hidentd

Running hidentd with ucspi-tcp and daemontools

Ucspi-tcp/daemontools is a recommended way of running hidentd. To create a daemontools service for hidentd:

1. Create user hidentd belonging to group hidentd. Create user hidlog belonging to group hidlog.
2. Create /etc/hidentd and /etc/hidentd/log
3. Put this into /etc/hidentd/run:

   #!/bin/bash
   HIUID=`id -u hidentd`
   HIGID=`id -g hidentd`
   exec /usr/local/bin/tcpserver -R -H -l 0 -u $HIUID -g $HIGID 0 auth /usr/local/sbin/hidentd -s 2>&1
   

   On FreeBSD, hidentd has to be run as root:

   #!/bin/bash
   exec /usr/local/bin/tcpserver -R -H -l 0 0 auth /usr/local/sbin/hidentd -s 2>&1
   

4. Create /var/log/hidentd, owned by hidlog.hidlog
5. Put this into /etc/hidentd/log/run:

   #!/bin/bash
   exec setuidgid hidlog multilog t /var/log/hidentd
   

6. Link /etc/hidentd to /service.

After 5 seconds hidentd should be up and running.

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