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| Finger 2 |
| Computer languages | C + |
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| Documentation note | User online manual available at http://www.gnu.org/software/finger/manual/ |
| Full description | A modern computing facility consists of on … A modern computing facility consists of one user per host, and many hosts per site. To find out about logged on users at another site you must query each host to find out about an individual user. With GNU Finger, a single host is designated the finger "server" host and collects information about who is logged on to other hosts at that site. A user then needs to query only the server host, instead of each host at that site. GNU Finger follows the finger "protocol" (rules for communication) in responding to simple requests, since this protocol is siple. But it can also implement another protocol that lets two finger programs exchange information in a predetermined way; this allows faster and wider bandwidth communication. faster and wider bandwidth communication. |
| Homepage URL | http://www.gnu.org/software/finger/finger.html + |
| Interface | command-line + |
| Internet-application | security + |
| Is GNU | true + |
| Keywords | Internet + , finger + , Unix + |
| Last review by | Janet Casey + |
| Last review date | 21 February 2008 + |
| License | GPLv2orlater + |
| License verified by | Janet Casey + |
| License verified date | 31 January 2001 + |
| Name | Finger + |
| Real name | Chris Cooper + |
| Related projects | Fingerd + |
| Resource URL | mailto:bug-finger@gnu.org + , mailto:cjc@gnu.org + |
| Resource audience | Bug Tracking + , Developer + , Support + |
| Resource kind | E-mail + |
| Revisionid | 219 + |
| Revisiontimestamp | 12 April 2011 07:20:07 + |
| Revisionuser | User:WikiSysop + |
| Role | Maintainer + |
| Short description | Lets Unix users exchange information + |
| Submitted by | Database conversion + |
| Submitted date | 1 April 2011 + |
| Use | internet-application + , security + |
| User level | none + |
| Version comment | 1.37 stable released 1992-10-28 |
| Version date | 28 October 1992 + |
| Version download | http://ftp.gnu.org/pub/gnu/finger/finger-1.37.tar.gz + |
| Version identifier | 1.37 + |
| Version status | stable + |
| Has queryThis property is a special property in this wiki. | Finger 2 + , Finger 2 + , Finger 2 + , Finger 2 + , Finger 2 + , Finger 2 + , Finger 2 + , Finger 2 + |
| Modification dateThis property is a special property in this wiki. | 5 March 2013 20:38:41 + |
| Page has default formThis property is a special property in this wiki. | Entry + |
| Has subobjectThis property is a special property in this wiki. | Finger 2 + , Finger 2 + , Finger 2 + , Finger 2 + |
| EmailThis property is a special property in this wiki. | cjc@gnu.org + |
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