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diff --git a/doc/minidentd.html b/doc/minidentd.html deleted file mode 100644 index d1fb546..0000000 --- a/doc/minidentd.html +++ /dev/null @@ -1,84 +0,0 @@ -<html> - <head> - <meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1.0" /> - <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" /> - <meta http-equiv="Content-Language" content="en" /> - <title>s6-networking: the minidentd program</title> - <meta name="Description" content="s6-networking: the minidentd program" /> - <meta name="Keywords" content="s6-networking minidentd identd ident server rfc 1413" /> - <!-- <link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="//skarnet.org/default.css" /> --> - </head> -<body> - -<p> -<a href="index.html">s6-networking</a><br /> -<a href="//skarnet.org/software/">Software</a><br /> -<a href="//skarnet.org/">skarnet.org</a> -</p> - -<h1> The <tt>minidentd</tt> program </h1> - -<p> -<tt>minidentd</tt> is a small -<a href="https://cr.yp.to/proto/ucspi.txt">UCSPI</a> server application -that answers IDENT requests. -</p> - -<h2> Interface </h2> - -<pre> - minidentd [ -v ] [ -n | -i | -r ] [ -y <em>file</em> ] [ -t <em>timeout</em> ] -</pre> - -<p> -<tt>minidentd</tt> reads a series of IDENT requests on stdin and answers -them on stdout. It logs what it's doing on stderr. The environment -variables <em>x</em>LOCALIP and <em>x</em>REMOTEIP, where <em>x</em> is -the value of the PROTO environment variable, must contain the IDENT -server address and the IDENT client address, respectively. -</p> - -<p> - minidentd exits 0 on success, 100 on a usage error and 111 on a system -call failure. -</p> - -<p> - minidentd does not contact the network directly. It's meant to -run under a super-server like -<a href="s6-tcpserver.html">s6-tcpserver</a>. minidentd will -work with IPv4 as well as IPv6. -</p> - -<h2> Options </h2> - -<ul> - <li> <tt>-v</tt> : verbose mode. Log queries and replies. </li> - <li> <tt>-n</tt> : send ERROR : HIDDEN-USER replies if -the user has a <tt>.ident</tt> file in their home directory. </li> - <li> <tt>-i</tt> : user-defined answers. The first 14 chars of the -user's <tt>.ident</tt> file, up to EOF or newline, are used instead of -the user name. If the file exists and is empty, send -ERROR : HIDDEN-USER. If it doesn't exist, send a normal reply. </li> - <li> <tt>-r</tt> : send random replies. </li> - <li> <tt>-y <em>file</em></tt> : valid with <tt>-n</tt> or <tt>-i</tt>. -Use <em>file</em> instead of <tt>.ident</tt>. </li> - <li> <tt>-t <em>timeout</em></tt> : close connection after -<em>timeout</em> milliseconds without a client request. </li> -</ul> - -<h2> Notes </h2> - -<ul> - <li> minidentd works only under Linux (2.2 or later); -on other systems, it will compile and run, but report an error for every -request. -The problem is that <em>there is no portable Unix way</em> of listing active -outgoing TCP connections with the relevant uids. On Linux, minidentd parses -the <tt>/proc/net/tcp</tt> or <tt>/proc/net/tcp6</tt> virtual file. Other -systems have their own way of doing this, if you want your system to be -supported by minidentd, please contact the author. </li> -</ul> - -</body> -</html> |