Bug 1506 – finger 0.10-8 doesn't work from remote

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Bug 1506 - finger 0.10-8 doesn't work from remote

Summary:	finger 0.10-8 doesn't work from remote

Status:	CLOSED WORKSFORME

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Product:	Red Hat Linux
Classification:	Retired
Component:	finger (Show other bugs)
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Version:	6.0
Hardware:	i386 Linux

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Reported:	1999-03-14 04:58 EST by Alexander L. Belikoff
Modified:	2015-01-07 18:36 EST (History)
CC List:	1 user (show)

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Last Closed:	1999-03-29 18:27:24 EST
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Description Alexander L. Belikoff 1999-03-14 04:58:34 EST

# locally

$ finger abel
... all information requested ...

# from a remote RH 4.2 / i386

$ finger abel@vermis
[vermis.bfr.co.il]
finger: abe: no such user.

Comment 1 Jeff Johnson 1999-03-29 18:27:59 EST

This worked for me. Make sure that you have util-linux-2.9o
installed (which fixes a utmp tty slot problem) as well
as the latest glibc.

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