[NTLUG:Discuss] finger

[TJ Bell]

Steve Baker wrote:
> 
> TJ Bell wrote:
> >
> > I've got a weird one for yout.  In my home directory I have made a file
> > '.plan' and put some relevant text in it.  While logged in as myself, I
> > can do `finger tj` and it shows all of the info that it should.  If I
> > log in as another user, it gives all the info except it says "No plan."
> > If, as logged in as myself, I type `finger tj at localhost` or `finger
> > tj at tjbell.dhs.org` or `finger tj at 24.4.38.60` I get everything except "No
> > plan."  The ONLY way it will display my .plan file is if I'm logged in
> > as myself AND I just do `finger tj`.
> >
> > Any ideas??  The .plan permissions are 644 so other can read it but of
> > course my home directory has the perms cut off...but that shouldn't
> > matter to finger should it??
> 
> Just how shut off are your directory permissions?  Some of them are
> important.
> 
> I found that if I disable 'x' (execute/search) permissions on my
> home directory then I get the behaviour you describe, but with 'x'
> allowed and 'r' (read) disabled, I can still do a remote finger.
> 
> It seems that finger needs search permission.

Thank you all...that did the trick!

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