Index: finger.c
===================================================================
RCS file: /home/ncvs/src/usr.bin/finger/finger.c,v
retrieving revision 1.15.2.3
retrieving revision 1.21
diff -u -r1.15.2.3 -r1.21
--- finger.c	2000/09/15 21:51:00	1.15.2.3
+++ finger.c	2000/10/05 15:56:13	1.21
@@ -293,6 +293,16 @@
 		goto net;
 
 	/*
+	 * Mark any arguments beginning with '/' as invalid so that we 
+	 * don't accidently confuse them with expansions from finger.conf
+	 */
+	for (p = argv, ip = used; *p; ++p, ++ip)
+	    if (**p == '/') {
+		*ip = 1;
+		warnx("%s: no such user", *p);
+	    }
+
+	/*
 	 * Traverse the finger alias configuration file of the form
 	 * alias:(user|alias), ignoring comment lines beginning '#'.
 	 */
@@ -323,11 +333,11 @@
 	 * gathering the traditional finger information.
 	 */
 	if (mflag)
-		for (p = argv; *p; ++p) {
-			if (**p != '/' || !show_text("", *p, "")) {
+		for (p = argv, ip = used; *p; ++p, ++ip) {
+			if (**p != '/' || *ip == 1 || !show_text("", *p, "")) {
 				if (((pw = getpwnam(*p)) != NULL) && !hide(pw))
 					enter_person(pw);
-			   	else
+				else if (!*ip)
 					warnx("%s: no such user", *p);
 			}
 		}