--- loncom/lonnet/perl/lonnet.pm	2011/10/21 16:14:02	1.1139
+++ loncom/lonnet/perl/lonnet.pm	2011/10/24 12:05:58	1.1140
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 # The LearningOnline Network
 # TCP networking package
 #
-# $Id: lonnet.pm,v 1.1139 2011/10/21 16:14:02 www Exp $
+# $Id: lonnet.pm,v 1.1140 2011/10/24 12:05:58 www Exp $
 #
 # Copyright Michigan State University Board of Trustees
 #
@@ -8991,7 +8991,7 @@ sub metadata {
         ($uri =~ m|/$|) || ($uri =~ m|/.meta$|) || ($uri =~ m{^/*uploaded/.+\.sequence$})) {
 	return undef;
     }
-    if (($uri =~ /^~/ || $uri =~ m{home/$match_username/public_html/}) 
+    if (($uri =~ /^priv/ || $uri=~/home\/httpd\/html\/priv/) 
 	&& &Apache::lonxml::get_state('target') =~ /^(|meta)$/) {
 	return undef;
     }
@@ -9028,7 +9028,7 @@ sub metadata {
         my %metathesekeys=();
         unless ($filename=~/\.meta$/) { $filename.='.meta'; }
 	my $metastring;
-	if ($uri =~ /^~/ || $uri =~ m{home/$match_username/public_html/}) {
+	if ($uri =~ /^priv/ || $uri=~/home\/httpd\/html\/priv/) {
 	    my $which = &hreflocation('','/'.($liburi || $uri));
 	    $metastring = 
 		&Apache::lonnet::ssi_body($which,