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Index of Subjects On Mon, 17 Mar 1997, Edward Dyer wrote: > On Mon, 17 Mar 1997, David L. Potter wrote: > > > The /ccn/cgi-bin/finger script does not appear to have made it into the > > distribution. > > > > frugal has the finger executable in /usr/bin but does not appear to have > > the script. > > > > We refer to the script in the Help/Inet/web.html document as a way of > > confirming an email address is correct. on ccn this is in the form of > > > > http://chebucto.ns.ca/cgi-bin/finger > > > > ...which I assume should be changed to: lynxcgi:/cgi-bin/finger > > > > ??? > > No, I don't think so, unless we want to restrict the service to lynx > users only ;-) > > Under my postmaster hat, I actually find it useful to be able to plug a > name or userid into the form on a Netscape session, while I'm answering > mail in another window. So definitely, make sure the "gateway" function > is there. The finger script was removed from the distribution when we figured that it was obsolete. I've thrown together a new finger gateway using a form interface. It will make it into future builds in the same location as the old finger script. Landon ================================================================== Landon Boyd landon@chebucto.ns.ca Distribution Support Technician, http://chebucto.ns.ca/~landon Chebucto Community Net 902-455-4099hm 902-494-2449wk ==================================================================
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