--- loncom/lond	2000/07/14 07:43:15	1.15
+++ loncom/lond	2000/07/21 00:40:37	1.18
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
 # 12/7,12/15,01/06,01/11,01/12,01/14,2/8,
 # 03/07,05/31 Gerd Kortemeyer
 # 06/26 Scott Harrison
-# 06/29,06/30,07/14 Gerd Kortemeyer
+# 06/29,06/30,07/14,07/15,07/17,07/20 Gerd Kortemeyer
 #
 # based on "Perl Cookbook" ISBN 1-56592-243-3
 # preforker - server who forks first
@@ -217,7 +217,7 @@ sub propath {
     my ($udom,$uname)=@_;
     $udom=~s/\W//g;
     $uname=~s/\W//g;
-    my $subdir=$uname.'___';
+    my $subdir=$uname.'__';
     $subdir =~ s/(.)(.)(.).*/$1\/$2\/$3/;
     my $proname="$perlvar{'lonUsersDir'}/$udom/$subdir/$uname";
     return $proname;
@@ -333,15 +333,18 @@ sub make_new_child {
                   } else {
 		      &logthis(
  "<font color=blue>WARNING: $clientip did not reply challenge</font>");
+                      print $client "bye\n";
                   }
               } else {
 		  &logthis(
                     "<font color=blue>WARNING: "
                    ."$clientip failed to initialize: >$remotereq< </font>");
+		  print $client "bye\n";
               }
 	    } else {
               &logthis(
  "<font color=blue>WARNING: Unknown client $clientip</font>");
+              print $client "bye\n";
             }
             if ($clientok) {
 # ---------------- New known client connecting, could mean machine online again
@@ -550,6 +553,9 @@ sub make_new_child {
                        my $ownership=ishome($fname);
                        if ($ownership eq 'owner') {
                         if (-e $fname) {
+			 if (-d $fname) {
+			   print $client "directory\n";
+                         } else {
                            $now=time;
                            { 
                             my $sh=IO::File->new(">$fname.$hostid{$clientip}");
@@ -558,6 +564,7 @@ sub make_new_child {
                            $fname=~s/\/home\/httpd\/html\/res/raw/;
                            $fname="http://$thisserver/".$fname;
                            print $client "$fname\n";
+		         }
                         } else {
 		      	   print $client "not_found\n";
                         }
@@ -961,6 +968,7 @@ sub make_new_child {
 		       } else {
                           $ulsout='no_such_dir';
                        }
+                       if ($ulsout eq '') { $ulsout='empty'; }
                        print $client "$ulsout\n";
 # ------------------------------------------------------------- unknown command
                    } else {