"whois" is a tool to look up domains/IP networks and their owners.
If you're not running a whois server, you won't get a connection.
If you want to lookup info on your users' accounts, you need to use
"finger".
On Wed, 22 Nov 2000, Fred Edmister wrote:
> Everytime I do a whois on someone's account that's on my server, I get a
> connection refused....
>
> fwhois: connect: Connection refused
>
> Any thoughts... Is it possible to open whois for requests without causing
> a security issue? Thanks in advance, and hope you all have a safe and
> Happy Thanksgiving everyone!
>
> Fred
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