identd.1m (2010 09)

identd(1M) identd(1M)

waits for an indeﬁnite amount of time. This option is ignored for invalid timeout intervals.

-uuid Specify a user id number which the

ident server should switch to after binding itself to the

TCP/IP port if using the

-b mode of operation.

-V Display the version number and exit.

-w Use this option when starting the daemon from

inetd with the "wait" option in the

/etc/inetd.conf

ﬁle. The identd daemon will either run forever or until a timeout, as

speciﬁed by the

-t ﬂag, occurs.

INSTALLATION

identd is invoked either by the internet server (see inetd (1M)) for requests to connect to the IDENT

port as indicated by the

/etc/services

ﬁle (see services (4)) when using the

-w or -i modes of opera-

tion or started manually by using the

-b

mode of operation.

WARNINGS

The

-w and -t options are currently not supported on HP-UX.

EXAMPLES

Assume the server is located in

/usr/lbin/identd

. Add either of the following two lines into the

/etc/inetd.conf ﬁle:

ident stream tcp6 wait bin /usr/lbin/identd identd -w -t120

or:

ident stream tcp6 nowait bin /usr/lbin/identd identd -i

To start identd using the unsupported -b mode of operation, add the following line to the

/sbin/init.d/sendmail

ﬁle under the start section:

/usr/lbin/identd -b -u2 -g2

This will cause identd to be started as daemon whenever sendmail is running. It will run in the

background as user 2, group 2 (user bin, group bin).