Nostalgia Computing

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

finger

Install finger & fingerd:

• 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

Update your account info

• chfn

(Do keep in mind this information will be visible to anyone with access to your network.)

Set up your .plan & .project files

• vi .project

Write up something about your current project(s).

• vi .plan

Write up something about your long-term plans.

Resources

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