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Re: Need help with FINGER

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From: netkid
Date: Thu, 18 Jan 1996 00:00
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In <4djul9$73m@krel.iea.com>, rstrom@iea.com writes:
>My command line 'finger' seems to have gone TU.
> 
>It works fine if I use the dot addresses.  For instance:
>finger admin@198.17.249.5
>
>But if I use the named address, such as
>finger admin@comtch.iea.com
>
>I get back a error that states:
> 
>"in fingerd: getpeername: Transport endpoint is not connected"
> 
>I tried reinstalling it via the Unpack from my disks, but that
>didn't work either.
> 
>Anyone have any ideas as to what's wrong with it, or any suggestions?
> 
>Thanks in advance.
> 
>Ron.

They're not the same address.  Apparently lea.com has a new host and
moved the fingerd daemon to krel.iea.com.

[C:\TCPIP\BIN]nslookup comtch.iea.com
Non-authoritative answer:
Name:    comtch.iea.com
Address:  198.17.249.2

[C:\]nslookup 198.17.249.5
Name:    krel.iea.com
Address:  198.17.249.5

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Subject: Re: Need help with FINGER
Date: 1996/01/18
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