raymond@cavebear.berkeley.edu (Raymond Yee) (04/10/91)
I don't know whether this is the appropriate group, but I'd appreciate
answers to the following questions:
1) Is there a way to find the email address of a person on a network
if you know his name and organization (eg, university)? I know that
finger will work if you have the host also.
2) Is there a way to get the list of all the login names on a given host.
I know that one machine I have access to, there is the command:
finger -a
On other machines, there is no corresponding option.
3) Which users do the whois command bring up? How do they register to
be in that listing?
Thank you in advance,
Raymond Yeejik@athena.mit.edu (Jonathan I. Kamens) (04/10/91)
In article <1991Apr10.034246.14408@agate.berkeley.edu>, raymond@cavebear.berkeley.edu (Raymond Yee) writes: |> 1) Is there a way to find the email address of a person on a network |> if you know his name and organization (eg, university)? I know that |> finger will work if you have the host also. In the general case, no, there isn't. If you're looking for somebody at a college or university, you can check the college/university email directory maintained by mkant@glinda.oz.cs.cmu.edu. That directory tells what the mail addresses of many schools are, and (when available) how you can look for people at those sites. I have put it in the anonymous ftp file /pub/usenet/soc.college/Student_Email_Addresses on pit-manager.mit.edu (18.72.1.58); if you don't have anonymous ftp access, you can get it by sending a message to "mail-server@pit-manager.mit.edu" with the subject "send usenet/soc.college/Student_Email_Addresses". Alternatively, if you know the name of *any* host that accepts mail at the organization, you might be able to send mail to "postmaster" at that host and ask them if they can find out the address you're looking for. Don't do this unless you really have to, though, because postmasters generally are swamped with junk mail and tend to be a bit hostile to requests of this sort (although they'll probably answer eventually). |> 2) Is there a way to get the list of all the login names on a given host. |> I know that one machine I have access to, there is the command: |> finger -a |> On other machines, there is no corresponding option. No, not on a remote host. Finger -a doesn't even work on my site, which is a 4.3BSD site. |> 3) Which users do the whois command bring up? How do they register to |> be in that listing? Anybody who registers with the NIC, assuming that "whois" at your site checks with the NIC by default (which it does on most systems). To find out how to register with the NIC, send mail to "service@nic.ddn.mil" with subject and body "help". -- Jonathan Kamens USnail: MIT Project Athena 11 Ashford Terrace jik@Athena.MIT.EDU Allston, MA 02134 Office: 617-253-8085 Home: 617-782-0710