(newbie) i have nothing on my box resembling 'whois2'. is this something i have to install, or is it something i have to create? >From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >Subject: Re: Whois Command? >Date: Thu, 14 Sep 2000 00:43:50 -0400 (EDT) > >On Tue, 12 Sep 2000, William J. Salvino wrote: > > Anybody used whois lately? I must have missed something. Is there a man > > page for whois? Can't get detailed information with it??? > > I did not find anything to explain on http://www.internic.net. Maybe I > > am thick. > > Bill > > e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >Someone gave me the instruction on how to fix this. I've since lost his >instructions, but here's what I now have: > >$ ls -l /usr/bin/*whois* > -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 4748 Feb 4 2000 /usr/bin/fwhois > -rwxrwxr-x 1 root root 39 Jul 19 22:44 /usr/bin/whois > lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 6 Jun 9 1999 /usr/bin/whois2 >-> > fwhois >$ file /usr/bin/*whois* > /usr/bin/fwhois: ELF 32-bit LSB executable, Intel 80386, version 1, > dynamically linked (uses shared libs), stripped > /usr/bin/whois: ASCII text > /usr/bin/whois2: symbolic link to fwhois > >So `whois2' is a symbolic link to the binary, `fwhois'. `Whois' is now a >shell script: > >$ less `which whois` > #/bin/sh > whois2 $[EMAIL PROTECTED] > >So if you edit your system so that it's identical to what I now have you'll >find that the whois command now works very well. In fact, IMHO it works >better than in previous distributions now that I've made these changes. > >Mit freundlichen Grüßen, >Russ. > >"The Internet is like a world with neither walls nor fences. >Without walls who needs Windows, and without fences who needs Gates?" > >TO CONTRIBUTE >to the Harry Browne for President Committee online >please visit http://www.harrybrowne2000.org/misc/renew.htm. > > > >_______________________________________________ >Redhat-list mailing list >[EMAIL PROTECTED] >https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list _________________________________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free E-mail from MSN Hotmail at http://www.hotmail.com. Share information about yourself, create your own public profile at http://profiles.msn.com. _______________________________________________ Redhat-list mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list