In article <c8tlb6$she$1@nemesis.news.tpi.pl>
lawina@neostrada.pl writes:
>Could yot tell me how to turn off finger on UNIX, Linux?

Comment out the "finger" description line in /etc/inetd.conf.

/etc/inetd.conf
#finger stream  tcp     ...
^

Then send a hung-up signal.

root# kill -HUP `cat /var/run/inetd.pid`

Enjoy!
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