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| author | charnier <charnier@FreeBSD.org> | 2002-07-21 13:02:13 +0000 |
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| committer | charnier <charnier@FreeBSD.org> | 2002-07-21 13:02:13 +0000 |
| commit | 91747680359420aafcf69a4d6a2199f6cbd9e4ad (patch) | |
| tree | 63bfb74656e2077d4008624398fba9f1915551a9 /libexec/fingerd | |
| parent | 26ad533edbc3e54e07a85fde8180be9cd25ed1fa (diff) | |
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Correct wrong grammar from previous commit. Note that fingerd is not limited
to being an interface to finger(1), see -p flag. Remove a reference to
name(?) program we don't have.
Submitted by: wollman
Diffstat (limited to 'libexec/fingerd')
| -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 511388e..413a97a 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 |
