TCPIP Services, Finger
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For displaying information about users on remote systems and your
local system, the DIGITAL TCP/IP Services for OpenVMS product
includes the Finger utility. For example, you can use the utility
to determine which users are logged on to a system or to refresh
your memory about the correct login name to use before using FTP
or another service to connect to an account on a remote host.
The Finger listing may include such information as:
o User name
o Account name
o Program the user is running
o User's home directory
o User's plans, activities, and other information
o User's project
The Finger software must be enabled (see your system manager).
If the Finger software is not enabled on your local OpenVMS host,
when you attempt to display information about users on that host,
an error message is returned. For example, the following error
message indicates the Finger image was not installed with the
privileges required. See your system manager.
%SYSTEM-S-NOTALLPRIV, not all requested privileges authorized
The Finger utility must be enabled on any remote host for which
you want information. If the software does not exist or is
disabled on the remote host, an error message is returned, such
as the following:
FINGER-I-CONNREF, Connection refused
| 1 - User Requirements |
Use the following rules for command syntax, quotation marks, and
wildcards when you enter FINGER command lines.
o Quotation Marks -
By default, the Finger utility translates all user and
host name specifications to lowercase. If you specify any
letters that must be uppercase, then you must enclose them in
quotation marks. In the following example, the UNIX user name
includes uppercase letters that need quotation marks around
them:
FINGER "B"OB"M"ILLER@BASE1
o Wildcards - Wildcards are not accepted for OpenVMS hosts, but
may be valid for some UNIX hosts.
o Qualifiers - Qualifiers to the FINGER command must follow
immediately after the command, preceding the user and/or host
name. If the qualifier follows the user and/or host name,
the Finger utility interprets the qualifier as a user name.
For example, in the following command the qualifier /FULL
incorrectly appears after the user specification. As indicated
by the last line in the display, the Finger server interprets
"/FULL" as a user login name.
$ FINGER ROLLINS /FULL
Username Program Login Term/Location
ROLLINS $ Mon 15:02 64626::ROLLINS
Login name: ROLLINS In real life: Professor Rollins
Account: RES9 Directory: WORK1$:[ROLLINS]
Last login: Tue 3-MAR-1998 09:05:29
Unread mail: 25
Project: Homeopathic medicine/Silica
No Plan.
Login name: /FULL In real life: ???
o User Information -
To display information about all users on a remote host,
enter the FINGER command followed by the host name (FINGER
@hostname). To display more detailed information about a
particular user, specify the user name with the host name
(format FINGER username@hostname). To display information
about all users on your local host, enter the FINGER
command without specifying a host name. To display detailed
information about a specific user on your local host, enter
the FINGER command followed by the user name.
| 2 - Examples |
1. To display brief information about all users on a host, use
the FINGER command with the host name only, in the format
@hostname. If you use the FINGER command alone (without
specifying a host name), you receive brief information about
all users on your local system. The following example shows
how to display brief information about all users on remote
host SCIENCE:
$ FINGER @SCIENCE
[science.ucd.edu]
Username Program Login Term/Location
BRADY $ Thu 07:50 dialin_706_101.ucd.lab.edu
CORRIT $ Tue 13:30 64334::CORRIT
DAVE MAIL Mon 15:02 64334::DAVE
DAWSON $ Thu 14:57
FLOYD $ Mon 17:00
KITT TPU Mon 16:57 62555::KITT
MIRTH $ Wed 16:04 UCDVAX::MIRTH
NATALIE $ Tue 09:23 64222::NATALIE
RAPSONG $ Mon 18:50 64442::RAPSONG
2. To display details about one or more users on a remote host,
specify the user name or a list of user names, including the
host name with each user name, as shown in the examples that
follow.
$ FINGER HOWE@BEARINGS
[bearings.us.beacorp.com]
Username Program Login Term/Location
HOWE MAIL Mon 15:02 84640::HOWE
Login name: HOWE In real life: Abe Howe
Account: INVENT Directory: DISK$1:[HOWE]
Last login: Tue 3-MAR-1998 10:15:39
No unread mail
Project: Inventory
No Plan.
3. This example shows the default display for the FINGER/CLUSTER
command.
$ FINGER/CLUSTER
Username Node Program Login Term/Location
ANND UCDAXP $ Mon 17:00
BRADY UCDAXP $ Thu 07:50 dialin_706_101.ucd.lab.edu
CALLING UCDALP RTPAD Thu 14:50
CALLING UCDAXP $ Thu 14:57
CURREN UCDAXP $ Tue 13:30 84051::CURREN
DOBB UCDWON TCPIP$FINGER Mon 11:50
GILBERT UCDVAX MAIL Thu 14:34 pcgil.admin.ucd.edu
IMMIN UCDALP $ Wed 16:21 BIXBY::IMMIN
KITT UCXAXP $ Mon 16:57 62555::KITT
KITTEL UCXALP $ Thu 14:12 AGGIE::KITTEL
LEVINE UCDUNI DECW$SESSION Thu 10:50
LEVINE UCDALP TCPIP$UCP Thu 10:30 llevine.philos.ucd.edu
MILLLER UCDALP TCPIP$FINGER Thu 15:00 AGGIE::MILLER
MIRTH UCDVAX $ Tue 17:09
MIRTH UCDVAX RTPAD Mon 17:27
NATALIE UCDAXP $ Tue 09:23 64222::NATALIE
POFF UCXAXP $ Tue 02:42 AGGIE::POFF
RAPSONG UCDAXP $ Mon 18:50 64442::RAPSONG
TIBBS AGGIE $ Tue 20:43 UCXAXP::TIBBS
4. You can display each user's real name and every login to
cluster members by including the /FULL qualifier, as in this
example.
$ FINGER/CLUSTER/FULL
Username Real Name Node Program Login Term/Location
ANND Ann Darin UCDAXP $ Mon 17:00
UCDAXP $ Tue 11:51
BRADY Robert Brady UCDAXP $ Thu 07:50 dialin_706_101.ucd.edu
UCDWON $ Fri 08:31
CALLING Alvin Calling UCDALP RTPAD Thu 14:50
UCDAXP $ Thu 14:57
CURREN Steve Curren UCDAXP $ Tue 13:30 84051::CURREN
UCDVAX $ Tue 14:20
DOBB Barry Dobb UCDWON TCPIP$FINGER Mon 11:50
UCDAXP $ Wed 09:20
GILBERT Joanne Gilbert UCDVAX MAIL Thu 14:34 pcgil.admin.ucd.edu
IMMIN Armen Immin UCDALP $ Wed 16:21 BIXBY::IMMIN
KITT Evelyn Kitt UCXAXP $ Mon 16:57 62555::KITT
UCDALP SEARCH Mon 16:43 62555::KITT
KITTEL Herb Kittel UCXALP $ Thu 14:12 AGGIE::KITTEL
LEVINE Larry Levine UCDUNI DECW$SESSION Thu 10:50
UCDALP TCPIP$UCP Thu 10:30 slevine.philos.ucd.edu
MILLLER Paul Miller UCDALP TCPIP$FINGER Thu 15:00 AGGIE::MILLER
MIRTH Phil Anson UCDVAX $ Tue 17:09
UCDVAX RTPAD Mon 17:27
NATALIE Natalie Beardsley UCDAXP $ Tue 09:23 64222::NATALIE
POFF Pamela Offred UCXAXP $ Tue 02:42 AGGIE::POFF
RAPSONG Aaron Feller UCDAXP $ Mon 18:50 64442::RAPSONG
TIBBS Eugene Tibbs AGGIE $ Tue 20:43 UCXAXP::TIBBS
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