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Finger CGI
The UNIX Finger
service can be used to provide a form of user
directory service. After you have installed the finger service,
remote users will have the ability to query user profiles on your
Virtual Server. User profiles include information such as full
name, login name, home directory, as well as the contents of the
".plan", ".project", or ".forward" files. The ".plan"".project",
and ".forward" files must be located in each of your users home
directories (if they exist).
HTML Source for the finger client form
The HTML source below represents a
finger client form.
<html>
<head>
<title>Finger Remote User on Remote Host</title>
</head>
<body>
<hr size = 3>
<h3>Finger Remote User on Remote Host</h3>
<form method="POST" action="/cgi-bin/library/finger/lookup.pl">
<input name="user" size=8 maxlength=16> <b>@</b>
<input name="host" size=24 maxlength=72>
<input type="submit" value="Lookup">
</form>
<hr size = 3>
</body>
</html>
If you are unfamiliar with the FORM HTML element, or would like to
learn more about forms, see:
Mosaic for X version 2.0 Fill-Out Form Support.
Installing the Finger CGI
To install the finger CGI on your Virtual Server you will need to
do the following:
- Download the Finger Form
You will need to download the Finger
Client HTML source and store it somewhere in your
"usr/local/etc/httpd/htdocs" directory structure. Feel free to customize
the form, add graphics, etc. But be sure that the variable name
for each input field is not altered.
- Untar the Finger CGI source code
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Telnet or SSH to your Virtual Server.
- change directories to your home directory
(type "
cd" and hit return)
- type "
tar -xvf /usr/local/contrib/finger.tar"
This will install the lookup.pl and util.pl files into
your "www/cgi-bin/library/finger" directory.
- Customize the Appearance of the Finger CGI
Two subroutines in the util.pl
file are used to print out header and footer information. These
functions are print_header_info and
print_footer_info. Feel free to modify these functions
such that the CGI outputs pages that are in synch with the motifs
of the rest of your site.
Once you have completed the installation successfully, you will have a
working finger form like the one shown below (go ahead and test it).
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