lyndon@cs.AthabascaU.CA (Lyndon Nerenberg) (02/22/90)
In article <489@harald.UUCP> jba@harald.ruc.dk (Jan B. Andersen) writes: >>>Is there any standard convention for finding a specific person's id if you >>>know the address? >Please read the question again!! David doesn't know the value of 'person' Hmm ... I don't know the mailbox address for "Lyndon Nerenberg" although I know he logs in to a machine called aurora. Let's try Dave's idea. Finger knows how to match on name, so lets try a finger on Lyndon's last name: % finger nerenberg@aurora [aurora.AthabascaU.CA] Login name: lyndon In real life: Lyndon Nerenberg Directory: /nfs/aurora2/lyndon Shell: /usr/local/bin/bash On since Feb 21 12:43:26 on ttyp1 from auboe.AthabascaU No unread mail Plan: By day, mild mannered CDLDC contract programmer; By night, blues guitar playing packet radio maniac! % Far out! It worked, just like Dave said. >*pzzzzttt* *pzzzzttt* yourself! -- Lyndon Nerenberg VE6BBM / Computing Services / Athabasca University {alberta,decwrl}!atha!lyndon || lyndon@cs.AthabascaU.CA UREP: Peru in disguise?