ident(3tcl) Identification protocol client ident(3tcl)
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NAME
ident - Ident protocol client
SYNOPSIS
package require Tcl 8.3
package require ident ?0.42?
::ident::query socket ?callback?
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DESCRIPTION
The ident package provides a client implementation of the ident proto-
col as defined in RFC 1413 (http://www.rfc-editor.org/rfc/rfc1413.txt).
::ident::query socket ?callback?
This command queries the ident daemon on the remote side of the
given socket, and returns the result of the query as a dictio-
nary. Interpreting the dictionary as list the first key will
always be resp-type, and can have one of the values USERID, ER-
ROR, and FATAL. These response types have the following mean-
ings:
USERID This indicates a successful response. Two more keys and
associated values are returned, opsys, and user-id.
ERROR This means the ident server has returned an error. A
second key named error is present whose value contains
the error-type field from the server response.
FATAL Fatal errors happen when no ident server is listening on
the remote side, or when the ident server gives a re-
sponse that does not conform to the RFC. A detailed error
message is returned under the error key.
BUGS, IDEAS, FEEDBACK
This document, and the package it describes, will undoubtedly contain
bugs and other problems. Please report such in the category ident of
the Tcllib Trackers [http://core.tcl.tk/tcllib/reportlist]. Please
also report any ideas for enhancements you may have for either package
and/or documentation.
When proposing code changes, please provide unified diffs, i.e the out-
put of diff -u.
Note further that attachments are strongly preferred over inlined
patches. Attachments can be made by going to the Edit form of the
ticket immediately after its creation, and then using the left-most
button in the secondary navigation bar.
KEYWORDS
ident, identification, rfc 1413
CATEGORY
Networking
COPYRIGHT
Copyright (c) 2004 Reinhard Max <max@tclers.tk>
tcllib 0.42 ident(3tcl)