Date: Wed, 19 Aug 1998 11:42:11 -0700 (PDT) From: Doug White <dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu> To: Spidey <beaupran@JSP.UMontreal.CA> Cc: Questions=answers <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: finger broken? Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.4.00.9808191141460.27190-100000@resnet.uoregon.edu> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.3.96.980818192126.2208A-100000@outpost.nada.org>
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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. > 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. 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
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