this is a combined mergeback of the following branches as per QAR-841:
maint-server/maint-server-1 (absorbed by maint-server-2)
maint-server/maint-server-2
maint-server/maint-server-3
havok4/havok4-8
havok4/havok4-9
yes dataserver-is-deprecated
Backport fixes and other cruft from the production branch:
* DEV-16158 make_deploy_group.py queries simulator_standby table not region conductor
* DEV-17891 SEC-118: Classifieds can be created with any amount paid for L$50
* QAR-745 Test rez object security break - SEC-104 (and possibly SEC-115)
* DEV-18161 allow_negative_balance parameter for sink operation so fraud team can dock the accounts of people who bought bad L$
* DEV-18217 Crash rate >10x higher in 1.23.2 than 1.22.4
* DEV-15570 Enable Improved IM web service
* add auth.py from interop-5 (for interop login testing on preview grid)
did-you-know-that-dataserver-is-deprecated?
HAVOK4 IN TEH HOUSE!!11!!ONE!!
If it is broken blame Joel for not fixing the loginassetdatabaseinventorygroupIM server instead of working on this.
QAR-448
Aaron Brashears