NAME¶
cfingerd.text - cfingerd text rules
EXPLANATION¶
cfingerd offers different commands that can be placed in text files to
display corresponding information. Each command used with
cfingerd in
text files begins with a dollar-sign (or a "$"). This usually
indicates to
cfingerd that when it's displaying a file, it issues the
command given directly after that character and inserts its output.
If you want to display a raw "$" sign, simply put two "$"
signs together, or "$$".
Text commands are only parsed if ALLOW_LINE_PARSING is enabled in
/etc/cfingerd/
cfingerd.conf(5). If it is disabled the text files will be sent
as is, complete with any single or double dollar signs they may contain.
TEXT COMMANDS¶
The following is a list of text commands and what they do. They are checked case
insensitively.
$CENTER will display the entire contents of the line. This command must
start at the beginning of the line. This is a very common command.
$DATE displays the current system date in the format of MM/DD/YY.
$TIME displays the current system time in the format HH:MM A/PM
(timezone).
$IDENT displays the identity of the current person fingering your system.
$COMPILE_DATETIME displays the date and time of which the current issue
of
cfingerd was compiled on your system.
$VERSION displays the current version of
cfingerd.
$EXEC executes the rest of the line as a system command and send the
output to the fingering user. Pipes, parameters etc. are available. The
$EXEC command must be on a line by itself in order to function
properly. The command is executed as nobody.nogroup if used in a system file.
If used in a user file (e.g.
.plan) the command is executed as that
particular user.
cfingerd will fork() before executing the new command
and will drop all priviledges so this is safe.
This feature is only available if
ALLOW_EXECUTION is enabled in
cfingerd.conf. The program may prodeuce a maximum of 10MB of output.
If you like the software, and you want to learn more about the software, or want
to see a feature added to it that isn't already here, then please write to
cfingerd@infodrom.north.de. The project's webpage is at
http://www.infodrom.north.de/cfingerd/ .
SEE ALSO¶
cfingerd(8),
cfingerd.conf(5),
finger(1),
userlist(1), any of the included docs with the standard cfingerd
distribution.