fingerd(ADMN)                   19 June 1992                   fingerd(ADMN)


 Name

    fingerd - remote user information server

 Syntax

    /etc/fingerd

 Description

    fingerd is a server that provides a network interface to the finger(TC)
    program (or, on some other systems, the name program).  This interface
    allows finger to display information about remote users.

    fingerd listens for TCP connections on the finger port (see
    services(SFF)).  For each connection, fingerd reads a single input line
    (terminated by a <CRLF>), passes the line to finger, and copies the out-
    put of finger to the user on the client machine.

    fingerd is started by the ``super-server'' inetd, and therefore must have
    an entry in inetd's configuration file, /etc/inetd.conf (see inetd(ADMN)
    and inetd.conf(SFF)).

 Warnings

    Connecting to fingerd using TELNET (see telnet(TC)) can have unpredict-
    able consequences and is not recommended.

 See also

    finger(TC), inetd(ADMN), inetd.conf(SFF), services(SFF).
    RFC 742.