Bug#697030: oidentd spawns a new process for all new connections unless -l [number] defined
Package: oidentd
Related: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/oidentd/+bug/1094773
When used in conjunction with IRC bouncer software or many-client
setups with oidentd, a new oidentd process will be spawned for each
oidentd connection request, and the previous processes won't
terminate/end.
This can lead to oidentd spawning a large number of processes capable
of eating up RAM on a system. This makes low-resource systems
susceptible to oidentd eating all memory resources causing systems to
cease to function (although this is not what happens on normal
operation, only in certain setups).
A repaired oidentd init.d script file exists at the Ubuntu bug that
fixes this, by limiting the number of processes/connections using `-l
10`. That does not have a patch attached, however that is one
solution to the problem.
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