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diff --git a/adv_cmds/finger/finger.conf.5 b/adv_cmds/finger/finger.conf.5 new file mode 100644 index 0000000..83ebc5b --- /dev/null +++ b/adv_cmds/finger/finger.conf.5 @@ -0,0 +1,91 @@ +.\" Copyright (c) 2000 Mark Knight <markk@knigma.org> +.\" All rights reserved. +.\" +.\" Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without +.\" modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions +.\" are met: +.\" 1. Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright +.\" notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer. +.\" 2. Redistributions in binary form must reproduce the above copyright +.\" notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer in the +.\" documentation and/or other materials provided with the distribution. +.\" +.\" THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY THE AUTHOR AND CONTRIBUTORS ``AS IS'' AND +.\" ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE +.\" IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE +.\" ARE DISCLAIMED. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHOR OR CONTRIBUTORS BE LIABLE +.\" FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR CONSEQUENTIAL +.\" DAMAGES (INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS +.\" OR SERVICES; LOSS OF USE, DATA, OR PROFITS; OR BUSINESS INTERRUPTION) +.\" HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANY THEORY OF LIABILITY, WHETHER IN CONTRACT, STRICT +.\" LIABILITY, OR TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY +.\" OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF +.\" SUCH DAMAGE. +.\" +.\" $FreeBSD: src/usr.bin/finger/finger.conf.5,v 1.6 2005/02/09 18:04:22 ru Exp $ +.\" +.Dd August 16, 2000 +.Dt FINGER.CONF 5 +.Os +.Sh NAME +.Nm finger.conf +.Nd +.Xr finger 1 +alias configuration file +.Sh DESCRIPTION +The optional +.Nm +file is used to provide aliases that can be fingered by local +and network users. +This may be useful where a user's login name is not the same +as their preferred mail address, or for providing virtual login names +than can be fingered. +.Pp +Lines beginning with ``#'' are comments. +Other lines must consist of an +alias name and a target name separated by a colon. +A target name should be either a user, a forward +reference to another alias or the path of a world readable file. +.Pp +Where an alias points to a file, the contents of that file will be displayed +when the alias is fingered. +.Sh FILES +.Bl -tag -width /etc/finger.conf -compact +.It Pa /etc/finger.conf +.Xr finger 1 +alias definition data base +.El +.Sh EXAMPLES +.Bd -literal +# /etc/finger.conf alias definition file +# +# Format alias:(user|alias) +# +# Individual aliases +# +markk:mkn +john.smith:dev329 +john:dev329 +sue:/etc/finger/sue.txt +# +# Network status message +# +status:/usr/local/etc/status.txt +# +# Administrative redirects +# +root:admin +postmaster:admin +abuse:admin +# +# For the time being, 'sod' is sysadmin. +# +admin:sod +.Ed +.Sh SEE ALSO +.Xr finger 1 +.Sh HISTORY +Support for the +.Nm +file was submitted by Mark Knight <markk@knigma.org> and first appeared in +.Fx 4.2 . |