--- loncom/interface/loncommon.pm	2010/02/15 16:41:31	1.941
+++ loncom/interface/loncommon.pm	2010/02/25 15:41:14	1.944
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 # The LearningOnline Network with CAPA
 # a pile of common routines
 #
-# $Id: loncommon.pm,v 1.941 2010/02/15 16:41:31 bisitz Exp $
+# $Id: loncommon.pm,v 1.944 2010/02/25 15:41:14 raeburn Exp $
 #
 # Copyright Michigan State University Board of Trustees
 #
@@ -9993,19 +9993,19 @@ sub check_clone {
     my $clonehome=&Apache::lonnet::homeserver($clonecrsunum,$clonecrsudom);
     my $clonemsg;
     my $can_clone = 0;
-    my $lctype = lc($args->{'type'});
+    my $lctype = lc($args->{'crstype'});
     if ($lctype ne 'community') {
         $lctype = 'course';
     }
     if ($clonehome eq 'no_host') {
-        if ($args->{'type'} eq 'Community') {
+        if ($args->{'crstype'} eq 'Community') {
             $clonemsg = &mt('No new community created.').$linefeed.&mt('A new community could not be cloned from the specified original - [_1] - because it is a non-existent community.',$args->{'clonecourse'}.':'.$args->{'clonedomain'});
         } else {
             $clonemsg = &mt('No new course created.').$linefeed.&mt('A new course could not be cloned from the specified original - [_1] - because it is a non-existent course.',$args->{'clonecourse'}.':'.$args->{'clonedomain'});
         }     
     } else {
 	my %clonedesc = &Apache::lonnet::coursedescription($cloneid,{'one_time' => 1});
-        if ($args->{'type'} eq 'Community') {
+        if ($args->{'crstype'} eq 'Community') {
             if ($clonedesc{'type'} ne 'Community') {
                  $clonemsg = &mt('No new community created.').$linefeed.&mt('A new community could not be cloned from the specified original - [_1] - because it is a course not a community.',$args->{'clonecourse'}.':'.$args->{'clonedomain'});
                 return ($can_clone, $clonemsg, $cloneid, $clonehome);
@@ -10024,7 +10024,7 @@ sub check_clone {
                 $can_clone = 1;
             } else {
                 my $ccrole = 'cc';
-                if ($args->{'type'} eq 'Community') {
+                if ($args->{'crstype'} eq 'Community') {
                     $ccrole = 'co';
                 }
 	        my %roleshash =
@@ -10033,9 +10033,11 @@ sub check_clone {
                                          'userroles',['active'],[$ccrole],
 					 [$args->{'clonedomain'}]);
 	        if (($roleshash{$args->{'clonecourse'}.':'.$args->{'clonedomain'}.':'.$ccrole}) || (grep(/^\Q$args->{'ccuname'}\E:\Q$args->{'ccdomain'}\E$/,@cloners))) {
-		    $can_clone = 1;
-	        } else {
-                    if ($args->{'type'} eq 'Community') {
+                    $can_clone = 1;
+                } elsif (&Apache::lonnet::is_course_owner($args->{'clonedomain'},$args->{'clonecourse'},$args->{'ccuname'},$args->{'ccdomain'})) {
+                    $can_clone = 1;
+                } else {
+                    if ($args->{'crstype'} eq 'Community') {
                         $clonemsg = &mt('No new community created.').$linefeed.&mt('The new community could not be cloned from the existing community because the new community owner ([_1]) does not have cloning rights in the existing community ([_2]).',$args->{'ccuname'}.':'.$args->{'ccdomain'},$clonedesc{'description'});
                     } else {
                         $clonemsg = &mt('No new course created.').$linefeed.&mt('The new course could not be cloned from the existing course because the new course owner ([_1]) does not have cloning rights in the existing course ([_2]).',$args->{'ccuname'}.':'.$args->{'ccdomain'},$clonedesc{'description'});
@@ -10094,11 +10096,19 @@ sub construct_course {
     # if anyone ever decides to not show this, and Utils::Course::new
     # will need to be suitably modified.
     $outcome .= &mt('New LON-CAPA [_1] ID: [_2]',$crstype,$$courseid).$linefeed;
+    if ($$courseid =~ /^error:/) {
+        return (0,$outcome);
+    }
+
 #
 # Check if created correctly
 #
     ($$crsudom,$$crsunum)= &LONCAPA::split_courseid($$courseid);
     my $crsuhome=&Apache::lonnet::homeserver($$crsunum,$$crsudom);
+    if ($crsuhome eq 'no_host') {
+        $outcome .= &mt('Course creation failed, unrecognized course home server.').$linefeed;
+        return (0,$outcome);
+    }
     $outcome .= &mt('Created on').': '.$crsuhome.$linefeed;
 
 #