Z K F I N G E R D


Because graphics are for weenies.



zkfingerd is a relatively simple finger server designed to give the sysadmin complete control over what it looks like and what it does.

I am no longer working on zkfingerd. If you find a bug that needs patching, I'll probably still patch it, but other stuff has pretty much taken over my life. If you'd like to take over, fire off an email.

Really fucking ironic, because now zkfingerd is actually starting to get downloads. *grin*
- Cuervo


What it has

Variable substitution allows you to make the output look however you want it to look.
Script execution allows you to define targets which will execute programs, as well as enabling you to allow system users to write their own program to be executed when they are fingered.
Complete configurability -- zkfingerd aims to give you completely control over what it does and when.
Basic HTTP support, including a workaround that detects the differences between browsers that send the "//" in a finger URL as part of the query and those that don't.
Public file areas allow users to make the contents of directories available to anyone who asks for them.

What it doesn't have

Support for faces. Sorry. But hey, that's the great thing about open source: if I didn't write it, you can. :-)




You can download it from SourceForge, if you hadn't guessed. (And yes, I was pretty trashed when I posted that.)

Thanks to the fine people at SourceForge for their excellent services.

Johnny Cuervo <xycuervo@sourceforge.net>