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From: mfontana@eniac.seas.upenn.edu (Mark A Fontana)
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Subject: Finger logger: several questions
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Date: 12 Apr 91 19:17:28 GMT
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I've been following the thread on finger logging programs, and was wondering
if there is any way to determine the login name of a remote fingerer, or
at least the name of the calling system.  Ultimately, I'd like to be able
to fetch the full name of a remote user, ie. (Mark A Fontana), so that
I could extend a customized greeting to foreign fingerers as well.

I've been playing with the snip of code posted here a few days ago, but I'd
like to expand it a little.  If you have a custom finger program/finger 
logger that works well for you, I'd greatly appreciate it if you'd mail
me a copy.  If there is interest, I'll post a summary.

Thanks,
Mark

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