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From: matthews@lewhoosh.umd.edu (Mike Matthews)
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Subject: Re: fingerd fixed (was Re: pmake on NeXT)
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Date: 6 Mar 91 17:25:43 GMT
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In article <12242@pt.cs.cmu.edu> ddj@zardoz.club.cc.cmu.edu (Doug DeJulio) writes:
>Ack.  The problem was that I had the users listed twice -- once in
>NetInfo, and once in /etc/passwd.  Removing the /etc/passwd file
>"fixed" the problem.
>
>ACK!  ICK!

Ack, Ick is right!  The /etc/passwd file is read during bootstrap, so
deleting it might not have been wise.

I have /etc/passwd updated every Friday? morning by a nidump passwd . >
/etc/passwd in crontab.local.  I have no problems with finger -- at least,
not the same ones you were having.  Perhaps you had a descrepancy in NetInfo
and the flat file?

>DdJ
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