Date: Fri, 31 May 2002 23:03:06 -0400 (EDT) From: Peter Leftwich <Hostmaster@Video2Video.Com> To: Ruben <fbsd-q@bzerk.org> Cc: FreeBSD LIST <FreeBSD-Questions@FreeBSD.Org> Subject: Re: IRC vs identd vs inetd.conf vs me! [authwsome!] Message-ID: <20020531225839.Y64670-100000@earl-grey.cloud9.net> In-Reply-To: <20020530092611.A11238@ei.bzerk.org>
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On Thu, 30 May 2002, Ruben wrote: > PL> Can anyone in a nutshell explain how to enable "identd" on Fbsd 4.5-RELEASE? > Uncomment the corresponding line in inetd.conf: > auth stream tcp nowait root internal auth -r -f -n -o UNKNOWN -t 30 Hmm, yeah I figured out that much on my own... > Then put the desired username in your $HOME/.fakeid [...] *slowwww nod* ...but I hadn't done this part. `man 8 inetd` looked like a bunch of script kiddie stuff with that "fakeid" string appearing everywhere. > PL> Yes I realize I shouldn't irc (breathe, sleep, or fart) as root, but hey. > Hey? -Sigh So once the /etc/inetd.conf changes are in, the sysadmin must kill the running "inetd" process and restart it, yes? Another valid question: What are the merits in FreeBSD (or Unix in general) of calling binaries with the full path vs just the binary name? For example, I found out the PID for inetd and did: `kill 96 ; /usr/sbin/inetd -lwW` so how does that differ or matter from `kill 96 ; inetd -lwW` uh? Thanks for the help, you really got me goin! -- Peter Leftwich President & Founder Video2Video Services Box 13692, La Jolla, CA, 92039 USA +1-413-403-9555 To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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