uri)=@_;
+    my ($urole,$urealm)=split(/\./,$ENV{'request.role'});
+    $urealm=~s/^\W//;
+    my ($udom,$ucrs,$usec)=split(/\//,$urealm);
+    my $access=0;
+    foreach (split(/\s*\,\s*/,&metadata($uri,'rule_rights'))) {
+	my ($effect,$realm,$role)=split(/\:/,$_);
+        if ($role) {
+	   if ($role ne $urole) { next; }
+        }
+        foreach (split(/\s*\,\s*/,$realm)) {
+            my ($tdom,$tcrs,$tsec)=split(/\_/,$_);
+            if ($tdom) {
+		if ($tdom ne $udom) { next; }
+            }
+            if ($tcrs) {
+		if ($tcrs ne $ucrs) { next; }
+            }
+            if ($tsec) {
+		if ($tsec ne $usec) { next; }
+            }
+            $access=($effect eq 'allow');
+            last;
+        }
+	if ($realm eq '' && $role eq '') {
+            $access=($effect eq 'allow');
+	}
+    }
+    return $access;
+}
+
 # ------------------------------------------------- Check for a user privilege
 
 sub allowed {
     my ($priv,$uri)=@_;
-
+    $uri=&deversion($uri);
     my $orguri=$uri;
     $uri=&declutter($uri);
-
+    
+    
+    
+    if (defined($ENV{'allowed.'.$priv})) { return $ENV{'allowed.'.$priv}; }
 # Free bre access to adm and meta resources
-
-    if ((($uri=~/^adm\//) || ($uri=~/\.meta$/)) && ($priv eq 'bre')) {
+    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 (('uploaded' eq $space) && ($ENV{'user.name'} eq $name) && 
+	($ENV{'user.domain'} eq $domain) && ('portfolio' eq $dir)) {
+        return 'F';
+    }
+
 # Free bre to public access
 
     if ($priv eq 'bre') {
-	if (&metadata($uri,'copyright') eq 'public') { return 'F'; }
+        my $copyright=&metadata($uri,'copyright');
+	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 $1)) {
+		return '';
+            }
+        }
+        if ($copyright eq 'domain') {
+            $uri=~/([^\/]+)\/([^\/]+)\//;
+	    unless (($ENV{'user.domain'} eq $1) ||
+                 ($ENV{'course.'.$ENV{'request.course.id'}.'.domain'} eq $1)) {
+		return '';
+            }
+        }
+        if ($ENV{'request.role'}=~ /li\.\//) {
+            # Library role, so allow browsing of resources in this domain.
+            return 'F';
+        }
+        if ($copyright eq 'custom') {
+	    unless (&customaccess($priv,$uri)) { return ''; }
+        }
+    }
+    # Domain coordinator is trying to create a course
+    if (($priv eq 'ccc') && ($ENV{'request.role'} =~ /^dc\./)) {
+        # uri is the requested domain in this case.
+        # comparison to 'request.role.domain' shows if the user has selected
+        # a role of dc for the domain in question. 
+        return 'F' if ($uri eq $ENV{'request.role.domain'});
     }
 
     my $thisallowed='';
@@ -1503,14 +2860,14 @@ 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\&([^\:]*)/) {
+       =~/\Q$priv\E\&([^\:]*)/) {
        $thisallowed.=$1;
     }
 
@@ -1520,10 +2877,21 @@ sub allowed {
     $courseuri=~s/^([^\/])/\/$1/;
 
     if ($ENV{'user.priv.'.$ENV{'request.role'}.'.'.$courseuri}
-       =~/$priv\&([^\:]*)/) {
+       =~/\Q$priv\E\&([^\:]*)/) {
        $thisallowed.=$1;
     }
 
+# URI is an uploaded document for this course
+
+    if (($priv eq 'bre') && ($uri=~m|^uploaded/|)) {
+	my $refuri=$ENV{'httpref.'.$orguri};
+	if ($refuri) {
+	    if ($refuri =~ m|^/adm/|) {
+		$thisallowed='F';
+	    }
+	}
+    }
+
 # Full access at system, domain or course-wide level? Exit.
 
     if ($thisallowed=~/F/) {
@@ -1532,7 +2900,7 @@ 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:'=~/\:$priv\:/) {
+    if (':csu:cdc:ccc:cin:cta:cep:ccr:cst:cad:cli:cau:cdg:cca:'=~/\:\Q$priv\E\:/) {
 	return $thisallowed;
     }
 #
@@ -1542,21 +2910,18 @@ sub allowed {
 # the course
 
     if ($ENV{'request.course.id'}) {
+
        $courseprivid=$ENV{'request.course.id'};
        if ($ENV{'request.course.sec'}) {
           $courseprivid.='/'.$ENV{'request.course.sec'};
        }
        $courseprivid=~s/\_/\//;
        my $checkreferer=1;
-       my @uriparts=split(/\//,$uri);
-       my $filename=$uriparts[$#uriparts];
-       my $pathname=$uri;
-       $pathname=~s/\/$filename$//;
-       if ($ENV{'acc.res.'.$ENV{'request.course.id'}.'.'.$pathname}=~
-           /\&$filename\:([\d\|]+)\&/) {
-           $statecond=$1;
+       my ($match,$cond)=&is_on_map($uri);
+       if ($match) {
+           $statecond=$cond;
            if ($ENV{'user.priv.'.$ENV{'request.role'}.'./'.$courseprivid}
-               =~/$priv\&([^\:]*)/) {
+               =~/\Q$priv\E\&([^\:]*)/) {
                $thisallowed.=$1;
                $checkreferer=0;
            }
@@ -1564,7 +2929,6 @@ sub allowed {
        
        if ($checkreferer) {
 	  my $refuri=$ENV{'httpref.'.$orguri};
-
             unless ($refuri) {
                 foreach (keys %ENV) {
 		    if ($_=~/^httpref\..*\*/) {
@@ -1578,17 +2942,14 @@ sub allowed {
                     }
                 }
             }
+
          if ($refuri) { 
 	  $refuri=&declutter($refuri);
-          my @uriparts=split(/\//,$refuri);
-          my $filename=$uriparts[$#uriparts];
-          my $pathname=$refuri;
-          $pathname=~s/\/$filename$//;
-            if ($ENV{'acc.res.'.$ENV{'request.course.id'}.'.'.$pathname}=~
-              /\&$filename\:([\d\|]+)\&/) {
-              my $refstatecond=$1;
+          my ($match,$cond)=&is_on_map($refuri);
+            if ($match) {
+              my $refstatecond=$cond;
               if ($ENV{'user.priv.'.$ENV{'request.role'}.'./'.$courseprivid}
-                  =~/$priv\&([^\:]*)/) {
+                  =~/\Q$priv\E\&([^\:]*)/) {
                   $thisallowed.=$1;
                   $uri=$refuri;
                   $statecond=$refstatecond;
@@ -1641,22 +3002,22 @@ sub allowed {
                if ((time-$ENV{$prefix.'last_cache'})>$expiretime) {
 		   &coursedescription($courseid);
                }
-               if (($ENV{$prefix.'res.'.$uri.'.lock.sections'}=~/\,$csec\,/)
+               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.host'},
+                            $ENV{'user.home'},
                             'Locked by res: '.$priv.' for '.$uri.' due to '.
                             $cdom.'/'.$cnum.'/'.$csec.' expire '.
                             $ENV{$prefix.'priv.'.$priv.'.lock.expire'});
 		       return '';
                    }
                }
-               if (($ENV{$prefix.'priv.'.$priv.'.lock.sections'}=~/\,$csec\,/)
+               if (($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.host'},
+                            $ENV{'user.home'},
                             'Locked by priv: '.$priv.' for '.$uri.' due to '.
                             $cdom.'/'.$cnum.'/'.$csec.' expire '.
                             $ENV{$prefix.'priv.'.$priv.'.lock.expire'});
@@ -1684,39 +3045,44 @@ sub allowed {
 
    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'}
-	   =~/$rolecode/) {
+	   =~/\Q$rolecode\E/) {
            &log($ENV{'user.domain'},$ENV{'user.name'},$ENV{'user.host'},
                 'Denied by role: '.$priv.' for '.$uri.' as '.$rolecode.' in '.
                 $ENV{'request.course.id'});
            return '';
        }
+
+       if ($ENV{'course.'.$ENV{'request.course.id'}.'.'.$priv.'.users.denied'}
+	   =~/\Q$unamedom\E/) {
+           &log($ENV{'user.domain'},$ENV{'user.name'},$ENV{'user.host'},
+                'Denied by user: '.$priv.' for '.$uri.' as '.$unamedom.' in '.
+                $ENV{'request.course.id'});
+           return '';
+       }
    }
 
 # Resource preferences
 
    if ($thisallowed=~/R/) {
        my $rolecode=(split(/\./,$ENV{'request.role'}))[0];
-       my $filename=$perlvar{'lonDocRoot'}.'/res/'.$uri.'.meta';
-       if (-e $filename) {
-           my @content;
-           {
-	     my $fh=Apache::File->new($filename);
-             @content=<$fh>;
-	   }
-           if (join('',@content)=~
-                    /\<roledeny[^\>]*\>[^\<]*$rolecode[^\<]*\<\/roledeny\>/) {
-	       &log($ENV{'user.domain'},$ENV{'user.name'},$ENV{'user.host'},
+       if (&metadata($uri,'roledeny')=~/\Q$rolecode\E/) {
+	  &log($ENV{'user.domain'},$ENV{'user.name'},$ENV{'user.host'},
                     'Denied by role: '.$priv.' for '.$uri.' as '.$rolecode);
-           return '';
-
-           }
+          return '';
        }
    }
 
-# Restricted by state?
+# Restricted by state or randomout?
 
    if ($thisallowed=~/X/) {
+      if ($ENV{'acc.randomout'}) {
+         my $symb=&symbread($uri,1);
+         if (($symb) && ($ENV{'acc.randomout'}=~/\&\Q$symb\E\&/)) { 
+            return ''; 
+         }
+      }
       if (&condval($statecond)) {
 	 return '2';
       } else {
@@ -1727,34 +3093,77 @@ sub allowed {
    return 'F';
 }
 
+# --------------------------------------------------- Is a resource on the map?
+
+sub is_on_map {
+    my $uri=&declutter(shift);
+    $uri=~s/\.\d+\.(\w+)$/\.$1/;
+    my @uriparts=split(/\//,$uri);
+    my $filename=$uriparts[$#uriparts];
+    my $pathname=$uri;
+    $pathname=~s|/\Q$filename\E$||;
+    $pathname=~s/^adm\/wrapper\///;    
+    #Trying to find the conditional for the file
+    my $match=($ENV{'acc.res.'.$ENV{'request.course.id'}.'.'.$pathname}=~
+	       /\&\Q$filename\E\:([\d\|]+)\&/);
+    if ($match) {
+	return (1,$1);
+    } else {
+	return (0,0);
+    }
+}
+
+# --------------------------------------------------------- Get symb from alias
+
+sub get_symb_from_alias {
+    my $symb=shift;
+    my ($map,$resid,$url)=&decode_symb($symb);
+# Already is a symb
+    if ($url) { return $symb; }
+# Must be an alias
+    my $aliassymb='';
+    my %bighash;
+    if (tie(%bighash,'GDBM_File',$ENV{'request.course.fn'}.'.db',
+                            &GDBM_READER(),0640)) {
+        my $rid=$bighash{'mapalias_'.$symb};
+	if ($rid) {
+	    my ($mapid,$resid)=split(/\./,$rid);
+	    $aliassymb=&encode_symb($bighash{'map_id_'.$mapid},
+				    $resid,$bighash{'src_'.$rid});
+	}
+        untie %bighash;
+    }
+    return $aliassymb;
+}
+
 # ----------------------------------------------------------------- Define Role
 
 sub definerole {
   if (allowed('mcr','/')) {
     my ($rolename,$sysrole,$domrole,$courole)=@_;
-    foreach (split('/',$sysrole)) {
+    foreach (split(':',$sysrole)) {
 	my ($crole,$cqual)=split(/\&/,$_);
-        if ($pr{'cr:s'}!~/$crole/) { return "refused:s:$crole"; }
-        if ($pr{'cr:s'}=~/$crole\&/) {
-	    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)) {
+    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('/',$courole)) {
+    foreach (split(':',$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"; 
             }
         }
@@ -1772,9 +3181,11 @@ sub definerole {
 # ---------------- Make a metadata query against the network of library servers
 
 sub metadata_query {
-    my ($query,$custom,$customshow)=@_;
+    my ($query,$custom,$customshow,$server_array)=@_;
     my %rhash;
-    for my $server (keys %libserv) {
+    my @server_list = (defined($server_array) ? @$server_array
+                                              : keys(%libserv) );
+    for my $server (@server_list) {
 	unless ($custom or $customshow) {
 	    my $reply=&reply("querysend:".&escape($query),$server);
 	    $rhash{$server}=$reply;
@@ -1789,20 +3200,223 @@ sub metadata_query {
     return \%rhash;
 }
 
+# ----------------------------------------- Send log queries and wait for reply
+
+sub log_query {
+    my ($uname,$udom,$query,%filters)=@_;
+    my $uhome=&homeserver($uname,$udom);
+    if ($uhome eq 'no_host') { return 'error: no_host'; }
+    my $uhost=$hostname{$uhome};
+    my $command=&escape(join(':',map{$_.'='.$filters{$_}} keys %filters));
+    my $queryid=&reply("querysend:".$query.':'.$udom.':'.$uname.':'.$command,
+                       $uhome);
+    unless ($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;
+    my $reply='';
+    for (1..100) {
+	sleep 2;
+        if (-e $replyfile.'.end') {
+	    if (open(my $fh,$replyfile)) {
+               $reply.=<$fh>;
+               close($fh);
+	   } else { return 'error: reply_file_error'; }
+           return &unescape($reply);
+	}
+    }
+    return 'timeout:'.$queryid;
+}
+
+sub courselog_query {
+#
+# possible filters:
+# url: url or symb
+# username
+# domain
+# action: view, submit, grade
+# start: timestamp
+# end: timestamp
+#
+    my (%filters)=@_;
+    unless ($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.'.$ENV{'request.course.id'}.'.domain'};
+    return &log_query($cname,$cdom,'courselog',%filters);
+}
+
+sub userlog_query {
+    my ($uname,$udom,%filters)=@_;
+    return &log_query($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') {
+        $homeserver = $perlvar{'lonHostID'};
+    } else {
+        $homeserver = &homeserver($caller,$codedom);
+    }
+    my $host=$hostname{$homeserver};
+    foreach (keys %{$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 $prp{$short};
+    return &mt($prp{$short});
 }
 
 # ----------------------------------------------------------------- Assign Role
 
 sub assignrole {
-    my ($udom,$uname,$url,$role,$end,$start)=@_;
+    my ($udom,$uname,$url,$role,$end,$start,$deleteflag)=@_;
     my $mrole;
     if ($role =~ /^cr\//) {
-	unless (&allowed('ccr',$url)) {
+        my $cwosec=$url;
+        $cwosec=~s/^\/(\w+)\/(\w+)\/.*/$1\/$2/;
+	unless (&allowed('ccr',$cwosec)) {
            &logthis('Refused custom assignrole: '.
              $udom.' '.$uname.' '.$url.' '.$role.' '.$end.' '.$start.' by '.
 		    $ENV{'user.name'}.' at '.$ENV{'user.domain'});
@@ -1812,7 +3426,7 @@ sub assignrole {
     } else {
         my $cwosec=$url;
         $cwosec=~s/^\/(\w+)\/(\w+)\/.*/$1\/$2/;
-        unless (&allowed('c'.$role,$cwosec)) { 
+        unless ((&allowed('c'.$role,$cwosec)) || &allowed('c'.$role,$udom)) { 
            &logthis('Refused assignrole: '.
              $udom.' '.$uname.' '.$url.' '.$role.' '.$end.' '.$start.' by '.
 		    $ENV{'user.name'}.' at '.$ENV{'user.domain'});
@@ -1830,7 +3444,25 @@ sub assignrole {
            $command.='_0_'.$start;
         }
     }
-    return &reply($command,&homeserver($uname,$udom));
+# actually delete
+    if ($deleteflag) {
+	if ((&allowed('dro',$udom)) || (&allowed('dro',$url))) {
+# modify command to delete the role
+           $command="encrypt:rolesdel:$ENV{'user.domain'}:$ENV{'user.name'}:".
+                "$udom:$uname:$url".'_'."$mrole";
+	   &logthis("$ENV{'user.name'} at $ENV{'user.domain'} deletes $mrole in $url for $uname at $udom"); 
+# set start and finish to negative values for userrolelog
+           $start=-1;
+           $end=-1;
+        }
+    }
+# send command
+    my $answer=&reply($command,&homeserver($uname,$udom));
+# log new user role if status is ok
+    if ($answer eq 'ok') {
+	&userrolelog($mrole,$uname,$udom,$url,$start,$end);
+    }
+    return $answer;
 }
 
 # -------------------------------------------------- Modify user authentication
@@ -1841,7 +3473,8 @@ 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'});  
+             $umode.' by '.$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'},$ENV{'user.home'},
@@ -1864,7 +3497,7 @@ sub modifyuser {
     my ($udom,    $uname, $uid,
         $umode,   $upass, $first,
         $middle,  $last,  $gene,
-        $forceid, $desiredhome)=@_;
+        $forceid, $desiredhome, $email)=@_;
     $udom=~s/\W//g;
     $uname=~s/\W//g;
     &logthis('Call to modify user '.$udom.', '.$uname.', '.$uid.', '.
@@ -1872,16 +3505,18 @@ sub modifyuser {
 	     $last.', '.$gene.'(forceid: '.$forceid.')'.
              (defined($desiredhome) ? ' desiredhome = '.$desiredhome :
                                      ' desiredhome not specified'). 
-             ' by '.$ENV{'user.name'}.' at '.$ENV{'user.domain'});
-    my $uhome=&homeserver($uname,$udom);
+             ' by '.$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') && ($umode) && ($upass)) {
+    if (($uhome eq 'no_host') && 
+	(($umode && $upass) || ($umode eq 'localauth'))) {
         my $unhome='';
-	if ($ENV{'course.'.$ENV{'request.course.id'}.'.domain'} eq $udom) {
-	    $unhome=$ENV{'course.'.$ENV{'request.course.id'}.'.home'};
-        } elsif (defined($desiredhome) && $hostdom{$desiredhome} eq $udom) { 
+        if (defined($desiredhome) && $hostdom{$desiredhome} eq $udom) { 
             $unhome = $desiredhome;
-        } else {
+	} elsif($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;
             foreach $tryserver (keys %libserv) {
@@ -1903,11 +3538,11 @@ sub modifyuser {
 	unless ($reply eq 'ok') {
             return 'error: '.$reply;
         }   
-        $uhome=&homeserver($uname,$udom);
+        $uhome=&homeserver($uname,$udom,'true');
         if (($uhome eq '') || ($uhome eq 'no_host') || ($uhome ne $unhome)) {
-	    return 'error: verify home';
+	    return 'error: unable verify users home machine.';
         }
-    }
+    }   # End of creation of new user
 # ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Add ID
     if ($uid) {
        $uid=~tr/A-Z/a-z/;
@@ -1915,20 +3550,34 @@ sub modifyuser {
        if (($uidhash{$uname}) && ($uidhash{$uname}!~/error\:/) 
          && (!$forceid)) {
 	  unless ($uid eq $uidhash{$uname}) {
-	      return 'error: mismatch '.$uidhash{$uname}.' versus '.$uid;
+	      return 'error: user id "'.$uid.'" does not match '.
+                  'current user id "'.$uidhash{$uname}.'".';
           }
        } else {
 	  &idput($udom,($uname => $uid));
        }
     }
 # -------------------------------------------------------------- Add names, etc
-    my %names=&get('environment',
+    my @tmp=&get('environment',
 		   ['firstname','middlename','lastname','generation'],
 		   $udom,$uname);
+    my %names;
+    if ($tmp[0] =~ m/^error:.*/) { 
+        %names=(); 
+    } else {
+        %names = @tmp;
+    }
+#
+# Make sure to not trash student environment if instructor does not bother
+# to supply name and email information
+#
     if ($first)  { $names{'firstname'}  = $first; }
-    if ($middle) { $names{'middlename'} = $middle; }
+    if (defined($middle)) { $names{'middlename'} = $middle; }
     if ($last)   { $names{'lastname'}   = $last; }
-    if ($gene)   { $names{'generation'} = $gene; }
+    if (defined($gene))   { $names{'generation'} = $gene; }
+    if ($email)  { $names{'notification'} = $email;
+                   $names{'critnotification'} = $email; }
+
     my $reply = &put('environment', \%names, $udom,$uname);
     if ($reply ne 'ok') { return 'error: '.$reply; }
     &logthis('Success modifying user '.$udom.', '.$uname.', '.$uid.', '.
@@ -1942,29 +3591,78 @@ sub modifyuser {
 
 sub modifystudent {
     my ($udom,$uname,$uid,$umode,$upass,$first,$middle,$last,$gene,$usec,
-        $end,$start,$forceid)=@_;
-    my $cid='';
-    unless ($cid=$ENV{'request.course.id'}) {
-	return 'not_in_class';
+        $end,$start,$forceid,$desiredhome,$email,$type,$locktype,$cid)=@_;
+    if (!$cid) {
+	unless ($cid=$ENV{'request.course.id'}) {
+	    return 'not_in_class';
+	}
     }
 # --------------------------------------------------------------- Make the user
     my $reply=&modifyuser
-	($udom,$uname,$uid,$umode,$upass,$first,$middle,$last,$gene,$forceid);
+	($udom,$uname,$uid,$umode,$upass,$first,$middle,$last,$gene,$forceid,
+         $desiredhome,$email);
     unless ($reply eq 'ok') { return $reply; }
+    # This will cause &modify_student_enrollment to get the uid from the
+    # students environment
+    $uid = undef if (!$forceid);
+    $reply = &modify_student_enrollment($udom,$uname,$uid,$first,$middle,$last,
+					$gene,$usec,$end,$start,$type,$locktype,$cid);
+    return $reply;
+}
+
+sub modify_student_enrollment {
+    my ($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'}) {
+	    return 'not_in_class';
+	}
+	$cdom=$ENV{'course.'.$cid.'.domain'};
+	$cnum=$ENV{'course.'.$cid.'.num'};
+    } else {
+	($cdom,$cnum)=split(/_/,$cid);
+    }
+    $chome=$ENV{'course.'.$cid.'.home'};
+    if (!$chome) {
+	$chome=&homeserver($cnum,$cdom);
+    }
+    if (!$chome) { return 'unknown_course'; }
+    # Make sure the user exists
     my $uhome=&homeserver($uname,$udom);
     if (($uhome eq '') || ($uhome eq 'no_host')) { 
 	return 'error: no such user';
     }
-# -------------------------------------------------- Add student to course list
-    $reply=critical('put:'.$ENV{'course.'.$cid.'.domain'}.':'.
-	              $ENV{'course.'.$cid.'.num'}.':classlist:'.
-                      &escape($uname.':'.$udom).'='.
-                      &escape($end.':'.$start),
-	              $ENV{'course.'.$cid.'.home'});
+    # Get student data if we were not given enough information
+    if (!defined($first)  || $first  eq '' || 
+        !defined($last)   || $last   eq '' || 
+        !defined($uid)    || $uid    eq '' || 
+        !defined($middle) || $middle eq '' || 
+        !defined($gene)   || $gene   eq '') {
+        # They did not supply us with enough data to enroll the student, so
+        # we need to pick up more information.
+        my %tmp = &get('environment',
+                       ['firstname','middlename','lastname', 'generation','id']
+                       ,$udom,$uname);
+
+        #foreach (keys(%tmp)) {
+        #    &logthis("key $_ = ".$tmp{$_});
+        #}
+        $first  = $tmp{'firstname'}  if (!defined($first)  || $first  eq '');
+        $middle = $tmp{'middlename'} if (!defined($middle) || $middle eq '');
+        $last   = $tmp{'lastname'}   if (!defined($last)   || $last eq '');
+        $gene   = $tmp{'generation'} if (!defined($gene)   || $gene eq '');
+        $uid    = $tmp{'id'}         if (!defined($uid)    || $uid  eq '');
+    }
+    my $fullname = &Apache::loncoursedata::ProcessFullName($last,$gene,
+                                                           $first,$middle);
+    my $reply=cput('classlist',
+		   {"$uname:$udom" => 
+			join(':',$end,$start,$uid,$usec,$fullname,$type,$locktype) },
+		   $cdom,$cnum);
     unless (($reply eq 'ok') || ($reply eq 'delayed')) {
 	return 'error: '.$reply;
     }
-# ---------------------------------------------------- Add student role to user
+    # Add student role to user
     my $uurl='/'.$cid;
     $uurl=~s/\_/\//g;
     if ($usec) {
@@ -1995,114 +3693,205 @@ sub writecoursepref {
 # ---------------------------------------------------------- Make/modify course
 
 sub createcourse {
-    my ($udom,$description,$url)=@_;
+    my ($udom,$description,$url,$course_server,$nonstandard,$inst_code)=@_;
     $url=&declutter($url);
     my $cid='';
-    unless (&allowed('ccc',$ENV{'user.domain'})) {
-        return 'refused';
-    }
-    unless ($udom eq $ENV{'user.domain'}) {
+    unless (&allowed('ccc',$udom)) {
         return 'refused';
     }
 # ------------------------------------------------------------------- Create ID
    my $uname=substr($$.time,0,5).unpack("H8",pack("I32",time)).
        unpack("H2",pack("I32",int(rand(255)))).$perlvar{'lonHostID'};
 # ----------------------------------------------- Make sure that does not exist
-   my $uhome=&homeserver($uname,$udom);
+   my $uhome=&homeserver($uname,$udom,'true');
    unless (($uhome eq '') || ($uhome eq 'no_host')) {
        $uname=substr($$.time,0,5).unpack("H8",pack("I32",time)).
         unpack("H2",pack("I32",int(rand(255)))).$perlvar{'lonHostID'};
-       $uhome=&homeserver($uname,$udom);       
+       $uhome=&homeserver($uname,$udom,'true');       
        unless (($uhome eq '') || ($uhome eq 'no_host')) {
            return 'error: unable to generate unique course-ID';
        } 
    }
+# ------------------------------------------------ Check supplied server name
+    $course_server = $ENV{'user.homeserver'} if (! defined($course_server));
+    if (! exists($libserv{$course_server})) {
+        return 'error:bad server name '.$course_server;
+    }
 # ------------------------------------------------------------- Make the course
     my $reply=&reply('encrypt:makeuser:'.$udom.':'.$uname.':none::',
-                      $ENV{'user.home'});
+                      $course_server);
     unless ($reply eq 'ok') { return 'error: '.$reply; }
-    $uhome=&homeserver($uname,$udom);
+    $uhome=&homeserver($uname,$udom,'true');
     if (($uhome eq '') || ($uhome eq 'no_host')) { 
 	return 'error: no such course';
     }
+# ----------------------------------------------------------------- Course made
+# log existence
+    &courseidput($udom,&escape($udom.'_'.$uname).'='.&escape($description).
+                 '='.&escape($inst_code),$uhome);
+    &flushcourselogs();
+# set toplevel url
+    my $topurl=$url;
+    unless ($nonstandard) {
+# ------------------------------------------ For standard courses, make top url
+        my $mapurl=&clutter($url);
+        if ($mapurl eq '/res/') { $mapurl=''; }
+        $ENV{'form.initmap'}=(<<ENDINITMAP);
+<map>
+<resource id="1" type="start"></resource>
+<resource id="2" src="$mapurl"></resource>
+<resource id="3" type="finish"></resource>
+<link index="1" from="1" to="2"></link>
+<link index="2" from="2" to="3"></link>
+</map>
+ENDINITMAP
+        $topurl=&declutter(
+        &finishuserfileupload($uname,$udom,$uhome,'initmap','default.sequence')
+                          );
+    }
+# ----------------------------------------------------------- Write preferences
     &writecoursepref($udom.'_'.$uname,
                      ('description' => $description,
-                      'url'         => $url));
+                      'url'         => $topurl));
     return '/'.$udom.'/'.$uname;
 }
 
 # ---------------------------------------------------------- Assign Custom Role
 
 sub assigncustomrole {
-    my ($udom,$uname,$url,$rdom,$rnam,$rolename,$end,$start)=@_;
+    my ($udom,$uname,$url,$rdom,$rnam,$rolename,$end,$start,$deleteflag)=@_;
     return &assignrole($udom,$uname,$url,'cr/'.$rdom.'/'.$rnam.'/'.$rolename,
-                       $end,$start);
+                       $end,$start,$deleteflag);
 }
 
 # ----------------------------------------------------------------- Revoke Role
 
 sub revokerole {
-    my ($udom,$uname,$url,$role)=@_;
+    my ($udom,$uname,$url,$role,$deleteflag)=@_;
     my $now=time;
-    return &assignrole($udom,$uname,$url,$role,$now);
+    return &assignrole($udom,$uname,$url,$role,$now,$deleteflag);
 }
 
 # ---------------------------------------------------------- Revoke Custom Role
 
 sub revokecustomrole {
-    my ($udom,$uname,$url,$rdom,$rnam,$rolename)=@_;
+    my ($udom,$uname,$url,$rdom,$rnam,$rolename,$deleteflag)=@_;
     my $now=time;
-    return &assigncustomrole($udom,$uname,$url,$rdom,$rnam,$rolename,$now);
+    return &assigncustomrole($udom,$uname,$url,$rdom,$rnam,$rolename,$now,
+           $deleteflag);
 }
 
+# ------------------------------------------------------------ Disk usage
+sub diskusage {
+    my ($udom,$uname,$directoryRoot)=@_;
+    $directoryRoot =~ s/\/$//;
+    my $listing=&reply('du:'.$directoryRoot,homeserver($uname,$udom));
+    return $listing;
+}
+
+
 # ------------------------------------------------------------ Directory lister
 
 sub dirlist {
-    my $uri=shift;
+    my ($uri,$userdomain,$username,$alternateDirectoryRoot)=@_;
+
     $uri=~s/^\///;
     $uri=~s/\/$//;
-    my ($res,$udom,$uname,@rest)=split(/\//,$uri);
-    if ($udom) {
-     if ($uname) {
-       my $listing=reply('ls:'.$perlvar{'lonDocRoot'}.'/'.$uri,
-                      homeserver($uname,$udom));
-       return split(/:/,$listing);
-     } else {
-       my $tryserver;
-       my %allusers=();
-       foreach $tryserver (keys %libserv) {
-	  if ($hostdom{$tryserver} eq $udom) {
-             my $listing=reply('ls:'.$perlvar{'lonDocRoot'}.'/res/'.$udom,
-			       $tryserver);
-             if (($listing ne 'no_such_dir') && ($listing ne 'empty')
-              && ($listing ne 'con_lost')) {
-                foreach (split(/:/,$listing)) {
-                  my ($entry,@stat)=split(/&/,$_);
-                  $allusers{$entry}=1;
+    my ($udom, $uname);
+    (undef,$udom,$uname)=split(/\//,$uri);
+    if(defined($userdomain)) {
+        $udom = $userdomain;
+    }
+    if(defined($username)) {
+        $uname = $username;
+    }
+
+    my $dirRoot = $perlvar{'lonDocRoot'};
+    if(defined($alternateDirectoryRoot)) {
+        $dirRoot = $alternateDirectoryRoot;
+        $dirRoot =~ s/\/$//;
+    }
+
+    if($udom) {
+        if($uname) {
+            my $listing=reply('ls:'.$dirRoot.'/'.$uri,
+                              homeserver($uname,$udom));
+            return split(/:/,$listing);
+        } elsif(!defined($alternateDirectoryRoot)) {
+            my $tryserver;
+            my %allusers=();
+            foreach $tryserver (keys %libserv) {
+                if($hostdom{$tryserver} eq $udom) {
+                    my $listing=reply('ls:'.$perlvar{'lonDocRoot'}.'/res/'.
+                                      $udom, $tryserver);
+                    if (($listing ne 'no_such_dir') && ($listing ne 'empty')
+                        && ($listing ne 'con_lost')) {
+                        foreach (split(/:/,$listing)) {
+                            my ($entry,@stat)=split(/&/,$_);
+                            $allusers{$entry}=1;
+                        }
+                    }
                 }
-             }
-	  }
-       }
-       my $alluserstr='';
-       foreach (sort keys %allusers) {
-           $alluserstr.=$_.'&user:';
-       }
-       $alluserstr=~s/:$//;
-       return split(/:/,$alluserstr);
-     } 
-   } else {
-       my $tryserver;
-       my %alldom=();
-       foreach $tryserver (keys %libserv) {
-	   $alldom{$hostdom{$tryserver}}=1;
-       }
-       my $alldomstr='';
-       foreach (sort keys %alldom) {
-          $alldomstr.=$perlvar{'lonDocRoot'}.'/res/'.$_.'&domain:';
-       }
-       $alldomstr=~s/:$//;
-       return split(/:/,$alldomstr);       
-   }
+            }
+            my $alluserstr='';
+            foreach (sort keys %allusers) {
+                $alluserstr.=$_.'&user:';
+            }
+            $alluserstr=~s/:$//;
+            return split(/:/,$alluserstr);
+        } else {
+            my @emptyResults = ();
+            push(@emptyResults, 'missing user name');
+            return split(':',@emptyResults);
+        }
+    } elsif(!defined($alternateDirectoryRoot)) {
+        my $tryserver;
+        my %alldom=();
+        foreach $tryserver (keys %libserv) {
+            $alldom{$hostdom{$tryserver}}=1;
+        }
+        my $alldomstr='';
+        foreach (sort keys %alldom) {
+            $alldomstr.=$perlvar{'lonDocRoot'}.'/res/'.$_.'/&domain:';
+        }
+        $alldomstr=~s/:$//;
+        return split(/:/,$alldomstr);       
+    } else {
+        my @emptyResults = ();
+        push(@emptyResults, 'missing domain');
+        return split(':',@emptyResults);
+    }
+}
+
+# --------------------------------------------- GetFileTimestamp
+# This function utilizes dirlist and returns the date stamp for
+# when it was last modified.  It will also return an error of -1
+# if an error occurs
+
+##
+## FIXME: This subroutine assumes its caller knows something about the
+## directory structure of the home server for the student ($root).
+## Not a good assumption to make.  Since this is for looking up files
+## in user directories, the full path should be constructed by lond, not
+## whatever machine we request data from.
+##
+sub GetFileTimestamp {
+    my ($studentDomain,$studentName,$filename,$root)=@_;
+    $studentDomain=~s/\W//g;
+    $studentName=~s/\W//g;
+    my $subdir=$studentName.'__';
+    $subdir =~ s/(.)(.)(.).*/$1\/$2\/$3/;
+    my $proname="$studentDomain/$subdir/$studentName";
+    $proname .= '/'.$filename;
+    my ($fileStat) = &Apache::lonnet::dirlist($proname, $studentDomain, 
+                                              $studentName, $root);
+    my @stats = split('&', $fileStat);
+    if($stats[0] ne 'empty' && $stats[0] ne 'no_such_dir') {
+        # @stats contains first the filename, then the stat output
+        return $stats[10]; # so this is 10 instead of 9.
+    } else {
+        return -1;
+    }
 }
 
 # -------------------------------------------------------- Value of a Condition
@@ -2157,50 +3946,93 @@ sub condval {
     return $result;
 }
 
+# ---------------------------------------------------- Devalidate courseresdata
+
+sub devalidatecourseresdata {
+    my ($coursenum,$coursedomain)=@_;
+    my $hashid=$coursenum.':'.$coursedomain;
+    &devalidate_cache(\%courseresdatacache,$hashid,'courseres');
+}
+
 # --------------------------------------------------- Course Resourcedata Query
 
 sub courseresdata {
     my ($coursenum,$coursedomain,@which)=@_;
     my $coursehom=&homeserver($coursenum,$coursedomain);
     my $hashid=$coursenum.':'.$coursedomain;
-    unless (defined($courseresdatacache{$hashid.'.time'})) {
-	unless (time-$courseresdatacache{$hashid.'.time'}<300) {
-           my $coursehom=&homeserver($coursenum,$coursedomain);
-           if ($coursehom) {
-              my $dumpreply=&reply('dump:'.$coursedomain.':'.$coursenum.
-			     ':resourcedata:.',$coursehom);
-	      unless ($dumpreply=~/^error\:/) {
-	         $courseresdatacache{$hashid.'.time'}=time;
-                 $courseresdatacache{$hashid}=$dumpreply;
-	     }
-	  }
-       }
+    my ($result,$cached)=&is_cached(\%courseresdatacache,$hashid,'courseres');
+    unless (defined($cached)) {
+	my %dumpreply=&dump('resourcedata',$coursedomain,$coursenum);
+	$result=\%dumpreply;
+	my ($tmp) = keys(%dumpreply);
+	if ($tmp !~ /^(con_lost|error|no_such_host)/i) {
+	    &do_cache(\%courseresdatacache,$hashid,$result,'courseres');
+	} elsif ($tmp =~ /^(con_lost|no_such_host)/) {
+	    return $tmp;
+	} elsif ($tmp =~ /^(error)/) {
+	    $result=undef;
+	    &do_cache(\%courseresdatacache,$hashid,$result,'courseres');
+	}
     }
-   my @pairs=split(/\&/,$courseresdatacache{$hashid});
-   my %returnhash=();
-   foreach (@pairs) {
-      my ($key,$value)=split(/=/,$_);
-      $returnhash{unescape($key)}=unescape($value);
-   }
-    my $item;
-   foreach $item (@which) {
-       if ($returnhash{$item}) { return $returnhash{$item}; }
-   }
-   return '';
+    foreach my $item (@which) {
+	if (defined($result->{$item})) {
+	    return $result->{$item};
+	}
+    }
+    return undef;
 }
 
-# --------------------------------------------------------- Value of a Variable
+#
+# EXT resource caching routines
+#
+
+sub clear_EXT_cache_status {
+    &delenv('cache.EXT.');
+}
+
+sub EXT_cache_status {
+    my ($target_domain,$target_user) = @_;
+    my $cachename = 'cache.EXT.'.$target_user.'.'.$target_domain;
+    if (exists($ENV{$cachename}) && ($ENV{$cachename}+600) > time) {
+        # We know already the user has no data
+        return 1;
+    } else {
+        return 0;
+    }
+}
 
+sub EXT_cache_set {
+    my ($target_domain,$target_user) = @_;
+    my $cachename = 'cache.EXT.'.$target_user.'.'.$target_domain;
+    &appenv($cachename => time);
+}
+
+# --------------------------------------------------------- Value of a Variable
 sub EXT {
-    my ($varname,$symbparm)=@_;
+    my ($varname,$symbparm,$udom,$uname,$usection,$recurse)=@_;
+
     unless ($varname) { return ''; }
+    #get real user name/domain, courseid and symb
+    my $courseid;
+    my $publicuser;
+    if ($symbparm) {
+	$symbparm=&get_symb_from_alias($symbparm);
+    }
+    if (!($uname && $udom)) {
+      (my $cursymb,$courseid,$udom,$uname,$publicuser)=
+	  &Apache::lonxml::whichuser($symbparm);
+      if (!$symbparm) {	$symbparm=$cursymb; }
+    } else {
+	$courseid=$ENV{'request.course.id'};
+    }
     my ($realm,$space,$qualifier,@therest)=split(/\./,$varname);
     my $rest;
-    if ($therest[0]) {
+    if (defined($therest[0])) {
        $rest=join('.',@therest);
     } else {
        $rest='';
     }
+
     my $qualifierrest=$qualifier;
     if ($rest) { $qualifierrest.='.'.$rest; }
     my $spacequalifierrest=$space;
@@ -2208,19 +4040,41 @@ sub EXT {
     if ($realm eq 'user') {
 # --------------------------------------------------------------- user.resource
 	if ($space eq 'resource') {
-	    my %restored=&restore();
-            return $restored{$qualifierrest};
+	    if (defined($Apache::lonhomework::parsing_a_problem)) {
+		return $Apache::lonhomework::history{$qualifierrest};
+	    } else {
+		my %restored;
+		if ($publicuser || $ENV{'request.state'} eq 'construct') {
+		    %restored=&tmprestore($symbparm,$courseid,$udom,$uname);
+		} else {
+		    %restored=&restore($symbparm,$courseid,$udom,$uname);
+		}
+		return $restored{$qualifierrest};
+	    }
 # ----------------------------------------------------------------- user.access
         } elsif ($space eq 'access') {
+	    # FIXME - not supporting calls for a specific user
             return &allowed($qualifier,$rest);
 # ------------------------------------------ user.preferences, user.environment
         } elsif (($space eq 'preferences') || ($space eq 'environment')) {
-            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 (!$publicuser) {
+		    %returnhash=&userenvironment($udom,$uname,
+						 $qualifierrest);
+		}
+		return $returnhash{$qualifierrest};
+	    }
 # ----------------------------------------------------------------- user.course
         } elsif ($space eq 'course') {
+	    # FIXME - not supporting calls for a specific user
             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'});
             if ($qualifier eq 'value') {
 		return $role;
@@ -2229,132 +4083,172 @@ sub EXT {
             }
 # ----------------------------------------------------------------- user.domain
         } elsif ($space eq 'domain') {
-            return $ENV{'user.domain'};
+            return $udom;
 # ------------------------------------------------------------------- user.name
         } elsif ($space eq 'name') {
-            return $ENV{'user.name'};
+            return $uname;
 # ---------------------------------------------------- Any other user namespace
         } else {
-            my $item=($rest)?$qualifier.'.'.$rest:$qualifier;
-            my %reply=&get($space,[$item]);
-            return $reply{$item};
+	    my %reply;
+	    if (!$publicuser) {
+		%reply=&get($space,[$qualifierrest],$udom,$uname);
+	    }
+	    return $reply{$qualifierrest};
         }
-    } elsif ($realm eq 'request') {
+    } elsif ($realm eq 'query') {
+# ---------------------------------------------- pull stuff out of query string
+        &Apache::loncommon::get_unprocessed_cgi($ENV{'QUERY_STRING'},
+						[$spacequalifierrest]);
+	return $ENV{'form.'.$spacequalifierrest}; 
+   } elsif ($realm eq 'request') {
 # ------------------------------------------------------------- request.browser
         if ($space eq 'browser') {
-	    return $ENV{'browser.'.$qualifier};
+	    if ($qualifier eq 'textremote') {
+		if (&mt('textual_remote_display') eq 'on') {
+		    return 1;
+		} else {
+		    return 0;
+		}
+	    } else {
+		return $ENV{'browser.'.$qualifier};
+	    }
 # ------------------------------------------------------------ request.filename
         } else {
             return $ENV{'request.'.$spacequalifierrest};
         }
     } elsif ($realm eq 'course') {
 # ---------------------------------------------------------- course.description
-        return $ENV{'course.'.$ENV{'request.course.id'}.'.'.
-                              $spacequalifierrest};
+        return $ENV{'course.'.$courseid.'.'.$spacequalifierrest};
     } elsif ($realm eq 'resource') {
-       if ($ENV{'request.course.id'}) {
 
-#	   print '<br>'.$space.' - '.$qualifier.' - '.$spacequalifierrest;
+	my $section;
+	if (defined($courseid) && $courseid eq $ENV{'request.course.id'}) {
+	    if (!$symbparm) { $symbparm=&symbread(); }
+	}
+	if ($symbparm && defined($courseid) && 
+	    $courseid eq $ENV{'request.course.id'}) {
 
+	    #print '<br>'.$space.' - '.$qualifier.' - '.$spacequalifierrest;
 
 # ----------------------------------------------------- Cascading lookup scheme
-         my $symbp;
-         if ($symbparm) {
-            $symbp=$symbparm;
-	 } else {
-            $symbp=&symbread();
-         }            
-         my $mapp=(split(/\_\_\_/,$symbp))[0];
-
-         my $symbparm=$symbp.'.'.$spacequalifierrest;
-         my $mapparm=$mapp.'___(all).'.$spacequalifierrest;
-
-         my $seclevel=
-            $ENV{'request.course.id'}.'.['.
-		$ENV{'request.course.sec'}.'].'.$spacequalifierrest;
-         my $seclevelr=
-            $ENV{'request.course.id'}.'.['.
-		$ENV{'request.course.sec'}.'].'.$symbparm;
-         my $seclevelm=
-            $ENV{'request.course.id'}.'.['.
-		$ENV{'request.course.sec'}.'].'.$mapparm;
-
-         my $courselevel=
-            $ENV{'request.course.id'}.'.'.$spacequalifierrest;
-         my $courselevelr=
-            $ENV{'request.course.id'}.'.'.$symbparm;
-         my $courselevelm=
-            $ENV{'request.course.id'}.'.'.$mapparm;
+	    my $symbp=$symbparm;
+	    my $mapp=(&decode_symb($symbp))[0];
 
-# ----------------------------------------------------------- first, check user
-         my %resourcedata=get('resourcedata',
-                           [$courselevelr,$courselevelm,$courselevel]);
-         if (($resourcedata{$courselevelr}!~/^error\:/) &&
-             ($resourcedata{$courselevelr}!~/^con_lost/)) {
-
-         if ($resourcedata{$courselevelr}) { 
-            return $resourcedata{$courselevelr}; }
-         if ($resourcedata{$courselevelm}) { 
-            return $resourcedata{$courselevelm}; }
-         if ($resourcedata{$courselevel}) { return $resourcedata{$courselevel}; }
+	    my $symbparm=$symbp.'.'.$spacequalifierrest;
+	    my $mapparm=$mapp.'___(all).'.$spacequalifierrest;
 
-      } else {
-	  if ($resourcedata{$courselevelr}!~/No such file/) {
-	    &logthis("<font color=blue>WARNING:".
-		   " Trying to get resource data for ".$ENV{'user.name'}." at "
-                   .$ENV{'user.domain'}.": ".$resourcedata{$courselevelr}.
-                 "</font>");
-	  }
-      }
+	    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;
+		}
+	    }
+
+	    my $seclevel=$courseid.'.['.$section.'].'.$spacequalifierrest;
+	    my $seclevelr=$courseid.'.['.$section.'].'.$symbparm;
+	    my $seclevelm=$courseid.'.['.$section.'].'.$mapparm;
+
+	    my $courselevel=$courseid.'.'.$spacequalifierrest;
+	    my $courselevelr=$courseid.'.'.$symbparm;
+	    my $courselevelm=$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(
-                        $ENV{'course.'.$ENV{'request.course.id'}.'.num'},
-                        $ENV{'course.'.$ENV{'request.course.id'}.'.domain'},
-                        ($seclevelr,$seclevelm,$seclevel,
-                         $courselevelr,$courselevelm,$courselevel));
-        if ($coursereply) { return $coursereply; }
+	    my $coursereply=&courseresdata($ENV{'course.'.$courseid.'.num'},
+					   $ENV{'course.'.$courseid.'.domain'},
+					   ($seclevelr,$seclevelm,$seclevel,
+					    $courselevelr,$courselevelm,
+					    $courselevel));
+	    if (defined($coursereply)) { return $coursereply; }
 
 # ------------------------------------------------------ third, check map parms
-       my %parmhash=();
-       my $thisparm='';       
-       if (tie(%parmhash,'GDBM_File',
-          $ENV{'request.course.fn'}.'_parms.db',&GDBM_READER,0640)) {
-           $thisparm=$parmhash{$symbparm};
-	   untie(%parmhash);
-       }
-       if ($thisparm) { return $thisparm; }
-     }
-     
+	    my %parmhash=();
+	    my $thisparm='';
+	    if (tie(%parmhash,'GDBM_File',
+		    $ENV{'request.course.fn'}.'_parms.db',
+		    &GDBM_READER(),0640)) {
+		$thisparm=$parmhash{$symbparm};
+		untie(%parmhash);
+	    }
+	    if ($thisparm) { return $thisparm; }
+	}
 # --------------------------------------------- last, look in resource metadata
 
-      $spacequalifierrest=~s/\./\_/;
-      my $metadata=&metadata($ENV{'request.filename'},$spacequalifierrest);
-      if ($metadata) { return $metadata; }
-      $metadata=&metadata($ENV{'request.filename'},
-                                         'parameter_'.$spacequalifierrest);
-      if ($metadata) { return $metadata; }
+	$spacequalifierrest=~s/\./\_/;
+	my $filename;
+	if (!$symbparm) { $symbparm=&symbread(); }
+	if ($symbparm) {
+	    $filename=(&decode_symb($symbparm))[2];
+	} else {
+	    $filename=$ENV{'request.filename'};
+	}
+	my $metadata=&metadata($filename,$spacequalifierrest);
+	if (defined($metadata)) { return $metadata; }
+	$metadata=&metadata($filename,'parameter_'.$spacequalifierrest);
+	if (defined($metadata)) { return $metadata; }
 
 # ------------------------------------------------------------------ Cascade up
-
-      unless ($space eq '0') {
-          my ($part,$id)=split(/\_/,$space);
-          if ($id) {
-	      my $partgeneral=&EXT('resource.'.$part.'.'.$qualifierrest,
-                                   $symbparm);
-              if ($partgeneral) { return $partgeneral; }
-          } else {
-              my $resourcegeneral=&EXT('resource.0.'.$qualifierrest,
-                                       $symbparm);
-              if ($resourcegeneral) { return $resourcegeneral; }
-          }
-      }
+	unless ($space eq '0') {
+	    my @parts=split(/_/,$space);
+	    my $id=pop(@parts);
+	    my $part=join('_',@parts);
+	    if ($part eq '') { $part='0'; }
+	    my $partgeneral=&EXT('resource.'.$part.'.'.$qualifierrest,
+				 $symbparm,$udom,$uname,$section,1);
+	    if (defined($partgeneral)) { return $partgeneral; }
+	}
+	if ($recurse) { return undef; }
+	my $pack_def=&packages_tab_default($filename,$varname);
+	if (defined($pack_def)) { return $pack_def; }
 
 # ---------------------------------------------------- Any other user namespace
     } elsif ($realm eq 'environment') {
 # ----------------------------------------------------------------- environment
-        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);
+	    return $returnhash{$spacequalifierrest};
+	}
     } elsif ($realm eq 'system') {
 # ----------------------------------------------------------------- system.time
 	if ($space eq 'time') {
@@ -2364,12 +4258,51 @@ sub EXT {
     return '';
 }
 
+sub packages_tab_default {
+    my ($uri,$varname)=@_;
+    my (undef,$part,$name)=split(/\./,$varname);
+    my $packages=&metadata($uri,'packages');
+    foreach my $package (split(/,/,$packages)) {
+	my ($pack_type,$pack_part)=split(/_/,$package,2);
+	if (defined($packagetab{"$pack_type&$name&default"})) {
+	    return $packagetab{"$pack_type&$name&default"};
+	}
+	if (defined($packagetab{$pack_type."_".$pack_part."&$name&default"})) {
+	    return $packagetab{$pack_type."_".$pack_part."&$name&default"};
+	}
+    }
+    return undef;
+}
+
+sub add_prefix_and_part {
+    my ($prefix,$part)=@_;
+    my $keyroot;
+    if (defined($prefix) && $prefix !~ /^__/) {
+	# prefix that has a part already
+	$keyroot=$prefix;
+    } elsif (defined($prefix)) {
+	# prefix that is missing a part
+	if (defined($part)) { $keyroot='_'.$part.substr($prefix,1); }
+    } else {
+	# no prefix at all
+	if (defined($part)) { $keyroot='_'.$part; }
+    }
+    return $keyroot;
+}
+
 # ---------------------------------------------------------------- Get metadata
 
 sub metadata {
     my ($uri,$what,$liburi,$prefix,$depthcount)=@_;
-
     $uri=&declutter($uri);
+    # if it is a non metadata possible uri return quickly
+    if (($uri eq '') || 
+	(($uri =~ m|^/*adm/|) && 
+	     ($uri !~ m|^adm/includes|) && ($uri !~ m|/bulletinboard$|)) ||
+        ($uri =~ m|/$|) || ($uri =~ m|/.meta$|) || ($uri =~ /^~/) ||
+	($uri =~ m|home/[^/]+/public_html/|)) {
+	return undef;
+    }
     my $filename=$uri;
     $uri=~s/\.meta$//;
 #
@@ -2377,135 +4310,276 @@ sub metadata {
 # Look at timestamp of caching
 # Everything is cached by the main uri, libraries are never directly cached
 #
-    unless (abs($metacache{$uri.':cachedtimestamp'}-time)<600) {
+    if (!defined($liburi)) {
+	my ($result,$cached)=&is_cached(\%metacache,$uri,'meta');
+	if (defined($cached)) { return $result->{':'.$what}; }
+    }
+    {
 #
 # Is this a recursive call for a library?
 #
+	if (! exists($metacache{$uri})) {
+	    $metacache{$uri}={};
+	}
         if ($liburi) {
 	    $liburi=&declutter($liburi);
             $filename=$liburi;
-        }
+        } else {
+	    &devalidate_cache(\%metacache,$uri,'meta');
+	}
         my %metathesekeys=();
         unless ($filename=~/\.meta$/) { $filename.='.meta'; }
-	my $metastring=&getfile($perlvar{'lonDocRoot'}.'/res/'.$filename);
-        my $parser=HTML::TokeParser->new(\$metastring);
+	my $metastring;
+	if ($uri !~ m|^uploaded/|) {
+	    my $file=&filelocation('',&clutter($filename));
+	    push(@{$metacache{$uri.'.file'}},$file);
+	    $metastring=&getfile($file);
+	}
+        my $parser=HTML::LCParser->new(\$metastring);
         my $token;
         undef %metathesekeys;
         while ($token=$parser->get_token) {
-           if ($token->[0] eq 'S') {
-	     if (defined($token->[2]->{'package'})) {
+	    if ($token->[0] eq 'S') {
+		if (defined($token->[2]->{'package'})) {
 #
 # This is a package - get package info
 #
-	      my $package=$token->[2]->{'package'};
-	      my $keyroot='';
-              if ($prefix) {
-		  $keyroot.='_'.$prefix;
-              } else {
-                if (defined($token->[2]->{'part'})) { 
-                   $keyroot.='_'.$token->[2]->{'part'}; 
-	        }
-	      }
-              if (defined($token->[2]->{'id'})) { 
-                 $keyroot.='_'.$token->[2]->{'id'}; 
-	      }
-              if ($metacache{$uri.':packages'}) {
-                 $metacache{$uri.':packages'}.=','.$package.$keyroot;
-              } else {
-                 $metacache{$uri.':packages'}=$package.$keyroot;
-	      }
-              foreach (keys %packagetab) {
-		  if ($_=~/^$package\&/) {
-		      my ($pack,$name,$subp)=split(/\&/,$_);
-                      my $value=$packagetab{$_};
-		      my $part=$keyroot;
-                      $part=~s/^\_//;
-                      if ($subp eq 'display') {
-			  $value.=' [Part: '.$part.']';
-                      }
-                      my $unikey='parameter'.$keyroot.'_'.$name;
-                      $metathesekeys{$unikey}=1;
-                      $metacache{$uri.':'.$unikey.'.part'}=$part;
-                      unless 
-                       (defined($metacache{$uri.':'.$unikey.'.'.$subp})) {
-                         $metacache{$uri.':'.$unikey.'.'.$subp}=$value;
-		      }
-                  }
-              }
-             } else {
+		    my $package=$token->[2]->{'package'};
+		    my $keyroot=&add_prefix_and_part($prefix,$token->[2]->{'part'});
+		    if (defined($token->[2]->{'id'})) { 
+			$keyroot.='_'.$token->[2]->{'id'}; 
+		    }
+		    if ($metacache{$uri}->{':packages'}) {
+			$metacache{$uri}->{':packages'}.=','.$package.$keyroot;
+		    } else {
+			$metacache{$uri}->{':packages'}=$package.$keyroot;
+		    }
+		    foreach (keys %packagetab) {
+			my $part=$keyroot;
+			$part=~s/^\_//;
+			if ($_=~/^\Q$package\E\&/ || 
+			    $_=~/^\Q$package\E_0\&/) {
+			    my ($pack,$name,$subp)=split(/\&/,$_);
+			    # ignore package.tab specified default values
+                            # here &package_tab_default() will fetch those
+			    if ($subp eq 'default') { next; }
+			    my $value=$packagetab{$_};
+			    my $unikey;
+			    if ($pack =~ /_0$/) {
+				$unikey='parameter_0_'.$name;
+				$part=0;
+			    } else {
+				$unikey='parameter'.$keyroot.'_'.$name;
+			    }
+			    if ($subp eq 'display') {
+				$value.=' [Part: '.$part.']';
+			    }
+			    $metacache{$uri}->{':'.$unikey.'.part'}=$part;
+			    $metathesekeys{$unikey}=1;
+			    unless (defined($metacache{$uri}->{':'.$unikey.'.'.$subp})) {
+				$metacache{$uri}->{':'.$unikey.'.'.$subp}=$value;
+			    }
+			    if (defined($metacache{$uri}->{':'.$unikey.'.default'})) {
+				$metacache{$uri}->{':'.$unikey}=
+				    $metacache{$uri}->{':'.$unikey.'.default'};
+			    }
+			}
+		    }
+		} else {
 #
 # This is not a package - some other kind of start tag
-# 
-              my $entry=$token->[1];
-              my $unikey;
-              if ($entry eq 'import') {
-                 $unikey='';
-              } else {
-                 $unikey=$entry;
-	      }
-              if ($prefix) {
-		  $unikey.=$prefix;
-              } else {
-                if (defined($token->[2]->{'part'})) { 
-                   $unikey.='_'.$token->[2]->{'part'}; 
-	        }
-	      }
-              if (defined($token->[2]->{'id'})) { 
-                 $unikey.='_'.$token->[2]->{'id'}; 
-	      }
+#
+		    my $entry=$token->[1];
+		    my $unikey;
+		    if ($entry eq 'import') {
+			$unikey='';
+		    } else {
+			$unikey=$entry;
+		    }
+		    $unikey.=&add_prefix_and_part($prefix,$token->[2]->{'part'});
+
+		    if (defined($token->[2]->{'id'})) { 
+			$unikey.='_'.$token->[2]->{'id'}; 
+		    }
 
-             if ($entry eq 'import') {
+		    if ($entry eq 'import') {
 #
 # Importing a library here
-#                
-		 if (defined($depthcount)) { $depthcount++; } else 
-                                           { $depthcount=0; }
-                 if ($depthcount<20) {
-		     foreach (split(/\,/,&metadata($uri,'keys',
-                                  $parser->get_text('/import'),$unikey,
-                                  $depthcount))) {
-                         $metathesekeys{$_}=1;
-		     }
-		 }
-             } else { 
-
-              if (defined($token->[2]->{'name'})) { 
-                 $unikey.='_'.$token->[2]->{'name'}; 
-	      }
-              $metathesekeys{$unikey}=1;
-              foreach (@{$token->[3]}) {
-		  $metacache{$uri.':'.$unikey.'.'.$_}=$token->[2]->{$_};
-              }
-              unless (
-                 $metacache{$uri.':'.$unikey}=$parser->get_text('/'.$entry)
-		      ) { $metacache{$uri.':'.$unikey}=
-			      $metacache{$uri.':'.$unikey.'.default'};
-		      }
+#
+			if ($depthcount<20) {
+			    my $location=$parser->get_text('/import');
+			    my $dir=$filename;
+			    $dir=~s|[^/]*$||;
+			    $location=&filelocation($dir,$location);
+			    foreach (sort(split(/\,/,&metadata($uri,'keys',
+							       $location,$unikey,
+							       $depthcount+1)))) {
+				$metacache{$uri}->{':'.$_}=$metacache{$uri}->{':'.$_};
+				$metathesekeys{$_}=1;
+			    }
+			}
+		    } else { 
+			
+			if (defined($token->[2]->{'name'})) { 
+			    $unikey.='_'.$token->[2]->{'name'}; 
+			}
+			$metathesekeys{$unikey}=1;
+			foreach (@{$token->[3]}) {
+			    $metacache{$uri}->{':'.$unikey.'.'.$_}=$token->[2]->{$_};
+			}
+			my $internaltext=&HTML::Entities::decode($parser->get_text('/'.$entry));
+			my $default=$metacache{$uri}->{':'.$unikey.'.default'};
+			if ( $internaltext =~ /^\s*$/ && $default !~ /^\s*$/) {
+		 # only ws inside the tag, and not in default, so use default
+		 # as value
+			    $metacache{$uri}->{':'.$unikey}=$default;
+			} else {
+		  # either something interesting inside the tag or default
+                  # uninteresting
+			    $metacache{$uri}->{':'.$unikey}=$internaltext;
+			}
 # end of not-a-package not-a-library import
-	   }
+		    }
 # end of not-a-package start tag
-	  }
+		}
 # the next is the end of "start tag"
-	 }
-       }
-       $metacache{$uri.':keys'}=join(',',keys %metathesekeys);
-       $metacache{$uri.':cachedtimestamp'}=time;
+	    }
+	}
+	my ($extension) = ($uri =~ /\.(\w+)$/);
+	foreach my $key (sort(keys(%packagetab))) {
+	    #&logthis("extsion1 $extension $key !!");
+	    #no specific packages #how's our extension
+	    if ($key!~/^extension_\Q$extension\E&/) { next; }
+	    &metadata_create_package_def($uri,$key,'extension_'.$extension,
+					 \%metathesekeys);
+	}
+	if (!exists($metacache{$uri}->{':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') {
+
+    #
+    # Importing a rights file here
+    #
+	    unless ($depthcount) {
+		my $location=$metacache{$uri}->{':customdistributionfile'};
+		my $dir=$filename;
+		$dir=~s|[^/]*$||;
+		$location=&filelocation($dir,$location);
+		foreach (sort(split(/\,/,&metadata($uri,'keys',
+						   $location,'_rights',
+						   $depthcount+1)))) {
+		    $metacache{$uri}->{':'.$_}=$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');
 # this is the end of "was not already recently cached
     }
-    return $metacache{$uri.':'.$what};
+    return $metacache{$uri}->{':'.$what};
 }
 
+sub metadata_create_package_def {
+    my ($uri,$key,$package,$metathesekeys)=@_;
+    my ($pack,$name,$subp)=split(/\&/,$key);
+    if ($subp eq 'default') { next; }
+    
+    if (defined($metacache{$uri}->{':packages'})) {
+	$metacache{$uri}->{':packages'}.=','.$package;
+    } else {
+	$metacache{$uri}->{':packages'}=$package;
+    }
+    my $value=$packagetab{$key};
+    my $unikey;
+    $unikey='parameter_0_'.$name;
+    $metacache{$uri}->{':'.$unikey.'.part'}=0;
+    $$metathesekeys{$unikey}=1;
+    unless (defined($metacache{$uri}->{':'.$unikey.'.'.$subp})) {
+	$metacache{$uri}->{':'.$unikey.'.'.$subp}=$value;
+    }
+    if (defined($metacache{$uri}->{':'.$unikey.'.default'})) {
+	$metacache{$uri}->{':'.$unikey}=
+	    $metacache{$uri}->{':'.$unikey.'.default'};
+    }
+}
+
+sub metadata_generate_part0 {
+    my ($metadata,$metacache,$uri) = @_;
+    my %allnames;
+    foreach my $metakey (sort keys %$metadata) {
+	if ($metakey=~/^parameter\_(.*)/) {
+	  my $part=$$metacache{':'.$metakey.'.part'};
+	  my $name=$$metacache{':'.$metakey.'.name'};
+	  if (! exists($$metadata{'parameter_0_'.$name.'.name'})) {
+	    $allnames{$name}=$part;
+	  }
+	}
+    }
+    foreach my $name (keys(%allnames)) {
+      $$metadata{"parameter_0_$name"}=1;
+      my $key=":parameter_0_$name";
+      $$metacache{"$key.part"}='0';
+      $$metacache{"$key.name"}=$name;
+      $$metacache{"$key.type"}=$$metacache{':parameter_'.
+					   $allnames{$name}.'_'.$name.
+					   '.type'};
+      my $olddis=$$metacache{':parameter_'.$allnames{$name}.'_'.$name.
+			     '.display'};
+      my $expr='\\[Part: '.$allnames{$name}.'\\]';
+      $olddis=~s/\Q$expr\E/\[Part: 0\]/;
+      $$metacache{"$key.display"}=$olddis;
+    }
+}
+
+# ------------------------------------------------- Get the title of a resource
+
+sub gettitle {
+    my $urlsymb=shift;
+    my $symb=&symbread($urlsymb);
+    if ($symb) {
+	my ($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');
+	}
+	$urlsymb=$url;
+    }
+    my $title=&metadata($urlsymb,'title');
+    if (!$title) { $title=(split('/',$urlsymb))[-1]; }    
+    return $title;
+}
+    
 # ------------------------------------------------- Update symbolic store links
 
 sub symblist {
     my ($mapname,%newhash)=@_;
-    $mapname=declutter($mapname);
+    $mapname=&deversion(&declutter($mapname));
     my %hash;
     if (($ENV{'request.course.fn'}) && (%newhash)) {
         if (tie(%hash,'GDBM_File',$ENV{'request.course.fn'}.'_symb.db',
-                      &GDBM_WRCREAT,0640)) {
+                      &GDBM_WRCREAT(),0640)) {
 	    foreach (keys %newhash) {
-                $hash{declutter($_)}=$mapname.'___'.$newhash{$_};
+                $hash{declutter($_)}=$mapname.'___'.&deversion($newhash{$_});
             }
             if (untie(%hash)) {
 		return 'ok';
@@ -2515,22 +4589,142 @@ sub symblist {
     return 'error';
 }
 
+# --------------------------------------------------------------- Verify a symb
+
+sub symbverify {
+    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; }
+# check URL part
+    my ($map,$resid,$url)=&decode_symb($symb);
+
+    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',
+                            &GDBM_READER(),0640)) {
+        my $ids=$bighash{'ids_'.&clutter($thisurl)};
+        unless ($ids) { 
+           $ids=$bighash{'ids_/'.$thisurl};
+        }
+        if ($ids) {
+# ------------------------------------------------------------------- Has ID(s)
+	    foreach (split(/\,/,$ids)) {
+               my ($mapid,$resid)=split(/\./,$_);
+               if (
+  &symbclean(&declutter($bighash{'map_id_'.$mapid}).'___'.$resid.'___'.$thisfn)
+   eq $symb) { 
+                  $okay=1; 
+               }
+	   }
+        }
+	untie(%bighash);
+    }
+    return $okay;
+}
+
+# --------------------------------------------------------------- Clean-up symb
+
+sub symbclean {
+    my $symb=shift;
+
+# 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 $symb;
+}
+
+# ---------------------------------------------- Split symb to find map and url
+
+sub encode_symb {
+    my ($map,$resid,$url)=@_;
+    return &symbclean(&declutter($map).'___'.$resid.'___'.&declutter($url));
+}
+
+sub decode_symb {
+    my ($map,$resid,$url)=split(/\_\_\_/,shift);
+    return (&fixversion($map),$resid,&fixversion($url));
+}
+
+sub fixversion {
+    my $fn=shift;
+    if ($fn=~/^(adm|uploaded|public)/) { return $fn; }
+    my %bighash;
+    my $uri=&clutter($fn);
+    my $key=$ENV{'request.course.id'}.'_'.$uri;
+# is this cached?
+    my ($result,$cached)=&is_cached(\%courseresversioncache,$key,
+				    'courseresversion',600);
+    if (defined($cached)) { return $result; }
+# unfortunately not cached, or expired
+    if (tie(%bighash,'GDBM_File',$ENV{'request.course.fn'}.'.db',
+	    &GDBM_READER(),0640)) {
+ 	if ($bighash{'version_'.$uri}) {
+ 	    my $version=$bighash{'version_'.$uri};
+ 	    unless (($version eq 'mostrecent') || 
+		    ($version==&getversion($uri))) {
+ 		$uri=~s/\.(\w+)$/\.$version\.$1/;
+ 	    }
+ 	}
+ 	untie %bighash;
+    }
+    return &do_cache
+	(\%courseresversioncache,$key,&declutter($uri),'courseresversion');
+}
+
+sub deversion {
+    my $url=shift;
+    $url=~s/\.\d+\.(\w+)$/\.$1/;
+    return $url;
+}
+
 # ------------------------------------------------------ Return symb list entry
 
 sub symbread {
-    my $thisfn=shift;
+    my ($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 $ENV{'request.symb'}; }
+        if ($ENV{'request.symb'}) {
+	    return $ENV{$cache_str}=&symbclean($ENV{'request.symb'});
+	}
 	$thisfn=$ENV{'request.filename'};
     }
+# is that filename actually a symb? Verify, clean, and return
+    if ($thisfn=~/\_\_\_\d+\_\_\_(.*)$/) {
+	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)) {
+        my $targetfn = $thisfn;
+        if ( ($thisfn =~ m/^uploaded\//) && ($thisfn !~ m/\.(page|sequence)$/) ) {
+            $targetfn = 'adm/wrapper/'.$thisfn;
+        }
         if (tie(%hash,'GDBM_File',$ENV{'request.course.fn'}.'_symb.db',
-                      &GDBM_READER,0640)) {
-	    $syval=$hash{$thisfn};
+                      &GDBM_READER(),0640)) {
+	    $syval=$hash{$targetfn};
             untie(%hash);
         }
 # ---------------------------------------------------------- There was an entry
@@ -2538,19 +4732,23 @@ sub symbread {
            unless ($syval=~/\_\d+$/) {
 	       unless ($ENV{'form.request.prefix'}=~/\.(\d+)\_$/) {
                   &appenv('request.ambiguous' => $thisfn);
-                  return '';
+		  return $ENV{$cache_str}='';
                }    
                $syval.=$1;
 	   }
         } else {
 # ------------------------------------------------------- Was not in symb table
            if (tie(%bighash,'GDBM_File',$ENV{'request.course.fn'}.'.db',
-                            &GDBM_READER,0640)) {
+                            &GDBM_READER(),0640)) {
 # ---------------------------------------------- Get ID(s) for current resource
-              my $ids=$bighash{'ids_/res/'.$thisfn};
+              my $ids=$bighash{'ids_'.&clutter($thisfn)};
               unless ($ids) { 
                  $ids=$bighash{'ids_/'.$thisfn};
               }
+              unless ($ids) {
+# alias?
+		  $ids=$bighash{'mapalias_'.$thisfn};
+              }
               if ($ids) {
 # ------------------------------------------------------------------- Has ID(s)
                  my @possibilities=split(/\,/,$ids);
@@ -2558,7 +4756,7 @@ sub symbread {
 # ----------------------------------------------- There is only one possibility
 		     my ($mapid,$resid)=split(/\./,$ids);
                      $syval=declutter($bighash{'map_id_'.$mapid}).'___'.$resid;
-                 } else {
+                 } elsif (!$donotrecurse) {
 # ------------------------------------------ There is more than one possibility
                      my $realpossible=0;
                      foreach (@possibilities) {
@@ -2573,17 +4771,19 @@ sub symbread {
 			 }
                      }
 		     if ($realpossible!=1) { $syval=''; }
+                 } else {
+                     $syval='';
                  }
 	      }
               untie(%bighash)
-           } 
+           }
         }
         if ($syval) {
-           return $syval.'___'.$thisfn; 
+	    return $ENV{$cache_str}=&symbclean($syval.'___'.$thisfn);
         }
     }
     &appenv('request.ambiguous' => $thisfn);
-    return '';
+    return $ENV{$cache_str}='';
 }
 
 # ---------------------------------------------------------- Return random seed
@@ -2598,63 +4798,367 @@ sub numval {
     $txt=~tr/u-z/0-5/;
     $txt=~s/\D//g;
     return int($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; }
+    return int($total);
+}
+
+sub latest_rnd_algorithm_id {
+    return '64bit3';
+}
+
+sub get_rand_alg {
+    my ($courseid)=@_;
+    if (!$courseid) { $courseid=(&Apache::lonxml::whichuser())[1]; }
+    if ($courseid) {
+	return $ENV{"course.$courseid.rndseed"};
+    }
+    return &latest_rnd_algorithm_id();
+}
+
+sub getCODE {
+    if (defined($ENV{'form.CODE'})) { return $ENV{'form.CODE'}; }
+    if (defined($Apache::lonhomework::parsing_a_problem) &&
+	defined($Apache::lonhomework::history{'resource.CODE'})) {
+	return $Apache::lonhomework::history{'resource.CODE'};
+    }
+    return undef;
+}
 
 sub rndseed {
     my ($symb,$courseid,$domain,$username)=@_;
+
+    my ($wsymb,$wcourseid,$wdomain,$wusername)=&Apache::lonxml::whichuser();
     if (!$symb) {
-      unless ($symb=&symbread()) { return time; }
+	unless ($symb=$wsymb) { return time; }
+    }
+    if (!$courseid) { $courseid=$wcourseid; }
+    if (!$domain) { $domain=$wdomain; }
+    if (!$username) { $username=$wusername }
+    my $which=&get_rand_alg();
+    if (defined(&getCODE())) {
+	return &rndseed_CODE_64bit($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') {
+	return &rndseed_64bit($symb,$courseid,$domain,$username);
     }
-    if (!$courseid) { $courseid=$ENV{'request.course.id'};}
-    if (!$domain) {$domain=$ENV{'user.domain'};}
-    if (!$username) {$username=$ENV{'user.name'};}
+    return &rndseed_32bit($symb,$courseid,$domain,$username);
+}
+
+sub rndseed_32bit {
+    my ($symb,$courseid,$domain,$username)=@_;
     {
-      use integer;
-      my $symbchck=unpack("%32C*",$symb) << 27;
-      my $symbseed=numval($symb) << 22;
-      my $namechck=unpack("%32C*",$username) << 17;
-      my $nameseed=numval($username) << 12;
-      my $domainseed=unpack("%32C*",$domain) << 7;
-      my $courseseed=unpack("%32C*",$courseid);
-      my $num=$symbseed+$nameseed+$domainseed+$courseseed+$namechck+$symbchck;
-      #uncommenting these lines can break things!
-      #&Apache::lonxml::debug("$symbseed:$nameseed;$domainseed|$courseseed;$namechck:$symbchck");
-      #&Apache::lonxml::debug("rndseed :$num:$symb");
-      return $num;
+	use integer;
+	my $symbchck=unpack("%32C*",$symb) << 27;
+	my $symbseed=numval($symb) << 22;
+	my $namechck=unpack("%32C*",$username) << 17;
+	my $nameseed=numval($username) << 12;
+	my $domainseed=unpack("%32C*",$domain) << 7;
+	my $courseseed=unpack("%32C*",$courseid);
+	my $num=$symbseed+$nameseed+$domainseed+$courseseed+$namechck+$symbchck;
+	#&Apache::lonxml::debug("$symbseed:$nameseed;$domainseed|$courseseed;$namechck:$symbchck");
+	#&Apache::lonxml::debug("rndseed :$num:$symb");
+	return $num;
     }
 }
 
+sub rndseed_64bit {
+    my ($symb,$courseid,$domain,$username)=@_;
+    {
+	use integer;
+	my $symbchck=unpack("%32S*",$symb) << 21;
+	my $symbseed=numval($symb) << 10;
+	my $namechck=unpack("%32S*",$username);
+	
+	my $nameseed=numval($username) << 21;
+	my $domainseed=unpack("%32S*",$domain) << 10;
+	my $courseseed=unpack("%32S*",$courseid);
+	
+	my $num1=$symbchck+$symbseed+$namechck;
+	my $num2=$nameseed+$domainseed+$courseseed;
+	#&Apache::lonxml::debug("$symbseed:$nameseed;$domainseed|$courseseed;$namechck:$symbchck");
+	#&Apache::lonxml::debug("rndseed :$num:$symb");
+	return "$num1,$num2";
+    }
+}
+
+sub rndseed_64bit2 {
+    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 $symbseed=numval($symb) << 10;
+	my $namechck=unpack("%32S*",$username.' ');
+	
+	my $nameseed=numval($username) << 21;
+	my $domainseed=unpack("%32S*",$domain.' ') << 10;
+	my $courseseed=unpack("%32S*",$courseid.' ');
+	
+	my $num1=$symbchck+$symbseed+$namechck;
+	my $num2=$nameseed+$domainseed+$courseseed;
+	#&Apache::lonxml::debug("$symbseed:$nameseed;$domainseed|$courseseed;$namechck:$symbchck");
+	#&Apache::lonxml::debug("rndseed :$num:$symb");
+	return "$num1,$num2";
+    }
+}
+
+sub rndseed_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 :$num:$symb");
+	return "$num1:$num2";
+    }
+}
+
+sub rndseed_CODE_64bit {
+    my ($symb,$courseid,$domain,$username)=@_;
+    {
+	use integer;
+	my $symbchck=unpack("%32S*",$symb.' ') << 16;
+	my $symbseed=numval2($symb);
+	my $CODEchck=unpack("%32S*",&getCODE().' ') << 16;
+	my $CODEseed=numval(&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");
+	return "$num1:$num2";
+    }
+}
+
+sub setup_random_from_rndseed {
+    my ($rndseed)=@_;
+    if ($rndseed =~/([,:])/) {
+	my ($num1,$num2)=split(/[,:]/,$rndseed);
+	&Math::Random::random_set_seed(abs($num1),abs($num2));
+    } else {
+	&Math::Random::random_set_seed_from_phrase($rndseed);
+    }
+}
+
+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 {
-    return &ireceipt($ENV{'user.name'},$ENV{'user.domain'},
-                     $ENV{'request.course.id'},&symbread());
+    my ($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 $file=shift;
-  &repcopy($file);
-  if (! -e $file ) { return -1; };
-  my $fh=Apache::File->new($file);
-  my $a='';
-  while (<$fh>) { $a .=$_; }
-  return $a
+    my ($file) = @_;
+
+    if ($file =~ m|^/*uploaded/|) { $file=&filelocation("",$file); }
+    &repcopy($file);
+    return &readfile($file);
+}
+
+sub repcopy_userfile {
+    my ($file)=@_;
+
+    if ($file =~ m|^/*uploaded/|) { $file=&filelocation("",$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=$1;
+    if ($uri=~/^uploaded\/([^\/]+)\/([^\/]+)\/([^\/]+)(\?\.*)*$/) {
+        &appenv('userfile.'.$1.'/'.$2.'/'.$3 => $ENV{'request.course.id'});
+        return 'http://'.$hostname{ &homeserver($2,$1)}.'/'.$uri.
+               (($uri=~/\?/)?'&':'?').'token='.$token.
+                               '&tokenissued='.$perlvar{'lonHostID'};
+    } else {
+        return '/adm/notfound.html';
+    }
+}
+
+sub getuploaded {
+    my ($reqtype,$uri,$cdom,$cnum,$info,$rtncode) = @_;
+    $uri=~s/^\///;
+    $uri = 'http://'.$hostname{ &homeserver($cnum,$cdom)}.'/raw/'.$uri;
+    my $ua=new LWP::UserAgent;
+    my $request=new HTTP::Request($reqtype,$uri);
+    my $response=$ua->request($request);
+    $$rtncode = $response->code;
+    if (! $response->is_success()) {
+	return 'failed';
+    }      
+    if ($reqtype eq 'HEAD') {
+	$$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 {
@@ -2664,9 +5168,23 @@ sub filelocation {
   if ($file=~m:^/~:) { # is a contruction space reference
     $location = $file;
     $location =~ s:/~(.*?)/(.*):/home/$1/public_html/$2:;
+  } elsif ($file=~/^\/*uploaded/) { # is an uploaded file
+      my ($udom,$uname,$filename)=
+	  ($file=~m|^/+uploaded/+([^/]+)/+([^/]+)/+(.*)$|);
+      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 {
-    $file=~s/^$perlvar{'lonDocRoot'}//;
-    $file=~s:^/*res::;
+    $file=~s/^\Q$perlvar{'lonDocRoot'}\E//;
+    $file=~s:^/res/:/:;
     if ( !( $file =~ m:^/:) ) {
       $location = $dir. '/'.$file;
     } else {
@@ -2675,27 +5193,67 @@ sub filelocation {
   }
   $location=~s://+:/:g; # remove duplicate /
   while ($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//;
-       return $finalpath;
-    } else {
-       return $file;
+    unless (($file=~m-^http://-i) || ($file=~m-^/-)) {
+	my $finalpath=filelocation($dir,$file);
+	$finalpath=~s-^/home/httpd/html--;
+	$finalpath=~s-^/home/(\w+)/public_html/-/~$1/-;
+	return $finalpath;
+    } elsif ($file=~m-^/home-) {
+	$file=~s-^/home/httpd/html--;
+	$file=~s-^/home/(\w+)/public_html/-/~$1/-;
+	return $file;
+    }
+    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'}//;
+    $thisfn=~s/^\Q$perlvar{'lonDocRoot'}\E//;
     $thisfn=~s/^\///;
     $thisfn=~s/^res\///;
+    $thisfn=~s/\?.+$//;
+    return $thisfn;
+}
+
+# ------------------------------------------------------------- Clutter up URLs
+
+sub clutter {
+    my $thisfn='/'.&declutter(shift);
+    unless ($thisfn=~/^\/(uploaded|adm|userfiles|ext|raw|priv|public)\//) { 
+       $thisfn='/res'.$thisfn; 
+    }
     return $thisfn;
 }
 
@@ -2715,98 +5273,181 @@ sub unescape {
     return $str;
 }
 
+sub mod_perl_version {
+    if (defined($perlvar{'MODPERL2'})) {
+	return 2;
+    }
+    return 1;
+}
+
+sub correct_line_ends {
+    my ($result)=@_;
+    $$result =~s/\r\n/\n/mg;
+    $$result =~s/\r/\n/mg;
+}
 # ================================================================ Main Program
 
 sub goodbye {
    &logthis("Starting Shut down");
+#not converted to using infrastruture and probably shouldn't be
+   &logthis(sprintf("%-20s is %s",'%badServerCache',scalar(%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)));
+#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)));
    &flushcourselogs();
    &logthis("Shutting down");
+   return DONE;
 }
 
 BEGIN {
-# ------------------------------------------------------------ Read access.conf
+# ----------------------------------- Read loncapa.conf and loncapa_apache.conf
     unless ($readit) {
 {
-    my $config=Apache::File->new("/etc/httpd/conf/access.conf");
+    open(my $config,"</etc/httpd/conf/loncapa.conf");
+
+    while (my $configline=<$config>) {
+        if ($configline=~/\S/ && $configline =~ /^[^\#]*PerlSetVar/) {
+	   my ($dummy,$varname,$varvalue)=split(/\s+/,$configline);
+           chomp($varvalue);
+           $perlvar{$varname}=$varvalue;
+        }
+    }
+    close($config);
+}
+{
+    open(my $config,"</etc/httpd/conf/loncapa_apache.conf");
 
     while (my $configline=<$config>) {
-        if ($configline =~ /PerlSetVar/) {
+        if ($configline =~ /^[^\#]*PerlSetVar/) {
 	   my ($dummy,$varname,$varvalue)=split(/\s+/,$configline);
            chomp($varvalue);
            $perlvar{$varname}=$varvalue;
         }
     }
+    close($config);
 }
 
+# ------------------------------------------------------------ Read domain file
+{
+    %domaindescription = ();
+    %domain_auth_def = ();
+    %domain_auth_arg_def = ();
+    my $fh;
+    if (open($fh,"<".$Apache::lonnet::perlvar{'lonTabDir'}.'/domain.tab')) {
+       while (<$fh>) {
+           next if (/^(\#|\s*$)/);
+#           next if /^\#/;
+           chomp;
+           my ($domain, $domain_description, $def_auth, $def_auth_arg,
+	       $def_lang, $city, $longi, $lati) = split(/:/,$_);
+	   $domain_auth_def{$domain}=$def_auth;
+           $domain_auth_arg_def{$domain}=$def_auth_arg;
+	   $domaindescription{$domain}=$domain_description;
+	   $domain_lang_def{$domain}=$def_lang;
+	   $domain_city{$domain}=$city;
+	   $domain_longi{$domain}=$longi;
+	   $domain_lati{$domain}=$lati;
+
+ #         &logthis("Domain.tab: $domain, $domain_auth_def{$domain}, $domain_auth_arg_def{$domain},$domaindescription{$domain}");
+#          &logthis("Domain.tab: $domain ".$domaindescription{$domain} );
+	}
+    }
+    close ($fh);
+}
+
+
 # ------------------------------------------------------------- Read hosts file
 {
-    my $config=Apache::File->new("$perlvar{'lonTabDir'}/hosts.tab");
+    open(my $config,"<$perlvar{'lonTabDir'}/hosts.tab");
 
     while (my $configline=<$config>) {
+       next if ($configline =~ /^(\#|\s*$)/);
        chomp($configline);
-       my ($id,$domain,$role,$name,$ip)=split(/:/,$configline);
-       $hostname{$id}=$name;
-       $hostdom{$id}=$domain;
-       $hostip{$id}=$ip;
-       if ($role eq 'library') { $libserv{$id}=$name; }
+       my ($id,$domain,$role,$name,$ip,$domdescr)=split(/:/,$configline);
+       if ($id && $domain && $role && $name && $ip) {
+	 $hostname{$id}=$name;
+	 $hostdom{$id}=$domain;
+	 $hostip{$id}=$ip;
+	 $iphost{$ip}=$id;
+	 if ($role eq 'library') { $libserv{$id}=$name; }
+       }
     }
+    close($config);
 }
 
 # ------------------------------------------------------ Read spare server file
 {
-    my $config=Apache::File->new("$perlvar{'lonTabDir'}/spare.tab");
+    open(my $config,"<$perlvar{'lonTabDir'}/spare.tab");
 
     while (my $configline=<$config>) {
        chomp($configline);
-       if (($configline) && ($configline ne $perlvar{'lonHostID'})) {
+       if ($configline) {
           $spareid{$configline}=1;
        }
     }
+    close($config);
 }
 # ------------------------------------------------------------ Read permissions
 {
-    my $config=Apache::File->new("$perlvar{'lonTabDir'}/roles.tab");
+    open(my $config,"<$perlvar{'lonTabDir'}/roles.tab");
 
     while (my $configline=<$config>) {
-       chomp($configline);
-      if ($configline) {
-       my ($role,$perm)=split(/ /,$configline);
-       if ($perm ne '') { $pr{$role}=$perm; }
-      }
+	chomp($configline);
+	if ($configline) {
+	    my ($role,$perm)=split(/ /,$configline);
+	    if ($perm ne '') { $pr{$role}=$perm; }
+	}
     }
+    close($config);
 }
 
 # -------------------------------------------- Read plain texts for permissions
 {
-    my $config=Apache::File->new("$perlvar{'lonTabDir'}/rolesplain.tab");
+    open(my $config,"<$perlvar{'lonTabDir'}/rolesplain.tab");
 
     while (my $configline=<$config>) {
-       chomp($configline);
-      if ($configline) {
-       my ($short,$plain)=split(/:/,$configline);
-       if ($plain ne '') { $prp{$short}=$plain; }
-      }
+	chomp($configline);
+	if ($configline) {
+	    my ($short,$plain)=split(/:/,$configline);
+	    if ($plain ne '') { $prp{$short}=$plain; }
+	}
     }
+    close($config);
 }
 
 # ---------------------------------------------------------- Read package table
 {
-    my $config=Apache::File->new("$perlvar{'lonTabDir'}/packages.tab");
+    open(my $config,"<$perlvar{'lonTabDir'}/packages.tab");
 
     while (my $configline=<$config>) {
-       chomp($configline);
-       my ($short,$plain)=split(/:/,$configline);
-       my ($pack,$name)=split(/\&/,$short);
-       if ($plain ne '') {
-          $packagetab{$pack.'&'.$name.'&name'}=$name; 
-          $packagetab{$short}=$plain; 
-       }
+	if ($configline !~ /\S/ || $configline=~/^#/) { next; }
+	chomp($configline);
+	my ($short,$plain)=split(/:/,$configline);
+	my ($pack,$name)=split(/\&/,$short);
+	if ($plain ne '') {
+	    $packagetab{$pack.'&'.$name.'&name'}=$name; 
+	    $packagetab{$short}=$plain; 
+	}
     }
+    close($config);
+}
+
+# ------------- set up temporary directory
+{
+    $tmpdir = $perlvar{'lonDaemons'}.'/tmp/';
+
 }
 
 %metacache=();
 
-$processmarker=$$.'_'.time.'_'.$perlvar{'lonHostID'};
+$processmarker='_'.time.'_'.$perlvar{'lonHostID'};
 $dumpcount=0;
 
 &logtouch();
@@ -2818,405 +5459,830 @@ $readit=1;
 1;
 __END__
 
+=pod
+
 =head1 NAME
 
-Apache::lonnet - TCP networking package
+Apache::lonnet - Subroutines to ask questions about things in the network.
 
 =head1 SYNOPSIS
 
-Invoked by other LON-CAPA modules.
+Invoked by other LON-CAPA modules, when they need to talk to or about objects in the network.
 
  &Apache::lonnet::SUBROUTINENAME(ARGUMENTS);
 
-=head1 INTRODUCTION
+Common parameters:
+
+=over 4
+
+=item *
+
+$uname : an internal username (if $cname expecting a course Id specifically)
+
+=item *
+
+$udom : a domain (if $cdom expecting a course's domain specifically)
+
+=item *
+
+$symb : a resource instance identifier
+
+=item *
+
+$namespace : the name of a .db file that contains the data needed or
+being set.
+
+=back
+
+=head1 OVERVIEW
+
+lonnet provides subroutines which interact with the
+lonc/lond (TCP) network layer of LON-CAPA. They can be used to ask
+about classes, users, and resources.
+
+For many of these objects you can also use this to store data about
+them or modify them in various ways.
+
+=head2 Symbs
+
+To identify a specific instance of a resource, LON-CAPA uses symbols
+or "symbs"X<symb>. These identifiers are built from the URL of the
+map, the resource number of the resource in the map, and the URL of
+the resource itself. The latter is somewhat redundant, but might help
+if maps change.
+
+An example is
+
+ msu/korte/parts/part1.sequence___19___msu/korte/tests/part12.problem
+
+The respective map entry is
+
+ <resource id="19" src="/res/msu/korte/tests/part12.problem"
+  title="Problem 2">
+ </resource>
+
+Symbs are used by the random number generator, as well as to store and
+restore data specific to a certain instance of for example a problem.
+
+=head2 Storing And Retrieving Data
+
+X<store()>X<cstore()>X<restore()>Three of the most important functions
+in C<lonnet.pm> are C<&Apache::lonnet::cstore()>,
+C<&Apache::lonnet:restore()>, and C<&Apache::lonnet::store()>, which
+is is the non-critical message twin of cstore. These functions are for
+handlers to store a perl hash to a user's permanent data space in an
+easy manner, and to retrieve it again on another call. It is expected
+that a handler would use this once at the beginning to retrieve data,
+and then again once at the end to send only the new data back.
+
+The data is stored in the user's data directory on the user's
+homeserver under the ID of the course.
+
+The hash that is returned by restore will have all of the previous
+value for all of the elements of the hash.
+
+Example:
+
+ #creating a hash
+ my %hash;
+ $hash{'foo'}='bar';
+
+ #storing it
+ &Apache::lonnet::cstore(\%hash);
+
+ #changing a value
+ $hash{'foo'}='notbar';
+
+ #adding a new value
+ $hash{'bar'}='foo';
+ &Apache::lonnet::cstore(\%hash);
+
+ #retrieving the hash
+ my %history=&Apache::lonnet::restore();
+
+ #print the hash
+ foreach my $key (sort(keys(%history))) {
+   print("\%history{$key} = $history{$key}");
+ }
+
+Will print out:
+
+ %history{1:foo} = bar
+ %history{1:keys} = foo:timestamp
+ %history{1:timestamp} = 990455579
+ %history{2:bar} = foo
+ %history{2:foo} = notbar
+ %history{2:keys} = foo:bar:timestamp
+ %history{2:timestamp} = 990455580
+ %history{bar} = foo
+ %history{foo} = notbar
+ %history{timestamp} = 990455580
+ %history{version} = 2
+
+Note that the special hash entries C<keys>, C<version> and
+C<timestamp> were added to the hash. C<version> will be equal to the
+total number of versions of the data that have been stored. The
+C<timestamp> attribute will be the UNIX time the hash was
+stored. C<keys> is available in every historical section to list which
+keys were added or changed at a specific historical revision of a
+hash.
+
+B<Warning>: do not store the hash that restore returns directly. This
+will cause a mess since it will restore the historical keys as if the
+were new keys. I.E. 1:foo will become 1:1:foo etc.
+
+Calling convention:
+
+ my %record=&Apache::lonnet::restore($symb,$courseid,$domain,$uname,$home);
+ &Apache::lonnet::cstore(\%newrecord,$symb,$courseid,$domain,$uname,$home);
+
+For more detailed information, see lonnet specific documentation.
 
-This module provides subroutines which interact with the
-lonc/lond (TCP) network layer of LON-CAPA.
+=head1 RETURN MESSAGES
 
-This is part of the LearningOnline Network with CAPA project
-described at http://www.lon-capa.org.
+=over 4
+
+=item * B<con_lost>: unable to contact remote host
+
+=item * B<con_delayed>: unable to contact remote host, message will be delivered
+when the connection is brought back up
+
+=item * B<con_failed>: unable to contact remote host and unable to save message
+for later delivery
+
+=item * B<error:>: an error a occured, a description of the error follows the :
 
-=head1 HANDLER SUBROUTINE
+=item * B<no_such_host>: unable to fund a host associated with the user/domain
+that was requested
 
-There is no handler routine for this module.
+=back
+
+=head1 PUBLIC SUBROUTINES
 
-=head1 OTHER SUBROUTINES
+=head2 Session Environment Functions
 
 =over 4
 
+=item * 
+X<appenv()>
+B<appenv(%hash)>: the value of %hash is written to
+the user envirnoment file, and will be restored for each access this
+user makes during this session, also modifies the %ENV for the current
+process
+
 =item *
+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.
 
-logtouch() : make sure the logfile, lonnet.log, exists
+=back
+
+=head2 User Information
+
+=over 4
 
 =item *
+X<queryauthenticate()>
+B<queryauthenticate($uname,$udom)>: try to determine user's current 
+authentication scheme
 
-logthis() : append message to lonnet.log
+=item *
+X<authenticate()>
+B<authenticate($uname,$upass,$udom)>: try to
+authenticate user from domain's lib servers (first use the current
+one). C<$upass> should be the users password.
 
 =item *
+X<homeserver()>
+B<homeserver($uname,$udom)>: find the server which has
+the user's directory and files (there must be only one), this caches
+the answer, and also caches if there is a borken connection.
 
-logperm() : append a permanent message to lonnet.perm.log
+=item *
+X<idget()>
+B<idget($udom,@ids)>: find the usernames behind a list of IDs
+(IDs are a unique resource in a domain, there must be only 1 ID per
+username, and only 1 username per ID in a specific domain) (returns
+hash: id=>name,id=>name)
 
 =item *
+X<idrget()>
+B<idrget($udom,@unames)>: find the IDs behind a list of
+usernames (returns hash: name=>id,name=>id)
 
-subreply() : non-critical communication, called by &reply
+=item *
+X<idput()>
+B<idput($udom,%ids)>: store away a list of names and associated IDs
 
 =item *
+X<rolesinit()>
+B<rolesinit($udom,$username,$authhost)>: get user privileges
 
-reply() : makes two attempts to pass message; logs refusals and rejections
+=item *
+X<usection()>
+B<usection($udom,$uname,$cname)>: finds the section of student in the
+course $cname, return section name/number or '' for "not in course"
+and '-1' for "no section"
 
 =item *
+X<userenvironment()>
+B<userenvironment($udom,$uname,@what)>: gets the values of the keys
+passed in @what from the requested user's environment, returns a hash
 
-reconlonc() : tries to reconnect lonc client processes.
+=back
+
+=head2 User Roles
+
+=over 4
 
 =item *
 
-critical() : passes a critical message to another server; if cannot get
-through then place message in connection buffer
+allowed($priv,$uri) : check for a user privilege; returns codes for allowed
+actions
+ F: full access
+ U,I,K: authentication modes (cxx only)
+ '': forbidden
+ 1: user needs to choose course
+ 2: browse allowed
 
 =item *
 
-appenv(%hash) : read in current user environment, append new environment
-values to make new user environment
+definerole($rolename,$sysrole,$domrole,$courole) : define role; define a custom
+role rolename set privileges in format of lonTabs/roles.tab for system, domain,
+and course level
 
 =item *
 
-delenv($varname) : read in current user environment, remove all values
-beginning with $varname, write new user environment (note: flock is used
-to prevent conflicting shared read/writes with file)
+plaintext($short) : return value in %prp hash (rolesplain.tab); plain text
+explanation of a user role term
+
+=back
+
+=head2 User Modification
+
+=over 4
 
 =item *
 
-spareserver() : find server with least workload from spare.tab
+assignrole($udom,$uname,$url,$role,$end,$start) : assign role; give a role to a
+user for the level given by URL.  Optional start and end dates (leave empty
+string or zero for "no date")
 
 =item *
 
-queryauthenticate($uname,$udom) : try to determine user's current
-authentication scheme
+changepass($uname,$udom,$currentpass,$newpass,$server) : attempts to
+change a users, password, possible return values are: ok,
+pwchange_failure, non_authorized, auth_mode_error, unknown_user,
+refused
 
 =item *
 
-authenticate($uname,$upass,$udom) : try to authenticate user from domain's lib
-servers (first use the current one)
+modifyuserauth($udom,$uname,$umode,$upass) : modify user authentication
 
 =item *
 
-homeserver($uname,$udom) : find the homebase for a user from domain's lib
-servers
+modifyuser($udom,$uname,$uid,$umode,$upass,$first,$middle,$last,$gene) : 
+modify user
 
 =item *
 
-idget($udom,@ids) : find the usernames behind a list of IDs (returns hash:
-id=>name,id=>name)
+modifystudent
+
+modify a students enrollment and identification information.
+The course id is resolved based on the current users environment.  
+This means the envoking user must be a course coordinator or otherwise
+associated with a course.
+
+This call is essentially a wrapper for lonnet::modifyuser and
+lonnet::modify_student_enrollment
+
+Inputs: 
+
+=over 4
+
+=item B<$udom> Students loncapa domain
+
+=item B<$uname> Students loncapa login name
+
+=item B<$uid> Students id/student number
+
+=item B<$umode> Students authentication mode
+
+=item B<$upass> Students password
+
+=item B<$first> Students first name
+
+=item B<$middle> Students middle name
+
+=item B<$last> Students last name
+
+=item B<$gene> Students generation
+
+=item B<$usec> Students section in course
+
+=item B<$end> Unix time of the roles expiration
+
+=item B<$start> Unix time of the roles start date
+
+=item B<$forceid> If defined, allow $uid to be changed
+
+=item B<$desiredhome> server to use as home server for student
+
+=back
 
 =item *
 
-idrget($udom,@unames) : find the IDs behind a list of usernames (returns hash:
-name=>id,name=>id)
+modify_student_enrollment
+
+Change a students enrollment status in a class.  The environment variable
+'role.request.course' must be defined for this function to proceed.
+
+Inputs:
+
+=over 4
+
+=item $udom, students domain
+
+=item $uname, students name
+
+=item $uid, students user id
+
+=item $first, students first name
+
+=item $middle
+
+=item $last
+
+=item $gene
+
+=item $usec
+
+=item $end
+
+=item $start
+
+=back
+
 
 =item *
 
-idput($udom,%ids) : store away a list of names and associated IDs
+assigncustomrole($udom,$uname,$url,$rdom,$rnam,$rolename,$end,$start) : assign
+custom role; give a custom role to a user for the level given by URL.  Specify
+name and domain of role author, and role name
 
 =item *
 
-usection($domain,$user,$courseid) : output of section name/number or '' for
-"not in course" and '-1' for "no section"
+revokerole($udom,$uname,$url,$role) : revoke a role for url
 
 =item *
 
-userenvironment($domain,$user,$what) : puts out any environment parameter 
-for a user
+revokecustomrole($udom,$uname,$url,$role) : revoke a custom role
+
+=back
+
+=head2 Course Infomation
+
+=over 4
 
 =item *
 
-subscribe($fname) : subscribe to a resource, return URL if possible
+coursedescription($courseid) : course description
 
 =item *
 
-repcopy($filename) : replicate file
+courseresdata($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.
+
+=back
+
+=head2 Course Modification
+
+=over 4
 
 =item *
 
-ssi($url,%hash) : server side include, does a complete request cycle on url to
-localhost, posts hash
+writecoursepref($courseid,%prefs) : write preferences (environment
+database) for a course
 
 =item *
 
-log($domain,$name,$home,$message) : write to permanent log for user; use
-critical subroutine
+createcourse($udom,$description,$url) : make/modify course
+
+=back
+
+=head2 Resource Subroutines
+
+=over 4
 
 =item *
 
-flushcourselogs() : flush (save) buffer logs and access logs
+subscribe($fname) : subscribe to a resource, returns URL if possible (probably should use repcopy instead)
 
 =item *
 
-courselog($what) : save message for course in hash
+repcopy($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
+resource. Expects the local filesystem pathname
+(/home/httpd/html/res/....)
+
+=back
+
+=head2 Resource Information
+
+=over 4
 
 =item *
 
-courseacclog($what) : save message for course using &courselog().  Perform
-special processing for specific resource types (problems, exams, quizzes, etc).
+EXT($varname,$symb,$udom,$uname) : evaluates and returns the value of
+a vairety of different possible values, $varname should be a request
+string, and the other parameters can be used to specify who and what
+one is asking about.
+
+Possible values for $varname are environment.lastname (or other item
+from the envirnment hash), user.name (or someother aspect about the
+user), resource.0.maxtries (or some other part and parameter of a
+resource)
 
 =item *
 
-countacc($url) : count the number of accesses to a given URL
+directcondval($number) : get current value of a condition; reads from a state
+string
 
 =item *
 
-sub checkout($symb,$tuname,$tudom,$tcrsid) : check out an item
+condval($condidx) : value of condition index based on state
 
 =item *
 
-sub checkin($token) : check in an item
+metadata($uri,$what,$liburi,$prefix,$depthcount) : request a
+resource's metadata, $what should be either a specific key, or either
+'keys' (to get a list of possible keys) or 'packages' to get a list of
+packages that this resource currently uses, the last 3 arguments are only used internally for recursive metadata.
+
+this function automatically caches all requests
 
 =item *
 
-sub expirespread($uname,$udom,$stype,$usymb) : set expire date for spreadsheet
+metadata_query($query,$custom,$customshow) : make a metadata query against the
+network of library servers; returns file handle of where SQL and regex results
+will be stored for query
 
 =item *
 
-devalidate($symb) : devalidate spreadsheets
+symbread($filename) : return symbolic list entry (filename argument optional);
+returns the data handle
 
 =item *
 
-hash2str(%hash) : convert a hash into a string complete with escaping and '='
-and '&' separators, supports elements that are arrayrefs and hashrefs
+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'}
+
 
 =item *
 
-hashref2str($hashref) : convert a hashref into a string complete with
-escaping and '=' and '&' separators, supports elements that are
-arrayrefs and hashrefs
+symbclean($symb) : removes versions numbers from a symb, returns the
+cleaned symb
 
 =item *
 
-arrayref2str($arrayref) : convert an arrayref into a string complete
-with escaping and '&' separators, supports elements that are arrayrefs
-and hashrefs
+is_on_map($uri) : checks if the $uri is somewhere on the current
+course map, user must be in a course for it to work.
 
 =item *
 
-str2hash($string) : convert string to hash using unescaping and
-splitting on '=' and '&', supports elements that are arrayrefs and
-hashrefs
+numval($salt) : return random seed value (addend for rndseed)
 
 =item *
 
-str2array($string) : convert string to hash using unescaping and
-splitting on '&', supports elements that are arrayrefs and hashrefs
+rndseed($symb,$courseid,$udom,$uname) : create a random sum; returns
+a random seed, all arguments are optional, if they aren't sent it uses the
+environment to derive them. Note: if symb isn't sent and it can't get one
+from &symbread it will use the current time as its return value
 
 =item *
 
-tmpreset($symb,$namespace,$domain,$stuname) : temporary storage
+ireceipt($funame,$fudom,$fucourseid,$fusymb) : return unique,
+unfakeable, receipt
 
 =item *
 
-tmprestore($symb,$namespace,$domain,$stuname) : temporary restore
+receipt() : API to ireceipt working off of ENV values; given out to users
 
 =item *
 
-store($storehash,$symb,$namespace,$domain,$stuname) : stores hash permanently
+countacc($url) : count the number of accesses to a given URL
+
+=item *
+
+checkout($symb,$tuname,$tudom,$tcrsid) :  creates a record of a user having looked at an item, most likely printed out or otherwise using a resource
+
+=item *
+
+checkin($token) : updates that a resource has beeen returned (a hard copy version for instance) and returns the data that $token was Checkout with ($symb, $tuname, $tudom, and $tcrsid)
+
+=item *
+
+expirespread($uname,$udom,$stype,$usymb) : set expire date for spreadsheet
+
+=item *
+
+devalidate($symb) : devalidate temporary spreadsheet calculations,
+forcing spreadsheet to reevaluate the resource scores next time.
+
+=back
+
+=head2 Storing/Retreiving Data
+
+=over 4
+
+=item *
+
+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
 
 =item *
 
-cstore($storehash,$symb,$namespace,$domain,$stuname) : same as store but
+cstore($storehash,$symb,$namespace,$udom,$uname) : same as store but
 uses critical subroutine
 
 =item *
 
-restore($symb,$namespace,$domain,$stuname) : returns hash for this symb;
+restore($symb,$namespace,$udom,$uname) : returns hash for this symb;
 all args are optional
 
 =item *
 
-coursedescription($courseid) : course description
+tmpstore($storehash,$symb,$namespace,$udom,$uname) : storage that
+works very similar to store/cstore, but all data is stored in a
+temporary location and can be reset using tmpreset, $storehash should
+be a hash reference, returns nothing on success
 
 =item *
 
-rolesinit($domain,$username,$authhost) : get user privileges
+tmprestore($symb,$namespace,$udom,$uname) : storage that works very
+similar to restore, but all data is stored in a temporary location and
+can be reset using tmpreset. Returns a hash of values on success,
+error string otherwise.
 
 =item *
 
-get($namespace,$storearr,$udomain,$uname) : returns hash with keys from array
-reference filled in from namesp ($udomain and $uname are optional)
+tmpreset($symb,$namespace,$udom,$uname) : temporary storage reset,
+deltes all keys for $symb form the temporary storage hash.
 
 =item *
 
-del($namespace,$storearr,$udomain,$uname) : deletes keys out of array from
-namesp ($udomain and $uname are optional)
+get($namespace,$storearr,$udom,$uname) : returns hash with keys from array
+reference filled in from namesp ($udom and $uname are optional)
 
 =item *
 
-dump($namespace,$udomain,$uname,$regexp) : 
-dumps the complete (or key matching regexp) namespace into a hash
-($udomain, $uname and $regexp are optional)
+del($namespace,$storearr,$udom,$uname) : deletes keys out of array from
+namesp ($udom and $uname are optional)
 
 =item *
 
-put($namespace,$storehash,$udomain,$uname) : stores hash in namesp
-($udomain and $uname are optional)
+dump($namespace,$udom,$uname,$regexp) : 
+dumps the complete (or key matching regexp) namespace into a hash
+($udom, $uname and $regexp are optional)
 
 =item *
 
-cput($namespace,$storehash,$udomain,$uname) : critical put
-($udomain and $uname are optional)
+inc($namespace,$store,$udom,$uname) : increments $store in $namespace.
+$store can be a scalar, an array reference, or if the amount to be 
+incremented is > 1, a hash reference.
+
+($udom and $uname are optional)
 
 =item *
 
-eget($namespace,$storearr,$udomain,$uname) : returns hash with keys from array
-reference filled in from namesp (encrypts the return communication)
-($udomain and $uname are optional)
+put($namespace,$storehash,$udom,$uname) : stores hash in namesp
+($udom and $uname are optional)
 
 =item *
 
-allowed($priv,$uri) : check for a user privilege; returns codes for allowed
-actions
- F: full access
- U,I,K: authentication modes (cxx only)
- '': forbidden
- 1: user needs to choose course
- 2: browse allowed
+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 *
 
-definerole($rolename,$sysrole,$domrole,$courole) : define role; define a custom
-role rolename set privileges in format of lonTabs/roles.tab for system, domain,
-and course level
+cput($namespace,$storehash,$udom,$uname) : critical put
+($udom and $uname are optional)
 
 =item *
 
-metadata_query($query,$custom,$customshow) : make a metadata query against the
-network of library servers; returns file handle of where SQL and regex results
-will be stored for query
+eget($namespace,$storearr,$udom,$uname) : returns hash with keys from array
+reference filled in from namesp (encrypts the return communication)
+($udom and $uname are optional)
 
 =item *
 
-plaintext($short) : return value in %prp hash (rolesplain.tab); plain text
-explanation of a user role term
+log($udom,$name,$home,$message) : write to permanent log for user; use
+critical subroutine
 
-=item *
+=back
 
-assignrole($udom,$uname,$url,$role,$end,$start) : assign role; give a role to a
-user for the level given by URL.  Optional start and end dates (leave empty
-string or zero for "no date")
+=head2 Network Status Functions
+
+=over 4
 
 =item *
 
-modifyuserauth($udom,$uname,$umode,$upass) : modify user authentication
+dirlist($uri) : return directory list based on URI
 
 =item *
 
-modifyuser($udom,$uname,$uid,$umode,$upass,$first,$middle,$last,$gene) : 
-modify user
+spareserver() : find server with least workload from spare.tab
 
-=item *
+=back
 
-modifystudent($udom,$uname,$uid,$umode,$upass,$first,$middle,$last,$gene,$usec,
-$end,$start) : modify student
+=head2 Apache Request
+
+=over 4
 
 =item *
 
-writecoursepref($courseid,%prefs) : write preferences for a course
+ssi($url,%hash) : server side include, does a complete request cycle on url to
+localhost, posts hash
+
+=back
+
+=head2 Data to String to Data
+
+=over 4
 
 =item *
 
-createcourse($udom,$description,$url) : make/modify course
+hash2str(%hash) : convert a hash into a string complete with escaping and '='
+and '&' separators, supports elements that are arrayrefs and hashrefs
 
 =item *
 
-assigncustomrole($udom,$uname,$url,$rdom,$rnam,$rolename,$end,$start) : assign
-custom role; give a custom role to a user for the level given by URL.  Specify
-name and domain of role author, and role name
+hashref2str($hashref) : convert a hashref into a string complete with
+escaping and '=' and '&' separators, supports elements that are
+arrayrefs and hashrefs
 
 =item *
 
-revokerole($udom,$uname,$url,$role) : revoke a role for url
+arrayref2str($arrayref) : convert an arrayref into a string complete
+with escaping and '&' separators, supports elements that are arrayrefs
+and hashrefs
 
 =item *
 
-revokecustomrole($udom,$uname,$url,$role) : revoke a custom role
+str2hash($string) : convert string to hash using unescaping and
+splitting on '=' and '&', supports elements that are arrayrefs and
+hashrefs
 
 =item *
 
-dirlist($uri) : return directory list based on URI
+str2array($string) : convert string to hash using unescaping and
+splitting on '&', supports elements that are arrayrefs and hashrefs
+
+=back
+
+=head2 Logging Routines
+
+=over 4
+
+These routines allow one to make log messages in the lonnet.log and
+lonnet.perm logfiles.
 
 =item *
 
-directcondval($number) : get current value of a condition; reads from a state
-string
+logtouch() : make sure the logfile, lonnet.log, exists
 
 =item *
 
-condval($condidx) : value of condition index based on state
+logthis() : append message to the normal lonnet.log file, it gets
+preiodically rolled over and deleted.
 
 =item *
 
-EXT($varname,$symbparm) : value of a variable
+logperm() : append a permanent message to lonnet.perm.log, this log
+file never gets deleted by any automated portion of the system, only
+messages of critical importance should go in here.
+
+=back
+
+=head2 General File Helper Routines
+
+=over 4
 
 =item *
 
-metadata($uri,$what,$liburi,$prefix,$depthcount) : get metadata; returns the
-metadata entry for a file; entry='keys', returns a comma separated list of keys
+getfile($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 *
 
-symblist($mapname,%newhash) : update symbolic storage links
+filelocation($dir,$file) : returns file system location of a file
+based on URI; meant to be "fairly clean" absolute reference, $dir is a
+directory that relative $file lookups are to looked in ($dir of /a/dir
+and a file of ../bob will become /a/bob)
 
 =item *
 
-symbread($filename) : return symbolic list entry (filename argument optional);
-returns the data handle
+hreflocation($dir,$file) : returns file system location or a URL; same as
+filelocation except for hrefs
 
 =item *
 
-numval($salt) : return random seed value (addend for rndseed)
+declutter() : declutters URLs (remove docroot, beginning slashes, 'res' etc)
+
+=back
+
+=head2 HTTP Helper Routines
+
+=over 4
 
 =item *
 
-rndseed($symb,$courseid,$domain,$username) : create a random sum; returns
-a random seed, all arguments are optional, if they aren't sent it uses the
-environment to derive them. Note: if symb isn't sent and it can't get one
-from &symbread it will use the current time as its return value
+escape() : unpack non-word characters into CGI-compatible hex codes
 
 =item *
 
-ireceipt($funame,$fudom,$fucourseid,$fusymb) : return unique,
-unfakeable, receipt
+unescape() : pack CGI-compatible hex codes into actual non-word ASCII character
+
+=back
+
+=head1 PRIVATE SUBROUTINES
+
+=head2 Underlying communication routines (Shouldn't call)
+
+=over 4
 
 =item *
 
-receipt() : API to ireceipt working off of ENV values; given out to users
+subreply() : tries to pass a message to lonc, returns con_lost if incapable
 
 =item *
 
-getfile($file) : serves up a file, returns the contents of a file or -1;
-replicates and subscribes to the file
+reply() : uses subreply to send a message to remote machine, logs all failures
 
 =item *
 
-filelocation($dir,$file) : returns file system location of a file based on URI;
-meant to be "fairly clean" absolute reference
+critical() : passes a critical message to another server; if cannot
+get through then place message in connection buffer directory and
+returns con_delayed, if incapable of saving message, returns
+con_failed
 
 =item *
 
-hreflocation($dir,$file) : returns file system location or a URL; same as
-filelocation except for hrefs
+reconlonc() : tries to reconnect lonc client processes.
+
+=back
+
+=head2 Resource Access Logging
+
+=over 4
 
 =item *
 
-declutter() : declutters URLs (remove docroot, beginning slashes, 'res' etc)
+flushcourselogs() : flush (save) buffer logs and access logs
 
 =item *
 
-escape() : unpack non-word characters into CGI-compatible hex codes
+courselog($what) : save message for course in hash
 
 =item *
 
-unescape() : pack CGI-compatible hex codes into actual non-word ASCII character
+courseacclog($what) : save message for course using &courselog().  Perform
+special processing for specific resource types (problems, exams, quizzes, etc).
 
 =item *
 
@@ -3225,4 +6291,14 @@ as a PerlChildExitHandler
 
 =back
 
+=head2 Other
+
+=over 4
+
+=item *
+
+symblist($mapname,%newhash) : update symbolic storage links
+
+=back
+
 =cut