How to Install and Uninstall oidentd Package on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)

Last updated: May 10,2024

1. Install "oidentd" package

This guide covers the steps necessary to install oidentd on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)


    
        
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                sudo apt update
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt install
            
                        
                oidentd
            
                    
    
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2. Uninstall "oidentd" package

This is a short guide on how to uninstall oidentd on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus):


    
        
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                sudo apt remove
            
                        
                oidentd
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the oidentd package on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)

Package: oidentd
Priority: extra
Section: universe/net
Installed-Size: 128
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Magnus Holmgren
Architecture: amd64
Version: 2.0.8-8
Replaces: ident-server
Provides: ident-server
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.14), netbase, adduser, iproute2 | net-tools
Conflicts: ident-server, logcheck-database (<= 1.3.3)
Filename: pool/universe/o/oidentd/oidentd_2.0.8-8_amd64.deb
Size: 44696
MD5sum: 7ca9ccb8c2ab9c59a50b89de91a97c17
SHA1: 605deeb5d069b8d474e5cf20bda82fb4e0d429a8
SHA256: 7a9011b3321574626a76aedb6ed439aca8b86dec7297b68a3493216b127c0bb1
Description-en: replacement ident daemon
An ident (rfc1413) daemon for IPv4 and IPv6.
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Oidentd allows users, given the proper permission, to specify the
identd response that the server will output when a successful lookup
is completed. Oidentd also allows for pseudo-random strings
(either a prefix, such as "user," followed by a number between 0 and
99999, or 10 pseudo-random characters of the set 0-9A-Za-z) to be
returned upon the completion of a successful lookup instead of a
username or a UID.
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Oidentd supports IPv4 masqueraded connections, including netfilter.
Description-md5: 65a257a29a6dffd112177197d356192b
Homepage: http://ojnk.sourceforge.net/
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Origin: Ubuntu