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- From: pdp@stat.ufl.edu (Phil Padgett)
- Subject: Problem with finger 1.36
- Message-ID: <9301080134.AA07499@stat.ufl.edu>
- Sender: gnulists@ai.mit.edu
- Organization: GNUs Not Usenet
- Distribution: gnu
- Date: Fri, 8 Jan 1993 01:34:27 GMT
- Approved: bug-gnu-utils@prep.ai.mit.edu
- Lines: 46
-
- We just got and compiled version 1.36 of the finger program. We are
- running a mixed network consisting of Sun IPX's, ELC's, etc running Sun
- OS 4.1.3 and DECstations running Ultrix 4.3. The Sun binary was
- compiled with the gcc compiler. The Dec binary was compiled with both
- the DEC mips cc and the gcc compiler. Both Dec compilers have the same
- problem. Configure was run on both platforms. It correctly determined
- that the Sun's were big endian and the Dec's were little endian.
- However then finger is typed, the idle time on the Dec's is wrong. It
- appears in years. Note the following output:
- User Real Name What Idle TTY Host Console Location
- littell Ramon Littel 57 yea *p0 mako (:0.0)
- pdp Phil Padgett *p1 marlin (bstat)
- statman Chuck Kincaid 4:47 *p0 mullet (128.227.8.68)
- yang Mark Yang 1:51 *p6 marlin (bluegill)
-
- The following is the clients file:
- amberjack
- bamboo
- banana
- barracuda
-
- etc.
-
- marlin
- wirrah
- yaupon
- yellowfin
- The mailhost file contains the following:
-
- stat.ufl.edu (this is marlin)
-
- The serverhost file contains the follwing:
-
- stat.ufl.edu (marlin again)
-
- Note that marlin is a 4 processor Sun server also running Sun OS 4.1.3.
- It contains the mail spool which is amd mounted to the clients (mail
- is forwarded there for processing). Everyone's account contains a
- .forward file with username@stat.ufl.edu.
-
- Any suggestion on the problem with incorrect idle time would be
- appreciated.
-
- Phil Padgett
- pdp@stat.ufl.edu
-
-