Allow a /etc/finger.conf file that contains finger aliases

This allows people who's email address differs from their account name
to be fingerable.

Submitted by: Mark Knight <markk@knigma.org>

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+.\"Copyright (c) 2000 Mark Knight <markk@knigma.org>
+.\"All rights reserved.
+.\"
+.\"Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without
+.\"modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions
+.\"are met:
+.\"1. Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright
+.\"   notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer.
+.\"2. Redistributions in binary form must reproduce the above copyright
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+.\"   documentation and/or other materials provided with the distribution.
+.\"
+.\"THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY THE AUTHOR AND CONTRIBUTORS ``AS IS'' AND
+.\"ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE
+.\"IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE
+.\"ARE DISCLAIMED.  IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHOR OR CONTRIBUTORS BE LIABLE
+.\"FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR CONSEQUENTIAL
+.\"DAMAGES (INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS
+.\"OR SERVICES; LOSS OF USE, DATA, OR PROFITS; OR BUSINESS INTERRUPTION)
+.\"HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANY THEORY OF LIABILITY, WHETHER IN CONTRACT, STRICT
+.\"LIABILITY, OR TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY
+.\"OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF
+.\"SUCH DAMAGE.
+.\"
+.\"$FreeBSD$
+.\"
+.Dd August 16, 2000
+.Dt FINGER.CONF 5
+.Os FreeBSD
+.Sh NAME
+.Nm finger.conf
+.Nd
+.Xr finger 1
+alias configuration file
+.Sh DESCRIPTION
+The optional
+.Nm finger.conf
+file is used to provide aliases that can be fingered by local
+and network users.
+This may be useful where a user's login name is not the same
+as their preferred mail address.
+.Pp
+Lines beginning with ``#'' are comments.
+Other lines must consist of an
+alias name and a target name separated by a colon.
+A target name should be either a user, or a forward
+reference to another alias.
+.Sh EXAMPLES
+.Bd -literal
+# /etc/finger.conf alias definition file
+#
+# Format alias:(user|alias)
+#
+# Individual aliases
+#
+markk:mkn
+john.smith:dev329
+john:dev329
+#
+# Administrative redirects
+#
+root:admin
+postmaster:admin
+abuse:admin
+#
+# For the time being, 'sod' is sysadmin.
+#
+admin:sod
+.Ed
+.Sh FILES
+.Bl -tag -width /etc/finger.conf -compact
+.It Pa /etc/finger.conf
+.Xr finger 1
+alias definition data base
+.El
+.Sh SEE ALSO
+.Xr finger 1 .
+.Sh HISTORY
+Support for the
+.Nm finger.conf
+file was submitted by Mark Knight <markk@knigma.org> and first appeared in
+.Fx 5.0 .