Date: Wed, 13 Nov 1996 17:49:40 -0700 (MST) From: Joel Maslak <j@pobox.com> To: "Justin T. Gibbs" <gibbs@freefall.freebsd.org> Cc: Jason Thorpe <thorpej@nas.nasa.gov>, freebsd-bugs@freefall.freebsd.org Subject: Re: bin/2003: Finger does not work with many systems Message-ID: <Pine.NEB.3.95.961113174833.6712A-100000@babel.blackfire.com> In-Reply-To: <199611132324.PAA24670@freefall.freebsd.org>
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On Wed, 13 Nov 1996, Justin T. Gibbs wrote: > > This probably has more to do with the Linux system. Odds are that > > it's running GNU finger which is what I would call "lame by default". > > Try passing -l... > Actually, FreeBSD finger is a TTCP app and is probably showing that, at least > the version of Linux running on those machines, does not have an RFC compliant > TCP stack. You can disable the use of TTCP with the -T finger option. The -T fixed the problem (-l did not). But, I agree. Should this be the default? Joel Maslak Why does the computer seem to laugh when it says, "You have: 52 new voice mail messages?"
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