--- loncom/auth/publiccheck.pm	2020/12/18 15:23:03	1.27
+++ loncom/auth/publiccheck.pm	2023/12/28 15:57:28	1.28
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 # The LearningOnline Network
 # Cookie Based Access Handler
 #
-# $Id: publiccheck.pm,v 1.27 2020/12/18 15:23:03 raeburn Exp $
+# $Id: publiccheck.pm,v 1.28 2023/12/28 15:57:28 raeburn Exp $
 #
 # Copyright Michigan State University Board of Trustees
 #
@@ -105,11 +105,16 @@ sub process_portfolio {
     my ($r,$udom,$unum,$file_name,$group) = @_;
     my $current_perms = &Apache::lonnet::get_portfile_permissions($udom,$unum);
     my %access_controls = &Apache::lonnet::get_access_controls($current_perms,$group,$file_name);
+    return unless (ref($access_controls{$file_name}) eq 'HASH');
     my $access = '';
     my $now = time;
     my $clientip = &Apache::lonnet::get_requestor_ip($r);
+    my $portaccess = &Apache::lonnet::usertools_access($unum,$udom,'portaccess',undef,'tools');
     foreach my $key (keys(%{$access_controls{$file_name}})) {
         my ($num,$scope,$end,$start) = ($key =~ /^([^:]+):([a-z]+)_(\d*)_?(\d*)$/);
+        if (!$portaccess) {
+            next unless ($scope eq 'ip');
+        }
         if ($start > $now) {
             next;
         }