--- loncom/interface/loncommon.pm	2007/12/21 05:13:07	1.626
+++ loncom/interface/loncommon.pm	2007/12/21 05:19:04	1.627
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 # The LearningOnline Network with CAPA
 # a pile of common routines
 #
-# $Id: loncommon.pm,v 1.626 2007/12/21 05:13:07 raeburn Exp $
+# $Id: loncommon.pm,v 1.627 2007/12/21 05:19:04 raeburn Exp $
 #
 # Copyright Michigan State University Board of Trustees
 #
@@ -6236,7 +6236,7 @@ sub get_secgrprole_info {
 }
 
 sub user_picker {
-    my ($dom,$srch,$forcenewuser,$caller) = @_;
+    my ($dom,$srch,$forcenewuser,$caller,$cancreate,$usertype) = @_;
     my $currdom = $dom;
     my %curr_selected = (
                         srchin => 'dom',
@@ -6330,7 +6330,16 @@ sub user_picker {
     if ($forcenewuser) {
         if (ref($srch) eq 'HASH') {
             if ($srch->{'srchby'} eq 'uname' && $srch->{'srchtype'} eq 'exact' && $srch->{'srchin'} eq 'dom' && $srch->{'srchdomain'} eq $env{'request.role.domain'}) {
-	        $new_user_create = '<p> <input type="submit" name="forcenew" value="'.&HTML::Entities::encode(&mt('Make new user "[_1]"',$srchterm),'<>&"').'" onclick="javascript:setSearch(\'1\','.$caller.');" /> </p>';
+                if ($cancreate) {
+                    $new_user_create = '<p> <input type="submit" name="forcenew" value="'.&HTML::Entities::encode(&mt('Make new user "[_1]"',$srchterm),'<>&"').'" onclick="javascript:setSearch(\'1\','.$caller.');" /> </p>';
+                } else {
+                    my $helplink = ' href="javascript:helpMenu('."'display'".')"';
+                    my %usertypetext = (
+                        official   => 'institutional',
+                        unofficial => 'non-institutional',
+                    );
+                    $new_user_create = '<br /><span class="LC_warning">'.&mt("You are not authorized to create new $usertypetext{$usertype} users in this domain.").' '.&mt('Contact the <a[_1]>helpdesk</a> for assistance.',$helplink).'</span><br /><br />';
+                }
             }
         }