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27098c6e87SBrian Somers.Dd August 16, 2000
28098c6e87SBrian Somers.Dt FINGER.CONF 5
29098c6e87SBrian Somers.Os FreeBSD
30098c6e87SBrian Somers.Sh NAME
31098c6e87SBrian Somers.Nm finger.conf
32098c6e87SBrian Somers.Nd
33098c6e87SBrian Somers.Xr finger 1
34098c6e87SBrian Somersalias configuration file
35098c6e87SBrian Somers.Sh DESCRIPTION
36098c6e87SBrian SomersThe optional
37098c6e87SBrian Somers.Nm finger.conf
38098c6e87SBrian Somersfile is used to provide aliases that can be fingered by local
39098c6e87SBrian Somersand network users.
40098c6e87SBrian SomersThis may be useful where a user's login name is not the same
41098c6e87SBrian Somersas their preferred mail address.
42098c6e87SBrian Somers.Pp
43098c6e87SBrian SomersLines beginning with ``#'' are comments.
44098c6e87SBrian SomersOther lines must consist of an
45098c6e87SBrian Somersalias name and a target name separated by a colon.
46098c6e87SBrian SomersA target name should be either a user, or a forward
47098c6e87SBrian Somersreference to another alias.
48098c6e87SBrian Somers.Sh EXAMPLES
49098c6e87SBrian Somers.Bd -literal
50098c6e87SBrian Somers# /etc/finger.conf alias definition file
51098c6e87SBrian Somers#
52098c6e87SBrian Somers# Format alias:(user|alias)
53098c6e87SBrian Somers#
54098c6e87SBrian Somers# Individual aliases
55098c6e87SBrian Somers#
56098c6e87SBrian Somersmarkk:mkn
57098c6e87SBrian Somersjohn.smith:dev329
58098c6e87SBrian Somersjohn:dev329
59098c6e87SBrian Somers#
60098c6e87SBrian Somers# Administrative redirects
61098c6e87SBrian Somers#
62098c6e87SBrian Somersroot:admin
63098c6e87SBrian Somerspostmaster:admin
64098c6e87SBrian Somersabuse:admin
65098c6e87SBrian Somers#
66098c6e87SBrian Somers# For the time being, 'sod' is sysadmin.
67098c6e87SBrian Somers#
68098c6e87SBrian Somersadmin:sod
69098c6e87SBrian Somers.Ed
70098c6e87SBrian Somers.Sh FILES
71098c6e87SBrian Somers.Bl -tag -width /etc/finger.conf -compact
72098c6e87SBrian Somers.It Pa /etc/finger.conf
73098c6e87SBrian Somers.Xr finger 1
74098c6e87SBrian Somersalias definition data base
75098c6e87SBrian Somers.El
76098c6e87SBrian Somers.Sh SEE ALSO
77098c6e87SBrian Somers.Xr finger 1 .
78098c6e87SBrian Somers.Sh HISTORY
79098c6e87SBrian SomersSupport for the
80098c6e87SBrian Somers.Nm finger.conf
81098c6e87SBrian Somersfile was submitted by Mark Knight <markk@knigma.org> and first appeared in
82098c6e87SBrian Somers.Fx 5.0 .
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