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ident(3tcl) Identification protocol client ident(3tcl) 





NAME


ident - Ident protocol client






SYNOPSIS


package require Tcl 8.3


package require ident ?0.42?


::ident::query socket ?callback?










DESCRIPTION


The ident package provides a client implementation of the
    ident protocol 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 dictionary. Interpreting
      the dictionary as list the first key will always be resp-type, and
      can have one of the values USERID, ERROR, and FATAL.
      These response types have the following meanings:







  

  
This indicates a successful response. Two more keys and associated values
      are returned, opsys, and user-id.

  

  
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 errors happen when no ident server is listening on the remote side,
      or when the ident server gives a response 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 output 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>








  

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    tcllib