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\" Copyright (C) 2010 Richard Kettlewell
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.TH trivial.fingerd 8
.SH NAME
trivial.fingerd \- small featureless finger daemon
.SH SYNOPSIS
.B trivial.fingerd
.SH DESCRIPTION
.B trivial.fingerd
is a server for the finger protocol.
.PP
This implementation will reveal only the following things:
.IP \(bu 2
Whether the specified username exists or not.
.IP \(bu
The user's real name.
.IP \(bu
The contents of the user's
.I .project
file, if it exists.
.IP \(bu
The contents of the user's
.I .plan
file, if it exists.
.PP
It will not reveal the following:
.IP \(bu 4
A list of all logged-on users.
.IP \(bu
Whether a user is logged on, or details such as where they logged on
from, their idle time, etc.
.IP \(bu
A user's home directory or shell.
.IP \(bu
A user's mail forwarding arrangements.
.PP
It will never forward finger requests to another host.
.SH INSTALLATION
.B trivial.fingerd
expects to be run from
.BR inetd (8)
or similar and will refuse to run as root.
.SH AUTHOR
Richard Kettlewell <rjk@greenend.org.uk>