NAME

hidentd - a simple ident server

SYNOPSIS

hidentd [-p username] [-u username] [-s] [-v] [-h]

hidentd is a simple ident (RFC1413) server. It provides remote servers with names of local users connecting to them.

There are no mandatory options. When executed without any options, hidentd will answer with real usernames and log via syslog.

-u username: Answer with username when real owner of the connection cannot be found. This is useful for masqueraded/NAT connections.
-p username: Answer all queries with username. Never answer with real names.
-s: Log to standard error (stderr) instead of syslog
-v: Be verbose - log every incoming query
-h: Display a short help message

hidentd may be invoked from inetd, xinetd, or tcpserver. See doc/README.* for usage examples.