--- loncom/interface/loncommon.pm	2013/04/25 17:58:40	1.1124
+++ loncom/interface/loncommon.pm	2013/05/03 14:28:35	1.1125
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 # The LearningOnline Network with CAPA
 # a pile of common routines
 #
-# $Id: loncommon.pm,v 1.1124 2013/04/25 17:58:40 bisitz Exp $
+# $Id: loncommon.pm,v 1.1125 2013/05/03 14:28:35 raeburn Exp $
 #
 # Copyright Michigan State University Board of Trustees
 #
@@ -10209,7 +10209,9 @@ sub upload_embedded {
             } else {
                 $output .= &mt('Uploaded [_1]','<span class="LC_filename">'.
                            $path.$fname.'</span>').'<br />';
-                &Apache::lonnet::make_public_indefinitely($result);
+                if ($context eq 'syllabus') {
+                    &Apache::lonnet::make_public_indefinitely($result);
+                }
             }
         } else {
 # Save the file