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Removed "DIE" command from auth protocol. It wasn't implemented, and I'm not
sure if it's such a good idea anyway.
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4 General |
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39 C: "VERSION" TAB <major> TAB <minor> |
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53 CPID, SPID and specify client and server PIDs. They should be unique |
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145 SPID can be used to let master identify the server process. |
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158 Master commands can request information about existing authentication |
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167 NOTFOUND reply means that the request or user wasn't found. Master |
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177 uid=<uid> : System user ID. |
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178 gid=<gid> : System group ID. |
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179 home=<dir> : Home directory. |
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180 chroot=<dir> : Chroot directory. |
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181 mail=<data> : Mail location. |
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