The `/usr/local/etc/fingerdir/forwardhost' file holds the name of the host to forward finger requests to when the current finger server can't find a matching user name or mail alias. No forwarding takes place if this file doesn't exist. Any lines that start with a hash sign (#) are treated as comments. This is a sample output of what it can look like when a request is forwarded:
% finger -l nosuchuser@gnu.ai.mit.edu [No user nosuchuser@apple-gunkies.gnu.ai.mit.edu, forwarding request to life.ai.mit.edu] Login name: nosuchuser In real life: ???
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