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Date:      Fri, 27 Jun 1997 00:42:14 +0000 (GMT)
From:      Jason Young <doogie@forbidden-donut.anet-stl.com>
To:        Conrad Sabatier <conrads@neosoft.com>
Cc:        freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: finger date problem
Message-ID:  <Pine.BSF.3.96.970627004124.29348B-100000@forbidden-donut.anet-stl.com>
In-Reply-To: <XFMail.970626234520.conrads@neosoft.com>

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On Thu, 26 Jun 1997, Conrad Sabatier wrote:

> Please excuse me if this has come up already; just joining the list.
> 
> Since installing current, finger returns erroneous date info:
> 
> # finger conrads
> Login            Name                 TTY  Idle  Login Time   Office  Phone
> conrads          Conrad Sabatier      p1         Dec 31  1969
> 
> Same date every time.  My system clock is properly set, and date returns
> the correct info.

Recompile finger. The utmp/wtmp formats changed to deal with 16 char login
names in -current. You will need to do this with any program that
interacts with utmp or wtmp. 

ason Young
ANET Technical Staff

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