Date: Thu, 30 May 2002 22:07:49 +0300 From: Giorgos Keramidas <keramida@ceid.upatras.gr> To: Peter Leftwich <Hostmaster@Video2Video.Com> Cc: FreeBSD Questions LIST <FreeBSD-Questions@FreeBSD.org> Subject: Re: IRC vs identd vs inetd.conf vs me! Message-ID: <20020530190749.GD6862@hades.hell.gr> In-Reply-To: <20020529195825.U3080-100000@66-75-1-142.san.rr.com> References: <20020529195825.U3080-100000@66-75-1-142.san.rr.com>
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On 2002-05-29 20:00 -0700, Peter Leftwich wrote: > *** Banned: Install Identd for access (2001/4/18 09.20) > *** Closing Link: mrmeatie[root@255.255.255.255] (Banned) > *** Connection closed from irc.lightning.net: Remote end closed connection > *** Connecting to port 6667 of server irc.lightning.net > *** Looking up your hostname... > *** Checking Ident > *** Found your hostname > *** Banned: Install Identd for access (2001/4/18 09.20) The file /etc/inetd.conf contains a very nice and commented part that explains how you can enable the 'internal' identd/auth service of inetd. You need to enable this in order to connect to the specific IRC server. If you have edited away everything in /etc/inetd.conf you can still read those comments from /usr/src/etc/inetd.conf. Even if you don't have the sources installed, you can always view the latest inetd.conf file through the web, by pointing your browser to: http://cvsweb.freebsd.org/src/etc/inetd.conf Read the comments carefully. You will easily find out how identd/auth can be enabled. > Yes I realize I shouldn't irc (breathe, sleep, or fart) as root, but hey. No, and there are a few very good reasons why not. You might end up receiving by DCC some file that 'accidentally' happens to overwrite some critical file, like for instance /etc/pwd.db. And when that happens you'll hate it. Cheers, - Giorgos To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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