Explain why identd is using LOG_DAEMON to log messages instead of LOG_AUTH.

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.\" Copyright (c) 1992 Peter Eriksson, Lysator, Linkoping University.
.\" This software has been released into the public domain.
.\"
.\" $Id: identd.8,v 1.3 1994/02/04 23:42:16 cgd Exp $
.\" $Id: identd.8,v 1.4 1996/05/13 16:50:43 christos Exp $
.\"
.TH IDENTD 8 "27 May 1992"
.SH NAME
@ -228,6 +228,16 @@ defaults to the normally running kernel file.
defaults to the memory space of the normally running kernel.
.SH SEE ALSO
.BR inetd.conf (5)
.SH NOTES
.B Identd
uses the
.I LOG_DAEMON
syslogd(8) facility to log messages. This is the correct thing to do
since
.I LOG_AUTH
is supposed to be used by authorization related programs, not authentication
related ones such as
.B identd.
.SH BUGS
The handling of fatal errors could be better.
.PP