Package: pidentd
Version: 3.0.19.ds1-3
Severity: normal
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pidentd used to create its pidfile inside /var/run/identd (i.e.
~identd/), which was of course writable to identd. After problems
on Ubuntu-style tmpfs set-ups it has been moved to /var/run itself.
Unfortunately only root has the power to create files there... so
every time pidentd tries to run it logs
s_open("/var/run/identd.pid", O_WRONLY): Permission denied
...and dies.
As a workaround I can of course edit /etc/identd.conf and set
server:pid-file = "/var/tmp/identd.pid"
but it's hardly a great solution.
(By the way: feel free to stop supporting upgrades from Potato or
whatever it is that needs the pidentd-des transition package!)
-- System Information:
Debian Release: lenny/sid
APT prefers testing
APT policy: (500, 'testing'), (50, 'unstable')
Architecture: i386 (i586)
Kernel: Linux 2.6.21.local
Locale: LANG=en_GB.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_GB.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash
Versions of packages pidentd depends on:
ii adduser 3.102 Add and remove users and groups
ii libc6 2.5-9+b1 GNU C Library: Shared libraries
ii libssl0.9.8 0.9.8e-5 SSL shared libraries
ii netbase 4.29 Basic TCP/IP networking system
ii openbsd-inetd [inet-superse 0.20050402-6 The OpenBSD Internet Superserver
ii passwd 1:4.0.18.1-7 change and administer password and
ii update-inetd 4.27-0.5 inetd.conf updater
pidentd recommends no packages.
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JBR
Ankh kak! (Ancient Egyptian blessing)
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