| fingerd.8 (98897) | fingerd.8 (99500) |
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| 33.\" $FreeBSD: head/libexec/fingerd/fingerd.8 98897 2002-06-26 21:46:56Z wollman $ | 33.\" $FreeBSD: head/libexec/fingerd/fingerd.8 99500 2002-07-06 19:19:48Z charnier $ |
| 34.\" 35.Dd June 4, 1993 36.Dt FINGERD 8 37.Os 38.Sh NAME 39.Nm fingerd 40.Nd remote user information server 41.Sh SYNOPSIS 42.Nm 43.Op Fl s 44.Op Fl l 45.Op Fl p Ar filename 46.Sh DESCRIPTION | 34.\" 35.Dd June 4, 1993 36.Dt FINGERD 8 37.Os 38.Sh NAME 39.Nm fingerd 40.Nd remote user information server 41.Sh SYNOPSIS 42.Nm 43.Op Fl s 44.Op Fl l 45.Op Fl p Ar filename 46.Sh DESCRIPTION |
| 47.Nm Fingerd 48is a simple protocol based on | 47The 48.Nm 49utility is a simple protocol based on |
| 49.%T RFC1196 50that provides an interface to the 51Name and Finger programs at several network sites. 52The program is supposed to return a friendly, 53human-oriented status report on either the system at the moment 54or a particular person in depth. 55There is no required format and the 56protocol consists mostly of specifying a single 57.Dq command line . 58.Pp | 50.%T RFC1196 51that provides an interface to the 52Name and Finger programs at several network sites. 53The program is supposed to return a friendly, 54human-oriented status report on either the system at the moment 55or a particular person in depth. 56There is no required format and the 57protocol consists mostly of specifying a single 58.Dq command line . 59.Pp |
| 59.Nm Fingerd 60is started by | 60The 61.Nm 62utility is started by |
| 61.Xr inetd 8 , 62which listens for 63.Tn TCP 64requests at port 79. 65Once connected it reads a single command line 66terminated by a 67.Aq Tn CRLF 68which is passed to 69.Xr finger 1 . | 63.Xr inetd 8 , 64which listens for 65.Tn TCP 66requests at port 79. 67Once connected it reads a single command line 68terminated by a 69.Aq Tn CRLF 70which is passed to 71.Xr finger 1 . |
| 70.Nm Fingerd 71closes its connections as soon as the output is finished. | 72The 73.Nm 74utility closes its connections as soon as the output is finished. |
| 72.Pp 73If the line is null (i.e. just a 74.Aq Tn CRLF 75is sent) then | 75.Pp 76If the line is null (i.e. just a 77.Aq Tn CRLF 78is sent) then |
| 76.Xr finger | 79.Xr finger 1 |
| 77returns a 78.Dq default 79report that lists all people logged into 80the system at that moment. 81.Pp 82If a user name is specified (e.g.\& 83.Pf eric Aq Tn CRLF ) 84then the --- 46 unchanged lines hidden (view full) --- 131.Sh BUGS 132Connecting directly to the server from a 133.Tn TIP 134or an equally narrow-minded 135.Tn TELNET Ns \-protocol 136user program can result 137in meaningless attempts at option negotiation being sent to the 138server, which will foul up the command line interpretation. | 80returns a 81.Dq default 82report that lists all people logged into 83the system at that moment. 84.Pp 85If a user name is specified (e.g.\& 86.Pf eric Aq Tn CRLF ) 87then the --- 46 unchanged lines hidden (view full) --- 134.Sh BUGS 135Connecting directly to the server from a 136.Tn TIP 137or an equally narrow-minded 138.Tn TELNET Ns \-protocol 139user program can result 140in meaningless attempts at option negotiation being sent to the 141server, which will foul up the command line interpretation. |
| 139.Nm Fingerd 140should be taught to filter out | 142The 143.Nm 144utility should be taught to filter out |
| 141.Tn IAC Ns \'s 142and perhaps even respond 143negatively 144.Pq Tn IAC WON'T 145to all option commands received. 146.Sh HISTORY 147The 148.Nm | 145.Tn IAC Ns \'s 146and perhaps even respond 147negatively 148.Pq Tn IAC WON'T 149to all option commands received. 150.Sh HISTORY 151The 152.Nm |
| 149command appeared in | 153utility appeared in |
| 150.Bx 4.3 . | 154.Bx 4.3 . |