--- loncom/interface/loncommon.pm	2010/09/24 03:33:37	1.948.2.10
+++ loncom/interface/loncommon.pm	2010/09/27 01:16:22	1.948.2.11
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 # The LearningOnline Network with CAPA
 # a pile of common routines
 #
-# $Id: loncommon.pm,v 1.948.2.10 2010/09/24 03:33:37 raeburn Exp $
+# $Id: loncommon.pm,v 1.948.2.11 2010/09/27 01:16:22 raeburn Exp $
 #
 # Copyright Michigan State University Board of Trustees
 #
@@ -3836,7 +3836,9 @@ sub findallcourses {
         $udom = $env{'user.domain'};
     }
     if (($uname ne $env{'user.name'}) || ($udom ne $env{'user.domain'})) {
-        my %roleshash = &Apache::lonnet::dump('roles',$udom,$uname);
+        my $extra = &Apache::lonnet::freeze_escape({'skipcheck' => 1});
+        my %roleshash = &Apache::lonnet::dump('roles',$udom,$uname,'.',undef,
+                                              $extra);
         if (!%roles) {
             %roles = (
                        cc => 1,
@@ -7200,7 +7202,8 @@ role status: active, previous or future.
 
 sub check_user_status {
     my ($udom,$uname,$cdom,$crs,$role,$sec) = @_;
-    my %userinfo = &Apache::lonnet::dump('roles',$udom,$uname);
+    my $extra = &Apache::lonnet::freeze_escape({'skipcheck' => 1});
+    my %userinfo = &Apache::lonnet::dump('roles',$udom,$uname,'.',undef,$extra);
     my @uroles = keys %userinfo;
     my $srchstr;
     my $active_chk = 'none';
@@ -10793,7 +10796,7 @@ sub init_user_environment {
 	    $initial_env{"browser.interface"} = $form->{'interface'};
 	    $env{'browser.interface'}=$form->{'interface'};
 	}
-        my %is_adv = ( is_adv => &Apache::lonnet::is_advanced_user($domain,$username) );
+        my %is_adv = ( is_adv => $env{'user.adv'} );
         my %domdef = &Apache::lonnet::get_domain_defaults($domain);
 
         foreach my $tool ('aboutme','blog','portfolio') {