In article <1995Jan30.215843.38296@miavx1>, [log in to unmask] (Brian J. Bernstein) writes: > I'm having troubles with FINGER.. it gives me 4 system messages (ala > (MIAVX1) MIAVX1 is a cluster.. ) and talks about putting a '%' in front of > commands sent to MIAVX1.. uhh, I THINK it's not supposed to be doing this, > is it? if so, how do you use it? I've tried commands like > > $ finger [log in to unmask] > > and it doesn't work.. can't even finger the people on the vax I assume that you're using the RSCS finger, not the TCP/IP finger. Using the command: $ SEND @MIAVX1 FINGER will give you the message: (MIAVX1) - MIAVX1 is the name of a group (VAXcluster) of the nodes (MIAVX1) - OCEAN. (MIAVX1) - Send commands to a specific node or use a % in front of (MIAVX1) - commands sent to MIAVX1 to have them sent to all nodes. The system has done this since last January when we purchased the Alpha. This is because MIAVX1 is actually 3 different computers (OCEAN, SWAMP, and SEA) and the SEND command doesn't know which computer you want to use. If you want a response from all 3 computers, use the command: $ SEND @MIAVX1 %FINGER Since only OCEAN is running RSCS, it will be the only one to respond, though. A better way to do a finger is to use the TCP/IP finger command. Just use the command: $ FINGER @MIAVX1.MUOHIO.EDU It also sounds like you've got the FINGER command aliased to the SEND command somehow. Check your LOGIN.COM for a definition for FINGER. If you have one, you many want to remove it, log out, and then log back in. -- Kent Covert, Software Coordinator Miami Computing and Information Services Miami University, Oxford, OH [log in to unmask] (internet) kacovert@miavx1 (bitnet)