Package: oidentd Version: 2.3.2-1 Severity: wishlist Hello,
when run with inetd with an user != root, oidentd refuses to run: Apr 30 14:50:54 xxx oidentd[29962]: Fatal: Failed to drop privileges (kernel) ident stream tcp nowait oidentd /usr/sbin/tcpd oidentd -i -I I think, dropping of privileges should not be tried when already running within a different user account. -- System Information: Debian Release: 10.3 APT prefers stable-updates APT policy: (500, 'stable-updates'), (500, 'stable') Architecture: amd64 (x86_64) Kernel: Linux 4.19.0-8-amd64 (SMP w/2 CPU cores) Locale: LANG=en_US.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_US.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8), LANGUAGE=en_US.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8) Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash Init: sysvinit (via /sbin/init) Versions of packages oidentd depends on: ii adduser 3.118 ii iproute2 4.20.0-2 ii libc6 2.28-10 ii libcap-ng0 0.7.9-2 ii libnetfilter-conntrack3 1.0.7-1 ii lsb-base 10.2019051400 ii net-tools 201407242107-wheezy ii netbase 5.6 oidentd recommends no packages. oidentd suggests no packages. -- Configuration Files: /etc/default/oidentd changed: exit 0 OIDENT_OPTIONS="-mf" OIDENT_USER=oident OIDENT_GROUP=oident OIDENT_BEHIND_PROXY=no -- no debconf information