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From: casy@netcom.com
Subject: Re: finger/permission denied
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Thanks for your insight. I can safely assume it would have taken me a long 
while to figure this one out by myself:) 

I'll give it a try. BTW, you are enirely correct assuming that my vi does not
work either under an ordinary user id. So it seems I really do have the
same problem as you used to have. 

casy.