--- loncom/interface/loncommon.pm	2016/08/31 19:08:19	1.1252
+++ loncom/interface/loncommon.pm	2016/09/05 01:46:07	1.1253
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 # The LearningOnline Network with CAPA
 # a pile of common routines
 #
-# $Id: loncommon.pm,v 1.1252 2016/08/31 19:08:19 raeburn Exp $
+# $Id: loncommon.pm,v 1.1253 2016/09/05 01:46:07 raeburn Exp $
 #
 # Copyright Michigan State University Board of Trustees
 #
@@ -9959,6 +9959,22 @@ sub get_secgrprole_info {
 sub user_picker {
     my ($dom,$srch,$forcenewuser,$caller,$cancreate,$usertype,$context) = @_;
     my $currdom = $dom;
+    my @alldoms = &Apache::lonnet::all_domains();
+    if (@alldoms == 1) {
+        my %domsrch = &Apache::lonnet::get_dom('configuration',
+                                               ['directorysrch'],$alldoms[0]);
+        my $domdesc = &Apache::lonnet::domain($alldoms[0],'description');
+        my $showdom = $domdesc;
+        if ($showdom eq '') {
+            $showdom = $dom;
+        }
+        if (ref($domsrch{'directorysrch'}) eq 'HASH') {
+            if ((!$domsrch{'directorysrch'}{'available'}) &&
+                ($domsrch{'directorysrch'}{'lcavailable'} eq '0')) {
+                return (&mt('LON-CAPA directory search is not available in domain: [_1]',$showdom),0);
+            }
+        }
+    }
     my %curr_selected = (
                         srchin => 'dom',
                         srchby => 'lastname',
@@ -10199,7 +10215,7 @@ END_BLOCK
                &Apache::lonhtmlcommon::row_closure(1). 
                &Apache::lonhtmlcommon::end_pick_box().
                '<br />';
-    return $output;
+    return ($output,1);
 }
 
 sub user_rule_check {