"DP" == David Pesticcio
<davidp(_at_)paradigm(_dot_)celtic(_dot_)co(_dot_)uk> writes:
DP> paradigm:~> grep finger /etc/inetd.conf
DP> finger stream tcp nowait daemon /usr/sbin/tcpd /usr/sbin/in.fingerd
DP> paradigm:~> ls -l .forward
DP> -rwx------ 1 davidp users 80 Jan 25 23:40 .forward*
The "in.fingerd" daemon simply executes a finger binary
searching for it in a few set locations. Check the settings of
the finger binary itself. It seems yours is setuid to root
since it is capable of reading your .forward file.
Just remove the setuid bit from the binary and you are set.
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