--- loncom/lonnet/perl/lonnet.pm	2002/04/04 20:06:20	1.206
+++ loncom/lonnet/perl/lonnet.pm	2002/04/04 20:37:05	1.207
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 # The LearningOnline Network
 # TCP networking package
 #
-# $Id: lonnet.pm,v 1.206 2002/04/04 20:06:20 matthew Exp $
+# $Id: lonnet.pm,v 1.207 2002/04/04 20:37:05 albertel Exp $
 #
 # Copyright Michigan State University Board of Trustees
 #
@@ -1925,6 +1925,7 @@ sub modifyuser {
     my %names=&get('environment',
 		   ['firstname','middlename','lastname','generation'],
 		   $udom,$uname);
+    if ($names{'firstname'} =~ m/^error:.*/) { %names=(); }
     if ($first)  { $names{'firstname'}  = $first; }
     if ($middle) { $names{'middlename'} = $middle; }
     if ($last)   { $names{'lastname'}   = $last; }