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  2. DOCS-9833

Confirm that MongoDB ignores authSource for X509 auth with no username

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      authSource states:

      MongoDB will ignore authSource values if the connection string specifies no username.

      Per SPEC-659, usernames are not required for MONGODB-X509. It's not clear to me if X509 expects an authSource of "$external". If so, the above statement should be revised.

      According to the C driver, authSource is expected to be $external for GSSAPI and X509.

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            jmikola@mongodb.com Jeremy Mikola
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