45 lines
1.1 KiB
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45 lines
1.1 KiB
Groff
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.TH "nullidentd" "8" "January 24, 2001" "" ""
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.SH "NAME"
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nullidentd \- a bare minimum identd server
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.SH "SYNOPSIS"
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.B nullidentd
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.RI [uid]
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.br
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.SH "DESCRIPTION"
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This manual page documents briefly the
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.B nullidentd
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command. This manual page was written for the Debian GNU/Linux distribution
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because the original program does not have a manual page.
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.PP
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.B Nullidentd
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is intended to be a bare minimum identd server, suitable for a firewall or IP
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Masq/NAT gateway.
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.SH "OPTIONS"
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.B nullidentd
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takes only one optional argument, the username to answer with.
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If this is omitted,
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.B nullidentd
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will reply with the username \*(lqfoobar\*(rq.
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If the username is RANDOM, a random string is generated.
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.SH "USAGE"
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.B nullidentd
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is typically invoked from inetd. The following
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is a typical inetd.conf example:
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.br
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.nh
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auth stream tcp nowait nobody /usr/sbin/nullidentd nullidentd
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.hy
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.SH "AUTHOR"
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.B
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nullidentd
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is written by Brian Young <bayoung@acm.org>
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.PP
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This manual page was written by John H. Robinson, IV <jaqque@debian.org>,
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for the Debian GNU/Linux system (but may be used by others).
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