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Re: [TCLUG:10789] IRC general question



Which would be well and good, save that I don't have the liberty of running
linux at my
clients' site...
----- Original Message -----
From: ryan goldberg <rgoldber@d.umn.edu>
To: <tclug-list@mn-linux.org>
Sent: Thursday, December 02, 1999 2:37 PM
Subject: Re: [TCLUG:10789] IRC general question


> Get the identd package (it should have came with your distribution
> actually) install it and make sure it's being started in /etc/inetd.conf
>
> -ryan           be kind.
>
> On Thu, 2 Dec 1999, Brian J. Ackermann wrote:
>
> > Ok, a few weeks back it was suggested to me that I log on to an IRC
channel
> > (#linux) to more easily communicate with an individual.  I was unable to
> > connect to the irc.umn.edu:6667 server, due to an 'ident' error, which,
I've
> > since learned, means I need some kind of ident server to connect
through.
> > What must I do to connect to these servers?  I've got two recent
clients.
> > Ircle for the mac, and mIRC for wintel.  mIRC even comes with something
it
> > calls an ident server, but, upon activating it, I see no difference upon
> > login, just the following...
> >
> > -
> > [14:18] *** Connecting to irc.umn.edu (6667)
> > -
> > [14:18] -irc.umn.edu- *** Looking up your hostname...
> > -
> > [14:18] -irc.umn.edu- *** Found your hostname, cached
> > -
> > [14:18] -irc.umn.edu- *** Checking Ident
> > -
> > [14:18] -irc.umn.edu- *** No Ident response
> > -
> > Closing Link: 144.15.8.107 (You are not authorized to use this server)
> > -
> > [14:18] *** Disconnected
> >
> > ==========
> >
> > I just need to get this working, because I hate to leave things
> > unfinished...
> >
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