--- loncom/auth/lonroles.pm	2012/08/15 14:37:23	1.272
+++ loncom/auth/lonroles.pm	2012/08/15 16:56:52	1.273
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 # The LearningOnline Network with CAPA
 # User Roles Screen
 #
-# $Id: lonroles.pm,v 1.272 2012/08/15 14:37:23 raeburn Exp $
+# $Id: lonroles.pm,v 1.273 2012/08/15 16:56:52 raeburn Exp $
 #
 # Copyright Michigan State University Board of Trustees
 #
@@ -799,7 +799,7 @@ ENDHEADER
     my ($requestauthor,$requestcrs);
     unless ($reqauthor) {
         if ($env{'environment.canrequest.author'}) {
-            unless (&is_active_author()) {
+            unless (&Apache::loncoursequeueadmin::is_active_author()) {
                 my ($status,$timestamp) = split(/:/,$env{'environment.requestauthorqueued'});
                 if ($status eq 'approval') {
                     $requestauthor = &mt('A request for authoring space submitted on [_1] is awaiting approval',&Apache::lonlocal::locallocaltime($timestamp)); 
@@ -1049,33 +1049,6 @@ ENDHEADER
     return OK;
 }
 
-sub is_active_author {
-    if ($env{'user.role.au./'.$env{'user.domain'}.'/'} =~ /^(\d*)\.(\d*)$/) {
-        if ((!$1 || $1 < time) &&
-            (!$2 || $2 > time)) {
-            return 1;
-        }
-    }
-    return;
-}
-
-sub reqauthor_check {
-    my $queued = $env{'environment.requestauthorqueued'};
-    my %reqauthor = &Apache::lonnet::get('requestauthor',['author_status','author'],
-                                         $env{'user.domain'},$env{'user.name'});
-    my $reqstatus = $reqauthor{'author_status'};
-    if (($reqstatus eq '' && $queued ne '') || 
-        ($env{'environment.requestauthorqueued'} !~ /^\Q$reqstatus\E/)) {
-        if (ref($reqauthor{'author'}) eq 'HASH') {
-            $queued = $reqstatus.':'.$reqauthor{'author'}{'timestamp'};
-        } else {
-            undef($queued);
-        }
-        &Apache::lonnet::appenv({'environment.requestauthorqueued' => $queued});
-    }
-    return $queued;
-}
-
 sub gather_roles {
     my ($update,$refresh,$now,$reinit,$nochoose,$roletext,$sortrole,$roleclass,$futureroles,$timezones,$loncaparev) = @_;
     my ($countactive,$countfuture,$inrole,$possiblerole) = (0,0,0,'');