identd function not working in IRC

Dec 18, '00 01:35:43AM

Contributed by: robg

If you are an IRC user, and you notice that your identd function only seems to work when you're logged in as root, head on over to this thread on the MacFixIt forums for a quick edit fix to make it functional again.

I've also noted the how-to in the body of this article just for posterity, but please, support all the Mac sites by reading the original over on MacFixIt!

The problem is in a file called inetd.conf. Here's how you fix it, as described by Mike Vannorsdel in the forum thread:

Open a terminal session, and edit /etc/inetd.conf. Change the last line from

#ident stream tcp wait root /usr/libexec/tcpd identd -w -t120
to
auth stream tcp wait root /usr/libexec/tcpd identd -w -t120
Save the changes and reboot, and you should be good to go!

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