First time IRC user having issues with Hex Chat and identd on linux
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MagicalFrame9 · 2020-08-12 07:31

Ive set up an IRC server on my raspberry pi using ircd-hybrid. I can
connect just fine on HexChat for windows using the inbuild identd
server. However, when I try to connect via HexChat for Linux I
encounter an issue where the HexChat says "error binding to address
\[::\]:113: Permission denied" when starting the identd server. thus I
can not connect to my IRC server as it requires an identd response.
How could I resolve this?

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jhoneycutt · 2020-08-12 07:52

On Linux, ports below 1024 are privileged. An unprivileged user cannot
open a listening socket on one of these ports, including port 113, the
ident port. You should install a regular ident daemon, like oidentd,
rather than using the one built into HexChat.

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killerj666 · 2020-08-12 09:11

apt-get install oidentd (Debian example), and then open up Port 113 as
root

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[deleted] · 2020-08-12 21:39

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