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From: hdm@demon.net (Dominic Mitchell)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc
Subject: Re: Quick DNS and telnet/ftp query.
Date: Tue, 18 Mar 1997 17:53:34 GMT
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Earlier, Chooka <dhenshaw@silas.cc.monash.edu.au> wrote:
> Finally, given that my domain name is icon.com.au is there anyway to set
> up finger so that it will report all users using a machine on that
> domain ? 
> i.e. finger icon.com.au reports who is logged in on t-rex.icon.com.au,
> bob.icon.com.au, fred.icon.com.au etc... ?

Investigate GNU finger. I believe it can be configured in this manner.

<URL:ftp://prep.ai.mit.edu/pub/gnu/finger-1.37.tar.gz>

-Dom
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