From owner-freebsd-questions Thu Feb 1 04:07:10 1996 Return-Path: owner-questions Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.3/8.7.3) id EAA21329 for questions-outgoing; Thu, 1 Feb 1996 04:07:10 -0800 (PST) Received: from Root.COM (implode.Root.COM [198.145.90.17]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.3/8.7.3) with SMTP id EAA21322 for ; Thu, 1 Feb 1996 04:07:06 -0800 (PST) Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by Root.COM (8.6.12/8.6.5) with SMTP id EAA01634; Thu, 1 Feb 1996 04:07:05 -0800 Message-Id: <199602011207.EAA01634@Root.COM> X-Authentication-Warning: implode.Root.COM: Host localhost didn't use HELO protocol To: Donald Burr cc: FreeBSD Questions Subject: Re: how to un-restrict finger? In-reply-to: Your message of "Thu, 01 Feb 1996 03:51:54 PST." From: David Greenman Reply-To: davidg@Root.COM Date: Thu, 01 Feb 1996 04:07:05 -0800 Sender: owner-questions@freebsd.org Precedence: bulk >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