--- loncom/lond	2004/02/17 21:02:37	1.176
+++ loncom/lond	2004/03/08 21:00:15	1.181
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 # The LearningOnline Network
 # lond "LON Daemon" Server (port "LOND" 5663)
 #
-# $Id: lond,v 1.176 2004/02/17 21:02:37 albertel Exp $
+# $Id: lond,v 1.181 2004/03/08 21:00:15 albertel Exp $
 #
 # Copyright Michigan State University Board of Trustees
 #
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@ my $DEBUG = 0;		       # Non zero to ena
 my $status='';
 my $lastlog='';
 
-my $VERSION='$Revision: 1.176 $'; #' stupid emacs
+my $VERSION='$Revision: 1.181 $'; #' stupid emacs
 my $remoteVERSION;
 my $currenthostid;
 my $currentdomainid;
@@ -1258,8 +1258,18 @@ sub make_new_child {
     #  the pid hash.
     #
     my $caller = getpeername($client);
-    my ($port,$iaddr)=unpack_sockaddr_in($caller);
-    $clientip=inet_ntoa($iaddr);
+    my ($port,$iaddr);
+    if (defined($caller) && length($caller) > 0) {
+	($port,$iaddr)=unpack_sockaddr_in($caller);
+    } else {
+	&logthis("Unable to determine who caller was, getpeername returned nothing");
+    }
+    if (defined($iaddr)) {
+	$clientip=inet_ntoa($iaddr);
+    } else {
+	&logthis("Unable to determine clinetip");
+	$clientip='Unavailable';
+    }
     
     if ($pid) {
         # Parent records the child's birth and returns.
@@ -2006,12 +2016,12 @@ sub make_new_child {
 				} else {
 				    print $client "error: ".($!+0)
 					." untie(GDBM) failed ".
-					"while attempting put\n";
+					"while attempting inc\n";
 				}
 			    } else {
 				print $client "error: ".($!)
 				    ." tie(GDBM) Failed ".
-				    "while attempting put\n";
+				    "while attempting inc\n";
 			    }
 			} else {
 			    print $client "refused\n";
@@ -2337,7 +2347,6 @@ sub make_new_child {
 			my $proname=propath($udom,$uname);
 			my %hash;
 			if (tie(%hash,'GDBM_File',"$proname/$namespace.db",&GDBM_READER(),0640)) {
-			       study($regexp);
 			       while (my ($key,$value) = each(%hash)) {
 				   if ($regexp eq '.') {
 				       $qresult.=$key.'='.$value.'&';