[6177] in Athena Bugs
decmips 7.1H: decmips /usr/ucb/finger broken???
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Chuang@William, MIT '91)
Sun Oct 7 21:29:01 1990
To: bugs@ATHENA.MIT.EDU
Date: Sun, 07 Oct 90 21:28:41 EDT
From: Chuang@William, MIT '91 <wchuang@ATHENA.MIT.EDU>
System name: tailgunner
Type and version: KN01 7.1H
Display type: PM-MONO
What were you trying to do?
/usr/ucb/finger
(on tailgunner)
What's wrong:
tailgunner% /usr/ucb/finger
Login Name TTY Idle When Office
wchuang Mithrandir p0 Sun 20:28 Gandalf t-he -West
wchuang Mithrandir p1 2 Sun 20:30 Gandalf t-he -West
wchuang Mithrandir p2 1 Sun 20:30 Gandalf t-he -West
wchuang Mithrandir co 40 Sun 20:24 Gandalf t-he -West
What should have happened:
tailgunner% /usr/ucb/finger
Login Name TTY Idle When Office
wchuang Mithrandir p0 Sun 20:28 Gandalf the West
wchuang Mithrandir p1 2 Sun 20:30 Gandalf the West
wchuang Mithrandir p2 1 Sun 20:30 Gandalf the West
wchuang Mithrandir co 40 Sun 20:24 Gandalf the West
Please describe any relevant documentation references:
wchuang::3469:101:Mithrandir,Gandalf,the West,2531923,2259404:/mit/wchuang:/bin/csh
(That was from /etc/passwd, encrypted password removed here.)
tailgunner% chfn
Changing finger information for wchuang.
Info last changed on 07-oct-1990 21:04:18 by user wchuang with chfn.
Default values are printed inside of '[]'.
To accept the default, type <return>.
To have a blank entry, type the word 'none'.
Full name [Mithrandir]:
Nickname [Gandalf]:
Home address (Ex: Atkinson 304) [MacGregor J-414]:
Home phone number (Ex: 3141592) [2259404]:
Office address (Exs: E40-342 or 2-108) [the West]:
Office phone (Ex: 3-1300) [2531923]:
MIT department (Exs: 9, Biology, Information Services) [Biology]:
MIT year (Exs: 1989, '91, Faculty, Grad) ['91]:
Changing finger information...
Finger information updated succesfully.
So, I know that /usr/ucb/finger doesn't work too well, but this is sort
of ridiculous... Any ideas?
