--- fwhois-1.00/fwhois.c	Fri Feb  4 21:42:55 2000
+++ fwhois-1.00/fwhois.c	Fri Feb  4 21:48:03 2000
@@ -113,8 +113,10 @@
 		hp = &def;
 	}
 	if (!(sp = getservbyname("whois", "tcp"))) {
-		(void)fprintf(stderr, "fwhois: tcp/whois: unknown service\n");
-		return;
+		if (!(sp = getservbyname("nicname", "tcp"))) {
+			(void)fprintf(stderr, "fwhois: tcp/whois and tcp/nicname: unknown services\n");
+			return;
+		}
 	}
 	sin.sin_family = hp->h_addrtype;
 	bcopy(hp->h_addr, (char *)&sin.sin_addr, hp->h_length);