I tired the code you suggested. But if
if user last Jan 11 2014 , but the above code will return Jan 11 2013. So it will not meet the requirment.
What OS and shell are you using?
Please show us an exact line of input (in CODE tags) for which the code I provided changed something like:
to:
The output I get when feeding the above lines into that script is:
This is my senario.....
The user enters a userid into linux.
((I have have already scripted the command to read this userid.))
I need help in writing the script so It reads the userID and in conjuction w/ the finger command displays to the user "no plan" on the screen (so the user reads/sees... (4 Replies)
I'm trying to clean up my server and I have the list of some "special" users stored on the text file like this
Now I want to write a shell script to finger all of them so I can have some kind of ideas who they are but here comes the problem....I completely forgot how to do it with shell... (3 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,
iam using sunsolaris.
when you type finger command -- it dispalys information about local and remote users.
but here it shows as can't stat /dev/gold:8664
can anybody help what is the solution for this error.
previously the output came.
thanks,
shan (1 Reply)
Hello all,
my unix is bash based and the finger command output is:
Login Name Tty Idle LoginTime Office
amos.john Amos John pts/26 1 Dec 5 16:18 (77.100.22.07)
What am trying to achieve is extract the Login (amos.john) and Name (Amos John) from this output without using awk or sed.
... (1 Reply)
I want to know the correct version of how i should use the finger command in this example below.(os is debian lenny)
(nymserver.pl is located in /home/nymserv directory.)
the two versions are :
(in/etc/inetd.conf)
finger stream tcp nowait nymuser /usr/nym/nymserv nymserv... (3 Replies)
Hi
Does anyone know if there is anyway of doing the finger command for all user id's in my enviroment. What I need to obtain is the full names of all users on the system.
I know if i do the finger command with no arguments it will list users currently logged in, but i need all users...
... (2 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)
$ finger yeti
Login: yeti Name: yeti
Directory: /arpa/tz/y/yeti Shell: /bin/ksh
On since Wed Apr 2 15:24 (UTC) on pts/149
Mail last read Mon Mar 31 11:08 2014 (UTC)
No Plan.
Hi there,
I am trying to... (2 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)
Discussion started by: amity
8 Replies
LEARN ABOUT CENTOS
safe_finger
SAFE_FINGER(8) Linux Programmer's Manual SAFE_FINGER(8)NAME
safe_finger - finger client wrapper that protects against nasty stuff from finger servers
SYNOPSIS
safe_finger [finger_options]
DESCRIPTION
The safe_finger command protects against nasty stuff from finger servers. Use this program for automatic reverse finger probes from the
tcp_wrapper (tcpd) , not the raw finger command. The safe_finger command makes sure that the finger client is not run with root privileges.
It also runs the finger client with a defined PATH environment. safe_finger will also protect you from problems caused by the output of
some finger servers. The problem: some programs may react to stuff in the first column. Other programs may get upset by thrash anywhere on
a line. File systems may fill up as the finger server keeps sending data. Text editors may bomb out on extremely long lines. The finger
server may take forever because it is somehow wedged. safe_finger takes care of all this badness.
SEE ALSO hosts_access(5), hosts_options(5), tcpd(8)AUTHOR
Wietse Venema, Eindhoven University of Technology, The Netherlands.
Linux 21th June 1997 SAFE_FINGER(8)