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How to use FINGER "finger" is a program you use to find information about other users. For example, if you know someone's username, you can use finger at the athena% prompt to get additional information about him/her: finger joeuser This command would return something like: Local: Login name: joeuser In real life: ??? Athena-wide: Login name: joeuser In real life: Joe User Office: 4-082 MIT, x3-0000 Home phone: 225-0000 Directory: /mit/joeuser Shell: /bin/csh Never logged in. Project: NOT AN ATHENA STUDENT CONSULTANT Plan: Home address: Somewhere outside of MIT. I'm having a rough day. Finals are fun, aren't they? To get the person's plan and project information, you must first attach his/her home directory by typing "attach username". This does not work if you finger a username at athena, or at the workstation where she is logged on. For example: finger joeuser@w20-575-2 returns information indicating that joeuser is using that machine, how long he has been there, and a few other small pieces of information. There is also a database maintained by the registrar's office. This contains all the information that normally appears in the MIT Phone Directory. For information on how to use this, type: finger help@mit.edu This will give you basic details about how to use the system and a list of other topics on which you may obtain help. If you would like to find someone's username, please refer to the answer Finding out someone's Athena username under the "ACCOUNTS" topic. Also, if you wold like to know more about .plan and .project files, as well as changing your finger information, please refer to the answer How to change your FINGER INFORMATION also under the "ACCOUNTS" topic. |
