167 lines
4.6 KiB
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167 lines
4.6 KiB
Groff
.\" $OpenBSD: fingerd.8,v 1.22 2022/03/31 17:27:18 naddy Exp $
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.\" from: @(#)fingerd.8 8.1 (Berkeley) 6/4/93
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.\" $Id: fingerd.8,v 1.22 2022/03/31 17:27:18 naddy Exp $
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.\"
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.Dd $Mdocdate: March 31 2022 $
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.Dt FINGERD 8
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.Os
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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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.Op Fl lMmpSsu
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.Op Fl P Ar filename
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.Sh DESCRIPTION
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.Nm
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implements a simple protocol based on RFC 1288
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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
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is started by
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.Xr inetd 8 ,
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which 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
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.Aq CRLF
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which is passed to
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.Xr finger 1 .
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.Nm
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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 CRLF
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is sent) then
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.Xr finger 1
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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 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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.Pp
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The following options may be passed to
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.Nm
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as server program arguments in
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.Pa /etc/inetd.conf :
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.Bl -tag -width Ds
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.It Fl l
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Enable logging.
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The name of the host originating the query and the actual request
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is reported via
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.Xr syslog 3
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at LOG_NOTICE priority.
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A request of the form
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.Sq /W
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or
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.Sq /w
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will return long output.
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Empty requests will return all currently logged in users.
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All other requests look for specific users.
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See RFC 1288 for details.
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.It Fl M
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Enables matching of
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.Ar user
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names.
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This is disabled by default if the system is running YP.
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.It Fl m
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Prevent matching of
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.Ar user
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names.
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.Ar User
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is usually a login name; however, matching will also be done on the
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users' real names, unless the
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.Fl m
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option is supplied.
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.It Fl P Ar filename
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Use an alternate program as the local information provider.
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The default local program
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executed by
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.Nm
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is
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.Xr finger 1 .
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By specifying a customized local server,
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this option allows a system manager
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to have more control over what information is
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provided to remote sites.
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.It Fl p
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Prevents
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.Xr finger 1
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from displaying the contents of the
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.Dq Pa .plan
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and
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.Dq Pa .project
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files.
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.It Fl S
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Prints user information in short mode, one line per user.
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This overrides the
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.Dq Pa Whois switch
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that may be passed in from the remote client.
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.It Fl s
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Enable secure mode.
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Forwarding of queries to other remote hosts is denied.
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.It Fl u
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Queries without a user name are rejected.
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.El
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.Sh SEE ALSO
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.Xr finger 1 ,
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.Xr inetd 8
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.Sh STANDARDS
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.Rs
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.%A D. Zimmerman
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.%D December 1991
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.%R RFC 1288
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.%T The Finger User Information Protocol
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.Re
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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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