--- loncom/lonnet/perl/lonnet.pm	2007/11/20 00:26:38	1.927
+++ loncom/lonnet/perl/lonnet.pm	2007/11/20 17:54:40	1.928
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 # The LearningOnline Network
 # TCP networking package
 #
-# $Id: lonnet.pm,v 1.927 2007/11/20 00:26:38 albertel Exp $
+# $Id: lonnet.pm,v 1.928 2007/11/20 17:54:40 albertel Exp $
 #
 # Copyright Michigan State University Board of Trustees
 #
@@ -2685,7 +2685,9 @@ sub set_first_access {
     my ($type)=@_;
     my ($symb,$courseid,$udom,$uname)=&whichuser();
     my ($map,$id,$res)=&decode_symb($symb);
-    if ($type eq 'map') {
+    if ($type eq 'course') {
+	$res='course';
+    } elsif ($type eq 'map') {
 	$res=&symbread($map);
     } else {
 	$res=$symb;