[NTLUG:Discuss] Still having identd issues.

[Rick Matthews]

> Keep in mind I'm running this on a RH 8.0 box with a PII 466 Mhz
> proc, 256 Megs mem.

I just did a RH 8.0 install 2 days ago.  After the install I fired
up X, opened the "Start here" folder, selected "Server..." (it was the
only one with Server in the name), then "Services".  I scrolled 
down to "identd" and clicked "start".

Rick



> -----Original Message-----
> From: discuss-bounces at ntlug.org [mailto:discuss-bounces at ntlug.org]On
> Behalf Of Wayne Dahl
> Sent: Thursday, February 06, 2003 1:29 AM
> To: NTLUG
> Subject: [NTLUG:Discuss] Still having identd issues.
> 
> 
> Ok, I'm not sure if I actually have pident installed on this machine or
> not.  When I do a locate pident, I get this returned...
> 
> [root at localhost root]# locate pident
> /usr/share/doc/pidentd-3.0.14
> /usr/share/doc/pidentd-3.0.14/ChangeLog
> /usr/share/doc/pidentd-3.0.14/BUGS
> /usr/share/doc/pidentd-3.0.14/INSTALL
> /usr/share/doc/pidentd-3.0.14/FAQ
> /usr/share/doc/pidentd-3.0.14/KNOWNBUGS
> /usr/share/doc/pidentd-3.0.14/README
> /usr/share/doc/pidentd-3.0.14/Y2K
> /usr/share/doc/pidentd-3.0.14/rfc1413.txt
> /usr/share/apps/kconf_update/kmail-pgpidentity.pl
> 
> I have tried downloading the pident-3.0.14-8.i386.rpm file from several
> places, it looks like it's there ok and when I attempt to install it via
> rpm, this is what I get...
> 
> [root at localhost i386]# rpm -i pident-3.0.14-8.i386.rpm
> error: open of pident-3.0.14-8.i386.rpm failed: No such file or
> directory
> 
> 
> I've even tried this...
> 
> [root at localhost i386]# rpm -U pident-3.0.14-8.i386.rpm
> error: open of pident-3.0.14-8.i386.rpm failed: No such file or
> directory
> 
> When I do a listing, this is what I get...
> 
> root at localhost i386]# ls -l p*
> -rw-r--r--    1 root     root        59950 Sep  3 00:00
> pidentd-3.0.14-8.i386.rpm
> 
> So...what am I doing wrong here?  On the web pages I've seen, references
> are made to /etc/inetd.conf, which I do not have, a /etc/identd.conf
> which I don't have (I do have a xidentd.conf, but it doesn't have the
> same entries listed on the web pages) and also a /etc/identd.masq that
> is non-existent on my machine.
> 
> 
> According to the INSTALL file in the doc directory for pident, it gives
> the install directions.  I'm assuming you have to run ./configure from
> the directory pident is in, but I can't find any pident file to install
> from.  So...now that you know the big mess I have, what do I do to fix
> it?  Keep in mind I'm running this on a RH 8.0 box with a PII 466 Mhz
> proc, 256 Megs mem.
> 
> Thanks again,
> 
> Wayne
> 
> 
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