--- loncom/lonnet/perl/lonnet.pm	2003/10/12 22:02:44	1.430
+++ loncom/lonnet/perl/lonnet.pm	2003/10/22 18:29:28	1.431
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 # The LearningOnline Network
 # TCP networking package
 #
-# $Id: lonnet.pm,v 1.430 2003/10/12 22:02:44 www Exp $
+# $Id: lonnet.pm,v 1.431 2003/10/22 18:29:28 www Exp $
 #
 # Copyright Michigan State University Board of Trustees
 #
@@ -4037,17 +4037,18 @@ sub symblist {
 
 sub symbverify {
     my ($symb,$thisfn)=@_;
-    $thisfn=&declutter($thisfn);
+    $thisfn=&symbclean(&declutter($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);
 
     my %bighash;
     my $okay=0;
+
     if (tie(%bighash,'GDBM_File',$ENV{'request.course.fn'}.'.db',
                             &GDBM_READER(),0640)) {
         my $ids=$bighash{'ids_'.&clutter($thisfn)};