"finger user1" pointing user1 and user2 as well why so?

UNIX Solaris
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Hello guys,

on Solaris 10 os, I have this problem,

When I finger one user it points to 2 user why so,

-bash-3.2$ finger machova
Login name: machovp                     In real life: raju Machova (LIB FinAcct User)
Directory: /users/cz/182/machovp        Shell: /usr/bin/ksh
Never logged in.
No unread mail
No Plan.
Login name: machova                     In real life: ram Machova (Liberec Production User)
Directory: /users/cz/182/machova        Shell: /usr/bin/ksh
Never logged in.
No unread mail
No Plan.

However their home directory is diferent.

-bash-3.2$ grep machova /etc/passwd
machova:x:4828:102:ram Machova (System1 Production User):/users/cz/182/machova:/usr/bin/ksh
-bash-3.2$ grep machovp /etc/passwd
machovp:x:3689:102:raju Machova (System2 FinAcct User):/users/cz/182/machovp:/usr/bin/ksh
-bash-3.2$ sudo ls -ltra /users/cz/182/machova

Will this cause any issue? first tell me,
I checked their respective home directories the owner and group owner are proper.

Please advise.

Thanks,
Manali.

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Both of these users match machova, you need to use finger -m to restrict finger to look for their username.

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Solved!