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 ====== Finger Service ====== ====== Finger Service ======
  
-[[RFC>1288|RFC1288]] Implementation+The Synchronet Finger Service (''[[dir:exec]]/fingerservice.js'') supports the following protocols: 
 +  * [[wp>Finger]] over TCP ([[RFC>1288|RFC 1288]]) 
 +  * Finger over UDP (non-standard, deprecated) 
 +  * Active Users (a.k.a. [[wp>SYSTAT (protocol)]]) over TCP and UDP ([[RFC>866|RFC 866]]) 
 + 
 +**Note:** 
 +Active Users over UDP is required for inter-bbs [[module:sbbsimsg|Instant Message]] support. 
 + 
 +===== Configuration ===== 
 +Example configurations (in ''[[dir:ctrl]]/[[config:services.ini]]''): 
 + 
 +<file> 
 +[Finger] 
 +Port=79 
 +Options=NO_HOST_LOOKUP 
 +Command=fingerservice.js 
 +</file> 
 + 
 +<file> 
 +[ActiveUser-UDP] 
 +Port=11 
 +Options=UDP | NO_HOST_LOOKUP 
 +Command=fingerservice.js -u 
 +</file> 
 + 
 +Example configurations (in ''[[dir:ctrl]]/[[config:modopts.ini]]''); 
 + 
 +<file> 
 +[fingerservice] 
 +include_age = true 
 +include_gender = true 
 +include_location = true 
 +include_real_name = true 
 +findfile = false 
 +bbslist = false 
 +</file> 
 + 
 + 
 +==== Command-line options ==== 
 + 
 +Add to the command lines shown above to change the behavior of the Finger service: 
 + 
 +^ Option ^ Description ^ 
 +| ''-n''  | Eliminate user age and gender information from the query results | 
 +| ''-a''  | Report user aliases **only** (no real names) | 
 +| ''-ff'' | Enable the findfile feature (requires a "Guest" user account) |  
 +| ''-u''  | Report users currently online **only** (ignore any request), a.k.a. //Active Users// protocol | 
 + 
 +===== Plan Files =====  
 + 
 +Each BBS user may have their own finger-readable ''plan'' file stored as ''[[dir:data]]/user/####.plan'' where #### is the user's account number on the BBS. This file can be viewed, edited, or deleted on the BBS ([[server:Terminal]] Server) by using the ''PLAN'' string command (e.g. type the '';PLAN'' command, using most command shells). 
 + 
 +===== Special Requests ===== 
 + 
 +The normal Finger protocol usage is to request information on a specific user-ID/name (sent by the client). The Synchronet Finger Service (when **not** run in //Active Users// protocol mode), supports the following //Special Requests// as well: 
 + 
 +^ Request        ^ Description ^ 
 +| ''?ver''       | Synchronet version information | 
 +| ''?uptime''    | Current system up-time | 
 +| ''?time''      | Current system time | 
 +| ''?logon.lst'' | BBS Logon list | 
 +| ''?auto.msg''  | BBS auto-message | 
 +| ''?sockopts''  | Current socket options | 
 +| ''?stats''     | BBS Statistics | 
 +| ''?nodelist''  | BBS node list | 
 +| ''?services''  | Other TCP/IP Services enabled/running | 
 +| ''?findfile''  | Find a file (enabled with the ''-ff'' option) | 
 + 
 +==== Additional Special Requests ==== 
 + 
 +You can have additional files available for query via Finger //Special Request// by placing the files in the ''[[dir:data]]/finger'' directory. Such files may be request remotely with a request to finger ''?//filename//'', where //filename// is the name of the file to be sent.  
 + 
 +===== See Also ===== 
 +  * [[:config:services.ini]] 
 +  * [[:module:Finger]] (Finger Client module) 
 +  * [[:module:sbbsimsg]] (Instant Message module) 
 +  * [[:service:msp|MSP Service]] 
 +  * [[:service:|Services]] 
 + 
 +{{tag>tcpip services javascript chat sbbslist instant-messaging}}
  
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