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Date: Wed, 13 Nov 1996 15:23:30 -0700 (MST)
From: Joel Maslak <jmaslak@blackfire.com>
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Subject: bin/2003: Finger does not work with many systems
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>Number:         2003
>Category:       bin
>Synopsis:       Finger does not work with many systems
>Confidential:   no
>Severity:       non-critical
>Priority:       low
>Responsible:    freebsd-bugs
>State:          open
>Class:          sw-bug
>Submitter-Id:   current-users
>Arrival-Date:   Wed Nov 13 14:30:07 PST 1996
>Last-Modified:
>Originator:     Joel C. Maslak
>Organization:
Black Fire Productions
>Release:        FreeBSD 3.0-CURRENT i386
>Environment:

	fingerd running on Red Hat 3.0 Linux, nor for other Linux systems
	(Slackware 3.0)

>Description:

	/usr/bin/finger does not seem to like Linux.  ;)
	When a linux site is fingered (not sure which versions, but
	Red Hat 3.0 and Slackware 3.0, for sure), a blank response
	is shown:
		bash$ finger @afterhours
		[afterhours.blackfire.com]
		bash$ 
	It does not work if a username is specified, either.
	I also fingered these sites from a A/UX machine and a Linux
	machine, and both work fine.  (Response is not empty)

>How-To-Repeat:

	Finger a linux machine, running Red Hat 3.0 or Slackware 3.0,
	perhaps others.

>Fix:
	
	None as of yet.
>Audit-Trail:
>Unformatted: