Oidentd

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NiGHTFiRE
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Oidentd

Post by NiGHTFiRE »

Hello,
I'm using SuSE 10.0 and i've decided to install oidentd on my server.
So I went to their website and downloaded Oidentd 2.0.8 and then i followed the install file, first i wrote ./configurate, every thing ran smooth, then i wrote make, everything ran smooth, then i wrote make install, everything ran smooth.
No errors and it seemed that the installation was in order.
So of course i need to find the oidentd configuration file, oidentd.conf. I've read that it's supposted to be in etc/.
But it wasn't, then i simply searched the computer by issueing this command:
find / -iname "oidentd" and i got:
/usr/local/sbin/oidentd
/home/david/oidentd-2.0.8/src/oidentd


But I coudn't find the oidentd.conf file so I coudn't setup with user that can set up idents..
And I still have that problem. Didn't I install it correctly?
If you know what to do please tell me.
Thanks
derchris
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Post by derchris »

If you don't have one in etc, then you should create one,
There are several howtos which explain how to do a config file for it
NiGHTFiRE
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Post by NiGHTFiRE »

I've created one now. But now the problem is when i try to start oidentd I get:
public:/usr/share/tcl/tcl8.4 # /usr/local/sbin/oidentd start
[line 1] This construct is valid only for user configuration files
Error reading configuration file

The thing is that i've followed several guides and done exactly like they have said...
If you know how please tell me.
Thanks
defect
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Post by defect »

as far as i know, oidentd doesn't need a .conf-file to work. its basic task is pretty simple.
it's only if you need to customize its responses in any way.

what does your config-file look like now?
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Post by NiGHTFiRE »

I've fixed it :)
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