TCP/IP DOS Utilities

Displaying User Information

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Displaying User Information

The LAN WorkPlace® FINGER utility enables you to access information about users who are logged on to hosts on your network. The FINGER utility lists their workstations, the time they last logged in, and how long their sessions have been idle.

Display this information by typing the following command: 

FINGER [username] hostname <Enter>

The parameters you can include with the FINGER command are:

username

This parameter specifies the user for whom you want detailed information. FINGER displays the user's name, login name, active and idle sessions, amount of time each session has been idle, and time the user started each session.

hostname

This parameter specifies the host for which you want information. If you use this parameter only, FINGER displays basic information about all the users logged in to the specified host.

For example, to list all the users currently logged in to the acctg host, enter the following command: 

FINGER acctg
The information FINGER displays is:

Login Name TTY Idle When Where
apuser1 Bill Smith co Tue 09:42  
apuser2 Jane Jones co Tue 07:18  

You can also list detailed information about a user (apuser2) logged in to the acctg host by entering the following command: 

FINGER apuser2 acctg

The information FINGER displays about a specific user is:

Login name: apuser2
In real life: Jane Jones
Directory: /home/jjones
Shell: /bin/csh
On since Feb 22 07:18 on console
2 hours 5 minutes Idle Time

Login name: apuser2
In real life: Jane Jones
Directory: /acctspay/bills
Shell: /bin/csh
On since Feb 22 08:22 on ttyp0
1 hour 1 minute Idle Time

Login name: apuser2
In real life: Jane Jones
Directory: /acctspay/records
Shell: /bin/csh
On since Feb 22 09:20 on ttyp1
10 seconds Idle Time 

 

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