--- loncom/loncron	2006/01/27 21:27:15	1.63
+++ loncom/loncron	2006/01/27 21:30:53	1.64
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 
 # Housekeeping program, started by cron, loncontrol and loncron.pl
 #
-# $Id: loncron,v 1.63 2006/01/27 21:27:15 albertel Exp $
+# $Id: loncron,v 1.64 2006/01/27 21:30:53 albertel Exp $
 #
 # Copyright Michigan State University Board of Trustees
 #
@@ -45,13 +45,13 @@ my $statusdir="/home/httpd/html/lon-stat
 
 # -------------------------------------------------- Non-critical communication
 sub reply {
-    my ($cmd,$server)=@_;
-    my $peerfile="$perlvar{'lonSockDir'}/$server";
+    my ($cmd,$server,$hostname)=@_;
+    my $peerfile="$perlvar{'lonSockDir'}/".$hostname->{$server};
     my $client=IO::Socket::UNIX->new(Peer    =>"$peerfile",
                                      Type    => SOCK_STREAM,
                                      Timeout => 10)
        or return "con_lost";
-    print $client "$cmd\n";
+    print $client "sethost:$server:$cmd\n";
     my $answer=<$client>;
     chomp($answer);
     if (!$answer) { $answer="con_lost"; }
@@ -486,7 +486,7 @@ sub test_connections {
     foreach my $tryserver (sort(keys(%{$hostname}))) {
 	print(".");
 	my $result;
-	my $answer=reply("ping",$tryserver);
+	my $answer=reply("ping",$tryserver,$hostname);
 	if ($answer eq "$tryserver:$perlvar{'lonHostID'}") {
 	    $result="<b>ok</b>";
 	    $good++;