bidentd command not found

In this troubleshooting guide we learn how to fix bidentd command not found error message

Introduction

When you run more command in linux terminal / console, you get the following error message

bidentd: command not found

or when using sudo you get the following error message

sudo: bidentd: command not found

Solutions to bidentd: command not found

How To Fix bidentd: command not found in Ubuntu / Debian / Kali Linux / Raspbian

In Ubuntu bidentd is provided by bidentd package.

bidentd is:

This daemon provides an Identification Protocol (RFC 1413) daemon. It works like an ident daemon is supposed to work. Masquerading is supported, and works recursively. Works only under Linux, due to the use of /proc filesystem.

A typical case for using Bisqwit’s identd:

  • Alpha has the internet connection. It has an ip in internet.
  • Beta is masqueraded by Alpha.
  • Gamma is masqueraded by Beta.
  • Somebody in Gamma starts irc, and the irc server (in internet) gets the username of the user in Gamma, correctly. All of these computers would be running bidentd (from inetd), although Gamma could have any ident daemon, as it does not masquerade further.

To fix this problem, we can install more using the command below.

sudo apt-get -y install bidentd

This command might take some time to finish depending on your machine internet connection.

You can also use apt command to install bidentd.

sudo apt -y install bidentd

Or if you have aptitude installed you can use the following command.

sudo aptitude install bidentd

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to fix bidentd command not found error in Ubuntu / Debian / Kali Linux or Raspbian distribution.