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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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