TAG NAME ident_lookup_access

Description A list of ACL elements which, if matched, cause an ident (RFC 931) lookup to be performed for this request
Build Option
Default
Usage
ident_lookup_access allow|deny aclname
Default
ident_lookup_access deny all
Synopsis
This tag allows or denies ident lookups an matching the access lists.

Note: Only src type ACL checks are fully supported.  A src_domain ACL might work at times, but it will not always provide the correct result. This option may be disabled by using –disable-ident-lookups with the configure script.

Arguments

allow/deny
Allow or deny on matching the acl
aclname
Access list to be allowed/denied on match

Example(s)
To enable ident lookups for specific client addresses, you can follow this example,
acl ident_aware_hosts src 198.168.1.0/255.255.255.0
ident_lookup_access allow ident_aware_hosts
ident_lookup_access deny all