LinuxQuestions.org - psybnc & ident lookups

Hi all,

To sum up the problem: oident will not return the user of a psybnc account, but rather returns that of the system user who's running the psybnc.

Now if I set oisent d ro run as root with

Code:

/usr/local/sbin/oidentd -d

Then the ident look up works if I have this as my /etc/oidentd.conf file

Code:

default {

 default {

  allow spoof

  allow spoof_all

  allow spoof_privport

  allow random

  allow random_numeric

  allow numeric

  allow hide

 }

}

This conf file above is given on the main psybnc page. Clearly running oidentd as root isn't such a good idea.. So how can I allow the lookups to work whilst using this as start up command?

Code:

/usr/local/sbin/oidentd -d -u ident -g ident

The ident group & user does exist ofc..

Ideally, I would like to use this as my config file, so that 2 psybnc's on my system (user1 & user2) Can spoof the ident reply, but all other users are not allowed to, this is what I believe is right:

Code:

default {

        default {

                deny spoof

                deny spoof_all

                deny spoof_privport

                allow random_numeric

                allow numeric

                allow hide

        }

}



user root {

        default {

                force reply "UNKNOWN"

        }

}



user user1 {

        default {

                allow spoof

                allow spoof_all

                allow spoof_privport

                allow random

                allow random_numeric

                allow numeric

                allow hide

        }

}



user user2 {

        default {

                allow spoof

                allow spoof_all

                allow spoof_privport

                allow random

                allow random_numeric

                allow numeric

                allow hide

        }

}

Would anyone be kind enough to help this :newbie: ? Firstly to get the correct ident replies when it is run as non-root, and then clarification if my 2nd conf file will do as I require?

Thanks for your help :)