IDENTD(8)

NAME
identd, in.identd - TCP/IP IDENT protocol server

SYNOPSIS
/usr/etc/identd [-V] [-d]

DESCRIPTION
identd is a server which implements the TCP/IP proposed standard IDENT user identification protocol as specified in the RFC 931 document.

identd operates by looking up specific TCP/IP connections and returning the user name of the process owning the connection.

ARGUMENTS
The -V flag makes identd display the version number

The -d flag enables some debugging code that normally should NOT be enabled since that breaks the protocol and may reveal information that should not be available to outsiders.

INSTALLATION
identd is invoked by the internet server (see inetd(8C) ) for requests to connect to the IDENT port as indicated by the /etc/services file (see services(5) ).

SEE ALSO

SEE ALSO
authtcp(1), authuser(3), tcp(4), inetd(8)

BUGS
In theory there could be a race condition when looking up the kernel file tables - ie an entry in the file list could be deleted leaving you with an invalid pointer. I have tried to code round this but it could happen. I have never seen this problem occur.