[jdev] Registering a new user

Igor Urdenko ingvarwolf at yahoo.com
Thu Dec 23 16:06:05 CST 2004


Hello everybody.
I have a question about new user registration process.
What happens when Jabber client sends register packet like

<iq type='set' id='id_1'>
    <query xmlns='jabber:iq:register'>
        <username>NewUserName</username>
        <password>Password</password>
    </query>
</iq>

but user NewUserName already exists? What will server responce?
I test it with Merak Server but responce is always 'Error 403 Forbidden' -
is that common server responce? Because I was expecting something like

<iq type='error' id='id_1'>
    <query xmlns='jabber:iq:register'>
        <username>NewUserName</username>
    </query>
    <error code='...'>Already registered</error>
</iq>

What is correct?
Thank you.
Igor Urdenko






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