From owner-freebsd-stable Mon Nov 29 3: 8:47 1999 Delivered-To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Received: from abc.123.org (123.org [195.244.241.123]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7750D15100 for ; Mon, 29 Nov 1999 03:08:39 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from k@abc.123.org) Received: (from k@localhost) by abc.123.org (8.9.3/8.9.3) id MAA40085; Mon, 29 Nov 1999 12:08:07 +0100 (CET) (envelope-from k) Date: Mon, 29 Nov 1999 12:08:07 +0100 From: Kai Voigt To: Sheldon Hearn Cc: Kai Voigt , stable@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: finger(1) not RFC compliant Message-ID: <19991129120807.B37610@abc.123.org> References: <19991128031403.N19490@abc.123.org> <25819.943871039@axl.noc.iafrica.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Mailer: Mutt 1.0pre2i In-Reply-To: <25819.943871039@axl.noc.iafrica.com> Organization: 123.org Sender: owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG Sheldon Hearn wrote: > > On Sun, 28 Nov 1999 03:14:04 +0100, Kai Voigt wrote: > > > In chapter 2.3, RFC 1288 defines a non recursive finger query as > > > > {Q1} ::= [ {W} | {W} {S} {U} ] {C} > > > > where {W} is "/W", {S} one or more spaces, {U} the username and {C} > > is "\r\n". > > Are you sure that the notation used in the RFC does not define elements > prescribed within "[" and "]" as optional? My reading of the rvalue > quoted is: > > Must be one of: > {C} > {W} {C} > {W} {S} {U} {C} correct, but this means that you have to specify "/W " when doing a user query. Which FreeBSD does not. Kai -- kai voigt hamburger chaussee 36 24113 kiel 04 31 - 22 19 98 69 http://k.123.org/ To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message