@Override protected byte writeCredential(DataOutputStream dos, DataInputStream dis, String authInit, boolean isNotification, DistributedMember member, HeapDataOutputStream heapdos) throws IOException, GemFireSecurityException { if (!this.multiuserSecureMode && (authInit == null || authInit.length() == 0)) { // No credentials indicator heapdos.writeByte(CREDENTIALS_NONE); heapdos.flush(); dos.write(heapdos.toByteArray()); dos.flush(); return -1; } return super.writeCredential(dos, dis, authInit, isNotification, member, heapdos); }