This is the first "official" release of finger for Linux TCP/IP. The version on nic.funet.fi's testing dir is the same source code, but the following has changed: - Makefile: binary installed to /usr/local/bin by default, and -linet is no longer needed with the latest GCC release (2.2.2d7/jump 4.1). NOTE: if you put the finger binary somewhere other than /usr/local/bin, you must edit fingerd.c (fingerd sources), line 79 to reflect that change, or else you'll see a blank response to remote finger queries to your Linux system. /usr/etc/inet/inetd and associated utilities MUST be installed for this to work. The tcpip-0.8.0 package contains what you need, it's under nic.funet.fi:/pub/OS/Linux/testing/beta/NET. You'll need this line in /usr/etc/inet/services, if it's not already there: finger 79/tcp and this one in /usr/etc/inetd.conf: finger stream tcp nowait root /usr/etc/inet/fingerd fingerd To install: make install If inetd is already running and you install finger, send a HUP (1) signal to inetd to tell it to re-read the above config files. Copy lastlog.h to /usr/include if you want to recompile the sources. It defines the /usr/adm/lastlog format which is written by the login program in the poeigl (Poe's init/getty/login) utils. David Black 10/24/92 dlbb0@amdahl.com