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in.fingerd(8)		 UNIX System Manager's Manual		 in.fingerd(8)

NAME
       in.fingerd - remote user information server

SYNOPSIS
       in.fingerd [-g]

DESCRIPTION
       in.fingerd  is  a daemon based on RFC 1288 and the Personal Information
       Protocol (PIP) that provides an interface to the finger and the pfinger
       programs.  The program is supposed to return a friendly, human-oriented
       status report on either the system at the moment or a particular person
       in depth.

INVOCATION
       The in.fingerd deamon is not a standalone server. It must be started by
       a ``super-server'' like inetd(8) and does not need to be run  as	 root.
       Options	to  fingerd  should  be specified in /etc/inetd.conf.  You may
       start it on the command line to test your configuration.

       The PFinger in.fingerd does not print information about users that have
       a  user	id lower than 100 or about users that have a file .nofinger in
       their home directory. It also does not  allow  indirect	fingers	 (e.g.
       user@hostA@hostB).  Further  the	 user information does not contain the
       users shell, home directory and last login time.

OPTIONS
       in.fingerd accepts the following options:

       -g    GNU Finger compatibility mode. If you use	the  GNU  fingerd  and
	     in.cfingerd to gather information about a whole site, you can use
	     this option to emulate the behaviour of the GNU  in.fingerd  pro‐
	     gram.  This mainly means that the login information is taken from
	     the GNU Finger hostdata file.

       -c file
	     Use file as configuration file. Default is /etc/fingerconf

       -v    Verbose output. Use this if something does somehow not  work  and
	     you want to know more.

       -V    Prints the version number and exits.

       -d    Debug modus. Note: debugging must be compiled in.

       -h    Prints a short option summary and exits.

       -w -u -l -L -p
	     Ignored but accepted for compatibility reasons.

FILES
       /etc/fingerconf		   Host finger configuration.
SEE ALSO
       pfinger(1), finger(1), fingerconf(5),  inetd(8)
RESTRICTIONS
       Connecting  directly  to the server, using a telnet program, that tries
       to negotiate any options, will not work. Workaround: delete it and  use
       a real telnet program.
BUGS
       Report bugs to pfinger@xelia.ch

PFinger			 $Date: 1999/07/07 07:34:14 $		 in.fingerd(8)

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