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IN.XFINGERD(8C)


NAME

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


SYNOPSIS

  /usr/internet/openldap/libexec/in.xfingerd [-f filterfile] [-i] [-l] [-t
  templatefile] [-c rdncount] [-x [-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/internet/openldap/libexec/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.xfingerd 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.

  -p port
       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 Project
  (http://www.openldap.org/).	     OpenLDAP is derived from University of
  Michigan LDAP 3.3 Release.

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