oidentd problem

darkrad · 09-14-2005, 03:24 AM

i have 2 pc linked to a router, one with linux 1) and one with win 2). since i can't nat 113 port on both computers, i wanted to run oidentd on 1) machine and reply to 2) ident requests with the masqaurading option.
/etc/default/oidentd shows like this:

Code:

# options to use when starting oidentd as daemon:
# -m    lookup masquaraded connections in /etc/oidentd_masq.users
# -f    forward requests for masquaraded connections to real host
# -q    don't log connections to oidentd
# see oidentd(:cool: for detailed list
OIDENT_OPTIONS="-mf"

# user / group
OIDENT_USER=nobody
OIDENT_GROUP=nogroup

# Allow the default router to act as an oidentd proxy? (yes/no)
# this is needed behind a masquarading router that runs oidentd -f
# if your identd proxy is not the default router, you have to
# manually specify it via -P
OIDENT_BEHIND_PROXY=yes

and /etc/oident_masq.conf has this line:

Code:

192.168.2.2                   someident             UNIX

since 2) has that internal ip.
Then i tried on win machine but i get no answer...
any clue?

Ike M. · 09-14-2005, 05:12 AM

not personally familiar with the particular operation that you are attempting (on port 113? Authentication?)

Something that I noticed is that your only user listed is 'nobody'... and no group. Is that maybe something that needs to be adjusted? That is kind of a shot in the dark because I'm not sure exactly what it is that you are attempting to do with your windows box that is not successful...

However I do know that the 'nobody' account is for reading root's mail (for some reason when you are logged in as root you can't read some of your system mail), and I'm not sure if that is really what you want here. Sorry for wasting your time if I am wrong about this

darkrad · 09-14-2005, 05:43 AM

113 port is ident service. i can get right reply if i use the service from linux box, but i get no reply from windows one. since 113 server is running on linux box, i thoguth that masquarading option was to fill other box's requests.

darkrad · 09-16-2005, 04:04 AM

thanks to a friend, i fixed using a workaround (using "-r someident" option).
if i run it in foreground (-i option), when ident is requested by the win machine, i get:

Code:

Connection from 81.95.242.131:0
[81.95.242.131] Failed lookup: 1877 , 2000 : (returned someident)

lookup fails, so it returns "someident" (thanks to -r option).
is there a better way to do it?