Re: restricting identd to just the loopback adapter. - Mailing list pgsql-admin

From David Jericho
Subject Re: restricting identd to just the loopback adapter.
Date
Msg-id 20030128042420.GA13302@bytecomm.com.au
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In response to restricting identd to just the loopback adapter.  (jerry.nospam@theashergroup.com (Jerry Asher))
List pgsql-admin
On Sun, Jan 26, 2003 at 09:48:33PM -0800, Jerry Asher wrote:
> I installed pidentd from the red hat 8.0 distribution and started it
> up but, but looking over the conf files, there is apparently no way to
> restrict identd to listening/binding only to the localhost adapter.

The sgi_fam service contains an example, and it's detailed in the man
page xinetd.conf(5).

The option you're wanting is "bind".

The syntax being "bind = 127.0.0.1" in the service description stanza.

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David Jericho
Senior Systems Administrator, Bytecomm Pty Ltd


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