From 4f6f3dcd4b8c71f5caa52864092dbde22665a645 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: tjpcc <tjp@ctrl-c.club>
Date: Mon, 30 Jan 2023 11:34:13 -0700
Subject: finger protocol

---
 finger/system.go | 48 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 48 insertions(+)
 create mode 100644 finger/system.go

(limited to 'finger/system.go')

diff --git a/finger/system.go b/finger/system.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..7112967
--- /dev/null
+++ b/finger/system.go
@@ -0,0 +1,48 @@
+package finger
+
+import (
+	"bytes"
+	"context"
+	"errors"
+	"os/exec"
+
+	"tildegit.org/tjp/gus"
+)
+
+// ListingDenied is returned to reject online user listing requests.
+var ListingDenied = errors.New("Finger online user list denied.")
+
+// SystemFinger handles finger requests by invoking the finger(1) command-line utility.
+func SystemFinger(allowListings bool) gus.Handler {
+	return func(ctx context.Context, request *gus.Request) *gus.Response {
+		fingerPath, err := exec.LookPath("finger")
+		if err != nil {
+			_ = request.Server.LogError(
+				"msg", "handler failure",
+				"ctx", "exec.LookPath(\"finger\")",
+				"err", err,
+			)
+			return Error("Could not resolve request.")
+		}
+
+		path := request.Path[1:]
+
+		if len(path) == 0 && !allowListings {
+			return Error(ListingDenied.Error())
+		}
+
+		args := make([]string, 0, 1)
+		if len(path) > 0 {
+			args = append(args, path)
+		}
+
+		cmd := exec.CommandContext(ctx, fingerPath, args...)
+		outbuf := &bytes.Buffer{}
+		cmd.Stdout = outbuf
+
+		if err := cmd.Run(); err != nil {
+			return Error(err.Error())
+		}
+		return Success(outbuf)
+	}
+}
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