From Bugzilla Helper: User-Agent: Mozilla/4.78 [en] (X11; U; Linux 2.4.9-21 i686) Description of problem: The default xinetd config /etc/xinetd.d/wu-ftpd add USERID as a log option for success or failure. This causes xinetd to attempt an identd (auth) connection to the connecting host. This fails when the host isn't running an identd daemon or is behind a firewall blocking identd connections. Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): wu-ftpd-2.6.1-20 How reproducible: Always Steps to Reproduce: 1.Make an ftp connection from a host without an identd daemon or one behind a firewall 2.Start tcpdump or some other packet sniffer on the connection. 3. Actual Results: There is a long delay before the ftp server responds. tcpdump shows attempts by the ftp server to connect to identd (tcp port 113). Expected Results: identd should not be invoked. It's a security problem and forcing clients to run it or suffer delays if they don't is a bad idea. Additional info: This was reported (by someone else) as a problem with xinetd (bug #55936). However the problem is not with xinetd itself but with the configuration of various daemons which require it to initiate an identd connection.
Agreed, turned off in 2.6.2-5