Date: Tue, 13 Jul 1999 17:20:02 -0700 (PDT) From: Kevin Day <toasty@dragondata.com> To: freebsd-ports@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: ports/12596: pidentd is unstable in 3.2 and 4.0 Message-ID: <199907140020.RAA54288@freefall.freebsd.org>
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The following reply was made to PR ports/12596; it has been noted by GNATS. From: Kevin Day <toasty@dragondata.com> To: sheldonh@uunet.co.za (Sheldon Hearn) Cc: toasty@dragondata.com (Kevin Day), freebsd-gnats-submit@freebsd.org, green@freebsd.org Subject: Re: ports/12596: pidentd is unstable in 3.2 and 4.0 Date: Tue, 13 Jul 1999 19:14:26 -0500 (CDT) > > > On Sun, 11 Jul 1999 13:29:45 EST, Kevin Day wrote: > > > # ident /usr/sbin/inetd > > /usr/sbin/inetd: > > $Id: inetd.c,v 1.48 1999/04/11 09:22:17 markm Exp $ > > As I suspected, the behaviour you're attributing to pidentd is in fact > caused by a buggy inetd. > > If you're running 3.2-STABLE, you should have inetd.c rev 1.46.2.3 . If > you're running 4.0-CURRENT, you should have inetd.c rev 1.59 (although > 1.51 ought to do fine if you're holding back for some reason). Make > sure you have a suitably up-to-date Makefile and inetd.8 as well. If > you're running 4.0-CURRENT, you should also be aware of changes made to > etc/defaults/rc.conf to handle recent changes. > > A good starting point for discussion relevant to the bug you're seeing can > be found on PR 12097. > > Let me know when I can close your PR. :-) > > Ciao, > Sheldon. > Which of the 3 behaviours that I'm explaining are related to this, or all three? (the 'exit status 0x100' in my syslog, the stuck identd processes in ps, or the occasional pidentd returning no user? or all three?) I can understand the stuck identd processes perhaps, from inetd, but.. I don't see how inetd can make identd return 'no user' when it shouldn't. :) Kevin To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-ports" in the body of the message
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