B The Penn State Finger package contains a Finger client and server.F The Finger server process provides several services, including Finger,A an SNTP client (Simple Network Time Protocol), and several of the  trivial services.   J The whole package is written in VAX MACRO and runs on either VAX or Alpha.  D The Finger server is a permanent process, allowing quick response toC network connections.  Local Finger provides better performance then 
 DECUS Finger.   D The Finger server is running on ECL.PSU.EDU, feel free to try it (if? you currently lack a client, telnet to port 79 and hit return).   = The only optional VMS software required is DECnet and/or UCX. - Multinet with UCX emulation may also be used.   
 FINGER CLIENT 
 ============= F The Finger client supports DECnet and UCX TCP/IP.  It requires a localD server to finger the local node (it is not itself a Finger program).   Command is:    	FINGER username@host   A Any qualifiers are passed to the server, they may appear anywhere  in the line.  ? If @host is omitted, FINGER defaults to 0 (your own host) or to B the value of the FINGER_SERVER logical name.  For a memory starvedD workstation cluster, you might want to run the Finger server only onJ one node and define FINGER_SERVER on all satellites to point to this node.  C FINGER first tries DECnet (unless the name obviously isn't a DECnet D node name), then it tries TCP.  You may suffix the name with .DECNETH to force DECnet only.  Use the fully qualified domain name to force TCP.  @ DECnet Finger is compatible with the DECUS DECnet Finger object.  F Command arguments may be quoted to preserve case, otherwise the entire line is converted to lowercase.     
 FINGER SERVER 
 ============= @ The Finger server is a single, multi-threaded, detached process.F The server offers fast response because the process is always present.H It has been tested with DECnet, UCX (version 1.3 and 2.0), and Multinet.4 The server requires privileges, the client does not.  @ The following services are provided (any may be disabled through conditional assembly).  $ 	o  TCP/UDP/DECnet FINGER (RFC 1288); 	   The Finger server is substantially compatible with Rich < 	   Garland's Finger (DECUS Finger).  The DECnet server will- 	   directly replace the DECUS Finger object.   = 	   All Finger commands are logged to SYS$MANAGER:FINGER.LOG.   # 	o  TCP/UDP Echo protocol (RFC 862)   & 	o  TCP/UDP Discard protocol (RFC 863)  & 	o  TCP/UDP Daytime protocol (RFC 867)  & 	o  TCP/UDP CharGen protocol (RFC 864)  5 	o  TCP/UDP Internet Message Send Protocol (RFC 1159) 2 	   This is the A protocol.  The newer, B protocol2 	   is not yet supported.  It has been tested with2 	   the ISEND client from Hebrew University (dated 	   April 1991).  7 	   Messages are broadcast clusterwide to the requested ( 	   username (terminal name is ignored).  9 	o  SNTP client (Simple Network Time Protocol) (RFC 1361) : 	   Given a suitable (close and reliable) NTP server, this9 	   client will periodically poll the server and speed up ; 	   or slow down the local system time to match the server.   ; 	   All time changes are logged to SYS$MANAGER:SETTIME.LOG.    DECUS FINGER DIFFERENCES ========================5 This is a list of things I can think of which differ.   / 	/HELP to the server is the only documentation. 5 	This is a munged copy of the DECUS Finger help file. = 	I haven't given documentation any serious consideration yet.   4 	This is a clusterwide finger (/CLUSTER is default).  A 	New mail message headers are never listed (I haven't yet figured A 	out how to match addresses so it only displays messages from the  	person doing the Finger).  = 	There is no Finger database.  Names are read from the SYSUAF @ 	owner field.  The entire SYSUAF is read at startup, and updated@ 	as needed for new accounts.  There is not presently an easy way$ 	to disable printing the owner name.  ' 	Added fields for account and nodename.   9 	No support for /SYSTEM, /IDLETIME, /TTTYPE, or /SWAPPED.   @ 	/SORT only supports account, CPU time, Login time, and Username 	(Username is the default).   1 	Differs a bit in what an interactive process is.   A 	Only supports one filename for finger plan (default FINGER.PLN). - 	Also prints a project line (FINGER.PROJECT).   B 	The format of the process listing (which fields can be displayed,E 	which columns, and how wide the fields are) can be easily configured  	at assembly time.  C 	No support for Jnet, or TCP other then UCX/Multinet, at this time.   < 	The server will not forward Finger requests.  Commands like% 	Finger @watsun@cunixc are not valid.    INSTALLATION ============C Two executables are generated, a Finger client and a Finger server.    To install:   D 1) Place the files in a (preferably empty) directory, into which you    have SET DEFAULT.  E 2) If you will be using the Finger server, edit CONFIG.MAR and select D    services appropriate for your site.  By default, all services areC    enabled except SNTP.  To disable a service, place a ; before the (    *_ON=1 line (where * is the service).   3) Compile and link:  	 	$ @BUILD   E    This will require about 12 minutes on an Alpha DEC 3000 model 400. $    About 15 minutes on a VAX 11/785.  E    BUILD will create FINGER.EXE (client) and FINGER-DAE.EXE (server). A    Put these in an appropriate place.  There is no reason to keep     the .OBJ files.  H 4) If you will be using the server, update FINGER-DAE.COM for your site."    Put it in an appropriate place.  D    Start the Finger daemon (now, and at system startup) by executing    this file (@FINGER-DAE.COM).   E    The server log files (sys$manager:finger.log and settime.log) will D    have new versions automatically created each day.  You should setC    a version limit on these files.  The files are kept open, so you G    will need to stop the server to set the version limit.  A side note, @    commands are flushed out to disk after no more than a minute.   5) Define a FINGER command:   # 	FINGER:==$device:[directory]FINGER    CREDITS  ======= B This Finger package may be freely distributed (see copyright.txt).@ Comments/suggestions are welcome.  I will attempt to include any? modifications I receive.  I plan to make substantial changes to ' Finger in the future (time permitting).      			Bryan Jensen  			System Manager  			Engineering Computer Lab  			Penn State University 			bjj@ecl.psu.edu 			bjj@psuecl.bitnet