Date: Wed, 19 Feb 1997 19:40:43 -0800 (PST) From: Doug White <dwhite@gdi.uoregon.edu> To: Charles Henrich <henrich@crh.cl.msu.edu> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Whats this? (in last/wtmp) Message-ID: <Pine.BSI.3.94.970219193918.13952O-100000@localhost> In-Reply-To: <199702191839.NAA02259@crh.cl.msu.edu>
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On Wed, 19 Feb 1997, Charles Henrich wrote: > > On Wed, 19 Feb 1997, Charles Henrich wrote: > > > > > When this user logs in it says "invalid hostname" for where he is from, logs > > > > that as such in the wtmp. What is causing this? Anyone? > > > > > > faisal ttyp1 invalid hostname Wed Feb 19 12:12 - 12:14 (00:02) > > > > Nameserver lookup problems? > > Then it should put the IP in the file right? Then perhaps it's not getting the IP -- a intervening machine is stomping on the tcp_extensions perhaps? Or the data returned from the nameserver is invalid? You might look at the login source and see where the text is emitted. Doug White | University of Oregon Internet: dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu | Residence Networking Assistant http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~dwhite | Computer Science Major
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