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authorTheo de Raadt <deraadt@cvs.openbsd.org>1997-01-13 20:54:26 +0000
committerTheo de Raadt <deraadt@cvs.openbsd.org>1997-01-13 20:54:26 +0000
commitd511f7c1e7124d533764b8d8026c7e3f04419789 (patch)
tree51905f618dfbfec7f8fe4ca1b23659ab58393592 /libexec/fingerd
parentc4cc7502cdab37e9c5b60bda3c9ceecf7d06ff79 (diff)
talk about inetd; kleink@layla.inka.de
Diffstat (limited to 'libexec/fingerd')
-rw-r--r--libexec/fingerd/fingerd.811
1 files changed, 7 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/libexec/fingerd/fingerd.8 b/libexec/fingerd/fingerd.8
index 065bfd826ff..2dabf054975 100644
--- a/libexec/fingerd/fingerd.8
+++ b/libexec/fingerd/fingerd.8
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-.\" $OpenBSD: fingerd.8,v 1.4 1996/12/08 13:29:53 downsj Exp $
+.\" $OpenBSD: fingerd.8,v 1.5 1997/01/13 20:54:25 deraadt 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 1.4 1996/12/08 13:29:53 downsj Exp $
+.\" $Id: fingerd.8,v 1.5 1997/01/13 20:54:25 deraadt Exp $
.\"
.Dd June 4, 1993
.Dt FINGERD 8
@@ -64,7 +64,9 @@ protocol consists mostly of specifying a single
.Dq command line .
.Pp
.Nm Fingerd
-listens for
+is started by
+.Xr inetd 8 ,
+which listens for
.Tn TCP
requests at port 79.
Once connected it reads a single command line
@@ -151,7 +153,8 @@ to have more control over what information is
provided to remote sites.
.El
.Sh SEE ALSO
-.Xr finger 1
+.Xr finger 1 ,
+.Xr inetd 8
.Sh BUGS
Connecting directly to the server from a
.Tn TIP