--- loncom/interface/lonaboutme.pm	2008/12/02 23:35:21	1.76
+++ loncom/interface/lonaboutme.pm	2008/12/08 23:13:52	1.77
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 # The LearningOnline Network
 # "About Me" Personal Information
 #
-# $Id: lonaboutme.pm,v 1.76 2008/12/02 23:35:21 harmsja Exp $
+# $Id: lonaboutme.pm,v 1.77 2008/12/08 23:13:52 raeburn Exp $
 #
 # Copyright Michigan State University Board of Trustees
 #
@@ -108,6 +108,28 @@ sub handler {
         $is_course = &Apache::lonnet::is_course($cdom,$cnum);
     }
 
+    my $candisplay = 1;
+    if (!$is_course) {
+        $candisplay = &Apache::lonnet::usertools_access($cnum,$cdom,'aboutme');
+        if ((!$candisplay) && ($env{'request.course.id'})) {
+            $candisplay = &aboutme_access($cnum,$cdom);
+        }
+        if (!$candisplay) {
+            if ($target eq 'tex') {
+                $r->print('\noindent{\large\textbf{'.&mt('No user home page available').'}}\\\\\\\\');
+            } else {
+                $r->print(&Apache::loncommon::start_page("Personal Information"));
+                $r->print('<h2>'.&mt('No user home page available') .'</h2>'.
+                          &mt('This is a result of one of the following:').'<ul>'.
+                          '<li>'.&mt('The administrator of this domain has disabled home page functionality for this specific user.').'</li>'.
+                          '<li>'.&mt('The domain has been configured to disable, by default, home page functionality for all users in the domain.').'</li>'.
+                          '</ul>');
+                $r->print(&Apache::loncommon::end_page());
+            }
+            return OK;
+        }
+    }
+
 # --------------------------------------------------------- The syllabus fields
     my %syllabusfields=&Apache::lonlocal::texthash(
        'aaa_contactinfo'   => 'Contact Information',
@@ -728,5 +750,28 @@ sub parse_directory {
     return $output;
 }
 
+sub aboutme_access {
+    my ($uname,$udom) = @_;
+    my $privcheck = $env{'request.course.id'};
+    my $sec;
+    if ($env{'request.course.sec'} ne '') {
+        $sec = $env{'request.course.sec'};
+        $privcheck .= '/'.$sec;
+    }
+    my $cdom = $env{'course.'.$env{'request.course.id'}.'.domain'};
+    my $cnum = $env{'course.'.$env{'request.course.id'}.'.num'};
+    if (($cdom eq '') || ($cnum eq '')) {
+        my %coursehash = &coursedescription($env{'request.course.id'});
+        $cdom = $coursehash{'domain'};
+        $cnum = $coursehash{'cnum'};
+    }
+    if ((&allowed('srm',$privcheck)) || (&allowed('dff',$privcheck))) {
+        if (&in_course($uname,$udom,$cnum,$cdom)) {
+            return 1;
+        }
+    }
+    return;
+}
+
 1;
 __END__