> > My host allow 'finger <user>' from any hosts~! > > > > How can I disallow doing it from others except my host ? > > In /etc/hosts.deny add something like the following: > in.fingerd: ALL > > And then in /etc/hosts.allow add something like the following: > in.fingerd: 1.2.3.4 > > Where 1.2.3.4 is the IP address of the host that you want to allow. > there is a more radical way: edit /etc/inetd.conf and comment out the line with in.fingerd. "killall -HUP inetd" - done. you don't need the finger daemon at all, if you don't want remote hosts to finger your system.
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