Finger Command Not Working (Fresh Install)

Carlwill · 2008-10-20 18:06:29

I just did a fresh http/ftp install and noticed that I am unable to "finger" a user

I tried to 'pacman -S finger' however it appears that package does not exist.

Anyone know what this depends on?

Last edited by Carlwill (2008-10-20 18:10:07)

bluewind · 2008-10-20 19:14:32

The package is called "netkit-bsd-finger".

Carlwill · 2008-10-20 22:42:26

Just curious how you found that info?

Misfit138 · 2008-10-20 23:51:10

Carlwill wrote:

Just curious how you found that info?

Try

pacman -Ss finger

man pacman

for more.

Carlwill · 2008-10-20 23:57:19

Thanks!

bluewind · 2008-10-21 11:50:20

Or you use pkgfile which is in the pkgtools package.

pkgfile finger

.:B:. · 2008-10-21 13:02:47

There's also the 'pinky' command it seems

It's a lightweight finger equivalent in coreutils.

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