--- loncom/lond	2019/04/26 20:22:10	1.558
+++ loncom/lond	2019/07/02 19:40:18	1.559
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 # The LearningOnline Network
 # lond "LON Daemon" Server (port "LOND" 5663)
 #
-# $Id: lond,v 1.558 2019/04/26 20:22:10 raeburn Exp $
+# $Id: lond,v 1.559 2019/07/02 19:40:18 raeburn Exp $
 #
 # Copyright Michigan State University Board of Trustees
 #
@@ -65,7 +65,7 @@ my $DEBUG = 0;		       # Non zero to ena
 my $status='';
 my $lastlog='';
 
-my $VERSION='$Revision: 1.558 $'; #' stupid emacs
+my $VERSION='$Revision: 1.559 $'; #' stupid emacs
 my $remoteVERSION;
 my $currenthostid="default";
 my $currentdomainid;
@@ -2030,7 +2030,7 @@ sub read_lonnet_global {
                 }
                 if ($what eq 'perlvar') {
                     if (!exists($packagevars{$what}{'lonBalancer'})) {
-                        if ($dist =~ /^(centos|rhes|fedora|scientific)/) {
+                        if ($dist =~ /^(centos|rhes|fedora|scientific|oracle)/) {
                             my $othervarref=LONCAPA::Configuration::read_conf('httpd.conf');
                             if (ref($othervarref) eq 'HASH') {
                                 $items->{'lonBalancer'} = $othervarref->{'lonBalancer'};
@@ -7542,7 +7542,7 @@ sub make_new_child {
         &Authen::Krb5::init_context();
 
         my $no_ets;
-        if ($dist =~ /^(?:centos|rhes|scientific)(\d+)$/) {
+        if ($dist =~ /^(?:centos|rhes|scientific|oracle)(\d+)$/) {
             if ($1 >= 7) {
                 $no_ets = 1;
             }