pfinger(1) UNIX Reference Manual pfinger(1)NAMEpfinger - display information about other users in X11
SYNOPSISpfinger [-hrv] [-c file]
DESCRIPTION
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finger either displays information about which users are currently
using the system or displays information about a specific user.
There are two basic usages. Without a name argument, information about
all currently logged-in users is displayed. With one or more name
specified, finger displays information about people known to the system
and matching those names. The default output format is to display a
one-line summary about the most recent login(s) of people (one for each
person). This gives enough information to quickly determine if some‐
body is currently on the system and where to reach him/her.
If name is of the form name@host finger makes a connection to host and
performs the same operation as in the local case. The remote site must
run a finger server and the output entirely depends on the configura‐
tion of the remote host.
OPTIONSpfinger accepts the following options:
-h Prints a options summary and exits.
-c file
Use file as personal configuration file
-V Prints the version number and exists.
-r Display real names instead of login names.
SPEICAL NAMES
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Several special actions by finger can be invoked by specifying one of
the following strings for name. If a remote host is fingered, these
actions may not be available or produce another result.
.help Displays the help message of the fingered system.
.site Prints site identification.
.version
Gives version information.
CUSTOMIZING YOUR FINGER INFO
You are encouraged to keep the information displayed by finger or
pfinger up-to-date to maximize usefulness of the system.
To change what is displayed if someone requests information about you,
edit the file .fingerconf by using either a text editor or pfinger See
fingerconf(5) for a description of the file format.
Put a public key in the file .key If it is a PGP public key put it in
.pgpkey When someone fingers you a line will be displayed that indi‐
cates the existence of the file and how to receive it.
If you make plans (e.g. You are in holidays for some weeks) edit the
file .plan This file is automatically displayed if someone fingers you.
Therefore note: Do not put public keys in the plan-file. It only messes
the display up.
If your system does not run the pfinger daeomon, the file .fingerconf
cannot be used. In this case your personal information is read from the
system's password file. Use chfn(1) to change that information.
FILES
~/.fingerconf Personal information.
~/.key A public key file.
~/.pgpkey The PGP public key.
~/.face Private face bitmap.
~/.plan Plan description.
~/.fingerrc Personalized finger info script.
SEE ALSOpfinger(1), fingerconf(5), chfn(1), passwd(1), w(1), who(1)BUGS
Report bugs to pfinger@xelia.ch
PFinger $Date: 1999/06/26 17:09:21 $ pfinger(1)
