Date: Tue, 9 Feb 1999 20:11:47 -0500 (EST) From: Spike <spork@startrekmail.com> To: Keith Anderson <keith@apcs.com.au> Cc: Dan Langille <junkmale@xtra.co.nz>, freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: finger Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.4.05.9902092011100.388-100000@nyc-ny69-14.ix.netcom.com> In-Reply-To: <XFMail.990210113213.keith@apcs.com.au>
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-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- On Wed, 10 Feb 1999, Keith Anderson wrote: > Hi Dan, > > tcp_wrappers will control who can connect to the system (services) > > I'm looking fo a way of controlling fingerd > > I have 2000 user's in 1 FBSD box. > > Some users do not wish to be able to be fingered and some users have messages > in the finger for people to read. Those users who do not wish to be fingerable can create a file ".nofinger" in their home directory. This will prevent finger from givin out their information. > > fingerd permissions ??? > > fingerd -p hmmm ? > > Thanks > > Keith Anderson > > > > On 08-Feb-99 Dan Langille wrote: > > On 9 Feb 99, at 9:48, Keith Anderson wrote: > > > >> Hi All > >> > >> > >> I wish to some how control 'finger' > >> > >> I would like to control which people can be fingered on my FBSD 2.8-REL.. > >> > >> ie > >> keith@well.. can be fingered > >> fred@well... can not > >> > >> Any help would be great > > > > Put a file called .nofinger in the home directory of fred. touch > > /home/free/.nofinger is enough. > > > > If you want more control about *who* can finger, tcp_wrappers will do > > that. See my website for details on how to install it. You then specify > > your people in /usr/local/etc/hosts.allow. > > > > cheers. > > > > -- > > Dan Langille > > The FreeBSD Diary > > http://www.FreeBSDDiary.com/freebsd > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message > > --- > > "The box said 'Requires Windows 95, NT, or better,' so I installed FreeBSD." > > > ---------------------------------- > E-Mail: Keith Anderson <keith@apcs.com.au> > Date: 10-Feb-99 > Time: 11:07:22 > Satelite Service 64K to 2Meg > This message was sent by XFMail > ---------------------------------- > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message > > -Spike Gronim sporkl@ix.netcom.com The majority only rules those who let them. -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: 2.6.3ia Charset: noconv iQCVAwUBNsDc1J31G6IEwnwxAQH+2QP/ePmRyrbBN9H9v+MjQY3ceqOjvLBa3WAr yefNUmMBvdFEfveWS8pj39clIkgYIvhVnxa1JOkiFM8GKyaEassNSo/z9JzSd4CJ 8xv/+5iqNrK9p8VMGHuoTB0klqOxsUzd5Jy7vna5NIFupARXCKWW7kM7jv4Rza3f u0WiKfdICPY= =HZxJ -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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