--- loncom/lonnet/perl/lonnet.pm	2003/06/10 15:52:51	1.377
+++ loncom/lonnet/perl/lonnet.pm	2003/07/03 19:26:21	1.386
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 # The LearningOnline Network
 # TCP networking package
 #
-# $Id: lonnet.pm,v 1.377 2003/06/10 15:52:51 matthew Exp $
+# $Id: lonnet.pm,v 1.386 2003/07/03 19:26:21 matthew Exp $
 #
 # Copyright Michigan State University Board of Trustees
 #
@@ -982,9 +982,9 @@ sub repcopy {
 
 # ------------------------------------------------ Get server side include body
 sub ssi_body {
-    my $filelink=shift;
+    my ($filelink,%form)=@_;
     my $output=($filelink=~/^http\:/?&externalssi($filelink):
-                                     &ssi($filelink));
+                                     &ssi($filelink,%form));
     $output=~s/^.*\<body[^\>]*\>//si;
     $output=~s/\<\/body\s*\>.*$//si;
     $output=~
@@ -1643,7 +1643,7 @@ sub tmpreset {
   my ($symb,$namespace,$domain,$stuname) = @_;
   if (!$symb) {
     $symb=&symbread();
-    if (!$symb) { $symb= $ENV{'REQUEST_URI'}; }
+    if (!$symb) { $symb= $ENV{'request.url'}; }
   }
   $symb=escape($symb);
 
@@ -2774,7 +2774,7 @@ sub modifyuser {
         }   
         $uhome=&homeserver($uname,$udom,'true');
         if (($uhome eq '') || ($uhome eq 'no_host') || ($uhome ne $unhome)) {
-	    return 'error: verify home';
+	    return 'error: unable verify users home machine.';
         }
     }   # End of creation of new user
 # ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Add ID
@@ -2784,7 +2784,8 @@ sub modifyuser {
        if (($uidhash{$uname}) && ($uidhash{$uname}!~/error\:/) 
          && (!$forceid)) {
 	  unless ($uid eq $uidhash{$uname}) {
-	      return 'error: mismatch '.$uidhash{$uname}.' versus '.$uid;
+	      return 'error: user id "'.$uid.'" does not match '.
+                  'current user id "'.$uidhash{$uname}.'".';
           }
        } else {
 	  &idput($udom,($uname => $uid));
@@ -2800,10 +2801,10 @@ sub modifyuser {
     } else {
         %names = @tmp;
     }
-    if ($first)  { $names{'firstname'}  = $first; }
-    if ($middle) { $names{'middlename'} = $middle; }
-    if ($last)   { $names{'lastname'}   = $last; }
-    if ($gene)   { $names{'generation'} = $gene; }
+    if (defined($first))  { $names{'firstname'}  = $first; }
+    if (defined($middle)) { $names{'middlename'} = $middle; }
+    if (defined($last))   { $names{'lastname'}   = $last; }
+    if (defined($gene))   { $names{'generation'} = $gene; }
     my $reply = &put('environment', \%names, $udom,$uname);
     if ($reply ne 'ok') { return 'error: '.$reply; }
     &logthis('Success modifying user '.$udom.', '.$uname.', '.$uid.', '.
@@ -3185,8 +3186,32 @@ sub courseresdata {
     return undef;
 }
 
-# --------------------------------------------------------- Value of a Variable
+#
+# EXT resource caching routines
+#
+
+sub clear_EXT_cache_status {
+    &delenv('cache.EXT.');
+}
+
+sub EXT_cache_status {
+    my ($target_domain,$target_user) = @_;
+    my $cachename = 'cache.EXT.'.$target_user.'.'.$target_domain;
+    if (exists($ENV{$cachename}) && ($ENV{$cachename}+1800) > time) {
+        # We know already the user has no data
+        return 1;
+    } else {
+        return 0;
+    }
+}
+
+sub EXT_cache_set {
+    my ($target_domain,$target_user) = @_;
+    my $cachename = 'cache.EXT.'.$target_user.'.'.$target_domain;
+    &appenv($cachename => time);
+}
 
+# --------------------------------------------------------- Value of a Variable
 sub EXT {
     my ($varname,$symbparm,$udom,$uname,$usection)=@_;
 
@@ -3196,7 +3221,7 @@ sub EXT {
     my $publicuser;
     if (!($uname && $udom)) {
       (my $cursymb,$courseid,$udom,$uname,$publicuser)=
-	  &Apache::lonxml::whichuser();
+	  &Apache::lonxml::whichuser($symbparm);
       if (!$symbparm) {	$symbparm=$cursymb; }
     } else {
 	$courseid=$ENV{'request.course.id'};
@@ -3273,7 +3298,8 @@ sub EXT {
         }
     } elsif ($realm eq 'query') {
 # ---------------------------------------------- pull stuff out of query string
-        &Apache::loncommon::get_unprocessed_cgi($ENV{'QUERY_STRING'},[$space]);
+        &Apache::loncommon::get_unprocessed_cgi($ENV{'QUERY_STRING'},
+						[$spacequalifierrest]);
 	return $ENV{'form.'.$spacequalifierrest}; 
    } elsif ($realm eq 'request') {
 # ------------------------------------------------------------- request.browser
@@ -3321,11 +3347,9 @@ sub EXT {
 	    my $courselevelm=$courseid.'.'.$mapparm;
 
 # ----------------------------------------------------------- first, check user
-	    #most student don't have any data set, check if there is some data
+	    #most student don\'t have any data set, check if there is some data
             #every thirty minutes
-	    if (!
-		(exists($ENV{'cache.studentresdata'})
-		    && (($ENV{'cache.studentresdata'}+1800) > time))) {
+	    if (! &EXT_cache_status($udom,$uname)) {
 		my %resourcedata=&get('resourcedata',
 				      [$courselevelr,$courselevelm,$courselevel],
 				      $udom,$uname);
@@ -3344,9 +3368,7 @@ sub EXT {
 				 $uname." at ".$udom.": ".
 				 $tmp."</font>");
 		    } elsif ($tmp=~/error:No such file/) {
-			$ENV{'cache.studentresdata'}=time;
-			&appenv(('cache.studentresdata'=>
-				 $ENV{'cache.studentresdata'}));
+                        &EXT_cache_set($udom,$uname);
 		    } elsif ($tmp =~ /^(con_lost|no_such_host)/) {
 			return $tmp;
 		    }
@@ -3632,7 +3654,13 @@ sub gettitle {
 	unless ($urlsymb) { $urlsymb=$ENV{'request.filename'}; }
         return &metadata($urlsymb,'title'); 
     }
-    if ($titlecache{$symb}) { return $titlecache{$symb}; }
+    if ($titlecache{$symb}) {
+	if (time < ($titlecache{$symb}[1] + 600)) {
+	    return $titlecache{$symb}[0];
+	} else {
+	    delete($titlecache{$symb});
+	}
+    }
     my ($map,$resid,$url)=split(/\_\_\_/,$symb);
     my $title='';
     my %bighash;
@@ -3644,7 +3672,7 @@ sub gettitle {
     }
     $title=~s/\&colon\;/\:/gs;
     if ($title) {
-        $titlecache{$symb}=$title;
+        $titlecache{$symb}=[$title,time];
         return $title;
     } else {
 	return &metadata($urlsymb,'title');