--- loncom/lonnet/perl/lonnet.pm	2008/09/12 21:25:54	1.968
+++ loncom/lonnet/perl/lonnet.pm	2008/11/28 12:09:16	1.973
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 # The LearningOnline Network
 # TCP networking package
 #
-# $Id: lonnet.pm,v 1.968 2008/09/12 21:25:54 raeburn Exp $
+# $Id: lonnet.pm,v 1.973 2008/11/28 12:09:16 bisitz Exp $
 #
 # Copyright Michigan State University Board of Trustees
 #
@@ -27,6 +27,47 @@
 #
 ###
 
+=pod
+
+=head1 NAME
+
+Apache::lonnet.pm
+
+=head1 SYNOPSIS
+
+This file is an interface to the lonc processes of
+the LON-CAPA network as well as set of elaborated functions for handling information
+necessary for navigating through a given cluster of LON-CAPA machines within a
+domain. There are over 40 specialized functions in this module which handle the
+reading and transmission of metadata, user information (ids, names, environments, roles,
+logs), file information (storage, reading, directories, extensions, replication, embedded
+styles and descriptors), educational resources (course descriptions, section names and
+numbers), url hashing (to assign roles on a url basis), and translating abbreviated symbols to
+and from more descriptive phrases or explanations.
+
+This is part of the LearningOnline Network with CAPA project
+described at http://www.lon-capa.org.
+
+=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
+
 package Apache::lonnet;
 
 use strict;
@@ -61,28 +102,6 @@ require Exporter;
 our @ISA = qw (Exporter);
 our @EXPORT = qw(%env);
 
-=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
 {
@@ -2600,7 +2619,7 @@ sub get_course_adv_roles {
             }
         } else {
             my $key=&plaintext($role);
-            if ($section) { $key.=' (Section '.$section.')'; }
+            if ($section) { $key.=' ('.&Apache::lonlocal::mt('Section [_1]',$section).')'; }
             if ($returnhash{$key}) {
 	        $returnhash{$key}.=','.$username.':'.$domain;
             } else {
@@ -4896,6 +4915,9 @@ sub log_query {
 
 sub update_portfolio_table {
     my ($uname,$udom,$file_name,$query,$group,$action) = @_;
+    if ($group ne '') {
+        $file_name =~s /^\Q$group\E//;
+    }
     my $homeserver = &homeserver($uname,$udom);
     my $queryid=
         &reply("querysend:".$query.':'.&escape($uname.':'.$udom.':'.$group).
@@ -6149,20 +6171,18 @@ sub modify_access_controls {
                 }
             }
         }
+        my ($group);
+        if (&is_course($domain,$user)) {
+            ($group,my $file) = split(/\//,$file_name,2);
+        }
         $deloutcome = &del('file_permissions',\@deletions,$domain,$user);
         $new_values{$file_name."\0".'accesscontrol'} = \%new_control;
         $outcome = &put('file_permissions',\%new_values,$domain,$user);
         #  remove lock
         my @del_lock = ($file_name."\0".'locked_access_records');
         my $dellockoutcome = &del('file_permissions',\@del_lock,$domain,$user);
-        my ($file,$group);
-        if (&is_course($domain,$user)) {
-            ($group,$file) = split(/\//,$file_name,2);
-        } else {
-            $file = $file_name;
-        }
         my $sqlresult =
-            &update_portfolio_table($user,$domain,$file,'portfolio_access',
+            &update_portfolio_table($user,$domain,$file_name,'portfolio_access',
                                     $group);
     } else {
         $outcome = "error: could not obtain lockfile\n";  
@@ -8547,10 +8567,14 @@ sub get_dns {
 		push(@{$name_to_host{$name}}, $id);
 		$hostdom{$id}=$domain;
 		if ($role eq 'library') { $libserv{$id}=$name; }
-                if ($protocol eq 'https') {
-                    $protocol{$id} = $protocol;
+                if (defined($protocol)) {
+                    if ($protocol eq 'https') {
+                        $protocol{$id} = $protocol;
+                    } else {
+                        $protocol{$id} = 'http'; 
+                    }
                 } else {
-                    $protocol{$id} = 'http'; 
+                    $protocol{$id} = 'http';
                 }
 	    }
 	}