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3.5 KiB
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110 lines
3.5 KiB
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.\" Copyright (c) 1980, 1991 The Regents of the University of California.
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.\" All rights reserved.
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.\" documentation and/or other materials provided with the distribution.
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.\" must display the following acknowledgement:
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.\" This product includes software developed by the University of
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.\" California, Berkeley and its contributors.
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.\" without specific prior written permission.
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.\" SUCH DAMAGE.
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.\"
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.\" @(#)fingerd.8 6.4 (Berkeley) 3/16/91
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.\"
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.Dd March 16, 1991
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.Dt FINGERD 8
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.Os BSD 4.3
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.Sh NAME
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.Nm fingerd
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.Nd remote user information server
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.Sh SYNOPSIS
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.Nm fingerd
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.Sh DESCRIPTION
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.Nm Fingerd
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is a simple protocol based on
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.%T RFC742
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that provides an interface to the
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Name and Finger programs at several network sites.
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The program is supposed to return a friendly,
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human-oriented status report on either the system at the moment
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or a particular person in depth.
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There is no required format and the
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protocol consists mostly of specifying a single
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.Dq command line .
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.Pp
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.Nm Fingerd
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listens for
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.Tn TCP
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requests at port 79.
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Once connected it reads a single command line
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terminated by a
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.Aq Tn CRLF
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which is passed to
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.Xr finger 1 .
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.Nm Fingerd
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closes its connections as soon as the output is finished.
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.Pp
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If the line is null (i.e. just a
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.Aq Tn CRLF
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is sent) then
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.Xr finger
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returns a
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.Dq default
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report that lists all people logged into
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the system at that moment.
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.Pp
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If a user name is specified (e.g.
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.Pf eric Aq Tn CRLF )
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then the
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response lists more extended information for only that particular user,
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whether logged in or not.
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Allowable
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.Dq names
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in the command line include both
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.Dq login names
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and
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.Dq user names .
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If a name is ambiguous, all possible derivations are returned.
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.Sh SEE ALSO
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.Xr finger 1
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.Sh BUGS
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Connecting directly to the server from a
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.Tn TIP
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or an equally narrow-minded
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.Tn TELNET Ns \-protocol
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user program can result
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in meaningless attempts at option negotiation being sent to the
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server, which will foul up the command line interpretation.
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.Nm Fingerd
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should be taught to filter out
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.Tn IAC Ns \'s
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and perhaps even respond
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negatively
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.Pq Tn IAC WON'T
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to all option commands received.
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.Sh HISTORY
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The
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.Nm
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command appeared in
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.Bx 4.3 .
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