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Date:      Sun, 14 Mar 1999 20:33:48 -0800 (PST)
From:      Sean Eric Fagan <sef@kithrup.com>
To:        FreeBSD-gnats-submit@freebsd.org
Subject:   bin/10596: I can't find out where someone is logged in from.
Message-ID:  <199903150433.UAA09424@kithrup.com>

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>Number:         10596
>Category:       bin
>Synopsis:       I can't find out where someone is logged in from.
>Confidential:   no
>Severity:       serious
>Priority:       high
>Responsible:    freebsd-bugs
>State:          open
>Quarter:        
>Keywords:       
>Date-Required:
>Class:          sw-bug
>Submitter-Id:   current-users
>Arrival-Date:   Sun Mar 14 20:40:00 PST 1999
>Closed-Date:
>Last-Modified:
>Originator:     Sean Eric Fagan
>Release:        FreeBSD 2.2.6-STABLE i386
>Organization:
Kithrup Enterprises, Ltd.
>Environment:

Stock 2.2.6-STABLE

>Description:

When someone logs in from a host with a valid PTR record, but not a valid A
record, only "invalid hostname" gets logged.  It is then impossible to tell
where the person logged in from.  Great implementation decision, there.
E.g.:

kithrup 1% w
 8:32PM  up 14 days,  5:53, 7 users, load averages: 0.06, 0.09, 0.03
USER     TTY FROM              LOGIN@  IDLE WHAT
mumble  p2  invalid hostname  8:15PM    10 -csh

kithrup 2% last -1 mumble
mumble  ttyp2    invalid hostname Sun Mar 14 20:15   still logged in

>How-To-Repeat:

See above.

>Fix:
	
Replace the entire system and go back to the original CSRG method; at least it
didn't give "invalid hostname" as the only indication of where the host came
from.


>Release-Note:
>Audit-Trail:
>Unformatted:


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