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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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