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diff --git a/afs.c b/afs.c
index bd705050..d5afc6d9 100644
--- a/afs.c
+++ b/afs.c
@@ -97,10 +97,11 @@ static char *current_mop; /* mode or playlist specifier. NULL means dummy mood *
 /**
  * A random number used to "authenticate" the connection.
  *
- * para_server picks this number by random before forking the afs process.  The
- * command handlers write this number together with the id of the shared memory
- * area containing the query. This way, a malicious local user has to know this
- * number to be able to cause the afs process to crash by sending fake queries.
+ * para_server picks this number by random before it forks the afs process. The
+ * command handlers know this number as well and write it to the afs socket,
+ * together with the id of the shared memory area which contains the payload of
+ * the afs command. A local process has to know this number to abuse the afs
+ * service provided by the local socket.
  */
 extern uint32_t afs_socket_cookie;
 
@@ -693,7 +694,7 @@ static int make_database_dir(void)
 
 	get_database_dir();
 	ret = para_mkdir(database_dir, 0777);
-	if (ret >= 0 || is_errno(-ret, EEXIST))
+	if (ret >= 0 || ret == -ERRNO_TO_PARA_ERROR(EEXIST))
 		return 1;
 	return ret;
 }