--- loncom/auth/lonroles.pm 2003/06/24 15:52:32 1.62
+++ loncom/auth/lonroles.pm 2011/02/24 23:29:10 1.260
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
# The LearningOnline Network with CAPA
# User Roles Screen
#
-# $Id: lonroles.pm,v 1.62 2003/06/24 15:52:32 matthew Exp $
+# $Id: lonroles.pm,v 1.260 2011/02/24 23:29:10 raeburn Exp $
#
# Copyright Michigan State University Board of Trustees
#
@@ -25,193 +25,601 @@
#
# http://www.lon-capa.org/
#
-# (Directory Indexer
-# (Login Screen
-# YEAR=1999
-# 5/21/99,5/22,5/25,5/26,5/31,6/2,6/10,7/12,7/14 Gerd Kortemeyer)
-# 11/23 Gerd Kortemeyer)
-# YEAR=2000
-# 1/14,03/06,06/01,07/22,07/24,07/25,
-# 09/04,09/06,09/28,09/29,09/30,10/2,10/5,10/26,10/28,
-# 12/08,12/28,
-# YEAR=2001
-# 01/15/01 Gerd Kortemeyer
-# 03/02,05/03,05/25,05/30,06/01,07/06,08/06 Gerd Kortemeyer
-# 12/29 Gerd Kortemeyer
-#
###
+=pod
+
+=head1 NAME
+
+Apache::lonroles - User Roles Screen
+
+=head1 SYNOPSIS
+
+Invoked by /etc/httpd/conf/srm.conf:
+
+
+ PerlAccessHandler Apache::lonacc
+ SetHandler perl-script
+ PerlHandler Apache::lonroles
+ ErrorDocument 403 /adm/login
+ ErrorDocument 500 /adm/errorhandler
+
+
+=head1 OVERVIEW
+
+=head2 Choosing Roles
+
+C is a handler that allows a user to switch roles in
+mid-session. LON-CAPA attempts to work with "No Role Specified", the
+default role that a user has before selecting a role, as widely as
+possible, but certain handlers for example need specification which
+course they should act on, etc. Both in this scenario, and when the
+handler determines via C's C<&allowed> function that a certain
+action is not allowed, C is used as error handler. This
+allows the user to select another role which may have permission to do
+what they were trying to do.
+
+=begin latex
+
+\begin{figure}
+\begin{center}
+\includegraphics[width=0.45\paperwidth,keepaspectratio]{Sample_Roles_Screen}
+ \caption{\label{Sample_Roles_Screen}Sample Roles Screen}
+\end{center}
+\end{figure}
+
+=end latex
+
+=head2 Role Initialization
+
+The privileges for a user are established at login time and stored in the session environment. As a consequence, a new role does not become active till the next login. Handlers are able to query for privileges using C's C<&allowed> function. When a user first logs in, their role is the "common" role, which means that they have the sum of all of their privileges. During a session it might become necessary to choose a particular role, which as a consequence also limits the user to only the privileges in that particular role.
+
+=head1 INTRODUCTION
+
+This module enables a user to select what role he wishes to
+operate under (instructor, student, teaching assistant, course
+coordinator, etc). These roles are pre-established by the actions
+of upper-level users.
+
+This is part of the LearningOnline Network with CAPA project
+described at http://www.lon-capa.org.
+
+=head1 HANDLER SUBROUTINE
+
+This routine is called by Apache and mod_perl.
+
+=over 4
+
+=item *
+
+Roles Initialization (yes/no)
+
+=item *
+
+Get Error Message from Environment
+
+=item *
+
+Who is this?
+
+=item *
+
+Generate Page Output
+
+=item *
+
+Choice or no choice
+
+=item *
+
+Table
+
+=item *
+
+Privileges
+
+=back
+
+=cut
+
+
package Apache::lonroles;
use strict;
-use Apache::lonnet();
+use Apache::lonnet;
use Apache::lonuserstate();
use Apache::Constants qw(:common);
use Apache::File();
use Apache::lonmenu;
use Apache::loncommon;
+use Apache::lonhtmlcommon;
use Apache::lonannounce;
+use Apache::lonlocal;
+use Apache::lonpageflip();
+use Apache::lonnavdisplay();
+use Apache::loncoursequeueadmin;
+use GDBM_File;
+use LONCAPA qw(:DEFAULT :match);
+use HTML::Entities;
+
sub redirect_user {
my ($r,$title,$url,$msg) = @_;
$msg = $title if (! defined($msg));
- $r->content_type('text/html');
+ &Apache::loncommon::content_type($r,'text/html');
&Apache::loncommon::no_cache($r);
$r->send_http_header;
- my $swinfo=&Apache::lonmenu::rawconfig();
- my $bodytag=&Apache::loncommon::bodytag('Switching Role');
- $r->print (<$title
-
-
-
-$bodytag
-
-$msg
-
-