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From: Jez Hancock <jez.hancock@munk.nu>
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On Thu, Dec 18, 2003 at 09:43:20PM -0600, Mike Loiterman wrote:
> Further, none of the identd servers (pidentd, oidentd) seem to have a
> man page.
oidentd port does install a decent man page - perhaps you forgot to rehash?

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oidentd(8)							    oidentd(8)



NAME
       oidentd - TCP/IP IDENT protocol server


SYNOPSIS
       oidentd [options]

       [ -dehiImoqSv ]
       [ -a <host> ]
       [ -c <charset> ]
       [ -C <config file> ]
       [ -f <port> ]
       [ -p <port> ]
       [ -P <host> ]
       [ -o or --other=[<OS string>] ]
       [ -t or --timeout=<seconds> ]
       [ -g or --group=<group|GID> ]
       [ -l or --limit=<number>]
       [ -r or --reply=<string> ]
       [ -u or --user=<username|UID> ]


DESCRIPTION
       oidentd	is  a  server  that  implements the TCP/IP standard IDENT user
       identification protocol as specified in the RFC 1413 document.

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

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