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] [-b searchbase] [-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_DAEMON  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.

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

       -b searchbase
              Specify an alternate search base for queries.


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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