Date: Wed, 19 Aug 1998 13:23:22 -0700 (PDT) From: "Jan B. Koum " <jkb@best.com> To: Spidey <beaupran@jsp.umontreal.ca> Cc: Doug White <dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu>, Questions=answers <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: finger broken? Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.4.02.9808191322190.10566-100000@shell6.ba.best.com> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.3.96.980819144656.22310C-100000@outpost.nada.org>
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Do you have $HOME/.nofinger file?
% touch $HOME/.nofinger
% finger jkb
finger: jkb: no such user
% id
uid=1000(jkb) gid=1000(jkb) groups=1000(jkb), 0(wheel)
%
Do you show up with a "w" though?
-- Yan
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On Wed, 19 Aug 1998, Spidey wrote:
>On Wed, 19 Aug 1998, Doug White wrote:
>> On Tue, 18 Aug 1998, Spidey wrote:
>>
>> > I tried recently:
>> >
>> > finger $user
>> > finger: beaupran: no such user
>> >
>> > hmmm. I am. I am a user.
>>
>> Your system hates you.
>
>AAAAARRRRGH! :)
>
>no joking, I can't finger myself! I don't understand!
>
>> > ok let's try the root:
>> >
>> > beaupran@outpost [7:22pm] ~> finger root
>> > Login: root Name: Charlie Root
>> > Directory: /root Shell: /usr/local/bin/tcsh
>> > Never logged in.
>> > No Mail.
>> > No Plan.
>> >
>> > good. this works...
>> >
>> > curious...
>> >
>> > BTW, why the 'Charlie' before the root? Is it a traditional root nick?
>>
>> Yup.
>
>why?
>
>Spidey
>
>How 'bout a little ride through your own world?
>http://www.JSP.UMontreal.CA/~beaupran/
>
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