Hi there i ve been trying to install oidentd for a while now and i can only serv requests from local servers if i connect to the outside i dont get an identd reply.

[root@ns pidentd-3.0.14]# oidentd -i
Connection from 66.132.201.239:56718
[66.132.201.239] Successful lookup: 55404 , 6667 : sh4d0w (sh4d0w)

i don t have any tcp wrappers or anything it s running as a deamon can any one help me out please i m sooo dam close

try running the identd service.

is that what you forgot?

identd: port 113

i want to run oidentd not identd

i don t get it even identd works if i connect to a local server but as soon as i connect to say efnet it does'nt work i m bogled

my port 113 is filtered could this be why if so how can i "unfilter it" ??

if you are trying to use IRC,

when you connect and it says no ident response, this is either your routers firewall, or your machines firewall.

when you connect to IRC just let it sit there for a minute you can still log into IRC without
ident running aslo it could be that the IRC client you are using has ident disabled.

if you are running redhat try 'redhat-config-network' .
and unset your firewall.

"filtering" means that only specific request from certain machines can get through.
in your case it may be filtered to only accept 127.0.0.1.

What have you tried already to locate the heart of the problem?

k i tried 'redhat-config-network' and it come up with a sreen to configure ethernet isdn or modem i chose ethernet and there is really nothing in there about filtering only dhcp subnet mask settings.
i did chkconfig identd on and set rules in iptables to accept incoming 113 request tcp and udp i have no clue why it's still filtered

there has to be something filtering it cause i just got it working on a slckware server.

hah lol my isp does filter 113 sorry guys