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When a user uses finger to look up a user name from a real name the system returns<br />
finger: ______: no such user<br />
I.e. it is acting like finger -m not finger. &nbsp;So I tried <br />
# unalias finger<br />
thinking a configuration script had aliased it, but it was not aliased. &nbsp;I am using a Slackware 3.1 distribution. &nbsp;I'm not sure what version of finger it is. &nbsp;Right now a work around is being worked on, but we'd like to have finger working properly for our users. &nbsp;I don't imagine that it is an actual bug in the program, more likely a mess up in a configuration somewhere, but where I do not know. &nbsp;The inetd.conf file looks OK. &nbsp;Any Ideas?
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When a user uses finger to look up a user name from a real name the system returns
finger: ______: no such user
I.e. it is acting like finger -m not finger.  So I tried 
# unalias finger
thinking a configuration script had aliased it, but it was not aliased.  I am using a Slackware 3.1 distribution.  I'm not sure what version of finger it is.  Right now a work around is being worked on, but we'd like to have finger working properly for our users.  I don't imagine that it is an actual bug in the program, more likely a mess up in a configuration somewhere, but where I do not know.  The inetd.conf file looks OK.  Any Ideas?

Problems with finger

The variety of Linux distributions creates myriad issues relating to configuration and operations when computers are networked, not the least of which is the use of various network management applications, some of which are included with specific distributions, while others are standalone applications.