Information about the package, finger-server, which is shipped with common Linux distributions. The finger-server package is designed for, The finger daemon.
Package Name:
finger-server
Summary:
The finger daemon
Description:
Finger is a utility which allows users to see information about system users (login name, home directory, name, how long they've been logged in to the system, etc.). The finger-server package includes a standard finger server. The server daemon (fingerd) runs from /etc/inetd.conf, which must be modified to disable finger requests. You should install finger-server if your system is used by multiple users and you'd like finger information to be available.
Architecture:
x86_64
Version:
0.17
Release:
40.el6
Size:
16 k
Repository:
base
From Repository:
Licence:
BSD
Control the finger-server package with the following handy commands outlined below.
yum install finger-server
This command will install finger-server on the server.
yum remove finger-server
This command will un-install finger-server on the server. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove finger-server, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.
yum -y remove finger-server
This command will un-install finger-server on the server. When you run this command with th e -y flag, you will not be prompted to check that you are sure you want to remove the package - so be sure you absolutely want to remove finger-server when using the -y flag.
yum update finger-server
This command will update finger-server to the latest version. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove finger-server, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.
yum -y update finger-server
This command will update finger-server to the latest version. When you run this command with the -y flag, you will not be prompted to check that you are sure you want to remove the package - so be sure you absolutely want to remove finger-server when using the -y flag.
yum info finger-server
This command will show you core information about the finger-server package.
yum deplist finger-server
This command will show you the dependencies for finger-server. Thankfully, when using Yum, if dependencies are required, these are also installed at the same time so you don't have to worry too much about that.
yum check-update finger-server
This command will check if there is an update waiting on finger-server. When you run this command this will return nothing if there is nothing to update, or, will return the package name if the package is due to be updated.