NAME

       nullidentd - a bare minimum identd server

SYNOPSIS

       nullidentd [uid]

DESCRIPTION

       This  manual  page documents briefly the nullidentd command.  This manual page was written
       for the Debian GNU/Linux distribution because the original program does not have a  manual
       page.

       Nullidentd  is  intended to be a bare minimum identd server, suitable for a firewall or IP
       Masq/NAT gateway.

OPTIONS

       nullidentd takes only one optional argument, the username to  answer  with.   If  this  is
       omitted,  nullidentd  will reply with the username “foobar”.  If the username is RANDOM, a
       random string is generated.

USAGE

       nullidentd is typically invoked from inetd. The following is a typical inetd.conf example:
       auth stream tcp nowait nobody /usr/sbin/nullidentd nullidentd

AUTHOR

       nullidentd is written by Brian Young <bayoung@acm.org>

       This manual page was written by John H. Robinson, IV <jaqque@debian.org>, for  the  Debian
       GNU/Linux system (but may be used by others).

                                         January 24, 2001                           nullidentd(8)