--- loncom/lonnet/perl/lonnet.pm	2012/08/03 10:55:53	1.1182
+++ loncom/lonnet/perl/lonnet.pm	2012/08/14 15:45:34	1.1183
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 # The LearningOnline Network
 # TCP networking package
 #
-# $Id: lonnet.pm,v 1.1182 2012/08/03 10:55:53 foxr Exp $
+# $Id: lonnet.pm,v 1.1183 2012/08/14 15:45:34 raeburn Exp $
 #
 # Copyright Michigan State University Board of Trustees
 #
@@ -1939,7 +1939,8 @@ sub get_domain_defaults {
     my %domconfig =
          &Apache::lonnet::get_dom('configuration',['defaults','quotas',
                                   'requestcourses','inststatus',
-                                  'coursedefaults','usersessions'],$domain);
+                                  'coursedefaults','usersessions',
+                                  'requestauthor'],$domain);
     if (ref($domconfig{'defaults'}) eq 'HASH') {
         $domdefaults{'lang_def'} = $domconfig{'defaults'}{'lang_def'}; 
         $domdefaults{'auth_def'} = $domconfig{'defaults'}{'auth_def'};
@@ -1970,6 +1971,9 @@ sub get_domain_defaults {
             $domdefaults{$item} = $domconfig{'requestcourses'}{$item};
         }
     }
+    if (ref($domconfig{'requestauthor'}) eq 'HASH') {
+        $domdefaults{'requestauthor'} = $domconfig{'requestauthor'};
+    }
     if (ref($domconfig{'inststatus'}) eq 'HASH') {
         foreach my $item ('inststatustypes','inststatusorder') {
             $domdefaults{$item} = $domconfig{'inststatus'}{$item};
@@ -5680,6 +5684,10 @@ sub usertools_access {
                       unofficial => 1,
                       community  => 1,
                  );
+    } elsif ($context eq 'requestauthor') {
+        %tools = (
+                      requestauthor => 1,
+                 );
     } else {
         %tools = (
                       aboutme   => 1,
@@ -5699,25 +5707,32 @@ sub usertools_access {
         if ($action ne 'reload') {
             if ($context eq 'requestcourses') {
                 return $env{'environment.canrequest.'.$tool};
+            } elsif ($context eq 'requestauthor') {
+                return $env{'environment.canrequest.author'};
             } else {
                 return $env{'environment.availabletools.'.$tool};
             }
         }
     }
 
-    my ($toolstatus,$inststatus);
+    my ($toolstatus,$inststatus,$envkey);
+    if ($context eq 'requestauthor') {
+        $envkey = $context; 
+    } else {
+        $envkey = $context.'.'.$tool;
+    }
 
     if (($udom eq $env{'user.domain'}) && ($uname eq $env{'user.name'}) &&
          ($action ne 'reload')) {
-        $toolstatus = $env{'environment.'.$context.'.'.$tool};
+        $toolstatus = $env{'environment.'.$envkey};
         $inststatus = $env{'environment.inststatus'};
     } else {
         if (ref($userenvref) eq 'HASH') {
-            $toolstatus = $userenvref->{$context.'.'.$tool};
+            $toolstatus = $userenvref->{$envkey};
             $inststatus = $userenvref->{'inststatus'};
         } else {
-            my %userenv = &userenvironment($udom,$uname,$context.'.'.$tool,'inststatus');
-            $toolstatus = $userenv{$context.'.'.$tool};
+            my %userenv = &userenvironment($udom,$uname,$envkey,'inststatus');
+            $toolstatus = $userenv{$envkey};
             $inststatus = $userenv{'inststatus'};
         }
     }
@@ -7504,6 +7519,41 @@ sub assignrole {
                             }
                         }
                     }
+                } elsif ($context eq 'requestauthor') {
+                    if (($udom eq $env{'user.domain'}) && ($uname eq $env{'user.name'}) && 
+                        ($url eq '/'.$udom.'/') && ($role eq 'au')) {
+                        if ($env{'environment.requestauthor'} eq 'automatic') {
+                            $refused = '';
+                        } else {
+                            my %domdefaults = &get_domain_defaults($udom);
+                            if (ref($domdefaults{'requestauthor'}) eq 'HASH') {
+                                my $checkbystatus;
+                                if ($env{'user.adv'}) { 
+                                    my $disposition = $domdefaults{'requestauthor'}{'_LC_adv'};
+                                    if ($disposition eq 'automatic') {
+                                        $refused = '';
+                                    } elsif ($disposition eq '') {
+                                        $checkbystatus = 1;
+                                    } 
+                                } else {
+                                    $checkbystatus = 1;
+                                }
+                                if ($checkbystatus) {
+                                    if ($env{'environment.inststatus'}) {
+                                        my @inststatuses = split(/,/,$env{'environment.inststatus'});
+                                        foreach my $type (@inststatuses) {
+                                            if (($type ne '') &&
+                                                ($domdefaults{'requestauthor'}{$type} eq 'automatic')) {
+                                                $refused = '';
+                                            }
+                                        }
+                                    } elsif ($domdefaults{'requestauthor'}{'default'} eq 'automatic') {
+                                        $refused = '';
+                                    }
+                                }
+                            }
+                        }
+                    }
                 }
                 if ($refused) {
                     &logthis('Refused assignrole: '.$udom.' '.$uname.' '.$url.