Date: Thu, 01 Feb 1996 04:07:05 -0800 From: David Greenman <davidg@Root.COM> To: Donald Burr <d_burr@ix.netcom.com> Cc: FreeBSD Questions <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: how to un-restrict finger? Message-ID: <199602011207.EAA01634@Root.COM> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Thu, 01 Feb 1996 03:51:54 PST." <Pine.BSF.3.91.960201035013.27235A-100000@starfleet.gov>
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>I notice that FreeBSD finger is setup so that, when someone does "finger >@my.machine.edu", they instead of getting a listing of all on-line users, >they get "must provide username". I know that some people like this more >secure/private/whatever way of finger, but I don't. How do I make finger >work like it should? Do i have to hack on the sources for fingerd, or is >there a command-line switch or something I can use on it? or what? >Please let me know, thanks! RTFM - "man fingerd", then edit /etc/inetd.conf and remove the -s. -DG David Greenman Core Team/Principal Architect, The FreeBSD Project
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