pyfingerd 0.5.1

finger is both a protocol and a utility to get the information and status from a user on a distant machine. It was standardized in RFC 742 in 1977, then in RFC 1288 in 1991.

pyfingerd is an implementation for this protocol, which allows you to:

• Run a finger server using system information on Linux and *BSD systems.

• Run a finger server using a scenario for animating alternate reality games or confusing potential attackers.

• Implement your own finger server in Python using sensible defaults.

For more information, consult the following links:

• Project repository at Gitlab.com;

• PyPI package detail;

• Issue tracker;

• Pending contributions.

This documentation is organized using Diátaxis’ structure.

• Guides
  • Installing pyfingerd
    • Installing pyfingerd using pip
    • Installing pyfingerd from source
  • Running pyfingerd
    • Setting up your finger client
    • Using a different port
    • Setting the hostname
  • Writing a scenario for pyfingerd
    • Initializing the environment
    • The set up
    • The main events
    • The ending
• Discussion topics
  • pyfingerd structure
    • Interfaces
    • Formatters
  • Fictional interfaces
    • Scenario interface
    • Live interface
  • Scenarios and actions
    • Scenarios as code
    • Scenario files
• Command line reference
  • pyfingerd command-line reference
• Code Reference
  • pyfingerd – main namespace for pyfingerd
    • pyfingerd.binds – Binds definitions
    • pyfingerd.cli – Command-line application definition
    • pyfingerd.core – Core API definition
    • pyfingerd.errors – Error definitions
    • pyfingerd.fiction – Fictional interfaces definitions
    • pyfingerd.native – Native interfaces definition
    • pyfingerd.posix – POSIX compliant interfaces
    • pyfingerd.server – Server definition
    • pyfingerd.utils – Miscellaneous utilities
• Changelog
  • Version 0.5.1 (released on 2024-03-07)
  • Version 0.5 (released on 2024-03-07)