[comp.unix.questions] remotely finding where person logged from?

jd231825@longs.lance.Colostate.Edu (Jeff Detweiler) (12/15/90)

Just a simple question from a mere beginner:

I have a friend at another university who I sometimes talk to over
INTERNET.  I usually check to see if he's on the computer system first
by doing a "finger @his_host".  I would like to check where he's
logged on from, because if he's logged on from the console it usually
means he doesn't want to be bothered, but if he's logged in via modem
from their terminal server, he doesn't mind chatting.  Is their some
way I can ask his host for this information?  Thanks in advance for
any help!