Subject: Re: CVS commit: src (identd -L)
To: Christoph Badura <bad@ora.de>
From: Jim Wise <jwise@draga.com>
List: tech-userlevel
Date: 05/18/1999 12:01:18
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On Tue, 18 May 1999, Christoph Badura wrote:

>Todd Vierling wrote:
>
>> On Tue, 18 May 1999, Christoph Badura wrote:
>
>> : >Add a -L (lie brazenly) flag [...]
>> : 
>> : How is that different from invoking identd with "-o -puserid"?
>
>> Exactly what is `-puserid'?  -p specifies a port number.
>
>Ick, typo.  I meant "-Fuserid".

- -F is really meant to provide reformatted information.  When using -o
- -F"string", identd still hits kvm and grovels around for the information
which might be returned.  -L is a fastpath to respond with a static
string and get out, without even doing kvm_open().

- -- 
				Jim Wise
				jwise@draga.com

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