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authorbrian <brian@FreeBSD.org>2000-08-25 01:01:07 +0000
committerbrian <brian@FreeBSD.org>2000-08-25 01:01:07 +0000
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Allow finger.conf to contain aliases for files that will be displayed
when fingered. Submitted by: Mark Knight <markk@knigma.org>
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diff --git a/usr.bin/finger/finger.1 b/usr.bin/finger/finger.1
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--- a/usr.bin/finger/finger.1
+++ b/usr.bin/finger/finger.1
@@ -190,13 +190,11 @@ behaves as if the user in question does not exist.
The optional
.Xr finger.conf 5
configuration file can be used to specify aliases.
-This is particularly useful where a user's login name is not their
-preferred mail address.
Since
.Xr finger 1
is invoked by
.Xr fingerd 8
-these aliases will work for both local and network queries.
+aliases will work for both local and network queries.
.Sh ENVIRONMENT
.Nm Finger
utilizes the following environment variable, if it exists:
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