54 lines
1.9 KiB
Groff
54 lines
1.9 KiB
Groff
.\" Copyright (c) 1980 Regents of the University of California.
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.\" All rights reserved. The Berkeley software License Agreement
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.\" specifies the terms and conditions for redistribution.
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.\"
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.\" @(#)fingerd.8c 6.1 (Berkeley) 5/23/86
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.\"
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.TH FINGERD 8 "May 23, 1986"
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.UC 6
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.SH NAME
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fingerd, in.fingerd \- remote user information server
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.SH SYNOPSIS
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.B "finger stream tcp nowait nobody /usr/sbin/in.fingerd in.fingerd"
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.br
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.B "tcpd finger /usr/sbin/in.fingerd in.fingerd"
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.SH DESCRIPTION
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.B Fingerd
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is a simple protocol based on RFC742 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 ``command line''.
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.PP
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.B Fingerd
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listens for TCP requests at port 79.
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Once connected it reads a single command line
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terminated by a <CRLF> which is passed to
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.BR finger (1).
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.B 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 <CRLF> is sent) then
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.B finger
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returns a ``default'' 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. eric<CRLF>) 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 ``names'' in the command line include both ``login names''
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and ``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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.BR finger (1).
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.SH BUGS
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Connecting directly to the server from a TIP
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or an equally narrow-minded TELNET-protocol 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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.B Fingerd
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should be taught to filter out IAC's and perhaps even respond
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negatively (IAC WON'T) to all option commands received.
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