--- loncom/LondConnection.pm	2006/08/25 21:20:11	1.42
+++ loncom/LondConnection.pm	2006/09/15 20:49:24	1.43
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 #   This module defines and implements a class that represents
 #   a connection to a lond daemon.
 #
-# $Id: LondConnection.pm,v 1.42 2006/08/25 21:20:11 albertel Exp $
+# $Id: LondConnection.pm,v 1.43 2006/09/15 20:49:24 raeburn Exp $
 #
 # Copyright Michigan State University Board of Trustees
 #
@@ -1172,7 +1172,7 @@ sub GetHostIterator {
 #
 
 
-my $confdir='/etc/httpd/conf/';
+my @confdirs=('/etc/httpd/conf/','/etc/apache2/');
 
 # ------------------- Subroutine read_conf: read LON-CAPA server configuration.
 # This subroutine reads PerlSetVar values out of specified web server
@@ -1180,25 +1180,33 @@ my $confdir='/etc/httpd/conf/';
 sub read_conf
   {
     my (@conf_files)=@_;
-    my %perlvar;
-    foreach my $filename (@conf_files,'loncapa_apache.conf')
-      {
-	  if($DebugLevel > 3) {
-	      print STDERR ("Going to read $confdir.$filename\n");
-	  }
-	open(CONFIG,'<'.$confdir.$filename) or
-	    die("Can't read $confdir$filename");
-	while (my $configline=<CONFIG>)
-	  {
-	    if ($configline =~ /^[^\#]*PerlSetVar/)
-	      {
-		my ($unused,$varname,$varvalue)=split(/\s+/,$configline);
+    my (%perlvar,%configdirs);
+    foreach my $filename (@conf_files,'loncapa_apache.conf') {
+        my $configdir = '';
+        $configdirs{$filename} = [@confdirs];
+        while ($configdir eq '' && @{$configdirs{$filename}} > 0) {
+            my $testdir = shift(@{$configdirs{$filename}});
+            if (-e $testdir.$filename) {
+                $configdir = $testdir;
+            }
+        }
+        if ($configdir eq '') {
+            die("Couldn't find a directory containing $filename");
+        }
+	if($DebugLevel > 3) {
+	    print STDERR ("Going to read $configdir.$filename\n");
+	}
+	open(CONFIG,'<'.$configdir.$filename) or
+	    die("Can't read $configdir$filename");
+	while (my $configline=<CONFIG>) {
+	    if ($configline =~ /^[^\#]*PerlSetVar/) {
+	        my ($unused,$varname,$varvalue)=split(/\s+/,$configline);
 		chomp($varvalue);
 		$perlvar{$varname}=$varvalue;
-	      }
-	  }
+	    }
+	}
 	close(CONFIG);
-      }
+    }
     if($DebugLevel > 3) {
 	print STDERR "Dumping perlvar:\n";
 	foreach my $var (keys %perlvar) {