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| author | Jacob McDonnell <jacob@jacobmcdonnell.com> | 2026-04-25 19:54:44 -0400 |
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| committer | Jacob McDonnell <jacob@jacobmcdonnell.com> | 2026-04-25 19:54:44 -0400 |
| commit | a9157ce950dfe2fc30795d43b9d79b9d1bffc48b (patch) | |
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| parent | 160aa82b2d39c46ad33723d7d909cb4972efbb03 (diff) | |
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diff --git a/static/openbsd/man8/fingerd.8 b/static/openbsd/man8/fingerd.8 new file mode 100644 index 00000000..226d80ff --- /dev/null +++ b/static/openbsd/man8/fingerd.8 @@ -0,0 +1,166 @@ +.\" $OpenBSD: fingerd.8,v 1.22 2022/03/31 17:27:18 naddy Exp $ +.\" +.\" Copyright (c) 1980, 1991, 1993 +.\" The Regents of the University of California. All rights reserved. +.\" +.\" Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without +.\" modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions +.\" are met: +.\" 1. Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright +.\" notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer. +.\" 2. Redistributions in binary form must reproduce the above copyright +.\" notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer in the +.\" documentation and/or other materials provided with the distribution. +.\" 3. Neither the name of the University nor the names of its contributors +.\" may be used to endorse or promote products derived from this software +.\" without specific prior written permission. +.\" +.\" THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY THE REGENTS AND CONTRIBUTORS ``AS IS'' AND +.\" ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE +.\" IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE +.\" ARE DISCLAIMED. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE REGENTS OR CONTRIBUTORS BE LIABLE +.\" FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR CONSEQUENTIAL +.\" DAMAGES (INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS +.\" OR SERVICES; LOSS OF USE, DATA, OR PROFITS; OR BUSINESS INTERRUPTION) +.\" HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANY THEORY OF LIABILITY, WHETHER IN CONTRACT, STRICT +.\" LIABILITY, OR TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY +.\" OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF +.\" SUCH DAMAGE. +.\" +.\" from: @(#)fingerd.8 8.1 (Berkeley) 6/4/93 +.\" $Id: fingerd.8,v 1.22 2022/03/31 17:27:18 naddy Exp $ +.\" +.Dd $Mdocdate: March 31 2022 $ +.Dt FINGERD 8 +.Os +.Sh NAME +.Nm fingerd +.Nd remote user information server +.Sh SYNOPSIS +.Nm fingerd +.Op Fl lMmpSsu +.Op Fl P Ar filename +.Sh DESCRIPTION +.Nm +implements a simple protocol based on RFC 1288 +that provides an interface to the +Name and Finger programs at several network sites. +The program is supposed to return a friendly, +human-oriented status report on either the system at the moment +or a particular person in depth. +There is no required format and the +protocol consists mostly of specifying a single +.Dq command line . +.Pp +.Nm +is started by +.Xr inetd 8 , +which listens for TCP requests at port 79. +Once connected, it reads a single command line +terminated by a +.Aq CRLF +which is passed to +.Xr finger 1 . +.Nm +closes its connections as soon as the output is finished. +.Pp +If the line is null (i.e., just a +.Aq CRLF +is sent) then +.Xr finger 1 +returns a +.Dq default +report that lists all people logged into +the system at that moment. +.Pp +If a user name is specified (e.g., +.Pf eric Aq CRLF ) +then the +response lists more extended information for only that particular user, +whether logged in or not. +Allowable +.Dq names +in the command line include both +.Dq login names +and +.Dq user names . +If a name is ambiguous, all possible derivations are returned. +.Pp +The following options may be passed to +.Nm +as server program arguments in +.Pa /etc/inetd.conf : +.Bl -tag -width Ds +.It Fl l +Enable logging. +The name of the host originating the query and the actual request +is reported via +.Xr syslog 3 +at LOG_NOTICE priority. +A request of the form +.Sq /W +or +.Sq /w +will return long output. +Empty requests will return all currently logged in users. +All other requests look for specific users. +See RFC 1288 for details. +.It Fl M +Enables matching of +.Ar user +names. +This is disabled by default if the system is running YP. +.It Fl m +Prevent matching of +.Ar user +names. +.Ar User +is usually a login name; however, matching will also be done on the +users' real names, unless the +.Fl m +option is supplied. +.It Fl P Ar filename +Use an alternate program as the local information provider. +The default local program +executed by +.Nm +is +.Xr finger 1 . +By specifying a customized local server, +this option allows a system manager +to have more control over what information is +provided to remote sites. +.It Fl p +Prevents +.Xr finger 1 +from displaying the contents of the +.Dq Pa .plan +and +.Dq Pa .project +files. +.It Fl S +Prints user information in short mode, one line per user. +This overrides the +.Dq Pa Whois switch +that may be passed in from the remote client. +.It Fl s +Enable secure mode. +Forwarding of queries to other remote hosts is denied. +.It Fl u +Queries without a user name are rejected. +.El +.Sh SEE ALSO +.Xr finger 1 , +.Xr inetd 8 +.Sh STANDARDS +.Rs +.%A D. Zimmerman +.%D December 1991 +.%R RFC 1288 +.%T The Finger User Information Protocol +.Re +.Sh HISTORY +The +.Nm +command appeared in +.Bx 4.3 . |
