>Number:         3089
>Category:       misc
>Synopsis:       fingerd.8 could be misleading
>Confidential:   no
>Severity:       non-critical
>Priority:       medium
>Responsible:    misc-bug-people (Misc Bug People)
>State:          open
>Class:          doc-bug
>Submitter-Id:   net
>Arrival-Date:   Tue Jan  7 12:05:01 1997
>Last-Modified:
>Originator:     Klaus Klein
>Organization:
private site
>Release:        970106
>Environment:
(mi)

>Description:
fingerd.8 states that fingerd(8) listens for TCP requests on port 79 though
it does not have this capability.
>How-To-Repeat:

>Fix:

Index: fingerd.8
===================================================================
RCS file: /cvsroot/netbsd/src/libexec/fingerd/fingerd.8,v
retrieving revision 1.1.1.1
diff -u -r1.1.1.1 fingerd.8
--- fingerd.8	1996/12/20 13:22:00	1.1.1.1
+++ fingerd.8	1997/01/07 19:49:06
@@ -61,7 +61,9 @@
 .Dq command line .
 .Pp
 .Nm Fingerd
-listens for
+is started by
+.Xr inetd 8 ,
+which listens for
 .Tn TCP
 requests at port 79.
 Once connected it reads a single command line
@@ -144,7 +146,8 @@
 provided to remote sites.
 .El
 .Sh SEE ALSO
-.Xr finger 1
+.Xr finger 1 ,
+.Xr inetd 8
 .Sh BUGS
 Connecting directly to the server from a
 .Tn TIP
>Audit-Trail:
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