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| author | Philippe Charnier <charnier@FreeBSD.org> | 2002-07-21 13:02:13 +0000 |
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| committer | Philippe Charnier <charnier@FreeBSD.org> | 2002-07-21 13:02:13 +0000 |
| commit | 0c9dd24bbb028a1fb8dbd0538c356b52f7738b65 (patch) | |
| tree | 63bfb74656e2077d4008624398fba9f1915551a9 /libexec/fingerd | |
| parent | 75863a6dbbcb1450be4b8774a56f059e70f534cd (diff) | |
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| -rw-r--r-- | libexec/fingerd/fingerd.8 | 15 |
1 files changed, 10 insertions, 5 deletions
diff --git a/libexec/fingerd/fingerd.8 b/libexec/fingerd/fingerd.8 index 511388e6bbc3..413a97a164d3 100644 --- a/libexec/fingerd/fingerd.8 +++ b/libexec/fingerd/fingerd.8 @@ -46,16 +46,21 @@ .Sh DESCRIPTION The .Nm -utility is a simple protocol based on +utility uses a simple protocol based on .%T RFC1196 -that provides an interface to the -Name and Finger programs at several network sites. -The program is supposed to return a friendly, +that provides an interface to +.Xr finger 1 +at several network sites. It is supposed to return a friendly, human-oriented status report on either the system at the moment or a particular person in depth. There is no required format and the protocol consists mostly of specifying a single -.Dq command line . +.Dq command line Ns , +thus, +.Nm +can also be used to implement other protocols in conjunction with the +.Fl p +flag. .Pp The .Nm |