Date: Mon, 14 Feb 2005 06:20:30 GMT From: Peter Jeremy <PeterJeremy@optushome.com.au> To: freebsd-bugs@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: bin/76089: The "-n" option in /usr/bin/w is broken Message-ID: <200502140620.j1E6KUO2082618@freefall.freebsd.org>
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The following reply was made to PR bin/76089; it has been noted by GNATS. From: Peter Jeremy <PeterJeremy@optushome.com.au> To: Sergey Matveychuk <sem@freebsd.org> Cc: freebsd-gnats-submit@freebsd.org, jesper@hackunite.net, hackers@freebsd.org Subject: Re: bin/76089: The "-n" option in /usr/bin/w is broken Date: Mon, 14 Feb 2005 17:16:23 +1100 On Sun, 2005-Feb-13 19:50:44 +0300, Sergey Matveychuk wrote: >IMHO to be more robust, we should make utmp to hold an IP address >instead of a hostname and change all applications that use it. As bonus >it will fix a delay on login when resolving does not work. And last(1) >will show more useful IP address instead of changable hostname. Depending on the environment, the IP address may be more changeable than the hostname. Definitely, in a DHCP or dialup environment, you can't rely on the IP address at any time other than during the session. There is little (if any) benefit in logging the IP address instead of the hostname. -- Peter Jeremy
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