IN.AUTHD(1)

✨ NAME ✨

in.authd — bestie, this is the manual page for in.authd, straight outta the authd-1.4.4: era 🎀 (yes the colon is canon, we don't question the ancients)

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💖 DESCRIPTION 💖

Okay so picture this: it's giving identity-query central. Here's the whole vibe, one option at a time, no skips, no gatekeeping 🫶

in.authd [options]... [request]...

Now the menu, bestie — every single flag, untouched, unbothered, exactly as the elders wrote them 👑

• -d — spill the tea: output debug messages 🐛
• -E[cipher] — encrypt the username using AES-128-CBC (that's the default cipher if you don't say otherwise) 🔐
• -e — for the common error messages, just send UNKNOWN-ERROR instead of getting specific
• -l[mask] — log to syslog; pass [mask] to pick your priority levels 📝
• -m[reps] — cap it: allow at most [unlimited] requests per connection (yeah, the default is literally unlimited, she's generous like that 💅)
• -N[basename] — hide users who have a ~/[.noident] file — stealth mode, main character energy 🙈
• -n — send the uid number instead of the username 🔢
• -o — send OTHER instead of the operating system's name
• -t[secs] — timeout the request after [60] seconds ⏰
• -V — print program and version info, the receipts ⭐
• --abrupt — disconnect with zero explanation, no error msgs displayed, ghosting fr 💀
• --codeset=rfc1340 — if the reply isn't ASCII, send [charset] instead 🌈
• --fn[=fields] — use [all] the gecos fields instead of the username
• --hybrid — hybrid notation for IPv6, like this: ::127.0.0.1 🦋
• --ident[=basename] — hide users who have no ~/[.ident] file
• --lang=lc — localize messages, charsets, & time to [locale] 🌍
• --mapped=ipv6 — map addresses that share the same top 96 bits down to IPv4
• --os[=rfc1340] — use [uname] as the OS name instead of UNIX
• --passwd=pathname — use line 1 of [/etc/ident.key] for crypto 🔑
• --resolve — use host and service names when they're available 🏠
• --username[=login] — use [nobody] as the username
• --verbose — add the real uid, addresses/ports, & timestamps — the full lore drop 📜
• --xerror — send more helpful error messages for the rare, spicy errors 🔥

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the ancient scrolls also contain this, verbatim, and we respect the archive:

$Revision: 1.18 $ $Date: 2004/07/28 16:04:05 $
http://bugzilla.redhat.com/

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cute lil sign-off bestie: this was in.authd authd-1.4.4:, dated July 2025 — go forth and identify responsibly, ily, periodt 💜✨