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Thanks for GNU finger.  It works surprisingly well, considering the
nature of HP-UX.  I have encountered one serious problem:

   * The Finger version and where you obtained the distribution
   Source: ftp.uu.net:packages/gnu/finger

   * Your hardware
   Hewlett-Packard 9000 Model 852

   * Operating system
   HP-UX 8.0

   * C Compiler used
   HP-UX C compiler

   * Your network configuration; don't forget to mention what
     hardware, operating systems, and C compilers are used on each
     node where the bug manifests itself.
   Currently, stand-alone for finger

The problem:

When fingering for a non-existent user (not in password file, alias, or
anywhere else, the in.fingerd server hangs, leaving a process like
this:

    root 22285   169 88 09:21:01 ?        0:08 finger

The process never finishes, and the remote user never gets a response.
The same thing happens locally with the GNU finger client on the server.

When the user is found, finger works normally.  If you are interested in
working on this program, I will be happy to send any files, or to provide
you with a login on our machine.

Regards,
Noel Hunter

* Noel Hunter,  Academic Computing Support Coordinator,  Wake Forest Univ.  *
* noel@wfu.edu TEL:(919) 759-5261  MAIL:PO Box 7408 Winston-Salem, NC 27109 *