fingerd(1M)fingerd(1M)NAME
fingerd - remote user information server
SYNOPSIS DESCRIPTION
is the server for the RFC 742 Name/Finger protocol. It provides a network interface to which gives a status report of users currently
logged in on the system or a detailed report about a specific user (see finger(1)). The Internet daemon executes when it receives a ser-
vice request at the port listed in the services data base for ``finger'' using ``tcp'' protocol; see inetd(1M) and services(4).
To start from the configuration file must contain an entry as follows:
Once a remote host is connected, reads a single ``command line'' terminated by a carriage-return and line-feed. It uses this command line
as the arguments to an invocation of sends the output of to the remote host and closes the connection.
If the command line is null (contains only a carriage-return and line-feed pair), returns a report that lists all users logged in on the
system at that moment.
If a user name is specified on the command line (for example, user<CR><LF>), the response lists more extended information for only that
particular user, whether logged in or not. See finger(1) for the details of this extended information.
If is run with the option, it allows remote user names on the command line (for example, user@host<CR><LF>). Otherwise, if the command
line contains a remote user name, prints the error message and closes the connection.
AUTHOR
was developed by the University of California, Berkeley and HP.
SEE ALSO finger(1), inetd(1M), services(4),
RFC 742 for the Name/Finger protocol.
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fingerd(8) System Manager's Manual fingerd(8)NAME
fingerd - The user information server for networks
SYNOPSIS
fingerd [-s]
The fingerd program allows users to get information about remote systems or users when they execute; for example, finger user@host.
FLAGS
Turns on socket level debugging.
DESCRIPTION
The fingerd program is a protocol that provides an interface to the finger(1) command. By default, the fingerd program is disabled. To
enable it, edit the /etc/inetd.conf file, uncomment the line containing the finger service name, and restart Internet services by issuing
the /usr/sbin/rcinet restart command.
After it is enabled, the fingerd program is invoked by inetd(8), which listens for finger requests at port 79. When it receives control,
fingerd reads a single command line, terminated by a newline, and passes it to the finger command, which generates a report. The fingerd
program closes its port connection when output from finger is finished.
FILES
Specifies the command path User database who file Plans for requested user Projects for requested user whois command who command
RELATED INFORMATION
Commands: finger(1), inetd(8), syslogd(8), who(1)
Specifications: RFC742 delim off
fingerd(8)
is there a way to show information on all the users on your system? when i use 'finger' is only shows users names and info who are currently on the system. is there a way to show all accounts? thanx! (5 Replies)
Is there a way to determine the names of valid system users? I know that last, finger, and who will give you the names of users who have accessed the system and / or those who are currently logged onto the system. I was trying to determine a way to find the names of any valid user whether or not... (5 Replies)
Hello all,
Here is what I am trying to do. If a user exist, then send an echo "EXIST" or else "DOES NOT EXIST". (under HP-UX)
Kind of:
#!/usr/bin/sh
USER=mylogin
finger $USER
if $? = 0
then
echo "EXIST""
else
echo "DOES NOT EXIST"
fi (10 Replies)
Hi everyone,
I'm trying to extract the user name and full name from the finger command without using sed or awk.
Any pointers?
Thanks in advance. (6 Replies)
I have wrote a service with c++ which is always run and now I want to get with it the exact time in that the user log in or log out and then run a script. but the problem is that how could i find that the user logged in or logged out with out checking something frequently?
thanks (9 Replies)
Hi..
I've got a program that can connects to a remote server and displays some garbage value and closes the connection.
The code goes like this
#include <stdio.h>
#include <netdb.h>
#include <netinet/in.h>
#include <string.h>
#include <stdlib.h>
#include <sys/types.h>
#include... (5 Replies)
Hi,
Need help on the below topic.
I am looping finger command and trying to get each line content into a variable. Output of finger command produces more than one line and each line was multiple words.
for get_line in `finger`
do
echo "Finger Value: ${get_line}'"
done
The issue is... (9 Replies)
I'm having a bit of a trouble trying to figure out how to tell which network protocol users HAVE been logging in with. I know how to find this information for currently logged in users :
maximillian.gardner@syccuxfs01:~> who
joseph.blosser pts/0 2012-01-15 14:07 (198.107.160.185)... (5 Replies)
how to extract user machine name for current terminal using finger command
below command gives machinename for all session , is it possible to filter it to only currernt terminal ?
finger -b -p $LOGNAME | grep from (12 Replies)
I have a bunch of Solaris systems and for the 8/9 systems, I can type "finger -s 2" to get a list of all users (whether they are logged in or not) and the last time they logged in. I have some new 10 systems and this command does not work. Does anybody know whether this was changed in Solaris 10?... (6 Replies)
Hello everyone,
I have a problem with one AIX server. When I run the last command, it shows thet many users logged in on Dec 31 at 19:00 and are "still logged in".
I know that is a problem I've seen before but I don't know how to fix it. I just cleared the /var/adm/wtmp, but it started doing it... (4 Replies)
Hi,
I am writing script to take last logon user id detials by using finger command.
But I am getting below output.
wer34 Feb 10:23
I NEED to display
wer34 Feb 10 2013 10:23, Is there any way to get like this. (18 Replies)
I need to remove the carriage return comes inbetween the record.
Need to have CR only at the end.
I used the below command.
tr -d '\n' < filewithcarriagereturns > filewithoutcarriagereturns
But its removing all the CR and giving one line output.
Input File:
12345
abcdegh... (11 Replies)
I have been trying to run the finger command in a if statement but its giving me a bunch of errors.
gidlistTemp="g274gG;g2759C;g28320;g2885G;g2A276;g23338;g2A5h5;g2A307"
for i in $(echo $gidlistTemp| tr ';' ' \n')
do
tst=(finger $i | wc -l)
if
then
... (4 Replies)
Hi
I need to disable finger & telnet command in solaris 8
I have put the # infront of finger and telnet line in /etc/inetd.conf file. Further I have run the below command
kill -1 <process id of inetd >
But when I am running finger command it is till giving information for remote machine... (8 Replies)