--- loncom/lonnet/perl/lonnet.pm	2008/01/01 20:27:20	1.937
+++ loncom/lonnet/perl/lonnet.pm	2008/02/03 05:08:05	1.941
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 # The LearningOnline Network
 # TCP networking package
 #
-# $Id: lonnet.pm,v 1.937 2008/01/01 20:27:20 raeburn Exp $
+# $Id: lonnet.pm,v 1.941 2008/02/03 05:08:05 raeburn Exp $
 #
 # Copyright Michigan State University Board of Trustees
 #
@@ -2462,7 +2462,7 @@ sub get_my_roles {
         }
         if (($tstart) && ($tstart<0)) { next; }
         my $status = 'active';
-        if (($tend) && ($tend<$now)) {
+        if (($tend) && ($tend<=$now)) {
             $status = 'previous';
         } 
         if (($tstart) && ($now<$tstart)) {
@@ -3527,7 +3527,7 @@ sub set_userprivs {
     }
     foreach my $role (keys(%{$allroles})) {
         my %thesepriv;
-        if (($role=~/^au/) || ($role=~/^ca/)) { $author=1; }
+        if (($role=~/^au/) || ($role=~/^ca/) || ($role=~/^aa/)) { $author=1; }
         foreach my $item (split(/:/,$$allroles{$role})) {
             if ($item ne '') {
                 my ($privilege,$restrictions)=split(/&/,$item);
@@ -6717,7 +6717,7 @@ sub EXT {
 	    if ($part eq '') { $part='0'; }
 	    my @partgeneral=&EXT('resource.'.$part.'.'.$qualifierrest,
 				 $symbparm,$udom,$uname,$section,1);
-	    if (@partgeneral) { return &get_reply(\@partgeneral); }
+	    if (defined($partgeneral[0])) { return &get_reply(\@partgeneral); }
 	}
 	if ($recurse) { return undef; }
 	my $pack_def=&packages_tab_default($filename,$varname);
@@ -6751,10 +6751,14 @@ sub EXT {
 
 sub get_reply {
     my ($reply_value) = @_;
-    if (wantarray) {
-	return @$reply_value;
+    if (ref($reply_value) eq 'ARRAY') {
+        if (wantarray) {
+	    return @$reply_value;
+        }
+        return $reply_value->[0];
+    } else {
+        return $reply_value;
     }
-    return $reply_value->[0];
 }
 
 sub check_group_parms {