> 	Hi,
> 
> NetBSD's identd returns "OTHER" as operating system. Is there a special
> reason why? The problem is that IRC servers don't accept authentication
> replies with operating system "OTHER", "UNIX" e.g. is accepted.
> 
> -- 
> Matthias Scheler
> tron@lyssa.owl.de
> 

Because the provided inetd.conf entry for identd includes the -o option.
Remove this switch, and it should act like you expect.

later,
Adam Glass