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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.carno.net.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!not-for-mail From: David Henshaw <dhenshaw@silas.cc.monash.edu.au> Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Subject: Re: Problem with Finger Date: Thu, 10 Apr 1997 01:02:33 +1000 Organization: Monash University Lines: 37 Message-ID: <334BAF6F.41C67EA6@silas.cc.monash.edu.au> References: <334B0D0F.41C67EA6@silas.cc.monash.edu.au> <5ifuuj$a5t@ui-gate.utell.co.uk> NNTP-Posting-Host: ascendp-int-42.cc.monash.edu.au Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-NNTP-Posting-User: root X-Mailer: Mozilla 3.01Gold (X11; I; FreeBSD 2.1.5-RELEASE i386) Xref: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc:38808 Brian Somers wrote: > > In article <334B0D0F.41C67EA6@silas.cc.monash.edu.au>, > David Henshaw <dhenshaw@silas.cc.monash.edu.au> writes: > > Hi All, > > > > I've posted this question once already. > > > > For some reason I can't get finger working when I specify an IP addr, or > > Domain Name. > > > > i.e. f @127.0.0.1 for example reports Permission Denied. > > > > However, I can telnet to these.. > > > > Any ideas ? > > Works ok for me. What does netstat -rn say ? Have you got the "finger" > service enabled ? > > -- > Brian <brian@awfulhak.org> <brian@freebsd.org> > <http://www.awfulhak.demon.co.uk> > Don't _EVER_ lose your sense of humour ! First thing I did was check if finger was enabled. :) I did a total re-install of the system and this has fixed the problem. Obviously one of the network files in /etc contained something prohibiting me from fingering....can't fingure out which one though. Now I've got my DNS running again. Now need to fix my WWW server so that I can see it locally. -- David Henshaw dhenshaw@silas.cc.monash.edu.au