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fingerd waits for connections on TCP port 79. Once connected it reads a single command line terminated by a LINEFEED which is passed to finger.1 fingerd closes its connections as soon as the output is finished.
If the line is null (only a LINEFEED is sent) then finger returns a ``default'' report that lists all people logged into the system at that moment.
If a user name is specified (for instance, ericLINEFEED) then the response lists more extended information for only that particular user, whether logged in or not. Allowable ``names'' in the command line include both ``login names'' and ``user names''. If a name is ambiguous, all possible derivations are returned.
Harrenstien, Ken, NAME/FINGER, RFC 742, Network Information Center, SRI International, Menlo Park, Calif., December 1977.
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