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finger

Something that seems to be going away these days...  :(

• sudo apt-get install finger fingerd inetutils-inetd

• sudo vi /etc/inetd.conf

finger    stream    tcp4    nowait        nobody    /usr/sbin/tcpd    /usr/sbin/in.fingerd
finger    stream    tcp6    nowait        nobody    /usr/sbin/tcpd    /usr/sbin/in.fingerd

• sudo /etc/init.d/inetutils-inetd restart

Resources

• Running & Using A Finger Daemon
• fingerd(8) - Linux man page