--- loncom/lonnet/perl/lonnet.pm	2002/05/08 17:40:03	1.216
+++ loncom/lonnet/perl/lonnet.pm	2002/05/11 20:42:00	1.217
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 # The LearningOnline Network
 # TCP networking package
 #
-# $Id: lonnet.pm,v 1.216 2002/05/08 17:40:03 www Exp $
+# $Id: lonnet.pm,v 1.217 2002/05/11 20:42:00 harris41 Exp $
 #
 # Copyright Michigan State University Board of Trustees
 #
@@ -2779,13 +2779,26 @@ sub goodbye {
 }
 
 BEGIN {
-# ------------------------------------------------------------ Read access.conf
+# ------------------------------------------- Read access.conf and loncapa.conf
+# (eventually access.conf will become deprecated)
     unless ($readit) {
+
 {
     my $config=Apache::File->new("/etc/httpd/conf/access.conf");
 
     while (my $configline=<$config>) {
-        if ($configline =~ /PerlSetVar/) {
+        if ($configline =~ /^[^\#]*PerlSetVar/) {
+	   my ($dummy,$varname,$varvalue)=split(/\s+/,$configline);
+           chomp($varvalue);
+           $perlvar{$varname}=$varvalue;
+        }
+    }
+}
+{
+    my $config=Apache::File->new("/etc/httpd/conf/loncapa.conf");
+
+    while (my $configline=<$config>) {
+        if ($configline =~ /^[^\#]*PerlSetVar/) {
 	   my ($dummy,$varname,$varvalue)=split(/\s+/,$configline);
            chomp($varvalue);
            $perlvar{$varname}=$varvalue;