On Mon, 20 Jan 2003, Jeffrey Ross wrote: - yes, remember that although "last", "w" & "who" don't do the reverse lookup - (isn't that put in by ssh/login?) programs such as netstat will list the - name of the host, meaning that the in-addr stuff is working. Not necessarily. netstat will use /etc/hosts too. Depends on how you have nsswitch.conf setup. - hmm... it appears to be only sshd, I opened up telnet and it logged the - address properly. IIRC, telnet will use /etc/hosts but sshd does not. Try a 'dig -x <ip address>'. - Jeff - - > - > Do you have reverse DNS -- aka in-addr.arpa -- configured? - > - > On Mon, 20 Jan 2003, Jeffrey Ross wrote: - > - > - I have RH8.0 installed on an older machine (AMD K6-2) the install went well, - > - I do not have X loaded on this system. It handles strictly email, DNS, and - > - some HTTP stuff. - > - - > - I did not install httpd, DNS, or Sendmail off the distribution. I compiled - > - them myself. - > - - > - DNS 9.2.1 - > - apache 1.3.27 - > - sendmail 8.12.6 - > - - > - All three appear to be working correctly with one exception... - > - - > - if I type "last", "w", "who" etc, I do not see the hostname that I am - > - logged in from, but rather, my IP address. However if I issue a "netstat" - > - or check /var/log/messages I will always see my host name. - > - - > - Also other programs that rely on DNS all appear to work fine (i.e. ftp, - > - telnet, etc) - > - - > - suggestions???? did I miss something simple? - > - - > - TIA - > - - > - Jeff - > - - > - - > - - > - - > - > -- - > -- Stephen Carville http://www.heronforge.net/~stephen/gnupgkey.txt - > ============================================================== - > Blessed are those who, in the face of death, think only of the - > front sight. - > ============================================================== - > - > - > - > -- - > Psyche-list mailing list - > Psyche-list@redhat.com - > https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/psyche-list - > - - - - -- -- Stephen Carville http://www.heronforge.net/~stephen/gnupgkey.txt ============================================================== Blessed are those who, in the face of death, think only of the front sight. ============================================================== -- Psyche-list mailing list Psyche-list@redhat.com https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/psyche-list
