finger


finger

Provides information about a user on a remote system.

Syntax

 finger [-l] [   username   ]@   computername   [...] 

Options

-l

Verbose output.

[username]@computername

The user you want to finger on the remote systemthat is, the user about whom you want to obtain information. If username is omitted, finger obtains information concerning all users on the remote system.

Examples

In general, the output to the finger command depends on the system being queried. For example, here are the instructions displayed when using finger on a hypothetical Unix host at university BlahBlah.edu and the results of fingering a user named mitch :

  finger help@blahblah.edu  [blahblah.edu] Welcome to the finger daemon at blahblah.edu! By default, the finger command  displays in multicolumn format the following information about each logged- in user:   o   user Name   o   Nickname, you can use this to send to nickname_lastname@blahblah.edu.   o   The send_email_to field is the address to use to send this person  email.   o   Campus address   o   Campus phone   o   Project We don't show login info, or idle time since these IDs never actually login;  this is a client-server system.     Different types of queries:    alias/netid lookup - finger jwh2@blahblah.edu    name lookup - finger howell@blahblah.edu                  finger jim@blahblah.edu 

If you get a message that says "Too many returns for your query," refine your query:

  finger mitch@blahblah.edu  [blahblah.edu] Information from BlahBlah's Network Identity Directory... -----------------------------------------------------     Your query returned   2 matches:     Name:           Mitchell K Sillyness Nickname:       Mitch Send Email To:  mks@graphics.blahblah.edu Campus Phone:   607-555-1212 Campus Address: 580 Smith Hall Local Phone: Local Address: Project:     Name:           Mitch H. McNobody         Nickname: Send Email To:  mhm12@blahblah.edu Campus Phone: Campus Address: Local Phone: Local Address: Project:     ... 

Notes

The remote machine must be running the finger daemon or service. If it isn't, you'll get "Connection refused " in response to using the finger command. WS2003 doesn't include a finger service, only a command-line finger client.

See Also

TCP/IP



Windows Server 2003 in a Nutshell
Windows Server 2003 in a Nutshell
ISBN: 0596004044
EAN: 2147483647
Year: 2003
Pages: 415
Authors: Mitch Tulloch

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