Thanks! That was it. I tried "last -a" as Corey suggested, and it produced the output I would have expected. cpe-24-210-31-27.columbus.res.rr.com Robb On 12/26/05, Edmundo Carmona <eantoranz@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > I think that's the domain name of the host from which you logged in. > > This is the name of one of our hosts from our ISP's point of view: > > dC9D03164.dslam-01-15-4-01-1-01.ISPs.domain > > On 12/26/05, Robb Bossley <robb.bossley@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > Hey everyone, > > > > Hope you all had a great Christmas! > > > > I am running Linux-2.6.14.3 with iptables 1.3.4. It has been working > > marvelously for me, but I noticed an unusual entry in my "last" log. > > I believe it was from me logging on from a friend's computer, but the > > entry was not the typical xx.xxx.xxx.xxx entry. The entry I saw was > > "cpe-24-210-31-27". Why is this notation different, and what would > > have been the ip? 24.210.31.27? > > > > TIA > > > > Robb > > _______________________________________________ > > LARTC mailing list > > LARTC@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > > http://mailman.ds9a.nl/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/lartc > > > >
