On Fri, 9 Apr 1999, Justin Wilson wrote:
> Here is what I want to do:
> Our server has a distinction between corprate users and personal
> users. Each corporate account has additional emails, etc. I want to be able
> to search users via about 4 different criteria. How can I accomplish this via
> finger? I assume when you finger a user, it just looks at the username and
> Real name. Is there a way to add more fields which finger recognizes? I
> assume finger looks at the password file? Am I correct there?
Perhaps the easiest way to add info to a finger is to place a .plan file
in the users home directory, all information in this file will be
displayed when a finger is done on the user. You can then use this
information to get grep to give you only certain types of users.
Obviously you don't want the users messing with their own .plan files so
be careful with the permissions.
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Clinton
UUNET South Africa
Network Operations
