Date: Fri, 5 Mar 1999 21:25:46 -0800 (PST) From: Ping Mai <ping@stepnet.com> To: wcooley@nakedape.navi.net (International Man of Mystery) Cc: ping@stepnet.com, freebsd-isp@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: finger Message-ID: <199903060525.VAA06554@goa.stepnet.com> In-Reply-To: <Pine.LNX.4.10.9903052119230.12534-100000@rheingold.navi.net> from International Man of Mystery at "Mar 5, 1999 9:20:31 pm"
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You were right. There were some corrupt entries in /etc/passwd. All the users after the first bad entry was not being recognize by finger. Thanks, > Message-ID: <Pine.LNX.4.10.9903052119230.12534-100000@rheingold.navi.net> > On Fri, 5 Mar 1999, Ping Mai wrote: > > > Does anyone konw why finger commands running locally works for some > > users but not others (finger : ... : no such user) ? I am seeing this > > on a 2.2.7 and 2.2.8 release systems. > > > > I didn't get a good answer from -questions so i am trying -isp. > > Are you sure your password and shadow files are correct? Sometimes an > accidental broken line or duplicate username can really do odd things. > > > Wil > -- > W. Reilly Cooley Naked Ape Consulting > wcooley@nakedape.navi.net http://nakedape.navi.net > > Internet Meta-Resources: http://nakedape.navi.net/meta-res/ > "All the Net you need to be a geek." > > Conscience is the inner voice that warns us somebody may be looking. > -- H.L. Mencken, "A Mencken Chrestomathy" > > ------------------------------------------------------------ Ping Mai ping@stepnet.com ------------------------------------------------------------ Work keeps away three great evils: boredom, vice, and need. - Voltaire To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-isp" in the body of the message
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