finger(1) - user information lookup program {oss}

rwho(1) - who is logged in on local machines {oss}

rwhod(8) - system status server {oss}

safe_finger(8) - wrapper around the finger(1) program {oss}

rquotad rpc.rquotad(8) - remote quota server {oss}

rstatd rpc.rstatd(8) - kernel statistics server {oss}

rusersd rpc.rusersd(8) - logged in users server {oss}

fingerd(8) - remote user information server {oss}

identd(8) - TCP/IP IDENT protocol server {oss}

timed(8) - time server daemon {oss}

timedc(8) - timed control program {oss}

GNU Finger - is a utility program designed to allow users of Unix hosts on the Internet network to get information about each other. {GPL,GNU}

p5-POE-Component-IKC-ReallySimple-0.01 - POE Component for simple inter-kernel communication

p5-POE-Component-IKC-0.13 - POE Inter-Kernel Communication

pfinger-0.7.7 - Highly configurable, secure and portable finger daemon

qident-1.0 - Query a remote IDENT (RFC 1413) server

liedentd-1.0 - An ident server which refuses to divulge security information

oidentd-2.0.3 - Ident server that supports user-defined ident strings

identify-0.7 - Client side ident protocol daemon wrapper

wmlj-0.3.2 - A dockapp that monitors your friends list at LiveJournal.com

gnu-finger-1.37 - GNU version of finger.

hostup - An alternative to the BSD ruptime command {oss}

rstat - Remote statistics server {oss}

finger - Phil's Finger Program {oss}

people - a frontend for rwho {oss}

ru - A users(1)-style rwho {oss}

mood - social programs including rwhod, rwho replacements {oss}

xwhosup - X11 R5 program to graphically display "rwho" activity {x,oss}

hand - a bunch of fingers working together {oss}

bogtk - The back orifice client with a gtk interface {x,GPL}

efingerd - Another finger daemon for linux {GPL}

Nevermind Who - GUI for rwho with face/image display for each login {x,freely distributable}

Applications and Utilities

Net::Time - Obtains the time from a remote machine. Part of the libnet bundle. [Perl] {oss}

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freshmeat.net : Topic : Internet : Finger

(Metalab at UNC) /pub/linux/system/network/finger/ - various finger daemons and programs