[12918] in Athena Bugs
decmips 7.7G: finger
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (jasper@MIT.EDU)
Sat Nov 19 09:57:58 1994
From: jasper@MIT.EDU
To: bugs@MIT.EDU
Date: Sat, 19 Nov 1994 09:57:50 EST
System name: pinkie
Type and version: KN02ca 7.7G
Display type: PMAG-DV
What were you trying to do?
Read the help information about finger.
After looking up a particular person by fingering
her first name, and verifying that she was the
person I sought (this took about 15 queries),
I tried to read the help information about finger.
This requires about 10 more uses of the program.
About when I got to
athena% help finger_restrictions@mitdir
I received the following message:
[MITDIR-TOO.MIT.EDU]
Query refused. Number of queries has exceeded alloted time period.
What's wrong:
I do not understand this message (it is too cryptic),
and it seems designed to prevent me from learning about
the system, as to what it can and cannot do.
What should have happened:
The computer should have displayed information about the
restrictions on use of finger.
Please describe any relevant documentation references:
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