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17 .Dd $Mdocdate: April 29 2013 $
22 .Nd Identification Protocol daemon
30 is a server which implements the Identification Protocol as specified in
34 operates by looking up specific TCP/IP connections and returning
35 the name of the user running the process responsible for the connection.
37 The options are as follows:
42 to use IPv4 addresses only.
46 to use IPv6 addresses only.
49 If this option is specified,
51 will run in the foreground and log to stderr.
61 Hide the actual information about the user by providing an opaque
63 This token is entered into the local system logs
64 so that the administrator can later discover who the real user was.
66 Listen on the specified address.
69 listens on wildcard addresses.
71 When replying with a user name or ID, first
74 in the user's home directory.
75 If this file is accessible, return
77 instead of the normal USERID response.
79 Always return UID numbers instead of usernames.
81 Specifies the idle timeout for client connections,
83 The default timeout is 120 seconds.
91 .%T Identification Protocol
96 command was originally a process run via
100 as a persistent non-blocking daemon.