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<!DOCTYPE article PUBLIC "-//KDE//DTD DocBook XML V4.2-Based Variant V1.1//EN" "dtd/kdex.dtd" [
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<!ENTITY % addindex "IGNORE">
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<!ENTITY % English "INCLUDE" > <!-- change language only here -->
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]>
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<article lang="&language;" id="finger">
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<title>finger</title>
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<articleinfo>
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<authorgroup>
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<author>&Lauri.Watts;</author>
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<author>&tde-authors;</author>
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<!-- TRANS:ROLES_OF_TRANSLATORS -->
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</authorgroup>
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<releaseinfo>&tde-release-version;</releaseinfo>
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<date>Reviewed: &tde-release-date;</date>
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<copyright>
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<year>2010</year>
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<holder>&Lauri.Watts;</holder>
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</copyright>
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<copyright>
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<year>&tde-copyright-date;</year>
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<holder>&tde-team;</holder>
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</copyright>
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<abstract>
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<para>
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This handbook describes the finger protocol.
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</para>
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</abstract>
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<keywordset>
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<keyword>TDE</keyword>
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<keyword>finger</keyword>
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<keyword>protocol</keyword>
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</keywordset>
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</articleinfo>
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<para>Finger is a program to display information about users.</para>
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<para>If finger is enabled on the remote machine, you may be given
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information on the user's real name, if they are currently logged in, if
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they have mail and the text of their <filename>.plan</filename> file in
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their home folder.</para>
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<para>Finger is normally associated with a user@hostname address, which
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may or may not be the same as a users email address.</para>
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<para>Most Internet Service Providers no longer allow finger access, so,
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you may find that you get no useful answer for most people.</para>
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<para>Other people use their local <filename>.plan</filename> file to
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hold such information as <acronym>PGP</acronym> keys, the fact they are
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on vacation, and all sorts of information.</para>
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<para>Use the finger tdeioslave like this:
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<userinput>finger://<replaceable>username</replaceable>@<replaceable>hostname</replaceable></userinput></para>
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<para>Read the man page: <ulink url="man:/finger">finger</ulink>.
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</para>
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</article>
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