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7 .TH IN.FINGERD 1M "Jul 31, 2004"
9 in.fingerd, fingerd \- remote user information server
13 \fB/usr/sbin/in.fingerd\fR
19 \fBfingerd\fR implements the server side of the Name/Finger protocol, specified
20 in \fIRFC 742\fR. The Name/Finger protocol provides a remote interface to
21 programs which display information on system status and individual users. The
22 protocol imposes little structure on the format of the exchange between client
23 and server. The client provides a single command line to the finger server
24 which returns a printable reply.
27 \fBfingerd\fR waits for connections on \fBTCP\fR port 79. Once connected, it
28 reads a single command line terminated by RETURN-LINEFEED and passes the
29 arguments to \fBfinger\fR(1), prepended with \fB-s\fR. \fBfingerd\fR closes its
30 connections as soon as the output is finished.
35 \fB\fB/var/adm/utmpx\fR\fR
38 User and accounting information.
44 \fB\fB/etc/passwd\fR\fR
53 \fB\fB/var/adm/lastlog\fR\fR
62 \fB\fB$HOME/.plan \fR\fR
71 \fB\fB$HOME/.project \fR\fR
80 \fBfingerd\fR and \fBin.fingerd\fR are IPv6-enabled. See \fBip6\fR(7P).
84 \fBfinger\fR(1), \fBsvcs\fR(1), \fBinetadm\fR(1M), \fBinetd\fR(1M),
85 \fBsvcadm\fR(1M), \fBattributes\fR(5), \fBsmf\fR(5), \fBip6\fR(7P)
88 Harrenstien, Ken, \fIRFC 742, NAME/FINGER\fR, Network Information Center, SRI
89 International, Menlo Park, Calif., December 1977.
93 Connecting directly to the server from a \fBTIP\fR or an equally narrow-minded
94 TELNET-protocol user program can result in meaningless attempts at option
95 negotiation being sent to the server, which foul up the command line
96 interpretation. \fBfingerd\fR should be taught to filter out \fBIAC\fR's and
97 perhaps even respond negatively (\fBIAC\fR does not) to all option commands
101 The \fBin.fingerd\fR service is managed by the service management facility,
102 \fBsmf\fR(5), under the service identifier:
106 svc:/network/finger:default
113 Administrative actions on this service, such as enabling, disabling, or
114 requesting restart, can be performed using \fBsvcadm\fR(1M). Responsibility for
115 initiating and restarting this service is delegated to \fBinetd\fR(1M). Use
116 \fBinetadm\fR(1M) to make configuration changes and to view configuration
117 information for this service. The service's status can be queried using the
118 \fBsvcs\fR(1) command.