IN.FINGERD(8) Maintenance Commands and Procedures IN.FINGERD(8)
NAME
in.fingerd, fingerd - remote user information server
SYNOPSIS
/usr/sbin/in.fingerdDESCRIPTION
fingerd implements the server side of the Name/Finger protocol,
specified 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 command 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
connections 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(4P).
SEE ALSO
finger(1),
svcs(1),
ip6(4P),
attributes(7),
smf(7),
inetadm(8),
inetd(8),
svcadm(8) 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 command line interpretation.
fingerd should be taught to
filter out
IAC's and perhaps even respond negatively (
IAC does not)
to all option commands received.
The
in.fingerd service is managed by the service management facility,
smf(7), 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(8).
Responsibility for initiating and restarting this service is
delegated to
inetd(8). Use
inetadm(8) to make configuration changes
and to view configuration information for this service. The service's
status can be queried using the
svcs(1) command.
July 31, 2004 IN.FINGERD(8)
