IN.XFINGERD(8C)                                   IN.XFINGERD(8C)

NAME

       in.xfingerd - Finger to LDAP/X.500 gateway daemon

SYNOPSIS

       /usr/sbin/in.xfingerd  [-f  filterfile] [-i] [-l] [-t tem­
       platefile] [-c rdncount] [-x hostname] [-p port]

DESCRIPTION

       in.xfingerd is the LDAP/X.500 finger daemon.  It runs from
       inetd(8)  and  translates finger queries into LDAP queries
       or X.500 queries via LDAP.  It also understands  UFN-style
       names,     so     fingering     something     like    "tim
       howes,umich,us@hostname" will do a UFN search.

       To arrange to have in.xfingerd started from  inetd  add  a
       line  like  this  to  your /etc/inetd.conf(5) file, or the
       equivalent:

           finger stream tcp nowait nobody /usr/sbin/in.xfingerd in.xfingerd

       For these changes to take  effect  with  inetd,  you  will
       probably  have  to  send it it a HUP signal.  See inetd(8)
       for more details.

OPTIONS

       -f filterfile
              Specify an alternate filter configuration file  for
              use  with  the  ldap_getfilter(3) facility, used by
              in.xfingerd.

       -i     Run in interactive mode.  With this  flag  in.xfin­
              gerd can be run from a terminal in "one shot" mode,
              reading the finger  request  from  standard  input.
              This is useful for debugging.

       -l     Disable logging of various status and errors to the
              LOG_LOCAL4 facility via syslog(8).  Note that  this
              flag turns OFF logging.  The default is on.

       -t templatefile
              Specify  an  alternate  template configuration file
              for use with the  ldap_init_templates(3)  facility,
              used by BR in.xfingerd .

       -c rdncount
              Specify the number of DN components to show for the
              names and DN attributes within entries matching the
              search.

       -x hostname
              Specify  an alternate host on which the ldap server
              is running.





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       -p port
              Specify an alternate port on which the ldap  server
              is listening.

NOTES

       The  default values for most of the things you can specify
       with  options  are  configured  at  compile  time  in  the
       include/ldapconfig.h.edit  include  file.   Also  included
       there are various messages displayed by the finger  daemon
       when  finding  no  matches, encountering errors, etc.  You
       should configure ldapconfig.h.edit for your site.

SEE ALSO

       finger(1) ldap(3), ldap_getfilter(3), inetd(8),

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

       OpenLDAP is developed and maintained by The OpenLDAP  Pro­
       ject (http://www.openldap.org/).  OpenLDAP is derived from
       University of Michigan LDAP 3.3 Release.






































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