Introduction

OSCfinger is a command developed at OSC for use on OSC's systems and is similar to the standard finger command. It allows various account information to be viewed.

Availability

Usage

OSCfinger takes the following options and parameters.

$ OSCfinger -h
usage: OSCfinger.py [-h] [-e] [-g] USER

positional arguments:
  USER

optional arguments:
  -h, --help   show this help message and exit
  -e           Extend search to include gecos/full name (user) or
               category/institution (group)
  -g, --group  Query group instead of users

Query user:
    OSCfinger foobar

Query by first or last name:
    OSCfinger -e Foo
    OSCfinger -e Bar

Query group:
    OSCfinger -g PZS0001

Query group by category or insitituion:
    OSCfinger -e -g OSC    

View information by username

The OSCfinger command can be used to view account information given a username.

$ OSCfinger jsmith
Login: xxx                                   Name: John Smith
Directory: xxx                               Shell: /bin/bash
E-mail: xxx
Primary Group: PPP1234
Groups: 

Project Information by Project ID

The OSCfinger command can also reveal details about a project using the -g flag.

$ OSCfinger -g PPP1234
Group: PPP1234                                    GID: 1234
Status: ACTIVE                                    Type: Academic
Principal Investigator: xxx                       Admins: NA
Members: xxx
Category: NA
Institution: OHIO SUPERCOMPUTER CENTER
Description: xxx
---

Search for a user via first and/or last name

If the username is not known, a lookup can be initiated using the -e flag.

This example is shown using the lookup for a first and last name.

$ OSCfinger -e "John Smith"
Login: jsmith                                     Name: John Smith
Directory: xxx                                    Shell: /bin/bash
E-mail: NA
Primary Group: PPP1234
Groups: xxx
Password Changed: Jul 04 1776 15:47 (calculated)  Password Expires: Aug 21 1778 12:05 AM
Login Disabled: FALSE                             Password Expired: FALSE
---

One can also lookup users with only the last name:

$ OSCfinger -e smith
Login: jsmith                                      Name: John Smith
Directory: xxx                                    Shell: /bin/bash
E-mail: NA
Primary Group: PPP1234
Groups:
---
Login: asmith                                     Name: Anne Smith
Directory: xxx                                    Shell: /bin/bash
E-mail: xxx
Primary Group: xxx
Groups: 
---

Only the first name can also be used, but many accounts are likely to be returned.

$ OSCfinger -e John
Login: jsmith                                     Name: John Smith
Directory: xxx                                    Shell: /bin/bash
E-mail: xxx
Primary Group: PPP1234
Groups:
---
Login: xxx                                        Name: John XXX
Directory: xxx                                    Shell: /bin/bash
E-mail: xxx
Primary Group: xxx
Groups:
---
Login: xxx                                        Name: John XXX
Directory: xxx                                    Shell: /bin/ksh
E-mail: xxx
Primary Group: xxx
Groups:
---
...(more accounts below)...