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Date:      Thu, 12 Nov 1998 16:05:00 -0500
From:      Chris Johnson <cjohnson@palomine.net>
To:        Willow <willow@tds.edu>, freebsd-isp@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: tcpd
Message-ID:  <19981112160500.A17032@palomine.net>
In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.4.05.9811121431300.14473-100000@zeus.tds.edu>; from Willow on Thu, Nov 12, 1998 at 02:38:43PM -0500
References:  <Pine.BSF.4.05.9811121431300.14473-100000@zeus.tds.edu>

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On Thu, Nov 12, 1998 at 02:38:43PM -0500, Willow wrote:
> ** Note:  I originally posted this to freebsd-questions and didnt get any
> repliess.
> 
> --
> After reconfiguring my /etc/inetd.conf file to make use of tcp_wrappers
> (tcpd) I get the following every once and awhile in /var/log/messages and
> to /dev/console:
> 
> identd[pid]: warning: can't get client address: socket is not connected
> 
> My ident server is running and remote sites can tap it, and it seems to be
> working locally but I'm stumped.  Here's a copy of the /etc/inetd.conf
> file after messing with it.

I don't think it has anything to do with inetd, and I don't think it's anything
to worry about. It just means that someone connected to your identd service,
and when identd called getpeername() on the socket it was no longer connected,
so getpeername() returned an error of ENOTCONN.

You'll see this if someone is port scanning you, making connections to ports
and then immediately dropping them. Try doing a port scan on yourself and see
if that message pops up.

Chris

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