[olug] getting on dalnet

[Mike Hostetler]

On Fri, Aug 10, 2001 at 03:52:53PM -0400, barlow wrote:
> first off thanks phil and eric for the help with the sound card. I have the 
> drivers now i have to read up on where to install them. ok ok when i try to 
> get on dalnet it say i am akilled and i dont have an ident services 
> install or running. how do i know if i have one and what is the command to 
> turn it on? thanks for your time and help..
> 

I remember having to do this for EFnet a while back.  Let's see if I
remember . . . 

To check if it is running:  type "ps aux|grep ident".  This will list
*all* the processes and find any string that matches "ident".

It probably isn't running, though, if you can't connect to IRC.  The next
step is to edit your /etc/services file and see if ident services are
turned on.  Edit it as root with your favorite editor (which should be vi,
but hey . . .) and do a search for "ident" in the file (in vi, it's
"/ident", in anything else I don't really know).  The line is probably
commented out (has a "#" at the beginning of it).  Just removed the "#".  After
that, I'm not sure if you have to restart inetd or if it now "just works".
Try connecting  - if that doesn't work, stop and start inetd (or reboot, if
you are more comfortable with that).

Hope that helps . . . 

Mike

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