[expert] identd permissions /proc/net

[Frank Reid]

I've run into a problem with Mandrake 7.0.  I installed identd (actually,
midentd as this box masquerades internal hosts with ipchains) which
in.midentd runs as nobody.nobody from inetd.  All ident challenges fail with
a log entry that permission is denied for /proc/net/tcp.  If I chmod
/proc/net directory, identd requests succeed.  However, the permissions soon
revert to the old permissions unexpectedly.

Is this a bug with Mandrake or is it something I'm doing wrong?  Should
identd run as a root?

Frank