X-Chat

[Doogee]

Hey its the newbie again.
This time its about X-Chat. It says to install identd. i never had to do this on mirc wtf do i do what identd and where do i get it?

Just then i tried running an mIRC client in wine off my win partition and it said "couldnt lookup hostname.
I would prefer to use x chat tho.

Thanks in advance...

[Master of Reality]

What distrobution is it?
How are you trying to install it.... rpm??

[Doogee]

Red hat 7.3, i already have X-Chat installed, i want to know what identd is so i can use X-chat

[Ice-9]

If I remember correctly that was an option you could switch on and off in mIRC (Windows).
I looked in my XChat setup and couldn't find any mention of Identd.
Which network are you trying to connect to?
As I mentioned in another thread I have problems connecting with Efnet (and it's bugging me beyond belief now) but others have no problem.

[voidmain]

Do a "man identd".  In RedHat it is a service you start up. I personally turn identd off on all my servers. But if you need it then start it by typing:

# /sbin/service identd start

To make it start automatically at bootup type:

# /sbin/chkconfig identd on

[Doogee]

Is it a security risk to have it turned on?

Ice9: I saw your post before you said u cant connect to efnet well i cant connect to anything, all i want is DalNet...

[Doogee]

Hey void main i just tried your thing and got this error

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Keep in mind i am a major linux newbie... so dont laugh at my newbieness!

[ September 24, 2002: Message edited by: Doogee ]

[ September 24, 2002: Message edited by: Doogee ]

[voidmain]

Sorry, you have to be root to start/stop services. Try "su -" first (and type in root's password. Then run the commands mentioned.