--- bsd-finger-0.16/finger/util.c.pts	Tue Sep 28 18:53:58 1999

+++ bsd-finger-0.16/finger/util.c	Tue Dec 21 14:12:56 1999

@@ -71,8 +71,13 @@

 	}

 	snprintf(tbuf, TBUFLEN, "%s/%s", _PATH_DEV, w->tty);

 	if (stat(tbuf, &sb) < 0) {

+	    switch (errno) {

+	    case ENOENT:

+		break;

+	    default:

 		eprintf("finger: %s: %s\n", tbuf, strerror(errno));

 		return;

+	    }

 	}

 	w->idletime = now < sb.st_atime ? 0 : now - sb.st_atime;