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From: jbn35564@uxa.cso.uiuc.edu (J.B. Nicholson)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.questions
Subject: finger returns "no one logged on" problem
Summary: What is the meaning of finger's response: "no one logged on"
Keywords: finger "no one logged on" 'no logins' login
Message-ID: <1991Jan20.174308.15839@ux1.cso.uiuc.edu>
Date: 20 Jan 91 17:43:08 GMT
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I tried fingering an account at mrcnext.cso.uiuc.edu and finger came back
with: "no one logged on".  What does this mean?

I am interested in this because I have been trying to login to my account
there and cannot do it.  I can't even finger my own account.  I tried 
mailing the account and that seems to work fine (although I can't get in
the account to verify if the mail actually got there).  All I can say for
sure is that the mail I sent didn't bounce.

Usually if I finger an account that doesn't exist I get something like:

Login name: bogus                        In real life: ???

and that's it.  I'm clueless as to what is going on with this "no one
logged on" business.

Thanks for any help.

Jeff
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