From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.2 (2018-09-13) on inbox.vuxu.org X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-0.8 required=5.0 tests=HEADER_FROM_DIFFERENT_DOMAINS, MAILING_LIST_MULTI,RCVD_IN_DNSWL_NONE autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.2 Received: from minnie.tuhs.org (minnie.tuhs.org [45.79.103.53]) by inbox.vuxu.org (OpenSMTPD) with ESMTP id 8d6eab8d for ; Fri, 7 Feb 2020 00:28:37 +0000 (UTC) Received: by minnie.tuhs.org (Postfix, from userid 112) id 3EA8B9CCA6; Fri, 7 Feb 2020 10:28:34 +1000 (AEST) Received: from minnie.tuhs.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by minnie.tuhs.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 492E89CCA4; Fri, 7 Feb 2020 10:28:08 +1000 (AEST) Received: by minnie.tuhs.org (Postfix, from userid 112) id 05BBD9CCA4; Fri, 7 Feb 2020 10:28:03 +1000 (AEST) Received: from frieza.hoshinet.org (ks3374089.kimsufi.com [37.187.103.66]) by minnie.tuhs.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id CBCAA9CCA3 for ; Fri, 7 Feb 2020 10:27:58 +1000 (AEST) Received: by frieza.hoshinet.org (Postfix, from userid 1005) id 99F9A1C8C79B; Thu, 6 Feb 2020 19:27:57 -0500 (EST) Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by frieza.hoshinet.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 93D781C8C798; Thu, 6 Feb 2020 19:27:57 -0500 (EST) Date: Thu, 6 Feb 2020 19:27:57 -0500 (EST) From: Steve Nickolas X-X-Sender: nicci@frieza.hoshinet.org To: Greg 'groggy' Lehey In-Reply-To: <20200207002114.GA6005@eureka.lemis.com> Message-ID: References: <1iqMuL-1zK-00@marmaro.de> <20200204094018.661e76717f7f475e6cb53e75@sjmulder.nl> <20200204201453.ebeaabon26vbgfle@localhost.localdomain> <202002050845.0158jDOu024559@freefriends.org> <20200207002114.GA6005@eureka.lemis.com> User-Agent: Alpine 2.02 (BSF 1266 2009-07-14) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed Subject: Re: [TUHS] finger usage (was: pronouncing *nix formulas (was: screen editors)) X-BeenThere: tuhs@minnie.tuhs.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.26 Precedence: list List-Id: The Unix Heritage Society mailing list List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Cc: The Eunuchs Hysterical Society Errors-To: tuhs-bounces@minnie.tuhs.org Sender: "TUHS" On Fri, 7 Feb 2020, Greg 'groggy' Lehey wrote: > On Friday, 7 February 2020 at 6:55:28 +1100, Dave Horsfall wrote: >> >> Oh, my .plan in those days said "To rid the world of Intel chips" >> (sorry Clem, but this was back in the days of Intel vs. Moto). It >> now reads "To rid the world of M$ software" but these days the >> finger service is generally blocked. > > It is? My .sig (not modified for this answer) includes a finger > reference, and "it works for me". Do some services block incoming > fingers? > > Greg > -- > Sent from my desktop computer. > Finger grog@lemis.com for PGP public key. > See complete headers for address and phone numbers. > This message is digitally signed. If your Microsoft mail program > reports problems, please read http://lemis.com/broken-MUA > I have Debian installed in the Linux emulation environment on my main computer (as well as on my other desktop), so I decided to try running the finger command from your .sig ;p Works fine on my end. (It's supposed to end in "20Segmentation fault (core dumped)", right?) I have never tried to install a finger daemon on any of my boxen so as to permit being able to receive incoming finger requests. Just hasn't been important enough to me. -uso.