nullidentd(8)

📦 version 1.0, in debian bookworm, debian trixie, ubuntu jammy, ubuntu noble, ubuntu questing, ubuntu resolute, ubuntu stonking

💖 nullidentd(8) — the manual page, bestie edition 💖

okay so like, welcome to the nullidentd(8) manual page?? yes, the whole thing, and no I'm not gatekeeping ✨

🌸 NAME 🌸

nullidentd — a bare minimum identd server 💅

like. bare minimum. the absolute skinniest little identd. she's on a diet and she's thriving 🎀

🦋 SYNOPSIS 🦋

nullidentd [uid]

one optional lil argument, that's the whole vibe 🌈

✨ DESCRIPTION ✨

so this manual page documents briefly the nullidentd command 💖 and lowkey important lore: this page was written for the Debian GNU/Linux distribution because the original program does not have a manual page 😭 so like, we're doing the most for her fr fr.

nullidentd is intended to be a bare minimum identd server — and when I say intended, I mean it's literally the point — suitable for a firewall or an IP Masq/NAT gateway 👑

not me giving you the entire personality of this program in two sentences. she's minimal, she's iconic, she's built for gateways. periodt. 🔥

💜 OPTIONS 💜

  • [uid] — okay so nullidentd takes only one optional argument, and that's the username to answer with. If you omit it, nullidentd will reply with the username foobar 🍓. And if the username is RANDOM, a random string is generated 🎲✨

that's it. that's the whole options list. no flag soup, no thirty pages of -X variants. she ate and left no crumbs 🫶

🧚 USAGE 🧚

nullidentd is typically invoked from inetd 👀 the following is a typical inetd.conf example:

auth stream tcp nowait nobody /usr/sbin/nullidentd nullidentd

copy it, paste it, live your truth 💖

👑 AUTHOR 👑

nullidentd is written by Brian Young <bayoung@acm.org> 💌

This manual page was written by John H. Robinson, IV <jaqque@debian.org>, for the Debian GNU/Linux system (but may be used by others) 🌈 — yes bestie, may be used by others, the generosity?? the inclusivity?? we love to see it 🥹

and that's the whole page, no skips, no cuts, every single crumb preserved 💅✨

signed, sealed, delivered — nullidentd(8), January 24, 2001** 📅** — and if you made it to the bottom of this manpage you're literally the main character, go run her, slay, bye 🎀💖🦋

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