How to disable the ident service?

[dictum9]

hp-ux 11.23

How do I check that the ident service is running, and how do I turn it off?

[Jeff_Traigle · Accepted solution]

Check for the following line in /etc/inetd.conf:

auth stream tcp6 wait bin /usr/lbin/identd identd

To disable, comment it and then run "inetd -c".

[dictum9]

will it break anything if I disable it?

[Tim Nelson]

Only the ident service :)

[Jeff_Traigle]

If you're using Serviceguard, you'll want to add the -i option to a couple of the inetd.conf entries to allow it to operate without ident. The modified lines are:

hacl-probe stream tcp nowait root /opt/cmom/lbin/cmomd /opt/cmom/lbin/cmo
md -i -f /var/opt/cmom/cmomd.log -r /var/opt/cmom
hacl-cfg stream tcp nowait root /usr/lbin/cmclconfd cmclconfd -c -i

Other than Serviceguard, I'm not aware of any other HP product that relies on it. If you have third-party applications, check with them to see what impact there will be.

[dictum9]

Thanks for clarifying that..

Also it seems that it's not a recommended procedure. I think I will keep indent service activated.