How To Install oidentd on Kali Linux

In this tutorial we learn how to install oidentd on Kali Linux. oidentd is replacement ident daemon

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install oidentd on Kali Linux.

What is oidentd

oidentd is:

An ident (rfc1413) daemon for IPv4 and IPv6.

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.

Oidentd supports IPv4 masqueraded connections, including netfilter.

There are three methods to install oidentd on Kali Linux. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.

Install oidentd Using apt-get

Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install oidentd using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install oidentd

Install oidentd Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install oidentd using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install oidentd

Install oidentd Using aptitude

If you want to follow this method, you might need to install aptitude on Kali Linux first since aptitude is usually not installed by default on Kali Linux. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.

sudo aptitude update

After updating apt database, We can install oidentd using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install oidentd

How To Uninstall oidentd on Kali Linux

To uninstall only the oidentd package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove oidentd

Uninstall oidentd And Its Dependencies

To uninstall oidentd and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove oidentd

Remove oidentd Configurations and Data

To remove oidentd configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge oidentd

Remove oidentd configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove oidentd configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge oidentd

Dependencies

oidentd have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install oidentd package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.