So, as I try this as root, I get logs: identd[32758]: fopen("/proc/net/tcp", "r"): Permission denied And running daemons other than root such as sshd and ftp is a must, what do you mean you can not run those without having root privs?
-----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Ralph Slooten Sent: Friday, January 24, 2003 10:41 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [newbie] IDENTD On Fri, 24 Jan 2003 09:34:24 -0700 "Boulytchev, Vasiliy" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Ladies and Gents, > Im trying to get identd running (irc). > > identd[2890]: Failed to bind to port 113: Permission denied > is the error when I try running a self-compiled > daemon, > > when run as root, /usr/sbin/identd -d everything works, I can even > telnet to port 113 from remote machinges and attempt to communicate, > so its not a firewall issue. IRC is still giving me no response from > identd daemon. > > Also, when trying to start identd from RPM pidentd, I got this in > logs: identd[32758]: fopen("/proc/net/tcp", "r"): Permission denied Ports under (I believe) 1024 can only be run as root (safety) Greetings Ralph -- http://tuxpower.f2g.net/ http://axljab.homelinux.org:8080/ "I have opinions of my own, strong opinions, but I don't always agree with them." - George H. W. Bush
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