I checked for ident but it wasn't running so then I started looking for
something that was trying to use ident. I found that the new ipop3
service (in /etc/xinetd.d) was configured to with the following:
service pop3
{
disable = no
socket_type = stream
wait = no
user = root
server = /usr/sbin/ipop3d
log_on_success += USERID
log_on_failure += USERID
}
After looking through the man for xinetd.conf, I changed it to:
service pop3
{
disable = no
socket_type = stream
wait = no
user = root
server = /usr/sbin/ipop3d
log_on_success += HOST DURATION
log_on_failure += HOST
}
The difference is in the log_on_success and log_on_failure variables. If
set to USERID, the service calls for a hostname lookup before logging to
the logfile. If set to HOST, it only logs the host address without the
lookup.
An added benefit: this is true with any of the xinetd services, ie. ftp,
imap, etc.
And there's more: the nospoof on setting in the hosts file also sends
out for a host name lookup. Setting nospoof off solves this problem. If
you're not using rlogin, it isn't used anyway (Idon't think).
Thanks for your help.
Paul Dubinsky
flxent.com
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