Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!asuvax!ukma!sean From: sean@ms.uky.edu (Sean Casey) Newsgroups: comp.unix.misc Subject: Re: who's fingering me Keywords: finger Message-ID: <1991Jun10.155314.4829@ms.uky.edu> Date: 10 Jun 91 15:53:14 GMT References: Distribution: comp Organization: The Leaning Tower of Patterson Office @ The Univ. of KY Lines: 11 The answer is: it can't. The IP protocols do not transmit userid information, and neither does the finger protocol. A system using Dan Bernstein's mods would be able to supply userid info, but your fingerd daemon would need to be modified to use his authentication libary. (Wish everyone was using it) Sean -- ** Sean Casey