WsFinger Help

About

Installation

Using WsFinger

License

Registration

Author


About WsFinger v1.5

WsFinger Copyright  (c) 1993-1995 Tidewater Systems, was developed to provide Finger and Whois client capabilities to computers using Microsoft Windows(tm) and Winsock.  WsFinger is a Winsock 1.1 compliant program.

Wsfinger provides the following:

Finger service

Whois service

Command line finger queries

Address book of finger queries

History of recent finger queries

Copy output to clipboard

Save ouput to file

Print output

WsFinger v1.5 is inexpensive shareware.  See License.


Installation

Copy wsfinger.exe and wsfinger.hlp to a subdirectory of youur choice.

Copy wsfinger.ini to your windows directory.

Move ctl3dv2.dll to your windows\system directory.

Add a program item to a Program Manager group of your choice.

Note:

Make sure that you remove ctl3dv2.dll from the local  working directory.  If  this dll exists in the working directory when running WsFinger, you will receive a error.


Author

WsFinger was produced by Jim O'Brien of Tidewater Systems.

Reaching the Author:

Jim O'Brien

Tidewater Systems

304 Jefferson Street

Salisbury MD, 21801

(410) 860-0593

Internet: 72713.1426@compuserve.com

CIS:  72713,1426


License Information

Copyright © 1993-1995 Tidewater Systems.  All rights

reserved.

THE INFORMATION PROVIDED IS

PROVIDED AS IS WITHOUT WARRANTY OF

ANY KIND, EITHER EXPRESS OR IMPLIED,

INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE IMPLIED

WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND

FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. IN NO

EVENT SHALL TIDEWATER SYSTEMS OR JAMES

M. O'BRIEN, JR BE LIABLE FOR ANY DAMAGES

WHATSOEVER INCLUDING DIRECT, INDIRECT,

INCIDENTAL, CONSEQUENTIAL, LOSS OF

BUSINESS PROFITS OR SPECIAL DAMAGES, EVEN

IF  TIDEWATER SYSTEMS AND/OR JAMES M.

O'BRIEN, JR HAS BEEN ADVISED OF THE

POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES.  IN ANY

CASE LIABILITY WILL BE LIMITED TO THE

AMOUNT OF MONEY THAT TIDEWATER SYSTEMS

RECEIVED FROM YOU FOR THE USE OF THIS

PROGRAM.

The program executables, help file and related text

files are shareware and may be used for a 30 day

evaluation period.  At the end of the 30 day evaluation,

if you would like to continue using this product you

are required to register the product with Tidewater

Systems.  If you chose not to register the product,

please remove the product from your system.

The program executables, help file and related text

files may not be distributed as part of any commercial

packages without the express permission of Tidewater

Systems.


Register WsFinger v1.5

You are required to register WsFinger after a 30 day

 evaluation.  You can register one of two ways: print the

 registration form fill it out and mail it in along with a

check or money order, or through CompuServe's

SWREG forum, (GO SWREG) #4023.

By registering WsFinger you are ensuring continued

development and support of WsFinger.  You will receive

a password to personalize your copy of Wsfinger.


Program Registration - WsFinger v1.5

$  10.00	Single User License

$_____	MD residents add state sales tax ($0.50)

$_____	Total

Make Check or Money Order drawn on US funds payable to Tidewater Systems.

Address/Phone:

Name	_______________________________________________

Company	_______________________________________________

Address	_______________________________________________

_______________________________________________

_______________________________________________

Phone	_______________________________________________

Email Address	_______________________________________________

Please include any comments or suggestions on the lines which follow.  Use an additional page

if necessary.

_________________________________________________________

_________________________________________________________

_________________________________________________________

_________________________________________________________

For information about volume discounts, site licenses, and technical questions please contact

Tidewater Systems.

Mail form to:	Tidewater Systems

304 Jefferson Street

Salisbury, MD 21801


Using WsFinger

WsFinger provides client support for finger and whois services.

Follow the links below for information on each service.

Using Finger

Using Whois


Using Finger

A finger query can be started three ways: clicking the 'Finger' button, clicking the 'AddBk' button

or by passing a query from the command line.

'Finger' :

A dialog box opens,  a [user@]host query may be typed in, or a previous

query can be selected by opening the history drop down list by clicking on

the down arrow.

Once a query has been entered/selected, click 'Ok' to start the query or 'Cancel'

to close the dialog and do nothing.

'AddBk':

A dialog box opens from which a entry can be selected from a drop down

list by clicking on the down arrow.  Click 'Ok' to start the query or 'Cancel'

to close the dialog and do nothing.

Adding an entry to the address book:

Enter the entry into the field labeled 'Enter [user@]host' and click 'Save'.

Deleting an entry from the address book:

Select the entry from the drop down list and click  'Delete'.

'Command Line Queries':

WsFinger supports the passing of command line queries.  This can be useful

if there are sites that are fingered on a regular basis.  Using this feature, a

program item could be created that fingers a specific site.

To use this feature, create a program item in a windows group.  In the 'Command Line'

field type <path to wsfinger.exe>\wsfinger.exe [user@]host.

i.e. c:\winsock\wsfinger.exe wsfinger@tidewater.com

(note: tidewater.com does not exist)


Using Whois

Whois database searches can be done using the Whois support in wsfinger.  You can choose

the Whois server.  rs.internic.net by is the initial default server.

To start a Whois search, click on the 'Whois' button.  A dialog box will open.

'Query' :

Enter the string on which a Whois search will be performed.

'Host':

This is the name of the Whois server that will service the request.

There are two hosts listed in the wsfinger.ini file in its original form.

These hosts are rs.internic.net and whois.nic.ddn.mil.  You can add or

delete other hosts to/from  the host list.

Adding a host:  Enter the address of the whois server in the Host field

and click the 'Save' button.

Deleting a host: Select the address of the whois server in the drop down

list and click the 'Delete' button.

When a query and host have been selected, click 'Ok' to perform the search, or

'Cancel' to close the dialog and abort the search.