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.\"Copyright (c) 2000 Mark Knight <markk@knigma.org>
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.\"All rights reserved.
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.\"Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without
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.\"modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions
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.\"are met:
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.\"1. Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright
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.\" notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer.
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.\"2. Redistributions in binary form must reproduce the above copyright
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.\" notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer in the
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.\" documentation and/or other materials provided with the distribution.
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.\"THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY THE AUTHOR AND CONTRIBUTORS ``AS IS'' AND
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.\"ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE
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.\"IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE
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.\"ARE DISCLAIMED. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHOR OR CONTRIBUTORS BE LIABLE
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.\"FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR CONSEQUENTIAL
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.\"DAMAGES (INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS
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.\"SUCH DAMAGE.
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.\"$FreeBSD$
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.Dd August 16, 2000
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.Dt FINGER.CONF 5
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.Os
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.Sh NAME
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.Nm finger.conf
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.Nd
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.Xr finger 1
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alias configuration file
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.Sh DESCRIPTION
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The optional
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.Nm
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file is used to provide aliases that can be fingered by local
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and network users.
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This may be useful where a user's login name is not the same
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as their preferred mail address, or for providing virtual login names
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than can be fingered.
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.Pp
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Lines beginning with ``#'' are comments.
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Other lines must consist of an
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alias name and a target name separated by a colon.
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A target name should be either a user, a forward
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reference to another alias or the path of a world readable file.
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.Pp
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Where an alias points to a file, the contents of that file will be displayed
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when the alias is fingered.
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.Sh EXAMPLES
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.Bd -literal
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# /etc/finger.conf alias definition file
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#
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# Format alias:(user|alias)
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#
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# Individual aliases
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#
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markk:mkn
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john.smith:dev329
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john:dev329
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sue:/etc/finger/sue.txt
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#
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# Network status message
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#
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status:/usr/local/etc/status.txt
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#
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# Administrative redirects
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#
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root:admin
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postmaster:admin
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abuse:admin
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#
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# For the time being, 'sod' is sysadmin.
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#
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admin:sod
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.Ed
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.Sh FILES
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.Bl -tag -width /etc/finger.conf -compact
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.It Pa /etc/finger.conf
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.Xr finger 1
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alias definition data base
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.El
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.Sh SEE ALSO
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.Xr finger 1
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.Sh HISTORY
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Support for the
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.Nm
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file was submitted by Mark Knight <markk@knigma.org> and first appeared in
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.Fx 4.2 .
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