Re: x-chat / identd

[Lee Helpingstine <sig11@reprehensible.net>]

Whats your problem with identd?

	Lee


On Sun, 28 Oct 2001, Steven Pritchard wrote:

> On Sun, Oct 28, 2001 at 08:21:52AM -0600, Alan Wilson wrote:
> > I thought I would try x-chat, but the servers keep giving me the error:
> > 	looking up hostname
> > 	checking ident
> > 	found your hostname
> > 	no ident response
> > and then they disconnect.
>
> Try an undernet or openprojects server.  They shouldn't do that.
>
> > I started identd and checked with ps (it seems to use 4 or 5 pids ???).
>
> You don't want to run identd.  Trust me.
>
> Most likely you told the installer to turn on the firewalling stuff,
> so you aren't allowing connections to the ident port.  This is a Good
> Thing.
>
> Oh, if you are getting a long delay before the "no ident response",
> just do "ipchains -I INPUT -p tcp --dport 113 -j REJECT".
>
> Steve
> --
> steve@silug.org           | Southern Illinois Linux Users Group
> (618)398-7360             | See web site for meeting details.
> Steven Pritchard          | http://www.silug.org/
> -
> To unsubscribe, send email to majordomo@silug.org with
> "unsubscribe silug-discuss" in the body.
>

-
To unsubscribe, send email to majordomo@silug.org with
"unsubscribe silug-discuss" in the body.