# TCP/IP DOS Utilities ### Displaying User Information Part 2/9

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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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