From owner-freebsd-questions Sat Aug 22 16:53:09 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id QAA20022 for freebsd-questions-outgoing; Sat, 22 Aug 1998 16:53:09 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from resnet.uoregon.edu (resnet.uoregon.edu [128.223.144.32]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id QAA20017 for ; Sat, 22 Aug 1998 16:53:08 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu) Received: from localhost (dwhite@localhost) by resnet.uoregon.edu (8.8.5/8.8.8) with SMTP id QAA12738; Sat, 22 Aug 1998 16:52:23 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu) Date: Sat, 22 Aug 1998 16:52:23 -0700 (PDT) From: Doug White To: Spidey cc: Questions=answers Subject: Re: finger broken? In-Reply-To: Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Wed, 19 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! Okay, how about 'id $user'? 'echo $user'? Perhaps this stems from your password file problems?? > > > BTW, why the 'Charlie' before the root? Is it a traditional root nick? > > > > Yup. > > why? Because It Is. I don't know, honestly. Doug White | University of Oregon Internet: dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu | Residence Networking Assistant http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~dwhite | Computer Science Major To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message