From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sun Nov 23 01:52:43 2003 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 280E216A4CE for ; Sun, 23 Nov 2003 01:52:43 -0800 (PST) Received: from smtp.infracaninophile.co.uk (ns0.infracaninophile.co.uk [81.2.69.218]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7078843F3F for ; Sun, 23 Nov 2003 01:52:41 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from m.seaman@infracaninophile.co.uk) Received: from happy-idiot-talk.infracaninophile.co.uk (localhost [127.0.0.1]) hAN9qaAS010121 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=NO); Sun, 23 Nov 2003 09:52:37 GMT (envelope-from matthew@happy-idiot-talk.infracaninophile.co.uk) Received: (from matthew@localhost)id hAN9qZbh010120; Sun, 23 Nov 2003 09:52:35 GMT (envelope-from matthew) Date: Sun, 23 Nov 2003 09:52:35 +0000 From: Matthew Seaman To: Ben Dover Message-ID: <20031123095235.GB9494@happy-idiot-talk.infracaninophile.co.uk> Mail-Followup-To: Matthew Seaman , Ben Dover , freebsd-questions@freebsd.org References: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha1; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="4bRzO86E/ozDv8r1" Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.5.1i X-Spam-Status: No, hits=-4.9 required=5.0 tests=AWL,BAYES_00 autolearn=ham version=2.60 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 2.60 (1.212-2003-09-23-exp) on happy-idiot-talk.infracaninophile.co.uk cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: pidentd troubles X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sun, 23 Nov 2003 09:52:43 -0000 --4bRzO86E/ozDv8r1 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Sat, Nov 22, 2003 at 03:28:09PM -0500, Ben Dover wrote: > I was running pidentd server in fbsd 5.1 and ran into a problem. On rebo= ot=20 > thousands of identd processes would be created. This caused an enormous= =20 > problem as you can imagine. I ended up doing a pkg_delete of pidentd. H= as=20 > anyone had this happen? >=20 > I need a reliable ident server; can anyone recommend one from ports? Why not use the ident server built into inetd(8)? No extra ports required. =46rom the default inetd.conf: # Provide internally a real "ident" service which provides ~/.fakeid su= pport, # provides ~/.noident support, reports UNKNOWN as the operating system = type # and times out after 30 seconds. # auth stream tcp nowait root internal auth -r -f -n -o= UNKNOWN -t 30 auth stream tcp6 nowait root internal auth -r -f -n -o= UNKNOWN -t 30 Cheers, Matthew --=20 Dr Matthew J Seaman MA, D.Phil. 26 The Paddocks Savill Way PGP: http://www.infracaninophile.co.uk/pgpkey Marlow Tel: +44 1628 476614 Bucks., SL7 1TH UK --4bRzO86E/ozDv8r1 Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.3 (FreeBSD) iD8DBQE/wINjdtESqEQa7a0RAlGmAJ9AjuksxAx/uPjW5czm0XW7EvRVYwCgglpT 48y/nXvzIOzZoAhjklD5BVU= =0LHu -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --4bRzO86E/ozDv8r1--