Re: report finger gives long list of users

[Edsel Adap <edsel () ADAP ORG>]

On my solaris machine it gives also a list of users with full names
configured in /etc/passwd:
alice:~> finger 1234567890@alice
[alice]
Login       Name               TTY         Idle    When    Where
daemon          ???                         < .  .  .  . >
bin             ???                         < .  .  .  . >
sys             ???                         < .  .  .  . >
mikeg     Mike Guo                          < .  .  .  . >
vladimir  Vladimir Dragiev --               < .  .  .  . >
ktcheung  Karen Cheung - Cust               < .  .  .  . >
fldtrng         ???                         < .  .  .  . >
vikram   Vikram Hegde - Custo               < .  .  .  . >

But not all names are listed... and I haven't figured out what the
pattern of selection is.

On Wed, Mar 28, 2001 at 11:19:23AM +0800, warning3 wrote:
> If you use digits as username, Solaris "finger" will list the users who have not
> configured full name in /etc/passwd.
>
> I heard that DG-UX  has this "feature" too.
>
> [root@ /]> uname -sr
> SunOS 5.6
> [root@ /]> cat /etc/passwd
> root:x:0:1:Super-User:/:/bin/bash
> daemon:x:1:1::/:
> bin:x:2:2::/usr/bin:
> sys:x:3:3::/:
> adm:x:4:4:Admin:/var/adm:
> lp:x:71:8:Line Printer Admin:/usr/spool/lp:
> smtp:x:0:0:Mail Daemon User:/:
> uucp:x:5:5:uucp Admin:/usr/lib/uucp:
> nuucp:x:9:9:uucp Admin:/var/spool/uucppublic:/usr/lib/uucp/uucico
> listen:x:37:4:Network Admin:/usr/net/nls:
> nobody:x:60001:60001:Nobody:/:
> noaccess:x:60002:60002:No Access User:/:
> nobody4:x:65534:65534:SunOS 4.x Nobody:/:
> blah:x:501:100::/export/home/blah:/bin/sh
>
> [root@ /]> finger 1234567@localhost
> [localhost]
> Login       Name               TTY         Idle    When    Where
> daemon          ???                         < .  .  .  . >
> bin             ???                         < .  .  .  . >
> sys             ???                         < .  .  .  . >
> blah            ???            pts/1        <Mar  7 21:55> xx.xx.xx.xx
>
>
>
> ---Original Message---
> > From : "Larry W. Cashdollar" <lwc () VAPID DHS ORG>
> Date : Fri, 23 Mar 2001 12:37:12 -0500
>
> > This is actually an old problem where you could finger 0@sunhost and get a
> > list of users.  It appears it still works for solaris 2.7, not sure about
> > 2.8.
>
>
> Regards,
> warning3 <warning3 () nsfocus com>
> http://www.nsfocus.com

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