On Tue, 23 Mar 1999 12:51:42 -0600 Paul Barnett <ptb@home.ptb.org> wrote:

I meant that the authentication failed, because the packets were blocked by default. But, it wasn't a fatal error -- the message was still passed and the subscription succeeded. All I have to do is add a rule to admit the packets if I want to do so -- identd is still configured in /etc/inetd.conf.

There are versions of identd which will forward the request to internal servers (pidentd?), or which will operate off their own non-/etc/passwd data in answering the reply. Poke about freshmeat and other such and you hsould find them.

Thanks for the info.

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