What's wrong with "finger?"

[Alexis Rosen]

When I finger a user who is logged on, it tells me how long that user has
been on, and on which tty.

However, finger _always_ says "Never logged in" about anyone who isn't
logged in currently.

I don't know much about this, but does finger look through /etc/wtmp? If
not, what does it do, why isn't it working, and how can I fix it?

Thanks,
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Alexis Rosen
Owner/Sysadmin, PANIX Public Access Unix, NY
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