How To Install finger-server on CentOS 7

In this tutorial we learn how to install finger-server on CentOS 7. finger-server is The finger daemon

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install finger-server on CentOS 7.

What is finger-server

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) must be started using systemctl to receive finger requests. You should install finger-server if your system is used by multiple users and you’d like finger information to be available.

We can use yum or dnf to install finger-server on CentOS 7. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install finger-server.

Install finger-server on CentOS 7 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache

After updating yum database, We can install finger-server using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install finger-server

Install finger-server on CentOS 7 Using dnf

If you don’t have dnf installed you can install DNF on CentOS 7 first. Update yum database with dnf using the following command.

sudo dnf makecache

After updating yum database, We can install finger-server using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install finger-server

How To Uninstall finger-server on CentOS 7

To uninstall only the finger-server package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove finger-server

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Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install finger-server on CentOS 7 using yum and dnf.