FINGER STRINGS CONFIGURE SECTION (CONFIG finger strings)

Each option in this section is a string that can be changed to fit your needs when displaying finger information. These strings are limited to about 20 characters on the display. (If you use more than 20, the finger display will end up looking strange.)

USER_NAME is the string that is displayed when the user's username is shown.

REAL_NAME is the string that is displayed when the user's real name is shown.

DIRECTORY is the string that is displayed when the user's directory is shown.

SHELL is the string that is displayed when the user's shell is shown.

ROOM_NUMBER is the string that is displayed when the user's room number is shown.

WORK_NUMBER is the string that is displayed when the user's work phone number is shown.

HOME_NUMBER is the string that is displayed when the user's home phone number is shown.

OTHER is the string that is displayed when the user's other display information is show.

PLAN is the string that is displayed when the user's plan is shown.

PROJECT is the string that is displayed when the user's project is shown.

PGPKEY is the string that is displayed when the user's PGP key is shown.

NO_PLAN is the string that is displayed when the user doesn't have a plan file to show you.

NO_PROJECT is the string that is displayed when the user doesn't have a project file to show you.

NO_PGP is the string that is displayed when the user doesn't have a PGP key file to show you.

WAIT is the string that is shown when the system gathers information from other sites for a user listing.

INTERNAL STRINGS CONFIGURE SECTION (CONFIG internal strings)

These strings are changeable and can be any length you want (within reason). These strings are concatenated into the syslogging display when the appropriate finger has been issued. This section also includes error messages that may occur.

NO_IP_HOST is shown when there is no hostname that matches the incoming IP address. This usually indicates that either the site didn't register its IP address with the InterNIC or it is coming from a hacked site.

RENICE_FATAL is shown when the system failed to change the execution priority on the current process of cfingerd.

STDIN_EMPTY is shown when the input buffer on the cfingerd port is empty. (This should never really happen; it's here for sanity.)

TRUSTED_HOST is shown when a trusted host fingers your system. If you do not specify a trusted host, cfingerd will insert localhost into this field.

REJECTED_HOST is shown when a rejected host fingers your system. If you do not specify a rejected host, cfingerd will insert 0.0.0.0 into this field.

ROOT_FINGER is shown when a user fingers root.

SERVICE_FINGER is shown when a user requests fake user services from your system.

USER_LIST is shown when a user requests a user listing from your system.

FAKE_USER is shown when a user fingers a fake user from your system.

WHOIS_USER is shown when a user fingers a user with a WHOIS query. (This option is not yet available.)

FINGER_DENY is shown when a user tries to finger with a forward request such as user@host1@host2. This is not supported because it could result in finger loops and a lot of traffic.

SIGNAL STRINGS CONFIGURE SECTION (CONFIG signal strings)

This section is used in changing the output that is given when a system crashes, or a signal is caught, and reported to the finger output.