Linux-Hams archive - August 1997: Re: node and finger

Re: node and finger

Richard Adams (kpdvx@oit.edu)
Sat, 9 Aug 1997 10:53:00 +0000 (GMT)

According to Ian Maude, While burning my cpu.:
>
> Hi all,
>
> finger anfw.dndlpu@wanet.net
>
> and I get the reply ...
>
> no such user "tem"
>
> I don't understand what is happening here! I am using 2.0.30 and the
> latest module.
>
Hello Ian.

What you describe works fine, at least here anyway, BUT i have a DNS server,
and it said that xasaa@ursinus.edu is 44.131.96.131 after the DNS lookup my
system sends a finger request out on the system.

> Ian
>
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> babc.gjpoi@herten.de | trza.ynjhzroa@roskapostia.tunk.net
> http://www.lurpac.lancs.ac.uk/g0vgs
> sysop of gb7mbc, the Morecambe Bay Cluster
> 

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