Subject: misc/3089: fingerd.8 could be misleading
To: None <gnats-bugs@gnats.netbsd.org>
From: Klaus Klein <kleink@layla.inka.de>
List: netbsd-bugs
Date: 01/07/1997 20:52:04
>Number: 3089
>Category: misc
>Synopsis: fingerd.8 could be misleading
>Confidential: no
>Severity: non-critical
>Priority: medium
>Responsible: misc-bug-people (Misc Bug People)
>State: open
>Class: doc-bug
>Submitter-Id: net
>Arrival-Date: Tue Jan 7 12:05:01 1997
>Last-Modified:
>Originator: Klaus Klein
>Organization:
private site
>Release: 970106
>Environment:
(mi)
>Description:
fingerd.8 states that fingerd(8) listens for TCP requests on port 79 though
it does not have this capability.
>How-To-Repeat:
>Fix:
Index: fingerd.8
===================================================================
RCS file: /cvsroot/netbsd/src/libexec/fingerd/fingerd.8,v
retrieving revision 1.1.1.1
diff -u -r1.1.1.1 fingerd.8
--- fingerd.8 1996/12/20 13:22:00 1.1.1.1
+++ fingerd.8 1997/01/07 19:49:06
@@ -61,7 +61,9 @@
.Dq command line .
.Pp
.Nm Fingerd
-listens for
+is started by
+.Xr inetd 8 ,
+which listens for
.Tn TCP
requests at port 79.
Once connected it reads a single command line
@@ -144,7 +146,8 @@
provided to remote sites.
.El
.Sh SEE ALSO
-.Xr finger 1
+.Xr finger 1 ,
+.Xr inetd 8
.Sh BUGS
Connecting directly to the server from a
.Tn TIP
>Audit-Trail:
>Unformatted: