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32 | .\" @(#)fingerd.8 6.4 (Berkeley) 3/16/91 | |
33 | .\" | |
34 | .Dd March 16, 1991 | |
35 | .Dt FINGERD 8 | |
36 | .Os BSD 4.3 | |
37 | .Sh NAME | |
38 | .Nm fingerd | |
39 | .Nd remote user information server | |
40 | .Sh SYNOPSIS | |
41 | .Nm fingerd | |
42 | .Sh DESCRIPTION | |
43 | .Nm Fingerd | |
44 | is a simple protocol based on | |
45 | .%T RFC742 | |
46 | that provides an interface to the | |
47 | Name and Finger programs at several network sites. | |
48 | The program is supposed to return a friendly, | |
49 | human-oriented status report on either the system at the moment | |
50 | or a particular person in depth. | |
51 | There is no required format and the | |
52 | protocol consists mostly of specifying a single | |
53 | .Dq command line . | |
54 | .Pp | |
55 | .Nm Fingerd | |
56 | listens for | |
57 | .Tn TCP | |
58 | requests at port 79. | |
59 | Once connected it reads a single command line | |
60 | terminated by a | |
61 | .Aq Tn CRLF | |
62 | which is passed to | |
63 | .Xr finger 1 . | |
64 | .Nm Fingerd | |
65 | closes its connections as soon as the output is finished. | |
66 | .Pp | |
67 | If the line is null (i.e. just a | |
68 | .Aq Tn CRLF | |
69 | is sent) then | |
70 | .Xr finger | |
71 | returns a | |
72 | .Dq default | |
73 | report that lists all people logged into | |
74 | the system at that moment. | |
75 | .Pp | |
76 | If a user name is specified (e.g. | |
77 | .Pf eric Aq Tn CRLF ) | |
78 | then the | |
79 | response lists more extended information for only that particular user, | |
80 | whether logged in or not. | |
81 | Allowable | |
82 | .Dq names | |
83 | in the command line include both | |
84 | .Dq login names | |
85 | and | |
86 | .Dq user names . | |
87 | If a name is ambiguous, all possible derivations are returned. | |
88 | .Sh SEE ALSO | |
89 | .Xr finger 1 | |
90 | .Sh BUGS | |
91 | Connecting directly to the server from a | |
92 | .Tn TIP | |
93 | or an equally narrow-minded | |
94 | .Tn TELNET Ns \-protocol | |
95 | user program can result | |
96 | in meaningless attempts at option negotiation being sent to the | |
97 | server, which will foul up the command line interpretation. | |
98 | .Nm Fingerd | |
99 | should be taught to filter out | |
100 | .Tn IAC Ns \'s | |
101 | and perhaps even respond | |
102 | negatively | |
103 | .Pq Tn IAC WON'T | |
104 | to all option commands received. | |
105 | .Sh HISTORY | |
106 | The | |
107 | .Nm | |
108 | command appeared in | |
109 | .Bx 4.3 . |