FINGER/RSX system:  Network and Local Server             Page 1
         


         Author:   T.  R.  Wyant III, E. I. DuPont de Nemours, Richmond,
         VA. 

         Operating  System:   RSX11M+ V3.0 forward, RSX-11M V4.0 forward
                   (with restricted functionality) 

         Language:  Fortran-77 

         Memory Required:  28KW 

         Other Hardware Required:  None 

         Keywords:  RSX-11;  Networking 

         Abstract:  

         This  program  is an RSX implimentation of and interface to the
         Columbia Finger System (DECUS Library  V-SP-14),  and  provides
         similar functionality.  In particular, it:  

               o  Identifies current users of the system, when and where
                  logged in, and so on.  The search  is  on  last  name,
                  with support for the wild card characters "*" and "%". 

               o  Finds  a specific user and displays the above informa-
                  tion plus the contents of the user's FINGER.PLN file. 

               o  Serves as an in-bound DECnet server to allow searching
                  for users on other nodes.  Explicit  route-through  is
                  supported to allow use in an internet environment.  


              No  command line switches are supported.  Switches will be
         preserved in a route-through operation, and ignored  in  a  re-
         quest to the local node.  

              The  various  pieces  of  FINGER/RSX functionality require
         system support as follows:  

               o  The display of FINGER.PLN and last login time requires
                  multiuser protection;  

               o  The display of current system users and the use of "."
                  to finger yourself requires accounting (and  therefore
                  RSX-11M+);  

               o  The  display  of information to or from remote systems
                  requires DECnet.