Re: identd

[Joshua Stein <jcs_(_at_)_rt_(_dot_)_fm>]

InSaNe wrote:
> I tried doing:
> cd /usr/libexec
> ./identd
> 
> To see any error messages, got:
> 
> in.identd: getpeername(): Socket operation on non-socket

>From the manual:

     -i      Tells identd to run as a process started from inetd(8) with the
             "nowait" option in the /etc/inetd.conf file.  Use of this mode
             will make inetd(8) start one identd daemon for each connection
             request.  This is the default mode of operation.
                       ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

You're getting that error because it's expecting to be called from
inetd.

Also from the very same manual:

     -b      Specify operation as a stand alone daemon.

Try running "./identd -b -u nobody -elo" or just change the flags in
/etc/rc.conf for identd to run it at boot time.