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in.fingerd(1M)		System Administration Commands		in.fingerd(1M)

NAME
       in.fingerd, fingerd - remote user information server

SYNOPSIS
       /usr/sbin/in.fingerd

DESCRIPTION
       fingerd	implements the server side of the Name/Finger protocol, speci‐
       fied in RFC 742. The Name/Finger protocol provides a  remote  interface
       to  programs  which display information on system status and individual
       users. The protocol imposes little  structure  on  the  format  of  the
       exchange	 between  client and server. The client provides a single com‐
       mand line to the finger server which returns a printable reply.

       fingerd waits for connections on TCP port 79. Once connected, it	 reads
       a  single  command  line	 terminated  by RETURN-LINEFEED and passes the
       arguments to finger(1), prepended with -s. fingerd closes  its  connec‐
       tions as soon as the output is finished.

FILES
       /var/adm/utmpx	   User and accounting information.

       /etc/passwd	   System password file.

       /var/adm/lastlog	   Last login times.

       $HOME/.plan	   User's plans.

       $HOME/.project	   User's projects.

USAGE
       fingerd and in.fingerd are IPv6-enabled. See ip6(7P).

ATTRIBUTES
       See attributes(5) for descriptions of the following attributes:

       ┌─────────────────────────────┬────────────────────────────────┐
       │      ATTRIBUTE TYPE	     │	      ATTRIBUTE VALUE	      │
       ├─────────────────────────────┼────────────────────────────────┤
       │Availability		     │service/network/network-servers │
       └─────────────────────────────┴────────────────────────────────┘

SEE ALSO
       finger(1),  svcs(1), inetadm(1M), inetd(1M), svcadm(1M), attributes(5),
       smf(5), ip6(7P)

       Harrenstien, Ken, RFC 742, NAME/FINGER,	 Network  Information  Center,
       SRI International, Menlo Park, Calif., December 1977.

NOTES
       Connecting  directly  to	 the  server  from a TIP or an equally narrow-
       minded TELNET-protocol user program can result in meaningless  attempts
       at  option negotiation being sent to the server, which foul up the com‐
       mand line interpretation. fingerd should be taught to filter out	 IAC's
       and  perhaps even respond negatively (IAC does not)  to all option com‐
       mands received.

       The in.fingerd service is managed by the service	 management  facility,
       smf(5), under the service identifier:

	 svc:/network/finger:default

       Administrative actions on this service, such as enabling, disabling, or
       requesting restart, can be performed using  svcadm(1M).	Responsibility
       for  initiating	and restarting this service is delegated to inetd(1M).
       Use inetadm(1M) to make configuration changes and to view configuration
       information for this service. The service's status can be queried using
       the svcs(1) command.

SunOS 5.11			  31 Jul 2004			in.fingerd(1M)
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