--- loncom/lonnet/perl/lonnet.pm	2005/02/09 22:04:22	1.596
+++ loncom/lonnet/perl/lonnet.pm	2005/02/09 22:39:49	1.597
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 # The LearningOnline Network
 # TCP networking package
 #
-# $Id: lonnet.pm,v 1.596 2005/02/09 22:04:22 albertel Exp $
+# $Id: lonnet.pm,v 1.597 2005/02/09 22:39:49 albertel Exp $
 #
 # Copyright Michigan State University Board of Trustees
 #
@@ -5683,7 +5683,7 @@ BEGIN {
        next if ($configline =~ /^(\#|\s*$)/);
        chomp($configline);
        my ($id,$domain,$role,$name)=split(/:/,$configline);
-       $name=~s/\s^//g;
+       $name=~s/\s//g;
        if ($id && $domain && $role && $name) {
 	 my $ip = gethostbyname($name);
 	 if (length($ip) ne 4) {