HP-UX Reference (11i v2 07/12) - 1M System Administration Commands A-M (vol 3)

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identd(1M) identd(1M)
-Tseconds Specifies the maximum number of seconds a server will wait for the client’s input before
closing the connection on timeout. By default, the timeout limit is 0 (zero); that is, the
server 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 operation 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 back-
ground as user 2, group 2 (user bin, group bin).
SEE ALSO
inetd.conf(4).
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