Date: Mon, 21 Jun 1999 08:02:14 -0700 From: Doug <Studded@gorean.org> To: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Subject: [Fwd: Re: misc/11796: Bad lines in 3.2-RELEASE inetd.conf] Message-ID: <376E53F6.B12C1629@gorean.org>
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Since y'all are discussing inetd.conf, here is something else to consider. Doug -------- Original Message -------- Subject: Re: misc/11796: Bad lines in 3.2-RELEASE inetd.conf Date: Wed, 16 Jun 1999 12:55:43 -0700 (PDT) From: Studded <Studded@gorean.org> To: Dag-Erling Smorgrav <des@flood.ping.uio.no> CC: freebsd-bugs@FreeBSD.org, freebsd-gnat-submit@FreeBSD.org,alex@wnm.net On Wed, 2 Jun 1999, Dag-Erling Smorgrav wrote: > The following reply was made to PR misc/11796; it has been noted by GNATS. > > From: Dag-Erling Smorgrav <des@flood.ping.uio.no> > To: alex@wnm.net > Cc: freebsd-gnats-submit@FreeBSD.ORG > Subject: Re: misc/11796: Bad lines in 3.2-RELEASE inetd.conf > Date: 01 Jun 1999 16:26:46 +0200 > > alex@wnm.net writes: > > The default /etc/inetd.conf contains commented out lines for enabling > > identd. Both relevant lines refer to the 'ident' service, which is, > > according to /etc/services, really 'auth', as it should be. > > Oh? > > root@des ~# grep -w 113 /etc/services > auth 113/tcp ident tap #Authentication Service > auth 113/udp ident tap #Authentication Service > Works just fine, thank you very much :) The man page for identd says in part, The service-name entry is the name of a valid service in the file /etc/services. For ``internal'' services (discussed below), the service name must be the official name of the service (that is, the first entry in /etc/services). Therefore the first entry should definitely be changed. The second entry in the inetd.conf file is for a non-internal identd daemon, but some versions of the software are more picky than others, and the fact that one of them might "work" doesn't mean that the configuration file isn't in error. At minimum the following patch should be applied. Ideally you would add a comment to the fact that the two entries in inetd.conf are mutually exclusive. Thanks, Doug --- inetd.conf.Dist Sun May 9 06:31:40 1999 +++ inetd.conf Wed Jun 16 12:49:51 1999 @@ -65,11 +65,11 @@ # # Return error for all "ident" requests # -#ident stream tcp nowait root internal +#auth stream tcp nowait root internal # # example entry for the optional ident server # -#ident stream tcp wait kmem:kmem /usr/local/sbin/identd identd -w -t120 +#auth stream tcp wait kmem:kmem /usr/local/sbin/identd identd -w -t120 # # example entry for the optional qmail MTA # To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-bugs" in the body of the message To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message
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