From owner-freebsd-questions Thu May 4 4:48:33 2000 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from axl.ops.uunet.co.za (axl.ops.uunet.co.za [196.31.2.163]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 030DC37BE72 for ; Thu, 4 May 2000 04:48:27 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from sheldonh@axl.ops.uunet.co.za) Received: from sheldonh (helo=axl.ops.uunet.co.za) by axl.ops.uunet.co.za with local-esmtp (Exim 3.13 #1) id 12nK6u-0000wi-00; Thu, 04 May 2000 13:48:04 +0200 From: Sheldon Hearn To: Ariel Burbaickij Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: uneasy about permissions identd is running with In-reply-to: Your message of "Thu, 04 May 2000 09:51:00 +0200." Date: Thu, 04 May 2000 13:48:04 +0200 Message-ID: <3639.957440884@axl.ops.uunet.co.za> Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Thu, 04 May 2000 09:51:00 +0200, Ariel Burbaickij wrote: > I set up identd(pident port) basically using the suggested row in > /etc/inetd.conf.Save,it does not run with kmem:kmem(does not run means > no irc servers no fun ) I changed it to root and now I am uneasy ist > OK to leave it so or should i undertake soething to coerce ident to > run with less privileges ? I didn't realize that there are IRC servers which demand an auth (ident) response. Most don't mind getting a refused connection on their auth attempts. I'd recommend using inetd's builtin auth service, assuming you're using 3.4-RELEASE or something more recent. The inetd(8) manual page documents it, and the /etc/inetd.conf file has a sample entry or two for it. Ciao, Sheldon. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message