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NAME
in.identtestd - a small daemon that can be used to test Ident servers
SYNOPSIS
in.identtestd
DESCRIPTION
in.identtestd
is a small daemon (to be started from inetd)
that does an ident lookup on you if you telnet into it. Can be used
to verify that your Ident server is working correctly.
The source code can be found in the debian libident source package, as
ident-tester.c.
With the above entry in place and active, execute "telnet hostname 9999"
from either this system, or another system. It should show something like:
Trying hostname...
Connected to hostname.
Escape character is '^]'.
Welcome to the IDENT server tester, version 1.9
(Linked with libident 0.22 Debian)
Connecting to Ident server at 192.168.1.1...
Querying for lport 1109, fport 9999....
Reading response data...
Userid response is:
Lport........ 1109
Fport........ 9999
Opsys........ UNIX
Charset...... <not specified>
Identifier... paul
Connection closed by foreign host.