Silly question time, but he noted that he's behind a linksys router. Did you open up the ident port on the router/firewall?
Did you open up the ident port on your ipchains/iptables firewall? On Sun, 3 Nov 2002, Michael Schwendt wrote: > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > Hash: SHA1 > > On Fri, 1 Nov 2002 22:05:02 -0400, Geoffrey Lane wrote: > > > I keep getting problems with identd.... I'm trying to connect via > > xchat to dalnet... > > First my sys conf: > > Redhat 7.3 > > Xchat 1.8.10 > > (Behind linksys router) > > What problems do you see? > > You have a working identd running: pidentd-3.0.14-5 from disc #2. > > # chkconfig identd --list > identd 0:off 1:off 2:off 3:on 4:on 5:on 6:off > # service identd status > identd (pid 638 637 636 635 633) is running... > > If it isn't running: > > # chkconfig identd on > # service identd start > > > I was getting errors with identd, > > What errors did you get? > > > so I decided to install identd for > > linux from http://www.fukt.bth.se/~per/identd/ Which I previously > > asked the list a few days earlier about an error was > > > > [root@Downstairs linux-identd-1.2]# make > > gcc -DVERSION=\"1.2\" -Wall -pedantic -O2 -c -o identd.o identd.c > > identd.c: In function `lookup_uid': > > identd.c:132: warning: int format, uid_t arg (arg 7) > > identd.c: In function `compose_response': > > identd.c:155: warning: `pwd' might be used uninitialized in this > > function gcc identd.o -o identd > > sed -e "s/#VERSION#/1.2/" identd.8.in > identd.8 > > [root@Downstairs linux-identd-1.2]# make install > > install -d /usr/sbin > > install -d /usr/man/man8 > > install -m 0755 identd /usr/sbin/identd > > install -m 0644 identd.8 /usr/man/man8/identd.8 > > ln -s identd /usr/sbin/in.identd > > ln: `/usr/sbin/in.identd': File exists > > make: *** [install] Error 1 > > [root@Downstairs linux-identd-1.2]# > > > > I checked kpackage and found an entry called pidentd and both programs > > use /etc/identd.conf file.... Which I'm pretty sure is the cause of > > this error.... Now the problem is. Are they conflicting or something? > > Yes, they conflict because the installer of your identd package > doesn't like to remove /usr/sbin/in.identd before creating a new > link. > > > Can both be uninstalled and then re-installed? Can this be fixed? > > You're probably chasing into the wrong direction. But of course, you > could "rpm -e pidentd" and then try your self-compiled stuff. > > Would be nice of you, though, if you described your problems with > the identd that ships with Red Hat Linux 7.3. > > - -- > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- > Version: GnuPG v1.0.6 (GNU/Linux) > > iD8DBQE9xQhv0iMVcrivHFQRArBdAJ9ymvCNrxaODzvslD534ZVhy++zVgCgiHyt > 159A1ONFcj7jpfjGKE9Xipk= > =93VL > -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- > > > > -- Mike Burger http://www.bubbanfriends.org Visit the Dog Pound II BBS telnet://dogpound2.citadel.org or http://dogpound2.citadel.org:2000 -- redhat-list mailing list unsubscribe mailto:redhat-list-request@;redhat.com?subject=unsubscribe https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list
