bionic (5) cfingerd.text.5.gz

Provided by: cfingerd_1.4.3-3.2ubuntu1_amd64 bug

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.

CONTACTING

       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.