identd processes

[kaworu at bu.edu (Evan Sarmiento)]

Ooops. Identd, you don't need it. Unless you need to IRC, or something
along those lines.

- Evan S. | http://sekt7.tripod.com

On Thu, 7 Sep 2000, Evan S wrote:

> It depends. Look in /etc/inetd.conf. When you kill inetd, all your services
> listed in that file will stop. But, you do _not_ need inetd running.
> 
> On 07-Sep-2000 David Lapointe wrote:
> > I was still having problems with Netscape starting up really slow and  popup
> > warnings asking me to decide between removing the app and waiting for the
> > save-yourself process to be found.  
> > 
> > This started after I put  a  residential gateway between my cable modem and
> > my
> > home LAN.  Running the admin tool indicated just under 20 identd sessions
> > going.
> > 
> > I stopped the identd and voila , no more startup problems with Netscape.
> > 
> > My question: do I need identd running?  I suspect there is a problem with it
> > and  the residential gateway.
> > 
> > 
> > 
> >  -- 
> >  .david
> >  David Lapointe
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