------------ Contents ------------ Copyright Authors History Synopsis Files Making IUFINGER Configuring IUFINGER Comments ------------ Copyright ------------ = (C) Copyright 1992-1993 The Trustees of Indiana University C Permission to use, copy, modify, and distribute this program for F non-commercial use and without fee is hereby granted, provided that@ this copyright and permission notice appear on all copies andG supporting documentation, the name of Indiana University not be used H in advertising or publicity pertaining to distribution of the programG without specific prior permission, and notice be given in supporting B documentation that copying and distribution is by permission of Indiana University. G Indiana University makes no representations about the suitability of H this software for any purpose. It is provided "as is" without express or implied warranty. ------------ Authors ------------ Indiana University University Computing Services Network Applications Group 9 Larry Hughes - Software Engineer (Version 1.1 and later) < Colin Fraizer - Application/Systems Programmer (Version 1.0) ------------ History ------------ Current Version : 1.2 Release Date : July 19, 1993 3 Comments : Support for Multinet and TCPware. Version : 1.1 Release Date : November, 1992G Comments : Added "#ifdef NOCLUSTER" code, to optionally disallow ' intracluster fingers. Version : 1.0 Release Date : March, 1991 " Comments : Initial version. ------------ Synopsis ------------ L IUFINGER is a finger client for VMS. It will compile and run on VMS systems L with Wollongong's Pathway (formerly WIN/TCP), Digital's TCP/IP Services for A OpenVMS (aka UCX), TGV's Multinet, or Process Software's TCPware. E IUFINGER was initially written to address the lack of a finger client H in early versions of UCX, and to be a companion to our IUFINGERD server. J IUFINGER relies fully on finger servers to provide the finger information.E This is true even when fingering the local system. Thus, it need not # be installed as a privileged image. ------------ Files ------------ README.TXT - this file 1 MAKE.COM - Build IUFINGER distribution / MULTINET.OPT - MULTINET MMS options file * UCX.OPT - UCX MMS options file+ WINS.OPT - WINS MMS options file . TCPWARE.OPT - TCPWARE MMS options file 8 IUFINGER.C - IUFINGER server C source code file --------------- Making IUFINGER --------------- I To build IUFINGER, simply type this command in the IUFINGER distribution
directory:
$ @MAKE , The MAKE.COM accepts one optional parameter: . $ @MAKE [UCX | WINS | MULTINET | TCPWARE] D Although MAKE.COM should be able to automatically detect your TCP/IPF implementation, you may override the automatic detection by supplying the parameter. C This will produce the binary image IUFINGER.EXE. To use it, define . a symbol like this, using an appropriate path: 1 $ finger :== $sys$nowhere:[nobody]iufinger.exe Usage: - $ finger [user[@host]] [user[@host]] [...] -------------------- Configuring IUFINGER -------------------- I IUFINGER has one option which is probably not applicable for most sites, but it is for ours. E At IU, we have thousands of active user accounts on our cluster. To H discourage use of finger service when SHOW USERS would instead suffice, B we do not permit IUFINGER to perform a list query for a machine in? the cluster. (Individual user queries are permitted, however). B This behavior is not a default behavior for IUFINGER. If you wishF to enable it, before building IUFINGER.EXE as described above, define D the "NOCLUSTER" macro in the source code. You can achieve this most< easily by adding this line of code to the top of IUFINGER.C: #define NOCLUSTER 1 H Then, define the finger symbol this way, instead of as desribed earlier: 0 $ finger :== @sys$nowhere:[nobody]iufinger.com 9 Now create an "iufinger.com" containing lines like these: I $ define/user_mode cluster$addresses "129.79.1.1 129.79.1.2 129.79.1.3" 3 $ run_finger := $sys$nowhere:[nobody]iufinger.exe 6 $ run_finger 'p1' 'p2' 'p3' 'p4' 'p5' 'p6' 'p7' 'p8' @ using your own list of addresses for interfaces on your cluster. ------------ Comments ------------ C IUFINGER is an unsupported program. If you decide to use it, do so A only in strict adherence to the copyright/disclaimer shown at the C top of this file, in COPYRIGHT.TXT, and throughout the source code. D You may send comments, questions, and bug reports via Internet mail C to iufingerd@indiana.edu, or BITNET mail to IUFINGERD@INDIANA. We A will respond on a time-available basis. We do appreciate hearing from you! = Also, if you wish to be notified of future updates and/or bug @ reports, please send email to one of the addresses listed above,! and ask to be placed on the list. Enjoy!
