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authorAaron Campbell <aaron@cvs.openbsd.org>2000-09-08 18:03:29 +0000
committerAaron Campbell <aaron@cvs.openbsd.org>2000-09-08 18:03:29 +0000
commitc6b04efe5b71f9cb932962168c5ab70b135ab1b2 (patch)
treedc3c5d67850ed4c4c0d1f4df50a22e1eb2411260 /libexec/fingerd/fingerd.8
parent87a99320368312c83ab40b14a0b45f00edf824db (diff)
Some miscellaneous man page repairs.
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diff --git a/libexec/fingerd/fingerd.8 b/libexec/fingerd/fingerd.8
index 96b22740e4a..a10bd3ddc19 100644
--- a/libexec/fingerd/fingerd.8
+++ b/libexec/fingerd/fingerd.8
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-.\" $OpenBSD: fingerd.8,v 1.10 2000/08/02 15:58:09 provos Exp $
+.\" $OpenBSD: fingerd.8,v 1.11 2000/09/08 18:03:27 aaron Exp $
.\"
.\" Copyright (c) 1980, 1991, 1993
.\" The Regents of the University of California. All rights reserved.
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@
.\" SUCH DAMAGE.
.\"
.\" from: @(#)fingerd.8 8.1 (Berkeley) 6/4/93
-.\" $Id: fingerd.8,v 1.10 2000/08/02 15:58:09 provos Exp $
+.\" $Id: fingerd.8,v 1.11 2000/09/08 18:03:27 aaron Exp $
.\"
.Dd June 4, 1993
.Dt FINGERD 8
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@
.Op Fl S
.Op Fl P Ar filename
.Sh DESCRIPTION
-.Nm Fingerd
+.Nm
is a simple protocol based on
.%T RFC1288
that provides an interface to the
@@ -63,7 +63,7 @@ There is no required format and the
protocol consists mostly of specifying a single
.Dq command line .
.Pp
-.Nm Fingerd
+.Nm
is started by
.Xr inetd 8 ,
which listens for
@@ -74,7 +74,7 @@ terminated by a
.Aq Tn CRLF
which is passed to
.Xr finger 1 .
-.Nm Fingerd
+.Nm
closes its connections as soon as the output is finished.
.Pp
If the line is null (i.e., just a
@@ -100,7 +100,7 @@ and
If a name is ambiguous, all possible derivations are returned.
.Pp
The following options may be passed to
-.Nm fingerd
+.Nm
as server program arguments in
.Pa /etc/inetd.conf :
.Bl -tag -width Ds
@@ -126,10 +126,11 @@ option is supplied.
.It Fl M
Enables matching of
.Ar user
-names. This is disabled by default if the system is running YP.
+names.
+This is disabled by default if the system is running YP.
.It Fl p
Prevents
-.Nm finger
+.Nm
from displaying the contents of the
.Dq Pa .plan
and
@@ -144,7 +145,7 @@ that may be passed in from the remote client.
Use an alternate program as the local information provider.
The default local program
executed by
-.Nm fingerd
+.Nm
is
.Xr finger 1 .
By specifying a customized local server,
@@ -155,6 +156,11 @@ provided to remote sites.
.Sh SEE ALSO
.Xr finger 1 ,
.Xr inetd 8
+.Sh HISTORY
+The
+.Nm
+command appeared in
+.Bx 4.3 .
.Sh BUGS
Connecting directly to the server from a
.Tn TIP
@@ -163,15 +169,10 @@ or an equally narrow-minded
user program can result
in meaningless attempts at option negotiation being sent to the
server, which will foul up the command line interpretation.
-.Nm Fingerd
+.Nm
should be taught to filter out
.Tn IAC Ns \'s
and perhaps even respond
negatively
.Pq Tn IAC WON'T
to all option commands received.
-.Sh HISTORY
-The
-.Nm
-command appeared in
-.Bx 4.3 .