FINGER...

[STUTROUTWINE%EKU.BITNET at pucc.princeton.edu]

        Curious problem.... we've a small bug with finger on our system.... it
seems that if a users userid is 8 digits then a simple finger command (that is
without specifying the userids... used like a "who" command) then finger cannot
find the users....
        eg...

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/usr2/troutwin> finger
Login       Name               TTY  Idle    When            Office
covingto       ???
troutwin       ???
greenwel       ???
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(take my word on it... i got lucky with the userids all being 8 digits
on this example..)

        upon further investigation... i discover why it can't...
finger seems to be looking further than it (obviously 2 extra bytes)
should......

        eg.

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/usr2/troutwin> finger -l
Login name: covingto31                  In real life: ???

Login name: troutwin37                  In real life: ???

Login name: greenwel21                  In real life: ???
/usr2/troutwin>
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        if the userids are less then 8 digits... it will find them without
any problem.... only those whos id's are 8...
Any suggestions out there..... we're running SVR3.2.2 running on an
AT&T 3b2 model 1000...


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Curt Troutwine         STUTROUTWINE at EKU.bitnet  MATACMBBS at EKU.bitnet

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