Getting rid of the ~ sign infront of identd

Revenger · none Joined: 19 Aug 2004 Posts: 2

Hello mates, i need some help regarding my identd on irc. I'm using linux and i would like to get rid of the ~ sign infront of my identd. A user told me i need to download a package called oidentd. Someone has got any ideas pls? Thankx in advance for your help.

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Proto · Lurker Joined: 23 May 2004 Posts: 150 Location: IRC

You do need to install identd, depends on which flavor of linux you're running also. Usually you can go on irc.freenode.com join the support channel for the flavor you're running and they can assist you. I only have had to install it on a Mandrake box I use to run which was rather simple.

Revenger · none Joined: 19 Aug 2004 Posts: 2

I run Mandrake 10 as distro. Well sometimes it appears on some networks, for example on undernet and efnet it appears while on ircmalta it doesn't.

Proto · Lurker Joined: 23 May 2004 Posts: 150 Location: IRC

urpmi identd <-- will download and install it
chkconfig servicename on <-- will make it start at boot
service identd start <-- will start it

http://speculation.org/garrick/faqs.html <-- a nice mandrake FAQ page

codemastr · Idler Joined: 05 Feb 2004 Posts: 353

First lets just clarify the terminology. "~ in front of my identd" is wrong. identd is a program (the d stands for daemon). It's a "~ in front of my ident." The ident is what is returned by the identd. However, since you don't have an identd installed, ident is also incorrect! The correct term is "username." If it shows a ~, then it's a username. If it doesn't show a ~, then it's an ident. And the program that supplies the ident is called the identd, got it? Smile

You are correct, an identd program needs to be installed to prevent the ~. Oidentd is a very capable ident server, I found it very straight forward to install, it took about 5 minutes. http://krnlpanic.com/tutorials/identd.php contains a very nice tutorial about how to set it up using inetd/xinetd (which is what you should do). So give that a read. That, along with oidentd's README/INSTALL guide should be enough to get your though it.

I personally would not do what Proto said. It's better to run it using inetd/xinetd. Why have the identd running 24/7 when you might only use it once each day? Save your resources! inetd/xinetd will ensure that the program is only started when it is needed.

maverick_hunter_17 · none Joined: 02 Sep 2004 Posts: 1

you might have to open a port to 113 for ident depending on what type of router you use if you have a LAN Connection... and forward it to your puter