> How do I close the finger port if I do not even have the package installed? maybe, you should try to use iptables? if yes (or have no others ideas), read: iptables-HOWTO (i.ex: http://www.linuxguruz.org/iptables/howto/iptables-HOWTO.html) yanek Andrzej Dalasiński yanek@kis.p.lodz.pl