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authorMike Pritchard <mpp@FreeBSD.org>1997-01-08 07:12:47 +0000
committerMike Pritchard <mpp@FreeBSD.org>1997-01-08 07:12:47 +0000
commit0fd3140e8024f7f8c19f9fbc0db630c7238e0102 (patch)
treec2ebbab82c08e17c7566270b1d4cdf4e7398153b /libexec
parent7bc9296d98446fbc605ac9078bb969795c2f68d2 (diff)
Notes
Diffstat (limited to 'libexec')
-rw-r--r--libexec/fingerd/fingerd.87
1 files changed, 5 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/libexec/fingerd/fingerd.8 b/libexec/fingerd/fingerd.8
index c5c07628a5689..f2a58105f9ff1 100644
--- a/libexec/fingerd/fingerd.8
+++ b/libexec/fingerd/fingerd.8
@@ -56,7 +56,9 @@ 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
@@ -116,7 +118,8 @@ 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