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by **e l l e :** » Sun, 31 Dec 1899 09:00:00

i can 'finger' but i can not 'finger user' without the -m option.
with the -m option, i can obtain some information. i get
'segmentation fault' from running 'finger user'. i thought this
was a memory problem, but running top, and then emliminating some
of the huge processes produced no change. does X, being a huge cpu/
memory process, have anything to do with this problem? is finger
seriously broken? and if so, can this be fixed? thanks for any input.

-elle

by **Ruehl Christophe** » Mon, 18 Sep 2000 08:44:07

hey there,
this seems to me there is a program bug or a library confict in your systems
..
seg. fault means, the program use a memory region that isn't reserved for the
program. try to update 'finger'.

y can check the used version of libraries -- just type: ldd [path_to_finger]/finger
and y see what kind of libraries are used by the program.

... regards chris

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Quote:
> i can 'finger' but i can not 'finger user' without the -m option. with
> the -m option, i can obtain some information. i get
> 'segmentation fault' from running 'finger user'. i thought this
> was a memory problem, but running top, and then emliminating some of the
> huge processes produced no change. does X, being a huge cpu/ memory
> process, have anything to do with this problem? is finger seriously
> broken? and if so, can this be fixed? thanks for any input.

> -elle

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