--- loncom/publisher/lonpublisher.pm	2016/06/19 01:08:01	1.296
+++ loncom/publisher/lonpublisher.pm	2016/06/19 04:27:57	1.297
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 # The LearningOnline Network with CAPA
 # Publication Handler
 #
-# $Id: lonpublisher.pm,v 1.296 2016/06/19 01:08:01 raeburn Exp $
+# $Id: lonpublisher.pm,v 1.297 2016/06/19 04:27:57 raeburn Exp $
 #
 # Copyright Michigan State University Board of Trustees
 #
@@ -1875,17 +1875,27 @@ sub phasetwo {
     $metadatafields{'url'} = $distarget;
     $metadatafields{'version'} = 'current';
 
-    my ($error,$success) = &store_metadata(%metadatafields);
-    if ($success) {
-	$output .= '<p>'.&mt('Synchronized SQL metadata database').'</p>';
-	print $logfile "\nSynchronized SQL metadata database";
-    } else {
-	$output .= $error;
-	print $logfile "\n".$error;
+    my $crsauthor;
+    if ($env{'request.course.id'}) {
+        my $cdom = $env{'course.'.$env{'request.course.id'}.'.domain'};
+        my $cnum = $env{'course.'.$env{'request.course.id'}.'.num'};
+        if ($distarget =~ m{^/res/$cdom/$cnum}) {
+            $crsauthor = 1;
+        }
     }
-    unless ($usebuffer) {
-        $r->print($output);
-        $output = '';
+    unless ($crsauthor) {
+        my ($error,$success) = &store_metadata(%metadatafields);
+        if ($success) {
+	    $output .= '<p>'.&mt('Synchronized SQL metadata database').'</p>';
+	    print $logfile "\nSynchronized SQL metadata database";
+        } else {
+	    $output .= $error;
+	    print $logfile "\n".$error;
+        }
+        unless ($usebuffer) {
+            $r->print($output);
+            $output = '';
+        }
     }
 # --------------------------------------------- Delete author resource messages
     my $delresult=&Apache::lonmsg::del_url_author_res_msg($target);