Bug#550991: gnome-nettool: finger utility does not work (sends no packets)

[Simon Paillard]

tag 550991 +upstream
notfound 550991 2.22.1-1
thanks

On Wed, Oct 14, 2009 at 05:29:59PM +0000, brian m. carlson wrote:
> Package: gnome-nettool
> Version: 2.28.0-1
> Severity: normal
> 
> gnome-nettool's finger functionality does not work.  If I try to finger
> bmc at crustytoothpaste.ath.cx or amu at monk.mit.edu (or anyone else, for
> that matter), it sends no packets, and produces only the output:
> 
>   Login    Name                 TTY      Idle   When             Where

This seems to be a regression since 2.22.1-1, after the switch to pinky
as finger program, introduced after the resolution of:
https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=549588
commit a9eaa17cdae8563e19e1afc2aebe64e534a4da85
2008-12-04 02:56 German Poo-Caamano  Fixed #549588. Try to use pinky
instead of finger. Use finger as fallback.

$ pinky amu at monk.mit.edu
Login    Name                 TTY      Idle   When         Where

It doesn't seem pinky is able to do the same job as finger does.
 
> For local fingering, such as simply "bmc", it doesn't print the output
> that the finger output would, but only a list of logged-in sessions.  I
> mention this not to conflate two separate issues, but because I think
> they might be related.  In fact, AFAICT, the username box is completely
> ignored.


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Simon Paillard