int ident_sock;
struct sockaddr_in ident_handle;
struct hostent *ident_host;

ident_sock = socket(AF_INET, SOCK_STREAM, IPPROTO_TCP);
ident_handle.sin_family = AF_INET;

if ((ident_host = gethostbyname("localhost")) == NULL) 
{
std::cout << " error: cannot query ident server.\r\n";
return -1;
}

ident_handle.sin_addr = *((struct in_addr *)ident_host->h_addr);
ident_handle.sin_port = htons(113); 
memset(&(ident_handle.sin_zero), '\0', 8);

if (connect(ident_sock, (struct sockaddr *)&ident_handle, sizeof(struct sockaddr)) == -1)
{
std::cout << "error: cannot create ident socket.\r\n";
close(ident_sock);
return -1;
}

//code here