--- loncom/lonnet/perl/lonnet.pm	2003/09/11 07:57:03	1.411
+++ loncom/lonnet/perl/lonnet.pm	2004/07/16 17:56:01	1.522
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 # The LearningOnline Network
 # TCP networking package
 #
-# $Id: lonnet.pm,v 1.411 2003/09/11 07:57:03 albertel Exp $
+# $Id: lonnet.pm,v 1.522 2004/07/16 17:56:01 albertel Exp $
 #
 # Copyright Michigan State University Board of Trustees
 #
@@ -25,58 +25,21 @@
 #
 # http://www.lon-capa.org/
 #
-# 6/1/99,6/2,6/10,6/11,6/12,6/14,6/26,6/28,6/29,6/30,
-# 7/1,7/2,7/9,7/10,7/12,7/14,7/15,7/19,
-# 11/8,11/16,11/18,11/22,11/23,12/22,
-# 01/06,01/13,02/24,02/28,02/29,
-# 03/01,03/02,03/06,03/07,03/13,
-# 04/05,05/29,05/31,06/01,
-# 06/05,06/26 Gerd Kortemeyer
-# 06/26 Ben Tyszka
-# 06/30,07/15,07/17,07/18,07/20,07/21,07/22,07/25 Gerd Kortemeyer
-# 08/14 Ben Tyszka
-# 08/22,08/28,08/31,09/01,09/02,09/04,09/05,09/25,09/28,09/30 Gerd Kortemeyer
-# 10/04 Gerd Kortemeyer
-# 10/04 Guy Albertelli
-# 10/06,10/09,10/10,10/11,10/14,10/20,10/23,10/25,10/26,10/27,10/28,10/29, 
-# 10/30,10/31,
-# 11/2,11/14,11/15,11/16,11/20,11/21,11/22,11/25,11/27,
-# 12/02,12/12,12/13,12/14,12/28,12/29 Gerd Kortemeyer
-# 05/01/01 Guy Albertelli
-# 05/01,06/01,09/01 Gerd Kortemeyer
-# 09/01 Guy Albertelli
-# 09/01,10/01,11/01 Gerd Kortemeyer
-# YEAR=2001
-# 3/2 Gerd Kortemeyer
-# 3/19,3/20 Gerd Kortemeyer
-# 5/26,5/28 Gerd Kortemeyer
-# 5/30 H. K. Ng
-# 6/1 Gerd Kortemeyer
-# July Guy Albertelli
-# 8/4,8/7,8/8,8/9,8/11,8/16,8/17,8/18,8/20,8/23,9/20,9/21,9/26,
-# 10/2 Gerd Kortemeyer
-# 11/17,11/20,11/22,11/29 Gerd Kortemeyer
-# 12/5 Matthew Hall
-# 12/5 Guy Albertelli
-# 12/6,12/7,12/12 Gerd Kortemeyer
-# 12/21,12/22,12/27,12/28 Gerd Kortemeyer
-# YEAR=2002
-# 1/4,2/4,2/7 Gerd Kortemeyer
-#
 ###
 
 package Apache::lonnet;
 
 use strict;
-use Apache::File;
 use LWP::UserAgent();
 use HTTP::Headers;
+use HTTP::Date;
+# use Date::Parse;
 use vars 
 qw(%perlvar %hostname %homecache %badServerCache %hostip %iphost %spareid %hostdom 
-   %libserv %pr %prp %metacache %packagetab %titlecache 
+   %libserv %pr %prp %metacache %packagetab %titlecache %courseresversioncache %resversioncache
    %courselogs %accesshash %userrolehash $processmarker $dumpcount 
-   %coursedombuf %coursenumbuf %coursehombuf %coursedescrbuf %courseresdatacache 
-   %domaindescription %domain_auth_def %domain_auth_arg_def 
+   %coursedombuf %coursenumbuf %coursehombuf %coursedescrbuf %courseinstcodebuf %courseresdatacache 
+   %userresdatacache %usectioncache %domaindescription %domain_auth_def %domain_auth_arg_def 
    %domain_lang_def %domain_city %domain_longi %domain_lati $tmpdir);
 
 use IO::Socket;
@@ -85,15 +48,40 @@ use Apache::Constants qw(:common :http);
 use HTML::LCParser;
 use Fcntl qw(:flock);
 use Apache::loncoursedata;
-
+use Apache::lonlocal;
+use Storable qw(lock_store lock_nstore lock_retrieve freeze thaw);
+use Time::HiRes();
 my $readit;
 
+=pod
+
+=head1 Package Variables
+
+These are largely undocumented, so if you decipher one please note it here.
+
+=over 4
+
+=item $processmarker
+
+Contains the time this process was started and this servers host id.
+
+=item $dumpcount
+
+Counts the number of times a message log flush has been attempted (regardless
+of success) by this process.  Used as part of the filename when messages are
+delayed.
+
+=back
+
+=cut
+
+
 # --------------------------------------------------------------------- Logging
 
 sub logtouch {
     my $execdir=$perlvar{'lonDaemons'};
-    unless (-e "$execdir/logs/lonnet.log") {
-	my $fh=Apache::File->new(">>$execdir/logs/lonnet.log");
+    unless (-e "$execdir/logs/lonnet.log") {	
+	open(my $fh,">>$execdir/logs/lonnet.log");
 	close $fh;
     }
     my ($wwwuid,$wwwgid)=(getpwnam('www'))[2,3];
@@ -105,8 +93,10 @@ sub logthis {
     my $execdir=$perlvar{'lonDaemons'};
     my $now=time;
     my $local=localtime($now);
-    my $fh=Apache::File->new(">>$execdir/logs/lonnet.log");
-    print $fh "$local ($$): $message\n";
+    if (open(my $fh,">>$execdir/logs/lonnet.log")) {
+	print $fh "$local ($$): $message\n";
+	close($fh);
+    }
     return 1;
 }
 
@@ -115,8 +105,10 @@ sub logperm {
     my $execdir=$perlvar{'lonDaemons'};
     my $now=time;
     my $local=localtime($now);
-    my $fh=Apache::File->new(">>$execdir/logs/lonnet.perm.log");
-    print $fh "$now:$message:$local\n";
+    if (open(my $fh,">>$execdir/logs/lonnet.perm.log")) {
+	print $fh "$now:$message:$local\n";
+	close($fh);
+    }
     return 1;
 }
 
@@ -168,7 +160,7 @@ sub reconlonc {
     my $peerfile=shift;
     &logthis("Trying to reconnect for $peerfile");
     my $loncfile="$perlvar{'lonDaemons'}/logs/lonc.pid";
-    if (my $fh=Apache::File->new("$loncfile")) {
+    if (open(my $fh,"<$loncfile")) {
 	my $loncpid=<$fh>;
         chomp($loncpid);
         if (kill 0 => $loncpid) {
@@ -216,18 +208,20 @@ sub critical {
       "$perlvar{'lonSockDir'}/delayed/$now.$dumpcount.$$.$middlename.$server";
             $dumpcount++;
             {
-             my $dfh;
-             if ($dfh=Apache::File->new(">$dfilename")) {
-                print $dfh "$cmd\n";
-	     }
+		my $dfh;
+		if (open($dfh,">$dfilename")) {
+		    print $dfh "$cmd\n"; 
+		    close($dfh);
+		}
             }
             sleep 2;
             my $wcmd='';
             {
-	     my $dfh;
-             if ($dfh=Apache::File->new("$dfilename")) {
-                $wcmd=<$dfh>;
-	     }
+		my $dfh;
+		if (open($dfh,"<$dfilename")) {
+		    $wcmd=<$dfh>; 
+		    close($dfh);
+		}
             }
             chomp($wcmd);
             if ($wcmd eq $cmd) {
@@ -246,9 +240,13 @@ sub critical {
     return $answer;
 }
 
+#
 # -------------- Remove all key from the env that start witha lowercase letter
-#                (Which is alweways a lon-capa value)
+#                (Which is always a lon-capa value)
+
 sub cleanenv {
+#    unless (defined(&Apache::exists_config_define("MODPERL2"))) { return; }
+#    unless (&Apache::exists_config_define("MODPERL2")) { return; }
     foreach my $key (keys(%ENV)) {
 	if ($key =~ /^[a-z]/) {
 	    delete($ENV{$key});
@@ -262,18 +260,27 @@ sub transfer_profile_to_env {
     my ($lonidsdir,$handle)=@_;
     my @profile;
     {
-	my $idf=Apache::File->new("$lonidsdir/$handle.id");
+	open(my $idf,"$lonidsdir/$handle.id");
 	flock($idf,LOCK_SH);
 	@profile=<$idf>;
-	$idf->close();
+	close($idf);
     }
     my $envi;
+    my %Remove;
     for ($envi=0;$envi<=$#profile;$envi++) {
 	chomp($profile[$envi]);
 	my ($envname,$envvalue)=split(/=/,$profile[$envi]);
 	$ENV{$envname} = $envvalue;
+        if (my ($key,$time) = ($envname =~ /^(cgi\.(\d+)_\d+\.)/)) {
+            if ($time < time-300) {
+                $Remove{$key}++;
+            }
+        }
     }
     $ENV{'user.environment'} = "$lonidsdir/$handle.id";
+    foreach my $expired_key (keys(%Remove)) {
+        &delenv($expired_key);
+    }
 }
 
 # ---------------------------------------------------------- Append Environment
@@ -292,47 +299,47 @@ sub appenv {
     }
 
     my $lockfh;
-    unless ($lockfh=Apache::File->new("$ENV{'user.environment'}")) {
-       return 'error: '.$!;
+    unless (open($lockfh,"$ENV{'user.environment'}")) {
+	return 'error: '.$!;
     }
     unless (flock($lockfh,LOCK_EX)) {
          &logthis("<font color=blue>WARNING: ".
                   'Could not obtain exclusive lock in appenv: '.$!);
-         $lockfh->close();
+         close($lockfh);
          return 'error: '.$!;
     }
 
     my @oldenv;
     {
-     my $fh;
-     unless ($fh=Apache::File->new("$ENV{'user.environment'}")) {
-	return 'error: '.$!;
-     }
-     @oldenv=<$fh>;
-     $fh->close();
+	my $fh;
+	unless (open($fh,"$ENV{'user.environment'}")) {
+	    return 'error: '.$!;
+	}
+	@oldenv=<$fh>;
+	close($fh);
     }
     for (my $i=0; $i<=$#oldenv; $i++) {
         chomp($oldenv[$i]);
         if ($oldenv[$i] ne '') {
-           my ($name,$value)=split(/=/,$oldenv[$i]);
-           unless (defined($newenv{$name})) {
-	      $newenv{$name}=$value;
-	   }
+	    my ($name,$value)=split(/=/,$oldenv[$i]);
+	    unless (defined($newenv{$name})) {
+		$newenv{$name}=$value;
+	    }
         }
     }
     {
-     my $fh;
-     unless ($fh=Apache::File->new(">$ENV{'user.environment'}")) {
-	return 'error';
-     }
-     my $newname;
-     foreach $newname (keys %newenv) {
-	 print $fh "$newname=$newenv{$newname}\n";
-     }
-     $fh->close();
+	my $fh;
+	unless (open($fh,">$ENV{'user.environment'}")) {
+	    return 'error';
+	}
+	my $newname;
+	foreach $newname (keys %newenv) {
+	    print $fh "$newname=$newenv{$newname}\n";
+	}
+	close($fh);
     }
-
-    $lockfh->close();
+	
+    close($lockfh);
     return 'ok';
 }
 # ----------------------------------------------------- Delete from Environment
@@ -347,34 +354,39 @@ sub delenv {
     }
     my @oldenv;
     {
-     my $fh;
-     unless ($fh=Apache::File->new("$ENV{'user.environment'}")) {
-	return 'error';
-     }
-     unless (flock($fh,LOCK_SH)) {
-         &logthis("<font color=blue>WARNING: ".
-                  'Could not obtain shared lock in delenv: '.$!);
-         $fh->close();
-         return 'error: '.$!;
-     }
-     @oldenv=<$fh>;
-     $fh->close();
+	my $fh;
+	unless (open($fh,"$ENV{'user.environment'}")) {
+	    return 'error';
+	}
+	unless (flock($fh,LOCK_SH)) {
+	    &logthis("<font color=blue>WARNING: ".
+		     'Could not obtain shared lock in delenv: '.$!);
+	    close($fh);
+	    return 'error: '.$!;
+	}
+	@oldenv=<$fh>;
+	close($fh);
     }
     {
-     my $fh;
-     unless ($fh=Apache::File->new(">$ENV{'user.environment'}")) {
-	return 'error';
-     }
-     unless (flock($fh,LOCK_EX)) {
-         &logthis("<font color=blue>WARNING: ".
-                  'Could not obtain exclusive lock in delenv: '.$!);
-         $fh->close();
-         return 'error: '.$!;
-     }
-     foreach (@oldenv) {
-	 unless ($_=~/^$delthis/) { print $fh $_; }
-     }
-     $fh->close();
+	my $fh;
+	unless (open($fh,">$ENV{'user.environment'}")) {
+	    return 'error';
+	}
+	unless (flock($fh,LOCK_EX)) {
+	    &logthis("<font color=blue>WARNING: ".
+		     'Could not obtain exclusive lock in delenv: '.$!);
+	    close($fh);
+	    return 'error: '.$!;
+	}
+	foreach (@oldenv) {
+	    if ($_=~/^$delthis/) { 
+                my ($key,undef) = split('=',$_);
+                delete($ENV{$key});
+            } else {
+                print $fh $_; 
+            }
+	}
+	close($fh);
     }
     return 'ok';
 }
@@ -390,7 +402,7 @@ sub userload {
 	while ($filename=readdir(LONIDS)) {
 	    if ($filename eq '.' || $filename eq '..') {next;}
 	    my ($mtime)=(stat($perlvar{'lonIDsDir'}.'/'.$filename))[9];
-	    if ($curtime-$mtime < 3600) { $numusers++; }
+	    if ($curtime-$mtime < 1800) { $numusers++; }
 	}
 	closedir(LONIDS);
     }
@@ -410,10 +422,11 @@ sub overloaderror {
     unless ($checkserver) { $checkserver=$perlvar{'lonHostID'}; }
     my $loadavg;
     if ($checkserver eq $perlvar{'lonHostID'}) {
-       my $loadfile=Apache::File->new('/proc/loadavg');
+       open(my $loadfile,'/proc/loadavg');
        $loadavg=<$loadfile>;
        $loadavg =~ s/\s.*//g;
        $loadavg = 100*$loadavg/$perlvar{'lonLoadLim'};
+       close($loadfile);
     } else {
        $loadavg=&reply('load',$checkserver);
     }
@@ -421,7 +434,7 @@ sub overloaderror {
     if ($overload>0) {
 	$r->err_headers_out->{'Retry-After'}=$overload;
         $r->log_error('Overload of '.$overload.' on '.$checkserver);
-        return 413;
+        return 409;
     }    
     return '';
 }
@@ -500,38 +513,16 @@ sub changepass {
 
 sub queryauthenticate {
     my ($uname,$udom)=@_;
-    if (($perlvar{'lonRole'} eq 'library') && 
-        ($udom eq $perlvar{'lonDefDomain'})) {
-	my $answer=reply("encrypt:currentauth:$udom:$uname",
-			 $perlvar{'lonHostID'});
-	unless ($answer eq 'unknown_user' or $answer eq 'refused') {
-	    if (length($answer)) {
-		return $answer;
-	    }
-	    else {
-	&logthis("User $uname at $udom lacks an authentication mechanism");
-		return 'no_host';
-	    }
-	}
-    }
-
-    my $tryserver;
-    foreach $tryserver (keys %libserv) {
-	if ($hostdom{$tryserver} eq $udom) {
-           my $answer=reply("encrypt:currentauth:$udom:$uname",$tryserver);
-	   unless ($answer eq 'unknown_user' or $answer eq 'refused') {
-	       if (length($answer)) {
-		   return $answer;
-	       }
-	       else {
-	   &logthis("User $uname at $udom lacks an authentication mechanism");
-		   return 'no_host';
-	       }
-	   }
-       }
+    my $uhome=&homeserver($uname,$udom);
+    if (!$uhome) {
+	&logthis("User $uname at $udom is unknown when looking for authentication mechanism");
+	return 'no_host';
+    }
+    my $answer=reply("encrypt:currentauth:$udom:$uname",$uhome);
+    if ($answer =~ /^(unknown_user|refused|con_lost)/) {
+	&logthis("User $uname at $udom threw error $answer when checking authentication mechanism");
     }
-    &logthis("User $uname at $udom lacks an authentication mechanism");    
-    return 'no_host';
+    return $answer;
 }
 
 # --------- Try to authenticate user from domain's lib servers (first this one)
@@ -540,38 +531,21 @@ sub authenticate {
     my ($uname,$upass,$udom)=@_;
     $upass=escape($upass);
     $uname=~s/\W//g;
-    if (($perlvar{'lonRole'} eq 'library') && 
-        ($udom eq $perlvar{'lonDefDomain'})) {
-    my $answer=reply("encrypt:auth:$udom:$uname:$upass",$perlvar{'lonHostID'});
-        if ($answer =~ /authorized/) {
-              if ($answer eq 'authorized') {
-                 &logthis("User $uname at $udom authorized by local server"); 
-                 return $perlvar{'lonHostID'}; 
-              }
-              if ($answer eq 'non_authorized') {
-                 &logthis("User $uname at $udom rejected by local server"); 
-                 return 'no_host'; 
-              }
-	}
-    }
-
-    my $tryserver;
-    foreach $tryserver (keys %libserv) {
-	if ($hostdom{$tryserver} eq $udom) {
-           my $answer=reply("encrypt:auth:$udom:$uname:$upass",$tryserver);
-           if ($answer =~ /authorized/) {
-              if ($answer eq 'authorized') {
-                 &logthis("User $uname at $udom authorized by $tryserver"); 
-                 return $tryserver; 
-              }
-              if ($answer eq 'non_authorized') {
-                 &logthis("User $uname at $udom rejected by $tryserver");
-                 return 'no_host';
-              } 
-	   }
-       }
+    my $uhome=&homeserver($uname,$udom);
+    if (!$uhome) {
+	&logthis("User $uname at $udom is unknown in authenticate");
+	return 'no_host';
+    }
+    my $answer=reply("encrypt:auth:$udom:$uname:$upass",$uhome);
+    if ($answer eq 'authorized') {
+	&logthis("User $uname at $udom authorized by $uhome"); 
+	return $uhome; 
+    }
+    if ($answer eq 'non_authorized') {
+	&logthis("User $uname at $udom rejected by $uhome");
+	return 'no_host'; 
     }
-    &logthis("User $uname at $udom could not be authenticated");    
+    &logthis("User $uname at $udom threw error $answer when checking authentication mechanism");
     return 'no_host';
 }
 
@@ -580,9 +554,9 @@ sub authenticate {
 sub homeserver {
     my ($uname,$udom,$ignoreBadCache)=@_;
     my $index="$uname:$udom";
-    if ($homecache{$index}) { 
-        return "$homecache{$index}"; 
-    }
+
+    my ($result,$cached)=&is_cached(\%homecache,$index,'home',86400);
+    if (defined($cached)) { return $result; }
     my $tryserver;
     foreach $tryserver (keys %libserv) {
         next if ($ignoreBadCache ne 'true' && 
@@ -590,8 +564,7 @@ sub homeserver {
 	if ($hostdom{$tryserver} eq $udom) {
            my $answer=reply("home:$udom:$uname",$tryserver);
            if ($answer eq 'found') { 
-              $homecache{$index}=$tryserver;
-              return $tryserver; 
+	       return &do_cache(\%homecache,$index,$tryserver,'home');
            } elsif ($answer eq 'no_host') {
 	       $badServerCache{$tryserver}=1;
            }
@@ -644,6 +617,7 @@ sub idput {
     my ($udom,%ids)=@_;
     my %servers=();
     foreach (keys %ids) {
+	&cput('environment',{'id'=>$ids{$_}},$udom,$_);
         my $uhom=&homeserver($_,$udom);
         if ($uhom ne 'no_host') {
             my $id=&escape($ids{$_});
@@ -654,7 +628,6 @@ sub idput {
             } else {
                 $servers{$uhom}=$id.'='.$unam;
             }
-            &critical('put:'.$udom.':'.$unam.':environment:id='.$id,$uhom);
         }
     }
     foreach (keys %servers) {
@@ -669,24 +642,28 @@ sub assign_access_key {
 # a valid key looks like uname:udom#comments
 # comments are being appended
 #
-    my ($ckey,$cdom,$cnum,$udom,$uname,$logentry)=@_;
+    my ($ckey,$kdom,$knum,$cdom,$cnum,$udom,$uname,$logentry)=@_;
+    $kdom=
+   $ENV{'course.'.$ENV{'request.course.id'}.'.domain'} unless (defined($kdom));
+    $knum=
+   $ENV{'course.'.$ENV{'request.course.id'}.'.num'} unless (defined($knum));
     $cdom=
    $ENV{'course.'.$ENV{'request.course.id'}.'.domain'} unless (defined($cdom));
     $cnum=
    $ENV{'course.'.$ENV{'request.course.id'}.'.num'} unless (defined($cnum));
     $udom=$ENV{'user.name'} unless (defined($udom));
     $uname=$ENV{'user.domain'} unless (defined($uname));
-    my %existing=&get('accesskeys',[$ckey],$cdom,$cnum);
+    my %existing=&get('accesskeys',[$ckey],$kdom,$knum);
     if (($existing{$ckey}=~/^\#(.*)$/) || # - new key
-        ($existing{$ckey}=~/^$uname\:$udom\#(.*)$/)) { 
+        ($existing{$ckey}=~/^\Q$uname\E\:\Q$udom\E\#(.*)$/)) { 
                                                   # assigned to this person
                                                   # - this should not happen,
                                                   # unless something went wrong
                                                   # the first time around
 # ready to assign
         $logentry=$1.'; '.$logentry;
-        if (&put('accesskey',{$ckey=>$uname.':'.$udom.'#'.$logentry},
-                                                 $cdom,$cnum) eq 'ok') {
+        if (&put('accesskeys',{$ckey=>$uname.':'.$udom.'#'.$logentry},
+                                                 $kdom,$knum) eq 'ok') {
 # key now belongs to user
 	    my $envkey='key.'.$cdom.'_'.$cnum;
             if (&put('environment',{$envkey => $ckey}) eq 'ok') {
@@ -782,10 +759,10 @@ sub validate_access_key {
    $ENV{'course.'.$ENV{'request.course.id'}.'.domain'} unless (defined($cdom));
     $cnum=
    $ENV{'course.'.$ENV{'request.course.id'}.'.num'} unless (defined($cnum));
-    $udom=$ENV{'user.name'} unless (defined($udom));
-    $uname=$ENV{'user.domain'} unless (defined($uname));
+    $udom=$ENV{'user.domain'} unless (defined($udom));
+    $uname=$ENV{'user.name'} unless (defined($uname));
     my %existing=&get('accesskeys',[$ckey],$cdom,$cnum);
-    return ($existing{$ckey}=~/^$uname\:$udom\#/);
+    return ($existing{$ckey}=~/^\Q$uname\E\:\Q$udom\E\#/);
 }
 
 # ------------------------------------- Find the section of student in a course
@@ -813,7 +790,7 @@ sub getsection {
                         &homeserver($unam,$udom)))) {
         my ($key,$value)=split(/\=/,$_);
         $key=&unescape($key);
-        next if ($key !~/^$courseid(?:\/)*(\w+)*\_st$/);
+        next if ($key !~/^\Q$courseid\E(?:\/)*(\w+)*\_st$/);
         my $section=$1;
         if ($key eq $courseid.'_st') { $section=''; }
         my ($dummy,$end,$start)=split(/\_/,&unescape($value));
@@ -843,15 +820,156 @@ sub getsection {
     return '-1';
 }
 
+
+my $disk_caching_disabled=1;
+
+sub devalidate_cache {
+    my ($cache,$id,$name) = @_;
+    delete $$cache{$id.'.time'};
+    delete $$cache{$id};
+    if ($disk_caching_disabled) { return; }
+    my $filename=$perlvar{'lonDaemons'}.'/tmp/lonnet_internal_cache_'.$name.".db";
+    open(DB,"$filename.lock");
+    flock(DB,LOCK_EX);
+    my %hash;
+    if (tie(%hash,'GDBM_File',$filename,&GDBM_WRCREAT(),0640)) {
+	eval <<'EVALBLOCK';
+	    delete($hash{$id});
+	    delete($hash{$id.'.time'});
+EVALBLOCK
+        if ($@) {
+	    &logthis("<font color='red'>devalidate_cache blew up :$@:$name</font>");
+	    unlink($filename);
+	}
+    } else {
+	if (-e $filename) {
+	    &logthis("Unable to tie hash (devalidate cache): $name");
+	    unlink($filename);
+	}
+    }
+    untie(%hash);
+    flock(DB,LOCK_UN);
+    close(DB);
+}
+
+sub is_cached {
+    my ($cache,$id,$name,$time) = @_;
+    if (!$time) { $time=300; }
+    if (!exists($$cache{$id.'.time'})) {
+	&load_cache_item($cache,$name,$id);
+    }
+    if (!exists($$cache{$id.'.time'})) {
+#	&logthis("Didn't find $id");
+	return (undef,undef);
+    } else {
+	if (time-($$cache{$id.'.time'})>$time) {
+#	    &logthis("Devalidating $id - ".time-($$cache{$id.'.time'}));
+	    &devalidate_cache($cache,$id,$name);
+	    return (undef,undef);
+	}
+    }
+    return ($$cache{$id},1);
+}
+
+sub do_cache {
+    my ($cache,$id,$value,$name) = @_;
+    $$cache{$id.'.time'}=time;
+    $$cache{$id}=$value;
+#    &logthis("Caching $id as :$value:");
+    &save_cache_item($cache,$name,$id);
+    # do_cache implictly return the set value
+    $$cache{$id};
+}
+
+sub save_cache_item {
+    my ($cache,$name,$id)=@_;
+    if ($disk_caching_disabled) { return; }
+    my $starttime=&Time::HiRes::time();
+#    &logthis("Saving :$name:$id");
+    my %hash;
+    my $filename=$perlvar{'lonDaemons'}.'/tmp/lonnet_internal_cache_'.$name.".db";
+    open(DB,"$filename.lock");
+    flock(DB,LOCK_EX);
+    if (tie(%hash,'GDBM_File',$filename,&GDBM_WRCREAT(),0640)) {
+	eval <<'EVALBLOCK';
+	    $hash{$id.'.time'}=$$cache{$id.'.time'};
+	    $hash{$id}=freeze({'item'=>$$cache{$id}});
+EVALBLOCK
+        if ($@) {
+	    &logthis("<font color='red'>save_cache blew up :$@:$name</font>");
+	    unlink($filename);
+	}
+    } else {
+	if (-e $filename) {
+	    &logthis("Unable to tie hash (save cache item): $name ($!)");
+	    unlink($filename);
+	}
+    }
+    untie(%hash);
+    flock(DB,LOCK_UN);
+    close(DB);
+#    &logthis("save_cache_item $name took ".(&Time::HiRes::time()-$starttime));
+}
+
+sub load_cache_item {
+    my ($cache,$name,$id)=@_;
+    if ($disk_caching_disabled) { return; }
+    my $starttime=&Time::HiRes::time();
+#    &logthis("Before Loading $name  for $id size is ".scalar(%$cache));
+    my %hash;
+    my $filename=$perlvar{'lonDaemons'}.'/tmp/lonnet_internal_cache_'.$name.".db";
+    open(DB,"$filename.lock");
+    flock(DB,LOCK_SH);
+    if (tie(%hash,'GDBM_File',$filename,&GDBM_READER(),0640)) {
+	eval <<'EVALBLOCK';
+	    if (!%$cache) {
+		my $count;
+		while (my ($key,$value)=each(%hash)) { 
+		    $count++;
+		    if ($key =~ /\.time$/) {
+			$$cache{$key}=$value;
+		    } else {
+			my $hashref=thaw($value);
+			$$cache{$key}=$hashref->{'item'};
+		    }
+		}
+#	    &logthis("Initial load: $count");
+	    } else {
+		my $hashref=thaw($hash{$id});
+		$$cache{$id}=$hashref->{'item'};
+		$$cache{$id.'.time'}=$hash{$id.'.time'};
+	    }
+EVALBLOCK
+        if ($@) {
+	    &logthis("<font color='red'>load_cache blew up :$@:$name</font>");
+	    unlink($filename);
+	}        
+    } else {
+	if (-e $filename) {
+	    &logthis("Unable to tie hash (load cache item): $name ($!)");
+	    unlink($filename);
+	}
+    }
+    untie(%hash);
+    flock(DB,LOCK_UN);
+    close(DB);
+#    &logthis("After Loading $name size is ".scalar(%$cache));
+#    &logthis("load_cache_item $name took ".(&Time::HiRes::time()-$starttime));
+}
+
 sub usection {
     my ($udom,$unam,$courseid)=@_;
+    my $hashid="$udom:$unam:$courseid";
+    
+    my ($result,$cached)=&is_cached(\%usectioncache,$hashid,'usection');
+    if (defined($cached)) { return $result; }
     $courseid=~s/\_/\//g;
     $courseid=~s/^(\w)/\/$1/;
     foreach (split(/\&/,&reply('dump:'.$udom.':'.$unam.':roles',
                         &homeserver($unam,$udom)))) {
         my ($key,$value)=split(/\=/,$_);
         $key=&unescape($key);
-        if ($key=~/^$courseid(?:\/)*(\w+)*\_st$/) {
+        if ($key=~/^\Q$courseid\E(?:\/)*(\w+)*\_st$/) {
             my $section=$1;
             if ($key eq $courseid.'_st') { $section=''; }
 	    my ($dummy,$end,$start)=split(/\_/,&unescape($value));
@@ -863,10 +981,12 @@ sub usection {
             if ($end) {
                 if ($now>$end) { $notactive=1; }
             } 
-            unless ($notactive) { return $section; }
+            unless ($notactive) {
+		return &do_cache(\%usectioncache,$hashid,$section,'usection');
+	    }
         }
     }
-    return '-1';
+    return &do_cache(\%usectioncache,$hashid,'-1','usection');
 }
 
 # ------------------------------------- Read an entry from a user's environment
@@ -906,6 +1026,8 @@ sub getversion {
 
 sub currentversion {
     my $fname=shift;
+    my ($result,$cached)=&is_cached(\%resversioncache,$fname,'resversion',600);
+    if (defined($cached)) { return $result; }
     my $author=$fname;
     $author=~s/\/home\/httpd\/html\/res\/([^\/]*)\/([^\/]*).*/$1\/$2/;
     my ($udom,$uname)=split(/\//,$author);
@@ -917,7 +1039,7 @@ sub currentversion {
     if (($answer eq 'con_lost') || ($answer eq 'rejected')) {
 	return -1;
     }
-    return $answer;
+    return &do_cache(\%resversioncache,$fname,$answer,'resversion');
 }
 
 # ----------------------------- Subscribe to a resource, return URL if possible
@@ -952,7 +1074,7 @@ sub repcopy {
 	   &logthis("Subscribe returned $remoteurl: $filename");
            return HTTP_SERVICE_UNAVAILABLE;
     } elsif ($remoteurl eq 'not_found') {
-	   &logthis("Subscribe returned not_found: $filename");
+	   #&logthis("Subscribe returned not_found: $filename");
 	   return HTTP_NOT_FOUND;
     } elsif ($remoteurl =~ /^rejected by/) {
 	   &logthis("Subscribe returned $remoteurl: $filename");
@@ -1009,8 +1131,8 @@ sub ssi_body {
     my ($filelink,%form)=@_;
     my $output=($filelink=~/^http\:/?&externalssi($filelink):
                                      &ssi($filelink,%form));
-    $output=~s/^.*\<body[^\>]*\>//si;
-    $output=~s/\<\/body\s*\>.*$//si;
+    $output=~s/^.*?\<body[^\>]*\>//si;
+    $output=~s/(.*)\<\/body\s*\>.*?$/$1/si;
     $output=~
             s/\/\/ BEGIN LON\-CAPA Internal.+\/\/ END LON\-CAPA Internal\s//gs;
     return $output;
@@ -1047,30 +1169,107 @@ sub externalssi {
     return $response->content;
 }
 
-# ------- Add a token to a remote URI's query string to vouch for access rights
+# -------------------------------- Allow a /uploaded/ URI to be vouched for
 
-sub tokenwrapper {
-    my $uri=shift;
-    $uri=~s/^http\:\/\/([^\/]+)//;
-    $uri=~s/^\///;
-    $ENV{'user.environment'}=~/\/([^\/]+)\.id/;
-    my $token=$1;
-    if ($uri=~/^uploaded\/([^\/]+)\/([^\/]+)\/([^\/]+)(\?\.*)*$/) {
-	&appenv('userfile.'.$1.'/'.$2.'/'.$3 => $ENV{'request.course.id'});
-        return 'http://'.$hostname{ &homeserver($2,$1)}.'/'.$uri.
-               (($uri=~/\?/)?'&':'?').'token='.$token.
-                               '&tokenissued='.$perlvar{'lonHostID'};
+sub allowuploaded {
+    my ($srcurl,$url)=@_;
+    $url=&clutter(&declutter($url));
+    my $dir=$url;
+    $dir=~s/\/[^\/]+$//;
+    my %httpref=();
+    my $httpurl=&hreflocation('',$url);
+    $httpref{'httpref.'.$httpurl}=$srcurl;
+    &Apache::lonnet::appenv(%httpref);
+}
+
+# --------- File operations in /home/httpd/html/userfiles/$domain/1/2/3/$course
+# input: action, courseID, current domain, home server for course, intended
+#        path to file, source of file.
+# output: url to file (if action was uploaddoc), 
+#         ok if successful, or diagnostic message otherwise (if action was propagate or copy)
+#
+# Allows directory structure to be used within lonUsers/../userfiles/ for a 
+# course.
+#
+# action = propagate - /home/httpd/html/userfiles/$domain/1/2/3/$course/$file
+#          will be copied to /home/httpd/lonUsers/1/2/3/$course/userfiles in
+#          course's home server.
+#
+# action = copy - /home/httpd/html/userfiles/$domain/1/2/3/$course/$file will
+#          be copied from $source (current location) to 
+#          /home/httpd/html/userfiles/$domain/1/2/3/$course/$file
+#         and will then be copied to
+#          /home/httpd/lonUsers/$domain/1/2/3/$course/userfiles/$file in
+#         course's home server.
+#
+# action = uploaddoc - /home/httpd/html/userfiles/$domain/1/2/3/$course/$file
+#         will be retrived from $ENV{form.uploaddoc} (from DOCS interface) to
+#         /home/httpd/html/userfiles/$domain/1/2/3/$course/$file
+#         and will then be copied to /home/httpd/lonUsers/1/2/3/$course/userfiles/$file
+#         in course's home server.
+
+
+sub process_coursefile {
+    my ($action,$docuname,$docudom,$docuhome,$file,$source)=@_;
+    my $fetchresult;
+    if ($action eq 'propagate') {
+        $fetchresult= &reply('fetchuserfile:'.$docudom.'/'.$docuname.'/'.$file
+                            ,$docuhome);
     } else {
-	return '/adm/notfound.html';
+        my $fetchresult = '';
+        my $fpath = '';
+        my $fname = $file;
+        ($fpath,$fname) = ($file =~ m|^(.*)/([^/]+)$|);
+        $fpath=$docudom.'/'.$docuname.'/'.$fpath;
+        my $filepath=$perlvar{'lonDocRoot'}.'/userfiles';
+        unless ($fpath eq '') {
+            my @parts=split('/',$fpath);
+            foreach my $part (@parts) {
+                $filepath.= '/'.$part;
+                if ((-e $filepath)!=1) {
+                    mkdir($filepath,0777);
+                }
+            }
+        }
+        if ($action eq 'copy') {
+            if ($source eq '') {
+                $fetchresult = 'no source file';
+                return $fetchresult;
+            } else {
+                my $destination = $filepath.'/'.$fname;
+                rename($source,$destination);
+                $fetchresult= &reply('fetchuserfile:'.$docudom.'/'.$docuname.'/'.$file,
+                                 $docuhome);
+            }
+        } elsif ($action eq 'uploaddoc') {
+            open(my $fh,'>'.$filepath.'/'.$fname);
+            print $fh $ENV{'form.'.$source};
+            close($fh);
+            $fetchresult= &reply('fetchuserfile:'.$docudom.'/'.$docuname.'/'.$file,
+                                 $docuhome);
+            if ($fetchresult eq 'ok') {
+                return '/uploaded/'.$fpath.'/'.$fname;
+            } else {
+                &logthis('Failed to transfer '.$docudom.'/'.$docuname.'/'.$file.
+                        ' to host '.$docuhome.': '.$fetchresult);
+                return '/adm/notfound.html';
+            }
+        }
+    }
+    unless ( $fetchresult eq 'ok') {
+        &logthis('Failed to transfer '.$docudom.'/'.$docuname.'/'.$file.
+             ' to host '.$docuhome.': '.$fetchresult);
     }
+    return $fetchresult;
 }
-    
+
 # --------------- Take an uploaded file and put it into the userfiles directory
 # input: name of form element, coursedoc=1 means this is for the course
 # output: url of file in userspace
 
 sub userfileupload {
-    my ($formname,$coursedoc)=@_;
+    my ($formname,$coursedoc,$subdir)=@_;
+    if (!defined($subdir)) { $subdir='unknown'; }
     my $fname=$ENV{'form.'.$formname.'.filename'};
 # Replace Windows backslashes by forward slashes
     $fname=~s/\\/\//g;
@@ -1087,23 +1286,35 @@ sub userfileupload {
     my $docuname='';
     my $docudom='';
     my $docuhome='';
+    $fname="$subdir/$fname";
     if ($coursedoc) {
 	$docuname=$ENV{'course.'.$ENV{'request.course.id'}.'.num'};
 	$docudom=$ENV{'course.'.$ENV{'request.course.id'}.'.domain'};
 	$docuhome=$ENV{'course.'.$ENV{'request.course.id'}.'.home'};
+        if ($ENV{'form.folder'} =~ m/^default/) {
+            return &finishuserfileupload($docuname,$docudom,$docuhome,$formname,$fname);
+        } else {
+            $fname=$ENV{'form.folder'}.'/'.$fname;
+            return &process_coursefile('uploaddoc',$docuname,$docudom,$docuhome,$fname,$formname);
+        }
     } else {
         $docuname=$ENV{'user.name'};
         $docudom=$ENV{'user.domain'};
         $docuhome=$ENV{'user.home'};
+        return &finishuserfileupload($docuname,$docudom,$docuhome,$formname,$fname);
     }
-    return 
-        &finishuserfileupload($docuname,$docudom,$docuhome,$formname,$fname);
 }
 
 sub finishuserfileupload {
     my ($docuname,$docudom,$docuhome,$formname,$fname)=@_;
     my $path=$docudom.'/'.$docuname.'/';
     my $filepath=$perlvar{'lonDocRoot'};
+    my ($fnamepath,$file);
+    $file=$fname;
+    if ($fname=~m|/|) {
+        ($fnamepath,$file) = ($fname =~ m|^(.*)/([^/]+)$|);
+	$path.=$fnamepath.'/';
+    }
     my @parts=split(/\//,$filepath.'/userfiles/'.$path);
     my $count;
     for ($count=4;$count<=$#parts;$count++) {
@@ -1114,25 +1325,37 @@ sub finishuserfileupload {
     }
 # Save the file
     {
-       my $fh=Apache::File->new('>'.$filepath.'/'.$fname);
+	#&Apache::lonnet::logthis("Saving to $filepath $file");
+       open(my $fh,'>'.$filepath.'/'.$file);
        print $fh $ENV{'form.'.$formname};
+       close($fh);
     }
 # Notify homeserver to grep it
 #
-    
-    my $fetchresult= 
- &reply('fetchuserfile:'.$docudom.'/'.$docuname.'/'.$fname,$docuhome);
+    my $fetchresult= &reply('fetchuserfile:'.$path.$file,$docuhome);
     if ($fetchresult eq 'ok') {
 #
 # Return the URL to it
-        return '/uploaded/'.$path.$fname;
+        return '/uploaded/'.$path.$file;
     } else {
-        &logthis('Failed to transfer '.$docudom.'/'.$docuname.'/'.$fname.
-         ' to host '.$docuhome.': '.$fetchresult);
+        &logthis('Failed to transfer '.$path.$file.' to host '.$docuhome.
+		 ': '.$fetchresult);
         return '/adm/notfound.html';
     }    
 }
 
+sub removeuploadedurl {
+    my ($url)=@_;
+    my (undef,undef,$udom,$uname,$fname)=split('/',$url,5);
+    return &Apache::lonnet::removeuserfile($uname,$udom,$fname);
+}
+
+sub removeuserfile {
+    my ($docuname,$docudom,$fname)=@_;
+    my $home=&homeserver($docuname,$docudom);
+    return &reply("removeuserfile:$docudom/$docuname/$fname",$home);
+}
+
 # ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Log
 
 sub log {
@@ -1172,10 +1395,12 @@ sub flushcourselogs {
         }
         if ($courseidbuffer{$coursehombuf{$crsid}}) {
            $courseidbuffer{$coursehombuf{$crsid}}.='&'.
-			 &escape($crsid).'='.&escape($coursedescrbuf{$crsid});
+			 &escape($crsid).'='.&escape($coursedescrbuf{$crsid}).
+                         '='.&escape($courseinstcodebuf{$crsid});
         } else {
            $courseidbuffer{$coursehombuf{$crsid}}=
-			 &escape($crsid).'='.&escape($coursedescrbuf{$crsid});
+			 &escape($crsid).'='.&escape($coursedescrbuf{$crsid}).
+                         '='.&escape($courseinstcodebuf{$crsid});
         }    
     }
 #
@@ -1189,12 +1414,35 @@ sub flushcourselogs {
 # File accesses
 # Writes to the dynamic metadata of resources to get hit counts, etc.
 #
-    foreach (keys %accesshash) {
-        my $entry=$_;
-        $entry=~/\_\_\_(\w+)\/(\w+)\/(.*)\_\_\_(\w+)$/;
-        my %temphash=($entry => $accesshash{$entry});
-        if (&Apache::lonnet::put('nohist_resevaldata',\%temphash,$1,$2) eq 'ok') {
-	    delete $accesshash{$entry};
+    foreach my $entry (keys(%accesshash)) {
+        if ($entry =~ /___count$/) {
+            my ($dom,$name);
+            ($dom,$name,undef)=($entry=~m:___(\w+)/(\w+)/(.*)___count$:);
+            if (! defined($dom) || $dom eq '' || 
+                ! defined($name) || $name eq '') {
+                my $cid = $ENV{'request.course.id'};
+                $dom  = $ENV{'request.'.$cid.'.domain'};
+                $name = $ENV{'request.'.$cid.'.num'};
+            }
+            my $value = $accesshash{$entry};
+            my (undef,$url,undef) = ($entry =~ /^(.*)___(.*)___count$/);
+            my %temphash=($url => $value);
+            my $result = &inc('nohist_accesscount',\%temphash,$dom,$name);
+            if ($result eq 'ok') {
+                delete $accesshash{$entry};
+            } elsif ($result eq 'unknown_cmd') {
+                # Target server has old code running on it.
+                my %temphash=($entry => $value);
+                if (&put('nohist_resevaldata',\%temphash,$dom,$name) eq 'ok') {
+                    delete $accesshash{$entry};
+                }
+            }
+        } else {
+            my ($dom,$name) = ($entry=~m:___(\w+)/(\w+)/(.*)___(\w+)$:);
+            my %temphash=($entry => $accesshash{$entry});
+            if (&put('nohist_resevaldata',\%temphash,$dom,$name) eq 'ok') {
+                delete $accesshash{$entry};
+            }
         }
     }
 #
@@ -1226,6 +1474,8 @@ sub courselog {
        $ENV{'course.'.$ENV{'request.course.id'}.'.home'};
     $coursedescrbuf{$ENV{'request.course.id'}}=
        $ENV{'course.'.$ENV{'request.course.id'}.'.description'};
+    $courseinstcodebuf{$ENV{'request.course.id'}}=
+       $ENV{'course.'.$ENV{'request.course.id'}.'.internal.coursecode'};
     if (defined $courselogs{$ENV{'request.course.id'}}) {
 	$courselogs{$ENV{'request.course.id'}}.='&'.$what;
     } else {
@@ -1253,14 +1503,11 @@ sub courseacclog {
 
 sub countacc {
     my $url=&declutter(shift);
+    return if (! defined($url) || $url eq '');
     unless ($ENV{'request.course.id'}) { return ''; }
     $accesshash{$ENV{'request.course.id'}.'___'.$url.'___course'}=1;
     my $key=$$.$processmarker.'_'.$dumpcount.'___'.$url.'___count';
-    if (defined($accesshash{$key})) {
-	$accesshash{$key}++;
-    } else {
-        $accesshash{$key}=1;
-    }
+    $accesshash{$key}++;
 }
 
 sub linklog {
@@ -1275,7 +1522,7 @@ sub userrolelog {
     my ($trole,$username,$domain,$area,$tstart,$tend)=@_;
     if (($trole=~/^ca/) || ($trole=~/^in/) || 
         ($trole=~/^cc/) || ($trole=~/^ep/) ||
-        ($trole=~/^cr/)) {
+        ($trole=~/^cr/) || ($trole=~/^ta/)) {
        my (undef,$rudom,$runame,$rsec)=split(/\//,$area);
        $userrolehash
          {$trole.':'.$username.':'.$domain.':'.$runame.':'.$rudom.':'.$rsec}
@@ -1287,6 +1534,10 @@ sub get_course_adv_roles {
     my $cid=shift;
     $cid=$ENV{'request.course.id'} unless (defined($cid));
     my %coursehash=&coursedescription($cid);
+    my %nothide=();
+    foreach (split(/\s*\,\s*/,$coursehash{'nothideprivileged'})) {
+	$nothide{join(':',split(/[\@\:]/,$_))}=1;
+    }
     my %returnhash=();
     my %dumphash=
             &dump('nohist_userroles',$coursehash{'domain'},$coursehash{'num'});
@@ -1297,6 +1548,8 @@ sub get_course_adv_roles {
         if (($tend) && ($tend<$now)) { next; }
         if (($tstart) && ($now<$tstart)) { next; }
         my ($role,$username,$domain,$section)=split(/\:/,$_);
+	if ((&privileged($username,$domain)) && 
+	    (!$nothide{$username.':'.$domain})) { next; }
         my $key=&plaintext($role);
         if ($section) { $key.=' (Sec/Grp '.$section.')'; }
         if ($returnhash{$key}) {
@@ -1339,14 +1592,15 @@ sub postannounce {
 }
 
 sub getannounce {
-    if (my $fh=Apache::File->new($perlvar{'lonDocRoot'}.'/announcement.txt')) {
+
+    if (open(my $fh,$perlvar{'lonDocRoot'}.'/announcement.txt')) {
 	my $announcement='';
 	while (<$fh>) { $announcement .=$_; }
-	$fh->close();
+	close($fh);
 	if ($announcement=~/\w/) { 
 	    return 
    '<table bgcolor="#FF5555" cellpadding="5" cellspacing="3">'.
-   '<tr><td bgcolor="#FFFFFF"><pre>'.$announcement.'</pre></td></tr></table>'; 
+   '<tr><td bgcolor="#FFFFFF"><tt>'.$announcement.'</tt></td></tr></table>'; 
 	} else {
 	    return '';
 	}
@@ -1365,21 +1619,22 @@ sub courseidput {
 }
 
 sub courseiddump {
-    my ($domfilter,$descfilter,$sincefilter)=@_;
+    my ($domfilter,$descfilter,$sincefilter,$hostidflag,$hostidref)=@_;
     my %returnhash=();
     unless ($domfilter) { $domfilter=''; }
     foreach my $tryserver (keys %libserv) {
-	if ((!$domfilter) || ($hostdom{$tryserver} eq $domfilter)) {
-	    foreach (
-             split(/\&/,&reply('courseiddump:'.$hostdom{$tryserver}.':'.
+        if ( ($hostidflag == 1 && grep/^$tryserver$/,@{$hostidref}) || (!defined($hostidflag)) ) {
+	    if ((!$domfilter) || ($hostdom{$tryserver} eq $domfilter)) {
+	        foreach (
+                 split(/\&/,&reply('courseiddump:'.$hostdom{$tryserver}.':'.
 			       $sincefilter.':'.&escape($descfilter),
                                $tryserver))) {
-		my ($key,$value)=split(/\=/,$_);
-                if (($key) && ($value)) {
-		    $returnhash{&unescape($key)}=&unescape($value);
+		    my ($key,$value)=split(/\=/,$_);
+                    if (($key) && ($value)) {
+		        $returnhash{&unescape($key)}=$value;
+                    }
                 }
             }
-
         }
     }
     return %returnhash;
@@ -1388,6 +1643,28 @@ sub courseiddump {
 #
 # ----------------------------------------------------------- Check out an item
 
+sub get_first_access {
+    my ($type,$argsymb)=@_;
+    my ($symb,$courseid,$udom,$uname)=&Apache::lonxml::whichuser();
+    if ($argsymb) { $symb=$argsymb; }
+    my ($map,$id,$res)=&decode_symb($symb);
+    if ($type eq 'map') { $res=$map; }
+    my %times=&get('firstaccesstimes',[$res],$udom,$uname);
+    return $times{$res};
+}
+
+sub set_first_access {
+    my ($type)=@_;
+    my ($symb,$courseid,$udom,$uname)=&Apache::lonxml::whichuser();
+    my ($map,$id,$res)=&decode_symb($symb);
+    if ($type eq 'map') { $res=$map; }
+    my $firstaccess=&get_first_access($type);
+    if (!$firstaccess) {
+	return &put('firstaccesstimes',{$res=>time},$udom,$uname);
+    }
+    return 'already_set';
+}
+
 sub checkout {
     my ($symb,$tuname,$tudom,$tcrsid)=@_;
     my $now=time;
@@ -1566,7 +1843,7 @@ sub hash2str {
 sub hashref2str {
   my ($hashref)=@_;
   my $result='__HASH_REF__';
-  foreach (keys(%$hashref)) {
+  foreach (sort(keys(%$hashref))) {
     if (ref($_) eq 'ARRAY') {
       $result.=&arrayref2str($_).'=';
     } elsif (ref($_) eq 'HASH') {
@@ -1855,6 +2132,10 @@ sub store {
        } 
     }
     if (!$home) { $home=$ENV{'user.home'}; }
+
+    $$storehash{'ip'}=$ENV{'REMOTE_ADDR'};
+    $$storehash{'host'}=$perlvar{'lonHostID'};
+
     my $namevalue='';
     foreach (keys %$storehash) {
         $namevalue.=escape($_).'='.escape($$storehash{$_}).'&';
@@ -1888,6 +2169,9 @@ sub cstore {
     }
     if (!$home) { $home=$ENV{'user.home'}; }
 
+    $$storehash{'ip'}=$ENV{'REMOTE_ADDR'};
+    $$storehash{'host'}=$perlvar{'lonHostID'};
+
     my $namevalue='';
     foreach (keys %$storehash) {
         $namevalue.=escape($_).'='.escape($$storehash{$_}).'&';
@@ -1970,6 +2254,36 @@ sub coursedescription {
     return %returnhash;
 }
 
+# -------------------------------------------------See if a user is privileged
+
+sub privileged {
+    my ($username,$domain)=@_;
+    my $rolesdump=&reply("dump:$domain:$username:roles",
+			&homeserver($username,$domain));
+    if (($rolesdump eq 'con_lost') || ($rolesdump eq '')) { return 0; }
+    my $now=time;
+    if ($rolesdump ne '') {
+        foreach (split(/&/,$rolesdump)) {
+	    if ($_!~/^rolesdef\&/) {
+		my ($area,$role)=split(/=/,$_);
+		$area=~s/\_\w\w$//;
+		my ($trole,$tend,$tstart)=split(/_/,$role);
+		if (($trole eq 'dc') || ($trole eq 'su')) {
+		    my $active=1;
+		    if ($tend) {
+			if ($tend<$now) { $active=0; }
+		    }
+		    if ($tstart) {
+			if ($tstart>$now) { $active=0; }
+		    }
+		    if ($active) { return 1; }
+		}
+	    }
+	}
+    }
+    return 0;
+}
+
 # -------------------------------------------------------- Get user privileges
 
 sub rolesinit {
@@ -2182,27 +2496,7 @@ sub currentdump {
        return if ($tmp[0] =~ /^(error:|no_such_host)/);
        my %hash = @tmp;
        @tmp=();
-       # Code ripped from lond, essentially.  The only difference
-       # here is the unescaping done by lonnet::dump().  Conceivably
-       # we might run in to problems with parameter names =~ /^v\./
-       while (my ($key,$value) = each(%hash)) {
-           my ($v,$symb,$param) = split(/:/,$key);
-           next if ($v eq 'version' || $symb eq 'keys');
-           next if (exists($returnhash{$symb}) &&
-                    exists($returnhash{$symb}->{$param}) &&
-                    $returnhash{$symb}->{'v.'.$param} > $v);
-           $returnhash{$symb}->{$param}=$value;
-           $returnhash{$symb}->{'v.'.$param}=$v;
-       }
-       #
-       # Remove all of the keys in the hashes which keep track of
-       # the version of the parameter.
-       while (my ($symb,$param_hash) = each(%returnhash)) {
-           # use a foreach because we are going to delete from the hash.
-           foreach my $key (keys(%$param_hash)) {
-               delete($param_hash->{$key}) if ($key =~ /^v\./);
-           }
-       }
+       %returnhash = %{&convert_dump_to_currentdump(\%hash)};
    } else {
        my @pairs=split(/\&/,$rep);
        foreach (@pairs) {
@@ -2215,6 +2509,57 @@ sub currentdump {
    return %returnhash;
 }
 
+sub convert_dump_to_currentdump{
+    my %hash = %{shift()};
+    my %returnhash;
+    # Code ripped from lond, essentially.  The only difference
+    # here is the unescaping done by lonnet::dump().  Conceivably
+    # we might run in to problems with parameter names =~ /^v\./
+    while (my ($key,$value) = each(%hash)) {
+        my ($v,$symb,$param) = split(/:/,$key);
+        next if ($v eq 'version' || $symb eq 'keys');
+        next if (exists($returnhash{$symb}) &&
+                 exists($returnhash{$symb}->{$param}) &&
+                 $returnhash{$symb}->{'v.'.$param} > $v);
+        $returnhash{$symb}->{$param}=$value;
+        $returnhash{$symb}->{'v.'.$param}=$v;
+    }
+    #
+    # Remove all of the keys in the hashes which keep track of
+    # the version of the parameter.
+    while (my ($symb,$param_hash) = each(%returnhash)) {
+        # use a foreach because we are going to delete from the hash.
+        foreach my $key (keys(%$param_hash)) {
+            delete($param_hash->{$key}) if ($key =~ /^v\./);
+        }
+    }
+    return \%returnhash;
+}
+
+# --------------------------------------------------------------- inc interface
+
+sub inc {
+    my ($namespace,$store,$udomain,$uname) = @_;
+    if (!$udomain) { $udomain=$ENV{'user.domain'}; }
+    if (!$uname) { $uname=$ENV{'user.name'}; }
+    my $uhome=&homeserver($uname,$udomain);
+    my $items='';
+    if (! ref($store)) {
+        # got a single value, so use that instead
+        $items = &escape($store).'=&';
+    } elsif (ref($store) eq 'SCALAR') {
+        $items = &escape($$store).'=&';        
+    } elsif (ref($store) eq 'ARRAY') {
+        $items = join('=&',map {&escape($_);} @{$store});
+    } elsif (ref($store) eq 'HASH') {
+        while (my($key,$value) = each(%{$store})) {
+            $items.= &escape($key).'='.&escape($value).'&';
+        }
+    }
+    $items=~s/\&$//;
+    return &reply("inc:$udomain:$uname:$namespace:$items",$uhome);
+}
+
 # --------------------------------------------------------------- put interface
 
 sub put {
@@ -2306,7 +2651,7 @@ sub customaccess {
 
 sub allowed {
     my ($priv,$uri)=@_;
-
+    $uri=&deversion($uri);
     my $orguri=$uri;
     $uri=&declutter($uri);
 
@@ -2359,14 +2704,14 @@ sub allowed {
 
 # Course
 
-    if ($ENV{'user.priv.'.$ENV{'request.role'}.'./'}=~/$priv\&([^\:]*)/) {
+    if ($ENV{'user.priv.'.$ENV{'request.role'}.'./'}=~/\Q$priv\E\&([^\:]*)/) {
        $thisallowed.=$1;
     }
 
 # Domain
 
     if ($ENV{'user.priv.'.$ENV{'request.role'}.'./'.(split(/\//,$uri))[0].'/'}
-       =~/$priv\&([^\:]*)/) {
+       =~/\Q$priv\E\&([^\:]*)/) {
        $thisallowed.=$1;
     }
 
@@ -2376,16 +2721,21 @@ sub allowed {
     $courseuri=~s/^([^\/])/\/$1/;
 
     if ($ENV{'user.priv.'.$ENV{'request.role'}.'.'.$courseuri}
-       =~/$priv\&([^\:]*)/) {
+       =~/\Q$priv\E\&([^\:]*)/) {
        $thisallowed.=$1;
     }
 
 # URI is an uploaded document for this course
 
-    if (($priv eq 'bre') && 
-        ($uri=~/^uploaded\/$ENV{'course.'.$ENV{'request.course.id'}.'.domain'}\/$ENV{'course.'.$ENV{'request.course.id'}.'.num'}/)) {
-        return 'F';
+    if (($priv eq 'bre') && ($uri=~m|^uploaded/|)) {
+	my $refuri=$ENV{'httpref.'.$orguri};
+	if ($refuri) {
+	    if ($refuri =~ m|^/adm/|) {
+		$thisallowed='F';
+	    }
+	}
     }
+
 # Full access at system, domain or course-wide level? Exit.
 
     if ($thisallowed=~/F/) {
@@ -2394,7 +2744,7 @@ sub allowed {
 
 # If this is generating or modifying users, exit with special codes
 
-    if (':csu:cdc:ccc:cin:cta:cep:ccr:cst:cad:cli:cau:cdg:cca:'=~/\:$priv\:/) {
+    if (':csu:cdc:ccc:cin:cta:cep:ccr:cst:cad:cli:cau:cdg:cca:'=~/\:\Q$priv\E\:/) {
 	return $thisallowed;
     }
 #
@@ -2415,7 +2765,7 @@ sub allowed {
        if ($match) {
            $statecond=$cond;
            if ($ENV{'user.priv.'.$ENV{'request.role'}.'./'.$courseprivid}
-               =~/$priv\&([^\:]*)/) {
+               =~/\Q$priv\E\&([^\:]*)/) {
                $thisallowed.=$1;
                $checkreferer=0;
            }
@@ -2443,7 +2793,7 @@ sub allowed {
             if ($match) {
               my $refstatecond=$cond;
               if ($ENV{'user.priv.'.$ENV{'request.role'}.'./'.$courseprivid}
-                  =~/$priv\&([^\:]*)/) {
+                  =~/\Q$priv\E\&([^\:]*)/) {
                   $thisallowed.=$1;
                   $uri=$refuri;
                   $statecond=$refstatecond;
@@ -2496,7 +2846,7 @@ sub allowed {
                if ((time-$ENV{$prefix.'last_cache'})>$expiretime) {
 		   &coursedescription($courseid);
                }
-               if (($ENV{$prefix.'res.'.$uri.'.lock.sections'}=~/\,$csec\,/)
+               if (($ENV{$prefix.'res.'.$uri.'.lock.sections'}=~/\,\Q$csec\E\,/)
                 || ($ENV{$prefix.'res.'.$uri.'.lock.sections'} eq 'all')) {
 		   if ($ENV{$prefix.'res.'.$uri.'.lock.expire'}>time) {
                        &log($ENV{'user.domain'},$ENV{'user.name'},
@@ -2507,7 +2857,7 @@ sub allowed {
 		       return '';
                    }
                }
-               if (($ENV{$prefix.'priv.'.$priv.'.lock.sections'}=~/\,$csec\,/)
+               if (($ENV{$prefix.'priv.'.$priv.'.lock.sections'}=~/\,\Q$csec\E\,/)
                 || ($ENV{$prefix.'priv.'.$priv.'.lock.sections'} eq 'all')) {
 		   if ($ENV{'priv.'.$priv.'.lock.expire'}>time) {
                        &log($ENV{'user.domain'},$ENV{'user.name'},
@@ -2541,7 +2891,7 @@ sub allowed {
        my $rolecode=(split(/\./,$ENV{'request.role'}))[0];
        my $unamedom=$ENV{'user.name'}.':'.$ENV{'user.domain'};
        if ($ENV{'course.'.$ENV{'request.course.id'}.'.'.$priv.'.roles.denied'}
-	   =~/$rolecode/) {
+	   =~/\Q$rolecode\E/) {
            &log($ENV{'user.domain'},$ENV{'user.name'},$ENV{'user.host'},
                 'Denied by role: '.$priv.' for '.$uri.' as '.$rolecode.' in '.
                 $ENV{'request.course.id'});
@@ -2549,7 +2899,7 @@ sub allowed {
        }
 
        if ($ENV{'course.'.$ENV{'request.course.id'}.'.'.$priv.'.users.denied'}
-	   =~/$unamedom/) {
+	   =~/\Q$unamedom\E/) {
            &log($ENV{'user.domain'},$ENV{'user.name'},$ENV{'user.host'},
                 'Denied by user: '.$priv.' for '.$uri.' as '.$unamedom.' in '.
                 $ENV{'request.course.id'});
@@ -2561,7 +2911,7 @@ sub allowed {
 
    if ($thisallowed=~/R/) {
        my $rolecode=(split(/\./,$ENV{'request.role'}))[0];
-       if (&metadata($uri,'roledeny')=~/$rolecode/) {
+       if (&metadata($uri,'roledeny')=~/\Q$rolecode\E/) {
 	  &log($ENV{'user.domain'},$ENV{'user.name'},$ENV{'user.host'},
                     'Denied by role: '.$priv.' for '.$uri.' as '.$rolecode);
           return '';
@@ -2573,7 +2923,7 @@ sub allowed {
    if ($thisallowed=~/X/) {
       if ($ENV{'acc.randomout'}) {
          my $symb=&symbread($uri,1);
-         if (($symb) && ($ENV{'acc.randomout'}=~/\&$symb\&/)) { 
+         if (($symb) && ($ENV{'acc.randomout'}=~/\&\Q$symb\E\&/)) { 
             return ''; 
          }
       }
@@ -2591,6 +2941,7 @@ sub allowed {
 
 sub is_on_map {
     my $uri=&declutter(shift);
+    $uri=~s/\.\d+\.(\w+)$/\.$1/;
     my @uriparts=split(/\//,$uri);
     my $filename=$uriparts[$#uriparts];
     my $pathname=$uri;
@@ -2606,6 +2957,29 @@ sub is_on_map {
     }
 }
 
+# --------------------------------------------------------- Get symb from alias
+
+sub get_symb_from_alias {
+    my $symb=shift;
+    my ($map,$resid,$url)=&decode_symb($symb);
+# Already is a symb
+    if ($url) { return $symb; }
+# Must be an alias
+    my $aliassymb='';
+    my %bighash;
+    if (tie(%bighash,'GDBM_File',$ENV{'request.course.fn'}.'.db',
+                            &GDBM_READER(),0640)) {
+        my $rid=$bighash{'mapalias_'.$symb};
+	if ($rid) {
+	    my ($mapid,$resid)=split(/\./,$rid);
+	    $aliassymb=&encode_symb($bighash{'map_id_'.$mapid},
+				    $resid,$bighash{'src_'.$rid});
+	}
+        untie %bighash;
+    }
+    return $aliassymb;
+}
+
 # ----------------------------------------------------------------- Define Role
 
 sub definerole {
@@ -2613,27 +2987,27 @@ sub definerole {
     my ($rolename,$sysrole,$domrole,$courole)=@_;
     foreach (split(':',$sysrole)) {
 	my ($crole,$cqual)=split(/\&/,$_);
-        if ($pr{'cr:s'}!~/$crole/) { return "refused:s:$crole"; }
-        if ($pr{'cr:s'}=~/$crole\&/) {
-	    if ($pr{'cr:s'}!~/$crole\&\w*$cqual/) { 
+        if ($pr{'cr:s'}!~/\Q$crole\E/) { return "refused:s:$crole"; }
+        if ($pr{'cr:s'}=~/\Q$crole\E\&/) {
+	    if ($pr{'cr:s'}!~/\Q$crole\E\&\w*\Q$cqual\E/) { 
                return "refused:s:$crole&$cqual"; 
             }
         }
     }
     foreach (split(':',$domrole)) {
 	my ($crole,$cqual)=split(/\&/,$_);
-        if ($pr{'cr:d'}!~/$crole/) { return "refused:d:$crole"; }
-        if ($pr{'cr:d'}=~/$crole\&/) {
-	    if ($pr{'cr:d'}!~/$crole\&\w*$cqual/) { 
+        if ($pr{'cr:d'}!~/\Q$crole\E/) { return "refused:d:$crole"; }
+        if ($pr{'cr:d'}=~/\Q$crole\E\&/) {
+	    if ($pr{'cr:d'}!~/\Q$crole\W\&\w*\Q$cqual\E/) { 
                return "refused:d:$crole&$cqual"; 
             }
         }
     }
     foreach (split(':',$courole)) {
 	my ($crole,$cqual)=split(/\&/,$_);
-        if ($pr{'cr:c'}!~/$crole/) { return "refused:c:$crole"; }
-        if ($pr{'cr:c'}=~/$crole\&/) {
-	    if ($pr{'cr:c'}!~/$crole\&\w*$cqual/) { 
+        if ($pr{'cr:c'}!~/\Q$crole\E/) { return "refused:c:$crole"; }
+        if ($pr{'cr:c'}=~/\Q$crole\E\&/) {
+	    if ($pr{'cr:c'}!~/\Q$crole\E\&\w*\Q$cqual\E/) { 
                return "refused:c:$crole&$cqual"; 
             }
         }
@@ -2680,10 +3054,63 @@ sub log_query {
     my $command=&escape(join(':',map{$_.'='.$filters{$_}} keys %filters));
     my $queryid=&reply("querysend:".$query.':'.$udom.':'.$uname.':'.$command,
                        $uhome);
-    unless ($queryid=~/^$uhost\_/) { return 'error: '.$queryid; }
+    unless ($queryid=~/^\Q$uhost\E\_/) { return 'error: '.$queryid; }
     return get_query_reply($queryid);
 }
 
+# ------- Request retrieval of institutional classlists for course(s)
+
+sub fetch_enrollment_query {
+    my ($context,$affiliatesref,$replyref,$dom,$cnum) = @_;
+    my $homeserver;
+    if ($context eq 'automated') {
+        $homeserver = $perlvar{'lonHostID'};
+    } else {
+        $homeserver = &homeserver($cnum,$dom);
+    }
+    my $host=$hostname{$homeserver};
+    my $cmd = '';
+    foreach (keys %{$affiliatesref}) {
+        $cmd .= $_.'='.join(",",@{$$affiliatesref{$_}}).'%%';
+    }
+    $cmd =~ s/%%$//;
+    $cmd = &escape($cmd);
+    my $query = 'fetchenrollment';
+    my $queryid=&reply("querysend:".$query.':'.$dom.':'.$ENV{'user.name'}.':'.$cmd,$homeserver);
+    unless ($queryid=~/^\Q$host\E\_/) { return 'error: '.$queryid; }
+    my $reply = &get_query_reply($queryid);
+    unless ( ($reply =~/^timeout/) || ($reply =~/^error/) ) {
+        my @responses = split/:/,$reply;
+        if ($homeserver eq $perlvar{'lonHostID'}) {
+            foreach (@responses) {
+                my ($key,$value) = split/=/,$_;
+                $$replyref{$key} = $value;
+            }
+        } else {
+            my $pathname = $perlvar{'lonDaemons'}.'/tmp';
+            foreach (@responses) {
+                my ($key,$value) = split/=/,$_;
+                $$replyref{$key} = $value;
+                if ($value > 0) {
+                    foreach (@{$$affiliatesref{$key}}) {
+                        my $filename = $dom.'_'.$key.'_'.$_.'_classlist.xml';
+                        my $destname = $pathname.'/'.$filename;
+                        my $xml_classlist = &reply("autoretrieve:".$filename,$homeserver);
+                        unless ($xml_classlist =~ /^error/) {
+                            if ( open(FILE,">$destname") ) {
+                                print FILE &unescape($xml_classlist);
+                                close(FILE);
+                            }
+                        }
+                    }
+                }
+            }
+        }
+        return 'ok';
+    }
+    return 'error';
+}
+
 sub get_query_reply {
     my $queryid=shift;
     my $replyfile=$perlvar{'lonDaemons'}.'/tmp/'.$queryid;
@@ -2691,9 +3118,9 @@ sub get_query_reply {
     for (1..100) {
 	sleep 2;
         if (-e $replyfile.'.end') {
-	    if (my $fh=Apache::File->new($replyfile)) {
+	    if (open(my $fh,$replyfile)) {
                $reply.=<$fh>;
-               $fh->close;
+               close($fh);
 	   } else { return 'error: reply_file_error'; }
            return &unescape($reply);
 	}
@@ -2728,11 +3155,85 @@ sub userlog_query {
     return &log_query($uname,$udom,'userlog',%filters);
 }
 
+#--------- Call auto-enrollment subs in localenroll.pm for homeserver for course 
+
+sub auto_run {
+    my ($cnum,$cdom) = @_;
+    my $homeserver = &homeserver($cnum,$cdom);
+    my $response = &reply('autorun:'.$cdom,$homeserver);
+    return $response;
+}
+                                                                                   
+sub auto_get_sections {
+    my ($cnum,$cdom,$inst_coursecode) = @_;
+    my $homeserver = &homeserver($cnum,$cdom);
+    my @secs = ();
+    my $response=&unescape(&reply('autogetsections:'.$inst_coursecode.':'.$cdom,$homeserver));
+    unless ($response eq 'refused') {
+        @secs = split/:/,$response;
+    }
+    return @secs;
+}
+                                                                                   
+sub auto_new_course {
+    my ($cnum,$cdom,$inst_course_id,$owner) = @_;
+    my $homeserver = &homeserver($cnum,$cdom);
+    my $response=&unescape(&reply('autonewcourse:'.$inst_course_id.':'.$owner.':'.$cdom,$homeserver));
+    return $response;
+}
+                                                                                   
+sub auto_validate_courseID {
+    my ($cnum,$cdom,$inst_course_id) = @_;
+    my $homeserver = &homeserver($cnum,$cdom);
+    my $response=&unescape(&reply('autovalidatecourse:'.$inst_course_id.':'.$cdom,$homeserver));
+    return $response;
+}
+                                                                                   
+sub auto_create_password {
+    my ($cnum,$cdom,$authparam) = @_;
+    my $homeserver = &homeserver($cnum,$cdom); 
+    my $create_passwd = 0;
+    my $authchk = '';
+    my $response=&unescape(&reply('autocreatepassword:'.$authparam.':'.$cdom,$homeserver));
+    if ($response eq 'refused') {
+        $authchk = 'refused';
+    } else {
+        ($authparam,$create_passwd,$authchk) = split/:/,$response;
+    }
+    return ($authparam,$create_passwd,$authchk);
+}
+
+sub auto_instcode_format {
+    my ($caller,$codedom,$instcodes,$codes,$codetitles,$cat_titles,$cat_order) = @_;
+    my $courses = '';
+    my $homeserver;
+    if ($caller eq 'global') {
+        $homeserver = $perlvar{'lonHostID'};
+    } else {
+        $homeserver = &homeserver($caller,$codedom);
+    }
+    my $host=$hostname{$homeserver};
+    foreach (keys %{$instcodes}) {
+        $courses .= &escape($_).'='.&escape($$instcodes{$_}).'&';
+    }
+    chop($courses);
+    my $response=&reply('autoinstcodeformat:'.$codedom.':'.$courses,$homeserver);
+    unless ($response =~ /(con_lost|error|no_such_host|refused)/) {
+        my ($codes_str,$codetitles_str,$cat_titles_str,$cat_order_str) = split/:/,$response;
+        %{$codes} = &str2hash($codes_str);
+        @{$codetitles} = &str2array($codetitles_str);
+        %{$cat_titles} = &str2hash($cat_titles_str);
+        %{$cat_order} = &str2hash($cat_order_str);
+        return 'ok';
+    }
+    return $response;
+}
+
 # ------------------------------------------------------------------ Plain Text
 
 sub plaintext {
     my $short=shift;
-    return $prp{$short};
+    return &mt($prp{$short});
 }
 
 # ----------------------------------------------------------------- Assign Role
@@ -2918,10 +3419,11 @@ sub modifyuser {
 
 sub modifystudent {
     my ($udom,$uname,$uid,$umode,$upass,$first,$middle,$last,$gene,$usec,
-        $end,$start,$forceid,$desiredhome,$email)=@_;
-    my $cid='';
-    unless ($cid=$ENV{'request.course.id'}) {
-	return 'not_in_class';
+        $end,$start,$forceid,$desiredhome,$email,$type,$locktype,$cid)=@_;
+    if (!$cid) {
+	unless ($cid=$ENV{'request.course.id'}) {
+	    return 'not_in_class';
+	}
     }
 # --------------------------------------------------------------- Make the user
     my $reply=&modifyuser
@@ -2931,24 +3433,33 @@ sub modifystudent {
     # This will cause &modify_student_enrollment to get the uid from the
     # students environment
     $uid = undef if (!$forceid);
-    $reply = &modify_student_enrollment($udom,$uname,$uid,$first,$middle,
-                                        $last,$gene,$usec,$end,$start);
+    $reply = &modify_student_enrollment($udom,$uname,$uid,$first,$middle,$last,
+					$gene,$usec,$end,$start,$type,$locktype,$cid);
     return $reply;
 }
 
 sub modify_student_enrollment {
-    my ($udom,$uname,$uid,$first,$middle,$last,$gene,$usec,$end,$start) = @_;
-    # Get the course id from the environment
-    my $cid='';
-    unless ($cid=$ENV{'request.course.id'}) {
-	return 'not_in_class';
+    my ($udom,$uname,$uid,$first,$middle,$last,$gene,$usec,$end,$start,$type,$locktype,$cid) = @_;
+    my ($cdom,$cnum,$chome);
+    if (!$cid) {
+	unless ($cid=$ENV{'request.course.id'}) {
+	    return 'not_in_class';
+	}
+	$cdom=$ENV{'course.'.$cid.'.domain'};
+	$cnum=$ENV{'course.'.$cid.'.num'};
+    } else {
+	($cdom,$cnum)=split(/_/,$cid);
+    }
+    $chome=$ENV{'course.'.$cid.'.home'};
+    if (!$chome) {
+	$chome=&homeserver($cnum,$cdom);
     }
+    if (!$chome) { return 'unknown_course'; }
     # Make sure the user exists
     my $uhome=&homeserver($uname,$udom);
     if (($uhome eq '') || ($uhome eq 'no_host')) { 
 	return 'error: no such user';
     }
-    #
     # Get student data if we were not given enough information
     if (!defined($first)  || $first  eq '' || 
         !defined($last)   || $last   eq '' || 
@@ -2961,9 +3472,9 @@ sub modify_student_enrollment {
                        ['firstname','middlename','lastname', 'generation','id']
                        ,$udom,$uname);
 
-        foreach (keys(%tmp)) {
-            &logthis("key $_ = ".$tmp{$_});
-        }
+        #foreach (keys(%tmp)) {
+        #    &logthis("key $_ = ".$tmp{$_});
+        #}
         $first  = $tmp{'firstname'}  if (!defined($first)  || $first  eq '');
         $middle = $tmp{'middlename'} if (!defined($middle) || $middle eq '');
         $last   = $tmp{'lastname'}   if (!defined($last)   || $last eq '');
@@ -2972,11 +3483,10 @@ sub modify_student_enrollment {
     }
     my $fullname = &Apache::loncoursedata::ProcessFullName($last,$gene,
                                                            $first,$middle);
-    my $reply=critical('put:'.$ENV{'course.'.$cid.'.domain'}.':'.
-	              $ENV{'course.'.$cid.'.num'}.':classlist:'.
-                      &escape($uname.':'.$udom).'='.
-                      &escape(join(':',$end,$start,$uid,$usec,$fullname)),
-	              $ENV{'course.'.$cid.'.home'});
+    my $reply=cput('classlist',
+		   {"$uname:$udom" => 
+			join(':',$end,$start,$uid,$usec,$fullname,$type,$locktype) },
+		   $cdom,$cnum);
     unless (($reply eq 'ok') || ($reply eq 'delayed')) {
 	return 'error: '.$reply;
     }
@@ -3011,7 +3521,7 @@ sub writecoursepref {
 # ---------------------------------------------------------- Make/modify course
 
 sub createcourse {
-    my ($udom,$description,$url,$course_server,$nonstandard)=@_;
+    my ($udom,$description,$url,$course_server,$nonstandard,$inst_code)=@_;
     $url=&declutter($url);
     my $cid='';
     unless (&allowed('ccc',$udom)) {
@@ -3044,9 +3554,9 @@ sub createcourse {
 	return 'error: no such course';
     }
 # ----------------------------------------------------------------- Course made
-# log existance
-    &courseidput($udom,&escape($udom.'_'.$uname).'='.&escape($description),
-                 $uhome);
+# log existence
+    &courseidput($udom,&escape($udom.'_'.$uname).'='.&escape($description).
+                 '='.&escape($inst_code),$uhome);
     &flushcourselogs();
 # set toplevel url
     my $topurl=$url;
@@ -3099,6 +3609,42 @@ sub revokecustomrole {
            $deleteflag);
 }
 
+
+# ------------------------------------------------------------ Portfolio Director Lister
+# returns listing of contents of user's /userfiles/portfolio/ directory
+# 
+
+sub portfoliolist {
+    my ($currentPath, $currentFile) = @_;
+    my ($udom, $uname, $portfolioRoot);
+    $uname=$ENV{'user.name'};
+    $udom=$ENV{'user.domain'};
+    # really should interrogate the system for home directory information, but . . .
+    $portfolioRoot = '/home/httpd/lonUsers/'.$udom.'/';
+    $uname =~ /^(.?)(.?)(.?)/;
+    $portfolioRoot = $portfolioRoot.$1.'/'.$2.'/'.$3.'/'.$uname.'/userfiles/portfolio';
+    my $listing = &reply('ls:'.$portfolioRoot.$currentPath, &homeserver($uname,$udom));
+    return $listing;
+}
+
+sub portfoliomanage {
+
+#FIXME please user the existing remove userfile function instead and
+#add a userfilerename functions.
+#FIXME uhome should never be an argument to any lonnet functions
+
+    # handles deleting and renaming files in user's userfiles/portfolio/ directory
+    # 
+    my ($filename, $fileaction, $filenewname) = @_;
+    my ($udom, $uname, $uhome);
+    $uname=$ENV{'user.name'};
+    $udom=$ENV{'user.domain'};
+    $uhome=$ENV{'user.home'};
+    my $listing = reply('portfoliomanage:'.$uname.':'.$udom.':'.$filename.':'.$fileaction.':'.$filenewname, $uhome);
+    return $listing;
+}
+
+
 # ------------------------------------------------------------ Directory lister
 
 sub dirlist {
@@ -3260,7 +3806,7 @@ sub condval {
 sub devalidatecourseresdata {
     my ($coursenum,$coursedomain)=@_;
     my $hashid=$coursenum.':'.$coursedomain;
-    delete $courseresdatacache{$hashid.'.time'};
+    &devalidate_cache(\%courseresdatacache,$hashid,'courseres');
 }
 
 # --------------------------------------------------- Course Resourcedata Query
@@ -3269,25 +3815,23 @@ sub courseresdata {
     my ($coursenum,$coursedomain,@which)=@_;
     my $coursehom=&homeserver($coursenum,$coursedomain);
     my $hashid=$coursenum.':'.$coursedomain;
-    my $dodump=0;
-    if (!defined($courseresdatacache{$hashid.'.time'})) {
-	$dodump=1;
-    } else {
-	if (time-$courseresdatacache{$hashid.'.time'}>300) { $dodump=1; }
-    }
-    if ($dodump) {
+    my ($result,$cached)=&is_cached(\%courseresdatacache,$hashid,'courseres');
+    unless (defined($cached)) {
 	my %dumpreply=&dump('resourcedata',$coursedomain,$coursenum);
+	$result=\%dumpreply;
 	my ($tmp) = keys(%dumpreply);
 	if ($tmp !~ /^(con_lost|error|no_such_host)/i) {
-	    $courseresdatacache{$hashid.'.time'}=time;
-	    $courseresdatacache{$hashid}=\%dumpreply;
+	    &do_cache(\%courseresdatacache,$hashid,$result,'courseres');
 	} elsif ($tmp =~ /^(con_lost|no_such_host)/) {
 	    return $tmp;
+	} elsif ($tmp =~ /^(error)/) {
+	    $result=undef;
+	    &do_cache(\%courseresdatacache,$hashid,$result,'courseres');
 	}
     }
     foreach my $item (@which) {
-	if (defined($courseresdatacache{$hashid}->{$item})) {
-	    return $courseresdatacache{$hashid}->{$item};
+	if (defined($result->{$item})) {
+	    return $result->{$item};
 	}
     }
     return undef;
@@ -3326,6 +3870,9 @@ sub EXT {
     #get real user name/domain, courseid and symb
     my $courseid;
     my $publicuser;
+    if ($symbparm) {
+	$symbparm=&get_symb_from_alias($symbparm);
+    }
     if (!($uname && $udom)) {
       (my $cursymb,$courseid,$udom,$uname,$publicuser)=
 	  &Apache::lonxml::whichuser($symbparm);
@@ -3411,7 +3958,15 @@ sub EXT {
    } elsif ($realm eq 'request') {
 # ------------------------------------------------------------- request.browser
         if ($space eq 'browser') {
-	    return $ENV{'browser.'.$qualifier};
+	    if ($qualifier eq 'textremote') {
+		if (&mt('textual_remote_display') eq 'on') {
+		    return 1;
+		} else {
+		    return 0;
+		}
+	    } else {
+		return $ENV{'browser.'.$qualifier};
+	    }
 # ------------------------------------------------------------ request.filename
         } else {
             return $ENV{'request.'.$spacequalifierrest};
@@ -3455,26 +4010,31 @@ sub EXT {
 
 # ----------------------------------------------------------- first, check user
 	    #most student don\'t have any data set, check if there is some data
-            #every thirty minutes
 	    if (! &EXT_cache_status($udom,$uname)) {
-		my %resourcedata=&get('resourcedata',
-				      [$courselevelr,$courselevelm,$courselevel],
-				      $udom,$uname);
-		my ($tmp)=keys(%resourcedata);
+		my $hashid="$udom:$uname";
+		my ($result,$cached)=&is_cached(\%userresdatacache,$hashid,
+						'userres');
+		if (!defined($cached)) {
+		    my %resourcedata=&dump('resourcedata',$udom,$uname);
+		    $result=\%resourcedata;
+		    &do_cache(\%userresdatacache,$hashid,$result,'userres');
+		}
+		my ($tmp)=keys(%$result);
 		if (($tmp!~/^error\:/) && ($tmp!~/^con_lost/)) {
-		    if ($resourcedata{$courselevelr}) {
-			return $resourcedata{$courselevelr}; }
-		    if ($resourcedata{$courselevelm}) {
-			return $resourcedata{$courselevelm}; }
-		    if ($resourcedata{$courselevel}) {
-			return $resourcedata{$courselevel}; }
+		    if ($$result{$courselevelr}) {
+			return $$result{$courselevelr}; }
+		    if ($$result{$courselevelm}) {
+			return $$result{$courselevelm}; }
+		    if ($$result{$courselevel}) {
+			return $$result{$courselevel}; }
 		} else {
-		    if ($tmp!~/No such file/) {
+		    #error 2 occurs when the .db doesn't exist
+		    if ($tmp!~/error: 2 /) {
 			&logthis("<font color=blue>WARNING:".
 				 " Trying to get resource data for ".
 				 $uname." at ".$udom.": ".
 				 $tmp."</font>");
-		    } elsif ($tmp=~/error:No such file/) {
+		    } elsif ($tmp=~/error: 2 /) {
                         &EXT_cache_set($udom,$uname);
 		    } elsif ($tmp =~ /^(con_lost|no_such_host)/) {
 			return $tmp;
@@ -3556,9 +4116,12 @@ sub packages_tab_default {
     my $packages=&metadata($uri,'packages');
     foreach my $package (split(/,/,$packages)) {
 	my ($pack_type,$pack_part)=split(/_/,$package,2);
-	if ($pack_part eq $part) {
+	if (defined($packagetab{"$pack_type&$name&default"})) {
 	    return $packagetab{"$pack_type&$name&default"};
 	}
+	if (defined($packagetab{$pack_type."_".$pack_part."&$name&default"})) {
+	    return $packagetab{$pack_type."_".$pack_part."&$name&default"};
+	}
     }
     return undef;
 }
@@ -3583,12 +4146,12 @@ sub add_prefix_and_part {
 
 sub metadata {
     my ($uri,$what,$liburi,$prefix,$depthcount)=@_;
-
     $uri=&declutter($uri);
     # if it is a non metadata possible uri return quickly
     if (($uri eq '') || (($uri =~ m|^/*adm/|) && ($uri !~ m|^adm/includes|)) ||
-        ($uri =~ m|/$|) || ($uri =~ m|/.meta$|)) {
-	return '';
+        ($uri =~ m|/$|) || ($uri =~ m|/.meta$|) || ($uri =~ /^~/) ||
+	($uri =~ m|home/[^/]+/public_html/|)) {
+	return undef;
     }
     my $filename=$uri;
     $uri=~s/\.meta$//;
@@ -3597,19 +4160,29 @@ sub metadata {
 # Look at timestamp of caching
 # Everything is cached by the main uri, libraries are never directly cached
 #
-    unless (abs($metacache{$uri.':cachedtimestamp'}-time)<600 && !defined($liburi)) {
+    if (!defined($liburi)) {
+	my ($result,$cached)=&is_cached(\%metacache,$uri,'meta');
+	if (defined($cached)) { return $result->{':'.$what}; }
+    }
+    {
 #
 # Is this a recursive call for a library?
 #
+	if (! exists($metacache{$uri})) {
+	    $metacache{$uri}={};
+	}
         if ($liburi) {
 	    $liburi=&declutter($liburi);
             $filename=$liburi;
         } else {
-	    delete($metacache{$uri.':packages'});
+	    &devalidate_cache(\%metacache,$uri,'meta');
 	}
         my %metathesekeys=();
         unless ($filename=~/\.meta$/) { $filename.='.meta'; }
-	my $metastring=&getfile(&filelocation('',&clutter($filename)));
+	my $metastring;
+	if ($uri !~ m|^uploaded/|) {
+	    $metastring=&getfile(&filelocation('',&clutter($filename)));
+	}
         my $parser=HTML::LCParser->new(\$metastring);
         my $token;
         undef %metathesekeys;
@@ -3624,32 +4197,39 @@ sub metadata {
 		    if (defined($token->[2]->{'id'})) { 
 			$keyroot.='_'.$token->[2]->{'id'}; 
 		    }
-		    if ($metacache{$uri.':packages'}) {
-			$metacache{$uri.':packages'}.=','.$package.$keyroot;
+		    if ($metacache{$uri}->{':packages'}) {
+			$metacache{$uri}->{':packages'}.=','.$package.$keyroot;
 		    } else {
-			$metacache{$uri.':packages'}=$package.$keyroot;
+			$metacache{$uri}->{':packages'}=$package.$keyroot;
 		    }
 		    foreach (keys %packagetab) {
-			if ($_=~/^$package\&/) {
+			my $part=$keyroot;
+			$part=~s/^\_//;
+			if ($_=~/^\Q$package\E\&/ || 
+			    $_=~/^\Q$package\E_0\&/) {
 			    my ($pack,$name,$subp)=split(/\&/,$_);
 			    # ignore package.tab specified default values
                             # here &package_tab_default() will fetch those
 			    if ($subp eq 'default') { next; }
 			    my $value=$packagetab{$_};
-			    my $part=$keyroot;
-			    $part=~s/^\_//;
+			    my $unikey;
+			    if ($pack =~ /_0$/) {
+				$unikey='parameter_0_'.$name;
+				$part=0;
+			    } else {
+				$unikey='parameter'.$keyroot.'_'.$name;
+			    }
 			    if ($subp eq 'display') {
 				$value.=' [Part: '.$part.']';
 			    }
-			    my $unikey='parameter'.$keyroot.'_'.$name;
-			    $metacache{$uri.':'.$unikey.'.part'}=$part;
+			    $metacache{$uri}->{':'.$unikey.'.part'}=$part;
 			    $metathesekeys{$unikey}=1;
-			    unless (defined($metacache{$uri.':'.$unikey.'.'.$subp})) {
-				$metacache{$uri.':'.$unikey.'.'.$subp}=$value;
+			    unless (defined($metacache{$uri}->{':'.$unikey.'.'.$subp})) {
+				$metacache{$uri}->{':'.$unikey.'.'.$subp}=$value;
 			    }
-			    if (defined($metacache{$uri.':'.$unikey.'.default'})) {
-				$metacache{$uri.':'.$unikey}=
-				    $metacache{$uri.':'.$unikey.'.default'};
+			    if (defined($metacache{$uri}->{':'.$unikey.'.default'})) {
+				$metacache{$uri}->{':'.$unikey}=
+				    $metacache{$uri}->{':'.$unikey.'.default'};
 			    }
 			}
 		    }
@@ -3682,6 +4262,7 @@ sub metadata {
 			    foreach (sort(split(/\,/,&metadata($uri,'keys',
 							       $location,$unikey,
 							       $depthcount+1)))) {
+				$metacache{$uri}->{':'.$_}=$metacache{$uri}->{':'.$_};
 				$metathesekeys{$_}=1;
 			    }
 			}
@@ -3692,18 +4273,18 @@ sub metadata {
 			}
 			$metathesekeys{$unikey}=1;
 			foreach (@{$token->[3]}) {
-			    $metacache{$uri.':'.$unikey.'.'.$_}=$token->[2]->{$_};
+			    $metacache{$uri}->{':'.$unikey.'.'.$_}=$token->[2]->{$_};
 			}
 			my $internaltext=&HTML::Entities::decode($parser->get_text('/'.$entry));
-			my $default=$metacache{$uri.':'.$unikey.'.default'};
+			my $default=$metacache{$uri}->{':'.$unikey.'.default'};
 			if ( $internaltext =~ /^\s*$/ && $default !~ /^\s*$/) {
 		 # only ws inside the tag, and not in default, so use default
 		 # as value
-			    $metacache{$uri.':'.$unikey}=$default;
+			    $metacache{$uri}->{':'.$unikey}=$default;
 			} else {
 		  # either something interesting inside the tag or default
                   # uninteresting
-			    $metacache{$uri.':'.$unikey}=$internaltext;
+			    $metacache{$uri}->{':'.$unikey}=$internaltext;
 			}
 # end of not-a-package not-a-library import
 		    }
@@ -3712,31 +4293,72 @@ sub metadata {
 # the next is the end of "start tag"
 	    }
 	}
+	my ($extension) = ($uri =~ /\.(\w+)$/);
+	foreach my $key (sort(keys(%packagetab))) {
+	    #&logthis("extsion1 $extension $key !!");
+	    #no specific packages #how's our extension
+	    if ($key!~/^extension_\Q$extension\E&/) { next; }
+	    &metadata_create_package_def($uri,$key,'extension_'.$extension,
+					 \%metathesekeys);
+	}
+	if (!exists($metacache{$uri}->{':packages'})) {
+	    foreach my $key (sort(keys(%packagetab))) {
+		#no specific packages well let's get default then
+		if ($key!~/^default&/) { next; }
+		&metadata_create_package_def($uri,$key,'default',
+					     \%metathesekeys);
+	    }
+	}
 # are there custom rights to evaluate
-	if ($metacache{$uri.':copyright'} eq 'custom') {
+	if ($metacache{$uri}->{':copyright'} eq 'custom') {
 
     #
     # Importing a rights file here
     #
 	    unless ($depthcount) {
-		my $location=$metacache{$uri.':customdistributionfile'};
+		my $location=$metacache{$uri}->{':customdistributionfile'};
 		my $dir=$filename;
 		$dir=~s|[^/]*$||;
 		$location=&filelocation($dir,$location);
 		foreach (sort(split(/\,/,&metadata($uri,'keys',
 						   $location,'_rights',
 						   $depthcount+1)))) {
+		    $metacache{$uri}->{':'.$_}=$metacache{$uri}->{':'.$_};
 		    $metathesekeys{$_}=1;
 		}
 	    }
 	}
-	$metacache{$uri.':keys'}=join(',',keys %metathesekeys);
-	&metadata_generate_part0(\%metathesekeys,\%metacache,$uri);
-	$metacache{$uri.':allpossiblekeys'}=join(',',keys %metathesekeys);
-	$metacache{$uri.':cachedtimestamp'}=time;
+	$metacache{$uri}->{':keys'}=join(',',keys %metathesekeys);
+	&metadata_generate_part0(\%metathesekeys,$metacache{$uri},$uri);
+	$metacache{$uri}->{':allpossiblekeys'}=join(',',keys %metathesekeys);
+	&do_cache(\%metacache,$uri,$metacache{$uri},'meta');
 # this is the end of "was not already recently cached
     }
-    return $metacache{$uri.':'.$what};
+    return $metacache{$uri}->{':'.$what};
+}
+
+sub metadata_create_package_def {
+    my ($uri,$key,$package,$metathesekeys)=@_;
+    my ($pack,$name,$subp)=split(/\&/,$key);
+    if ($subp eq 'default') { next; }
+    
+    if (defined($metacache{$uri}->{':packages'})) {
+	$metacache{$uri}->{':packages'}.=','.$package;
+    } else {
+	$metacache{$uri}->{':packages'}=$package;
+    }
+    my $value=$packagetab{$key};
+    my $unikey;
+    $unikey='parameter_0_'.$name;
+    $metacache{$uri}->{':'.$unikey.'.part'}=0;
+    $$metathesekeys{$unikey}=1;
+    unless (defined($metacache{$uri}->{':'.$unikey.'.'.$subp})) {
+	$metacache{$uri}->{':'.$unikey.'.'.$subp}=$value;
+    }
+    if (defined($metacache{$uri}->{':'.$unikey.'.default'})) {
+	$metacache{$uri}->{':'.$unikey}=
+	    $metacache{$uri}->{':'.$unikey.'.default'};
+    }
 }
 
 sub metadata_generate_part0 {
@@ -3744,8 +4366,8 @@ sub metadata_generate_part0 {
     my %allnames;
     foreach my $metakey (sort keys %$metadata) {
 	if ($metakey=~/^parameter\_(.*)/) {
-	  my $part=$$metacache{$uri.':'.$metakey.'.part'};
-	  my $name=$$metacache{$uri.':'.$metakey.'.name'};
+	  my $part=$$metacache{':'.$metakey.'.part'};
+	  my $name=$$metacache{':'.$metakey.'.name'};
 	  if (! exists($$metadata{'parameter_0_'.$name.'.name'})) {
 	    $allnames{$name}=$part;
 	  }
@@ -3753,16 +4375,16 @@ sub metadata_generate_part0 {
     }
     foreach my $name (keys(%allnames)) {
       $$metadata{"parameter_0_$name"}=1;
-      my $key="$uri:parameter_0_$name";
+      my $key=":parameter_0_$name";
       $$metacache{"$key.part"}='0';
       $$metacache{"$key.name"}=$name;
-      $$metacache{"$key.type"}=$$metacache{$uri.':parameter_'.
+      $$metacache{"$key.type"}=$$metacache{':parameter_'.
 					   $allnames{$name}.'_'.$name.
 					   '.type'};
-      my $olddis=$$metacache{$uri.':parameter_'.$allnames{$name}.'_'.$name.
+      my $olddis=$$metacache{':parameter_'.$allnames{$name}.'_'.$name.
 			     '.display'};
       my $expr='\\[Part: '.$allnames{$name}.'\\]';
-      $olddis=~s/$expr/\[Part: 0\]/;
+      $olddis=~s/\Q$expr\E/\[Part: 0\]/;
       $$metacache{"$key.display"}=$olddis;
     }
 }
@@ -3776,13 +4398,8 @@ sub gettitle {
 	unless ($urlsymb) { $urlsymb=$ENV{'request.filename'}; }
         return &metadata($urlsymb,'title'); 
     }
-    if ($titlecache{$symb}) {
-	if (time < ($titlecache{$symb}[1] + 600)) {
-	    return $titlecache{$symb}[0];
-	} else {
-	    delete($titlecache{$symb});
-	}
-    }
+    my ($result,$cached)=&is_cached(\%titlecache,$symb,'title',600);
+    if (defined($cached)) { return $result; }
     my ($map,$resid,$url)=&decode_symb($symb);
     my $title='';
     my %bighash;
@@ -3794,8 +4411,7 @@ sub gettitle {
     }
     $title=~s/\&colon\;/\:/gs;
     if ($title) {
-        $titlecache{$symb}=[$title,time];
-        return $title;
+        return &do_cache(\%titlecache,$symb,$title,'title');
     } else {
 	return &metadata($urlsymb,'title');
     }
@@ -3805,13 +4421,13 @@ sub gettitle {
 
 sub symblist {
     my ($mapname,%newhash)=@_;
-    $mapname=declutter($mapname);
+    $mapname=&deversion(&declutter($mapname));
     my %hash;
     if (($ENV{'request.course.fn'}) && (%newhash)) {
         if (tie(%hash,'GDBM_File',$ENV{'request.course.fn'}.'_symb.db',
                       &GDBM_WRCREAT(),0640)) {
 	    foreach (keys %newhash) {
-                $hash{declutter($_)}=$mapname.'___'.$newhash{$_};
+                $hash{declutter($_)}=$mapname.'___'.&deversion($newhash{$_});
             }
             if (untie(%hash)) {
 		return 'ok';
@@ -3824,23 +4440,30 @@ sub symblist {
 # --------------------------------------------------------------- Verify a symb
 
 sub symbverify {
-    my ($symb,$thisfn)=@_;
+    my ($symb,$thisurl)=@_;
+    my $thisfn=$thisurl;
+# wrapper not part of symbs
+    $thisfn=~s/^\/adm\/wrapper//;
     $thisfn=&declutter($thisfn);
 # direct jump to resource in page or to a sequence - will construct own symbs
     if ($thisfn=~/\.(page|sequence)$/) { return 1; }
 # check URL part
     my ($map,$resid,$url)=&decode_symb($symb);
-    unless (&symbclean($url) eq &symbclean($thisfn)) { return 0; }
+
+    unless ($url eq $thisfn) { return 0; }
 
     $symb=&symbclean($symb);
+    $thisurl=&deversion($thisurl);
+    $thisfn=&deversion($thisfn);
 
     my %bighash;
     my $okay=0;
+
     if (tie(%bighash,'GDBM_File',$ENV{'request.course.fn'}.'.db',
                             &GDBM_READER(),0640)) {
-        my $ids=$bighash{'ids_'.&clutter($thisfn)};
+        my $ids=$bighash{'ids_'.&clutter($thisurl)};
         unless ($ids) { 
-           $ids=$bighash{'ids_/'.$thisfn};
+           $ids=$bighash{'ids_/'.$thisurl};
         }
         if ($ids) {
 # ------------------------------------------------------------------- Has ID(s)
@@ -3869,13 +4492,54 @@ sub symbclean {
 # remove version from URL
     $symb=~s/\.(\d+)\.(\w+)$/\.$2/;
 
+# remove wrapper
+
+    $symb=~s/(\_\_\_\d+\_\_\_)adm\/wrapper\/(res\/)*/$1/;
     return $symb;
 }
 
 # ---------------------------------------------- Split symb to find map and url
 
+sub encode_symb {
+    my ($map,$resid,$url)=@_;
+    return &symbclean(&declutter($map).'___'.$resid.'___'.&declutter($url));
+}
+
 sub decode_symb {
-    return split(/\_\_\_/,shift);
+    my ($map,$resid,$url)=split(/\_\_\_/,shift);
+    return (&fixversion($map),$resid,&fixversion($url));
+}
+
+sub fixversion {
+    my $fn=shift;
+    if ($fn=~/^(adm|uploaded|public)/) { return $fn; }
+    my %bighash;
+    my $uri=&clutter($fn);
+    my $key=$ENV{'request.course.id'}.'_'.$uri;
+# is this cached?
+    my ($result,$cached)=&is_cached(\%courseresversioncache,$key,
+				    'courseresversion',600);
+    if (defined($cached)) { return $result; }
+# unfortunately not cached, or expired
+    if (tie(%bighash,'GDBM_File',$ENV{'request.course.fn'}.'.db',
+	    &GDBM_READER(),0640)) {
+ 	if ($bighash{'version_'.$uri}) {
+ 	    my $version=$bighash{'version_'.$uri};
+ 	    unless (($version eq 'mostrecent') || 
+		    ($version==&getversion($uri))) {
+ 		$uri=~s/\.(\w+)$/\.$version\.$1/;
+ 	    }
+ 	}
+ 	untie %bighash;
+    }
+    return &do_cache
+	(\%courseresversioncache,$key,&declutter($uri),'courseresversion');
+}
+
+sub deversion {
+    my $url=shift;
+    $url=~s/\.\d+\.(\w+)$/\.$1/;
+    return $url;
 }
 
 # ------------------------------------------------------ Return symb list entry
@@ -3896,9 +4560,13 @@ sub symbread {
     my %bighash;
     my $syval='';
     if (($ENV{'request.course.fn'}) && ($thisfn)) {
+        my $targetfn = $thisfn;
+        if ( ($thisfn =~ m/^uploaded\//) && ($thisfn !~ m/\.(page|sequence)$/) ) {
+            $targetfn = 'adm/wrapper/'.$thisfn;
+        }
         if (tie(%hash,'GDBM_File',$ENV{'request.course.fn'}.'_symb.db',
                       &GDBM_READER(),0640)) {
-	    $syval=$hash{$thisfn};
+	    $syval=$hash{$targetfn};
             untie(%hash);
         }
 # ---------------------------------------------------------- There was an entry
@@ -3950,7 +4618,7 @@ sub symbread {
                  }
 	      }
               untie(%bighash)
-           } 
+           }
         }
         if ($syval) {
            return &symbclean($syval.'___'.$thisfn); 
@@ -3974,8 +4642,41 @@ sub numval {
     return int($txt);
 }
 
+sub numval2 {
+    my $txt=shift;
+    $txt=~tr/A-J/0-9/;
+    $txt=~tr/a-j/0-9/;
+    $txt=~tr/K-T/0-9/;
+    $txt=~tr/k-t/0-9/;
+    $txt=~tr/U-Z/0-5/;
+    $txt=~tr/u-z/0-5/;
+    $txt=~s/\D//g;
+    my @txts=split(/(\d\d\d\d\d\d\d\d\d)/,$txt);
+    my $total;
+    foreach my $val (@txts) { $total+=$val; }
+    return int($total);
+}
+
 sub latest_rnd_algorithm_id {
-    return '64bit';
+    return '64bit3';
+}
+
+sub get_rand_alg {
+    my ($courseid)=@_;
+    if (!$courseid) { $courseid=(&Apache::lonxml::whichuser())[1]; }
+    if ($courseid) {
+	return $ENV{"course.$courseid.rndseed"};
+    }
+    return &latest_rnd_algorithm_id();
+}
+
+sub getCODE {
+    if (defined($ENV{'form.CODE'})) { return $ENV{'form.CODE'}; }
+    if (defined($Apache::lonhomework::parsing_a_problem) &&
+	defined($Apache::lonhomework::history{'resource.CODE'})) {
+	return $Apache::lonhomework::history{'resource.CODE'};
+    }
+    return undef;
 }
 
 sub rndseed {
@@ -3988,10 +4689,13 @@ sub rndseed {
     if (!$courseid) { $courseid=$wcourseid; }
     if (!$domain) { $domain=$wdomain; }
     if (!$username) { $username=$wusername }
-    my $which=$ENV{"course.$courseid.rndseed"};
-    my $CODE=$ENV{'scantron.CODE'};
-    if (defined($CODE)) {
-	&rndseed_CODE_64bit($symb,$courseid,$domain,$username);
+    my $which=&get_rand_alg();
+    if (defined(&getCODE())) {
+	return &rndseed_CODE_64bit($symb,$courseid,$domain,$username);
+    } elsif ($which eq '64bit3') {
+	return &rndseed_64bit3($symb,$courseid,$domain,$username);
+    } elsif ($which eq '64bit2') {
+	return &rndseed_64bit2($symb,$courseid,$domain,$username);
     } elsif ($which eq '64bit') {
 	return &rndseed_64bit($symb,$courseid,$domain,$username);
     }
@@ -4035,74 +4739,268 @@ sub rndseed_64bit {
     }
 }
 
+sub rndseed_64bit2 {
+    my ($symb,$courseid,$domain,$username)=@_;
+    {
+	use integer;
+	# strings need to be an even # of cahracters long, it it is odd the
+        # last characters gets thrown away
+	my $symbchck=unpack("%32S*",$symb.' ') << 21;
+	my $symbseed=numval($symb) << 10;
+	my $namechck=unpack("%32S*",$username.' ');
+	
+	my $nameseed=numval($username) << 21;
+	my $domainseed=unpack("%32S*",$domain.' ') << 10;
+	my $courseseed=unpack("%32S*",$courseid.' ');
+	
+	my $num1=$symbchck+$symbseed+$namechck;
+	my $num2=$nameseed+$domainseed+$courseseed;
+	#&Apache::lonxml::debug("$symbseed:$nameseed;$domainseed|$courseseed;$namechck:$symbchck");
+	#&Apache::lonxml::debug("rndseed :$num:$symb");
+	return "$num1,$num2";
+    }
+}
+
+sub rndseed_64bit3 {
+    my ($symb,$courseid,$domain,$username)=@_;
+    {
+	use integer;
+	# strings need to be an even # of cahracters long, it it is odd the
+        # last characters gets thrown away
+	my $symbchck=unpack("%32S*",$symb.' ') << 21;
+	my $symbseed=numval2($symb) << 10;
+	my $namechck=unpack("%32S*",$username.' ');
+	
+	my $nameseed=numval2($username) << 21;
+	my $domainseed=unpack("%32S*",$domain.' ') << 10;
+	my $courseseed=unpack("%32S*",$courseid.' ');
+	
+	my $num1=$symbchck+$symbseed+$namechck;
+	my $num2=$nameseed+$domainseed+$courseseed;
+	#&Apache::lonxml::debug("$symbseed:$nameseed;$domainseed|$courseseed;$namechck:$symbchck");
+	#&Apache::lonxml::debug("rndseed :$num:$symb");
+	return "$num1:$num2";
+    }
+}
+
 sub rndseed_CODE_64bit {
     my ($symb,$courseid,$domain,$username)=@_;
     {
 	use integer;
-	my $symbchck=unpack("%32S*",$symb) << 16;
-	my $symbseed=numval($symb);
-	my $CODEseed=numval($ENV{'scantron.CODE'}) << 16;
-	my $courseseed=unpack("%32S*",$courseid);
-	my $num1=$symbseed+$CODEseed;
-	my $num2=$courseseed+$symbchck;
-	#&Apache::lonxml::debug("$symbseed:$CODEseed|$courseseed:$symbchck");
+	my $symbchck=unpack("%32S*",$symb.' ') << 16;
+	my $symbseed=numval2($symb);
+	my $CODEchck=unpack("%32S*",&getCODE().' ') << 16;
+	my $CODEseed=numval(&getCODE());
+	my $courseseed=unpack("%32S*",$courseid.' ');
+	my $num1=$symbseed+$CODEchck;
+	my $num2=$CODEseed+$courseseed+$symbchck;
+	#&Apache::lonxml::debug("$symbseed:$CODEchck|$CODEseed:$courseseed:$symbchck");
 	#&Apache::lonxml::debug("rndseed :$num1:$num2:$symb");
-	return "$num1,$num2";
+	return "$num1:$num2";
     }
 }
 
 sub setup_random_from_rndseed {
     my ($rndseed)=@_;
-    if ($rndseed =~/,/) {
-	my ($num1,$num2)=split(/,/,$rndseed);
+    if ($rndseed =~/([,:])/) {
+	my ($num1,$num2)=split(/[,:]/,$rndseed);
 	&Math::Random::random_set_seed(abs($num1),abs($num2));
     } else {
 	&Math::Random::random_set_seed_from_phrase($rndseed);
     }
 }
 
+sub latest_receipt_algorithm_id {
+    return 'receipt2';
+}
+
+sub recunique {
+    my $fucourseid=shift;
+    my $unique;
+    if ($ENV{"course.$fucourseid.receiptalg"} eq 'receipt2') {
+	$unique=$ENV{"course.$fucourseid.internal.encseed"};
+    } else {
+	$unique=$perlvar{'lonReceipt'};
+    }
+    return unpack("%32C*",$unique);
+}
+
+sub recprefix {
+    my $fucourseid=shift;
+    my $prefix;
+    if ($ENV{"course.$fucourseid.receiptalg"} eq 'receipt2') {
+	$prefix=$ENV{"course.$fucourseid.internal.encpref"};
+    } else {
+	$prefix=$perlvar{'lonHostID'};
+    }
+    return unpack("%32C*",$prefix);
+}
+
 sub ireceipt {
-    my ($funame,$fudom,$fucourseid,$fusymb)=@_;
+    my ($funame,$fudom,$fucourseid,$fusymb,$part)=@_;
     my $cuname=unpack("%32C*",$funame);
     my $cudom=unpack("%32C*",$fudom);
     my $cucourseid=unpack("%32C*",$fucourseid);
     my $cusymb=unpack("%32C*",$fusymb);
-    my $cunique=unpack("%32C*",$perlvar{'lonReceipt'});
-    return unpack("%32C*",$perlvar{'lonHostID'}).'-'.
-           ($cunique%$cuname+
-            $cunique%$cudom+
-            $cusymb%$cuname+
-            $cusymb%$cudom+
-            $cucourseid%$cuname+
-            $cucourseid%$cudom);
+    my $cunique=&recunique($fucourseid);
+    my $cpart=unpack("%32S*",$part);
+    my $return =&recprefix($fucourseid).'-';
+    if ($ENV{"course.$fucourseid.receiptalg"} eq 'receipt2' ||
+	$ENV{'request.state'} eq 'construct') {
+	&Apache::lonxml::debug("doing receipt2  using parts $cpart, uname $cuname and udom $cudom gets  ".($cpart%$cuname).
+			       " and ".($cpart%$cudom));
+			       
+	$return.= ($cunique%$cuname+
+		   $cunique%$cudom+
+		   $cusymb%$cuname+
+		   $cusymb%$cudom+
+		   $cucourseid%$cuname+
+		   $cucourseid%$cudom+
+		   $cpart%$cuname+
+		   $cpart%$cudom);
+    } else {
+	$return.= ($cunique%$cuname+
+		   $cunique%$cudom+
+		   $cusymb%$cuname+
+		   $cusymb%$cudom+
+		   $cucourseid%$cuname+
+		   $cucourseid%$cudom);
+    }
+    return $return;
 }
 
 sub receipt {
-  my ($symb,$courseid,$domain,$name) = &Apache::lonxml::whichuser();
-  return &ireceipt($name,$domain,$courseid,$symb);
+    my ($part)=@_;
+    my ($symb,$courseid,$domain,$name) = &Apache::lonxml::whichuser();
+    return &ireceipt($name,$domain,$courseid,$symb,$part);
 }
 
 # ------------------------------------------------------------ Serves up a file
-# returns either the contents of the file or a -1
+# returns either the contents of the file or 
+# -1 if the file doesn't exist
+#
+# if the target is a file that was uploaded via DOCS, 
+# a check will be made to see if a current copy exists on the local server,
+# if it does this will be served, otherwise a copy will be retrieved from
+# the home server for the course and stored in /home/httpd/html/userfiles on
+# the local server.   
+
 sub getfile {
- my $file=shift;
- if ($file=~/^\/*uploaded\//) { # user file
+    my ($file,$caller) = @_;
+
+    if ($file !~ m|^/*uploaded/(\w+)/(\w+)/(.+)$|) {
+	# normal file from res space
+	&repcopy($file);
+        return &readfile($file);
+    }
+
+    my $info;
+    my $cdom = $1;
+    my $cnum = $2;
+    my $filename = $3;
+    my $path = $Apache::lonnet::perlvar{'lonDocRoot'}.'/userfiles';
+    my ($lwpresp,$rtncode);
+    my $localfile = $path.'/'.$cdom.'/'.$cnum.'/'.$filename;
+    if (-e "$localfile") {
+	my @fileinfo = stat($localfile);
+	$lwpresp = &getuploaded('HEAD',$file,$cdom,$cnum,\$info,\$rtncode);
+	if ($lwpresp ne 'ok') {
+	    if ($rtncode eq '404') {
+		unlink($localfile);
+	    }
+	    #my $ua=new LWP::UserAgent;
+	    #my $request=new HTTP::Request('GET',&tokenwrapper($file));
+	    #my $response=$ua->request($request);
+	    #if ($response->is_success()) {
+	#	return $response->content;
+	#    } else {
+	#	return -1;
+	#    }
+	    return -1;
+	}
+	if ($info < $fileinfo[9]) {
+	    return &readfile($localfile);
+	}
+	$info = '';
+	$lwpresp = &getuploaded('GET',$file,$cdom,$cnum,\$info,\$rtncode);
+	if ($lwpresp ne 'ok') {
+	    return -1;
+	}
+    } else {
+	$lwpresp = &getuploaded('GET',$file,$cdom,$cnum,\$info,\$rtncode);
+	if ($lwpresp ne 'ok') {
+	    my $ua=new LWP::UserAgent;
+	    my $request=new HTTP::Request('GET',&tokenwrapper($file));
+	    my $response=$ua->request($request);
+	    if ($response->is_success()) {
+		return $response->content;
+	    } else {
+		return -1;
+	    }
+	}
+	my @parts = ($cdom,$cnum); 
+	if ($filename =~ m|^(.+)/[^/]+$|) {
+	    push @parts, split(/\//,$1);
+	}
+	foreach my $part (@parts) {
+	    $path .= '/'.$part;
+	    if (!-e $path) {
+		mkdir($path,0770);
+	    }
+	}
+    }
+    open (FILE,">$localfile");
+    print FILE $info;
+    close(FILE);
+    if ($caller eq 'uploadrep') {
+	return 'ok';
+    }
+    return $info;
+}
+
+sub tokenwrapper {
+    my $uri=shift;
+    $uri=~s/^http\:\/\/([^\/]+)//;
+    $uri=~s/^\///;
+    $ENV{'user.environment'}=~/\/([^\/]+)\.id/;
+    my $token=$1;
+    if ($uri=~/^uploaded\/([^\/]+)\/([^\/]+)\/([^\/]+)(\?\.*)*$/) {
+        &appenv('userfile.'.$1.'/'.$2.'/'.$3 => $ENV{'request.course.id'});
+        return 'http://'.$hostname{ &homeserver($2,$1)}.'/'.$uri.
+               (($uri=~/\?/)?'&':'?').'token='.$token.
+                               '&tokenissued='.$perlvar{'lonHostID'};
+    } else {
+        return '/adm/notfound.html';
+    }
+}
+
+sub getuploaded {
+    my ($reqtype,$uri,$cdom,$cnum,$info,$rtncode) = @_;
+    $uri=~s/^\///;
+    $uri = 'http://'.$hostname{ &homeserver($cnum,$cdom)}.'/raw/'.$uri;
     my $ua=new LWP::UserAgent;
-    my $request=new HTTP::Request('GET',&tokenwrapper($file));
+    my $request=new HTTP::Request($reqtype,$uri);
     my $response=$ua->request($request);
-    if ($response->is_success()) {
-       return $response->content;
-    } else { 
-       return -1; 
-    }
- } else { # normal file from res space
-  &repcopy($file);
-  if (! -e $file ) { return -1; };
-  my $fh=Apache::File->new($file);
-  my $a='';
-  while (<$fh>) { $a .=$_; }
-  return $a;
- }
+    $$rtncode = $response->code;
+    if (! $response->is_success()) {
+	return 'failed';
+    }      
+    if ($reqtype eq 'HEAD') {
+	$$info = &HTTP::Date::str2time( $response->header('Last-modified') );
+    } elsif ($reqtype eq 'GET') {
+	$$info = $response->content;
+    }
+    return 'ok';
+}
+
+sub readfile {
+    my $file = shift;
+    if ( (! -e $file ) || ($file eq '') ) { return -1; };
+    my $fh;
+    open($fh,"<$file");
+    my $a='';
+    while (<$fh>) { $a .=$_; }
+    return $a;
 }
 
 sub filelocation {
@@ -4115,8 +5013,8 @@ sub filelocation {
   } elsif ($file=~/^\/*uploaded/) { # is an uploaded file
     $location=$file;
   } else {
-    $file=~s/^$perlvar{'lonDocRoot'}//;
-    $file=~s:^/*res::;
+    $file=~s/^\Q$perlvar{'lonDocRoot'}\E//;
+    $file=~s:^/res/:/:;
     if ( !( $file =~ m:^/:) ) {
       $location = $dir. '/'.$file;
     } else {
@@ -4125,26 +5023,54 @@ sub filelocation {
   }
   $location=~s://+:/:g; # remove duplicate /
   while ($location=~m:/\.\./:) {$location=~ s:/[^/]+/\.\./:/:g;} #remove dir/..
+  while ($location=~m:/\./:) {$location=~ s:/\./:/:g;} #remove /./
   return $location;
 }
 
 sub hreflocation {
     my ($dir,$file)=@_;
-    unless (($file=~/^http:\/\//i) || ($file=~/^\//)) {
-       my $finalpath=filelocation($dir,$file);
-       $finalpath=~s/^\/home\/httpd\/html//;
-       $finalpath=~s-/home/(\w+)/public_html/-/~$1/-;
-       return $finalpath;
-    } else {
-       return $file;
+    unless (($file=~m-^http://-i) || ($file=~m-^/-)) {
+	my $finalpath=filelocation($dir,$file);
+	$finalpath=~s-^/home/httpd/html--;
+	$finalpath=~s-^/home/(\w+)/public_html/-/~$1/-;
+	return $finalpath;
+    } elsif ($file=~m-^/home-) {
+	$file=~s-^/home/httpd/html--;
+	$file=~s-^/home/(\w+)/public_html/-/~$1/-;
+	return $file;
+    }
+    return $file;
+}
+
+sub current_machine_domains {
+    my $hostname=$hostname{$perlvar{'lonHostID'}};
+    my @domains;
+    while( my($id, $name) = each(%hostname)) {
+#	&logthis("-$id-$name-$hostname-");
+	if ($hostname eq $name) {
+	    push(@domains,$hostdom{$id});
+	}
     }
+    return @domains;
+}
+
+sub current_machine_ids {
+    my $hostname=$hostname{$perlvar{'lonHostID'}};
+    my @ids;
+    while( my($id, $name) = each(%hostname)) {
+#	&logthis("-$id-$name-$hostname-");
+	if ($hostname eq $name) {
+	    push(@ids,$id);
+	}
+    }
+    return @ids;
 }
 
 # ------------------------------------------------------------- Declutters URLs
 
 sub declutter {
     my $thisfn=shift;
-    $thisfn=~s/^$perlvar{'lonDocRoot'}//;
+    $thisfn=~s/^\Q$perlvar{'lonDocRoot'}\E//;
     $thisfn=~s/^\///;
     $thisfn=~s/^res\///;
     $thisfn=~s/\?.+$//;
@@ -4155,7 +5081,7 @@ sub declutter {
 
 sub clutter {
     my $thisfn='/'.&declutter(shift);
-    unless ($thisfn=~/^\/(uploaded|adm|userfiles|ext|raw|priv)\//) { 
+    unless ($thisfn=~/^\/(uploaded|adm|userfiles|ext|raw|priv|public)\//) { 
        $thisfn='/res'.$thisfn; 
     }
     return $thisfn;
@@ -4177,10 +5103,34 @@ sub unescape {
     return $str;
 }
 
+sub mod_perl_version {
+    if (defined($perlvar{'MODPERL2'})) {
+	return 2;
+    }
+    return 1;
+}
+
+sub correct_line_ends {
+    my ($result)=@_;
+    $$result =~s/\r\n/\n/mg;
+    $$result =~s/\r/\n/mg;
+}
 # ================================================================ Main Program
 
 sub goodbye {
    &logthis("Starting Shut down");
+#not converted to using infrastruture and probably shouldn't be
+   &logthis(sprintf("%-20s is %s",'%badServerCache',scalar(%badServerCache)));
+#converted
+   &logthis(sprintf("%-20s is %s",'%metacache',scalar(%metacache)));
+   &logthis(sprintf("%-20s is %s",'%homecache',scalar(%homecache)));
+   &logthis(sprintf("%-20s is %s",'%titlecache',scalar(%titlecache)));
+   &logthis(sprintf("%-20s is %s",'%courseresdatacache',scalar(%courseresdatacache)));
+#1.1 only
+   &logthis(sprintf("%-20s is %s",'%userresdatacache',scalar(%userresdatacache)));
+   &logthis(sprintf("%-20s is %s",'%usectioncache',scalar(%usectioncache)));
+   &logthis(sprintf("%-20s is %s",'%courseresversioncache',scalar(%courseresversioncache)));
+   &logthis(sprintf("%-20s is %s",'%resversioncache',scalar(%resversioncache)));
    &flushcourselogs();
    &logthis("Shutting down");
    return DONE;
@@ -4190,18 +5140,19 @@ BEGIN {
 # ----------------------------------- Read loncapa.conf and loncapa_apache.conf
     unless ($readit) {
 {
-    my $config=Apache::File->new("/etc/httpd/conf/loncapa.conf");
+    open(my $config,"</etc/httpd/conf/loncapa.conf");
 
     while (my $configline=<$config>) {
-        if ($configline =~ /^[^\#]*PerlSetVar/) {
+        if ($configline=~/\S/ && $configline =~ /^[^\#]*PerlSetVar/) {
 	   my ($dummy,$varname,$varvalue)=split(/\s+/,$configline);
            chomp($varvalue);
            $perlvar{$varname}=$varvalue;
         }
     }
+    close($config);
 }
 {
-    my $config=Apache::File->new("/etc/httpd/conf/loncapa_apache.conf");
+    open(my $config,"</etc/httpd/conf/loncapa_apache.conf");
 
     while (my $configline=<$config>) {
         if ($configline =~ /^[^\#]*PerlSetVar/) {
@@ -4210,16 +5161,16 @@ BEGIN {
            $perlvar{$varname}=$varvalue;
         }
     }
+    close($config);
 }
 
 # ------------------------------------------------------------ Read domain file
 {
-    my $fh=Apache::File->new($Apache::lonnet::perlvar{'lonTabDir'}.
-                            '/domain.tab');
     %domaindescription = ();
     %domain_auth_def = ();
     %domain_auth_arg_def = ();
-    if ($fh) {
+    my $fh;
+    if (open($fh,"<".$Apache::lonnet::perlvar{'lonTabDir'}.'/domain.tab')) {
        while (<$fh>) {
            next if (/^(\#|\s*$)/);
 #           next if /^\#/;
@@ -4234,16 +5185,17 @@ BEGIN {
 	   $domain_longi{$domain}=$longi;
 	   $domain_lati{$domain}=$lati;
 
-#          &logthis("Domain.tab: $domain, $domain_auth_def{$domain}, $domain_auth_arg_def{$domain},$domaindescription{$domain}");
+ #         &logthis("Domain.tab: $domain, $domain_auth_def{$domain}, $domain_auth_arg_def{$domain},$domaindescription{$domain}");
 #          &logthis("Domain.tab: $domain ".$domaindescription{$domain} );
-       }
+	}
     }
+    close ($fh);
 }
 
 
 # ------------------------------------------------------------- Read hosts file
 {
-    my $config=Apache::File->new("$perlvar{'lonTabDir'}/hosts.tab");
+    open(my $config,"<$perlvar{'lonTabDir'}/hosts.tab");
 
     while (my $configline=<$config>) {
        next if ($configline =~ /^(\#|\s*$)/);
@@ -4261,11 +5213,12 @@ BEGIN {
 	 }
        }
     }
+    close($config);
 }
 
 # ------------------------------------------------------ Read spare server file
 {
-    my $config=Apache::File->new("$perlvar{'lonTabDir'}/spare.tab");
+    open(my $config,"<$perlvar{'lonTabDir'}/spare.tab");
 
     while (my $configline=<$config>) {
        chomp($configline);
@@ -4273,46 +5226,51 @@ BEGIN {
           $spareid{$configline}=1;
        }
     }
+    close($config);
 }
 # ------------------------------------------------------------ Read permissions
 {
-    my $config=Apache::File->new("$perlvar{'lonTabDir'}/roles.tab");
+    open(my $config,"<$perlvar{'lonTabDir'}/roles.tab");
 
     while (my $configline=<$config>) {
-       chomp($configline);
-      if ($configline) {
-       my ($role,$perm)=split(/ /,$configline);
-       if ($perm ne '') { $pr{$role}=$perm; }
-      }
+	chomp($configline);
+	if ($configline) {
+	    my ($role,$perm)=split(/ /,$configline);
+	    if ($perm ne '') { $pr{$role}=$perm; }
+	}
     }
+    close($config);
 }
 
 # -------------------------------------------- Read plain texts for permissions
 {
-    my $config=Apache::File->new("$perlvar{'lonTabDir'}/rolesplain.tab");
+    open(my $config,"<$perlvar{'lonTabDir'}/rolesplain.tab");
 
     while (my $configline=<$config>) {
-       chomp($configline);
-      if ($configline) {
-       my ($short,$plain)=split(/:/,$configline);
-       if ($plain ne '') { $prp{$short}=$plain; }
-      }
+	chomp($configline);
+	if ($configline) {
+	    my ($short,$plain)=split(/:/,$configline);
+	    if ($plain ne '') { $prp{$short}=$plain; }
+	}
     }
+    close($config);
 }
 
 # ---------------------------------------------------------- Read package table
 {
-    my $config=Apache::File->new("$perlvar{'lonTabDir'}/packages.tab");
+    open(my $config,"<$perlvar{'lonTabDir'}/packages.tab");
 
     while (my $configline=<$config>) {
-       chomp($configline);
-       my ($short,$plain)=split(/:/,$configline);
-       my ($pack,$name)=split(/\&/,$short);
-       if ($plain ne '') {
-          $packagetab{$pack.'&'.$name.'&name'}=$name; 
-          $packagetab{$short}=$plain; 
-       }
+	if ($configline !~ /\S/ || $configline=~/^#/) { next; }
+	chomp($configline);
+	my ($short,$plain)=split(/:/,$configline);
+	my ($pack,$name)=split(/\&/,$short);
+	if ($plain ne '') {
+	    $packagetab{$pack.'&'.$name.'&name'}=$name; 
+	    $packagetab{$short}=$plain; 
+	}
     }
+    close($config);
 }
 
 # ------------- set up temporary directory
@@ -4931,6 +5889,14 @@ dumps the complete (or key matching rege
 
 =item *
 
+inc($namespace,$store,$udom,$uname) : increments $store in $namespace.
+$store can be a scalar, an array reference, or if the amount to be 
+incremented is > 1, a hash reference.
+
+($udom and $uname are optional)
+
+=item *
+
 put($namespace,$storehash,$udom,$uname) : stores hash in namesp
 ($udom and $uname are optional)
 
@@ -5041,8 +6007,29 @@ messages of critical importance should g
 
 =item *
 
-getfile($file) : returns the entire contents of a file or -1; it
-properly subscribes to and replicates the file if neccessary.
+getfile($file,$caller) : two cases - requests for files in /res or in /uploaded.
+(a) files in /uploaded
+  (i) If a local copy of the file exists - 
+      compares modification date of local copy with last-modified date for 
+      definitive version stored on home server for course. If local copy is 
+      stale, requests a new version from the home server and stores it. 
+      If the original has been removed from the home server, then local copy 
+      is unlinked.
+  (ii) If local copy does not exist -
+      requests the file from the home server and stores it. 
+  
+  If $caller is 'uploadrep':  
+    This indicates a call from lonuploadrep.pm (PerlHeaderParserHandler phase)
+    for request for files originally uploaded via DOCS. 
+     - returns 'ok' if fresh local copy now available, -1 otherwise.
+  
+  Otherwise:
+     This indicates a call from the content generation phase of the request.
+     -  returns the entire contents of the file or -1.
+     
+(b) files in /res
+   - returns the entire contents of a file or -1; 
+   it properly subscribes to and replicates the file if neccessary.
 
 =item *