Date: Wed, 19 Aug 1998 14:47:41 -0400 (EDT) From: Spidey <beaupran@jsp.umontreal.ca> To: Doug White <dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu> Cc: Questions=answers <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: finger broken? Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.3.96.980819144656.22310C-100000@outpost.nada.org> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.4.00.9808191141460.27190-100000@resnet.uoregon.edu>
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On Wed, 19 Aug 1998, Doug White wrote: > 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. AAAAARRRRGH! :) no joking, I can't finger myself! I don't understand! > > 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. why? Spidey How 'bout a little ride through your own world? http://www.JSP.UMontreal.CA/~beaupran/ To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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