Re: ident

From: Zeavon (zeavon@kilnar.com)
Date: 05/14/99


The usernames may be missing because the server that they are coming from
may have ident turned off.

Or they could be coming from a Windows (any flavor) based machine which
doesn't do ident, which is most likely the case.

--
Zeavon Calatin, Spear of Insanity
spear.kilnar.com:1066
http://www.kilnar.com/spear/


> -----Original Message-----
> From: Circle Discussion List
> [mailto:CIRCLE@post.queensu.ca]On Behalf Of
> Fafhrd
> Sent: Thursday, May 13, 1999 7:43 PM
> To: CIRCLE@post.queensu.ca
> Subject:  ident
>
>
> Im having troubles with this package. No one ever has the login name
> prepended. I added a bit more logging to the various functions...
>   case CON_IDCONED:
>     /* connected, write request */
>
>     sprintf(buf, "%d, %d\n\r", ntohs(d->peer_port), port);
>
>     len = strlen(buf);
>     if (write(d->ident_sock, buf, len) != len) {
>       if (errno != EPIPE) {     /* read end closed (no remote
> identd) */
>         logerror("ident check write (conned)");
>         log("IDENT: check write, conned");      // just a
> dupe of above
> message, as I
>       } else
> // rarely see
> perrors
>         log("IDENT: check write, conned2");    // I added
> this one here, and
> its the
>       STATE(d) = CON_ASKNAME;              // one filling my logs.
>       break;
>     }
>
>     STATE(d) = CON_IDREADING;
>
> Erik Madison
> ICQ #13940294
> www.greyhawk.org
> fafhrd@greyhawk.org
>
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