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25 .\"$FreeBSD: src/usr.bin/finger/finger.conf.5,v 1.2.2.3 2000/09/01 20:14:16 brian Exp $
26 .\"$DragonFly: src/usr.bin/finger/finger.conf.5,v 1.3 2006/02/17 19:39:04 swildner Exp $
35 alias configuration file
39 file is used to provide aliases that can be fingered by local
41 This may be useful where a user's login name is not the same
42 as their preferred mail address, or for providing virtual login names
45 Lines beginning with ``#'' are comments.
46 Other lines must consist of an
47 alias name and a target name separated by a colon.
48 A target name should be either a user, a forward
49 reference to another alias or the path of a world readable file.
51 Where an alias points to a file, the contents of that file will be displayed
52 when the alias is fingered.
54 .Bl -tag -width /etc/finger.conf -compact
55 .It Pa /etc/finger.conf
57 alias definition data base
61 # /etc/finger.conf alias definition file
63 # Format alias:(user|alias)
70 sue:/etc/finger/sue.txt
72 # Network status message
74 status:/usr/local/etc/status.txt
76 # Administrative redirects
82 # For the time being, 'sod' is sysadmin.
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