[dovecot-cvs] dovecot/doc auth-protocol.txt,1.1,1.2

[cras at dovecot.org]

Update of /var/lib/cvs/dovecot/doc
In directory talvi:/tmp/cvs-serv11214/doc

Modified Files:
	auth-protocol.txt 
Log Message:
Make FAIL reply contain "temp" parameter if the authentication failed
because of temporary internal error. Also cleaned up the auth code a bit.



Index: auth-protocol.txt
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RCS file: /var/lib/cvs/dovecot/doc/auth-protocol.txt,v
retrieving revision 1.1
retrieving revision 1.2
diff -u -d -r1.1 -r1.2
--- auth-protocol.txt	22 Oct 2004 13:44:03 -0000	1.1
+++ auth-protocol.txt	7 Jan 2005 17:27:20 -0000	1.2
@@ -111,9 +111,10 @@
 
 FAIL parameters may contain "reason=.." parameter which should be sent to
 remote user instead of a standard "Authentication failed" message. For
-example "invalid base64 data" or "temporary internal failure". It should
-NOT be used to give exact reason for authentication failure (ie. "user not
-found" vs. "password mismatch").
+example "invalid base64 data". It should NOT be used to give exact reason
+for authentication failure (ie. "user not found" vs. "password mismatch").
+Sending "temp" parameter indicates that the error was a temporary internal
+failure, eg. connection was lost to SQL database.
 
 CONT command means that the authentication continues, and more data is
 expected from client to finish the authentication. Given base64 data should