Who's Who?
If you wish to check that a username does belong to the person that you wish to communicate with you can use the finger command. For example:
Type: | finger abc1 |
Response: |
Login name: abc1 in real life: DR. R.J. Mobbs Office: Comp Centre, x2247 Directory: /diak/v/abc1 Shell: /bin/ksh Last login at Mon Nov 4 15:51 FROM UNKNOWN@hawk No Plan. |
To find the username of someone you know uses the irix service you can use the above command as follows:
Type: | finger surname |