It looks like the banner has been hard coded in the in.fingerd source file.
In.fingerd is in the netstd package and if you view the source/net/netstd_2.13-1.diff.gz file and search for the string 'fingerd' in your pager you'll find where the banner is printed out. I guess the easiest way to have a different banner is to change the finger daemon like somebody already suggested on the list. // Heikki -- Heikki Vatiainen * [EMAIL PROTECTED] Tampere University of Technology * Tampere, Finland -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .