--- loncom/lonnet/perl/lonnet.pm	2004/05/27 22:25:16	1.504
+++ loncom/lonnet/perl/lonnet.pm	2004/05/28 17:33:41	1.505
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 # The LearningOnline Network
 # TCP networking package
 #
-# $Id: lonnet.pm,v 1.504 2004/05/27 22:25:16 albertel Exp $
+# $Id: lonnet.pm,v 1.505 2004/05/28 17:33:41 albertel Exp $
 #
 # Copyright Michigan State University Board of Trustees
 #
@@ -1653,7 +1653,11 @@ sub set_first_access {
     my ($symb,$courseid,$udom,$uname)=&Apache::lonxml::whichuser();
     my ($map,$id,$res)=&decode_symb($symb);
     if ($type eq 'map') { $res=$map; }
-    return &put('firstaccesstimes',{$res=>time},$udom,$uname);
+    my $firstaccess=&get_first_access($type);
+    if (!$firstaccess) {
+	return &put('firstaccesstimes',{$res=>time},$udom,$uname);
+    }
+    return 'already_set';
 }
 
 sub checkout {