Date: Thu, 3 Dec 2009 18:52:31 -0800 (PST) From: Richard Mahlerwein <mahlerrd@yahoo.com> To: FreeBSD-Questions <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: "Last login" message Message-ID: <591919.4832.qm@web51005.mail.re2.yahoo.com> In-Reply-To: <12_1259882481_4B1847F1_12_7_1_70C0964126D66F458E688618E1CD008A08CCF0C2@WADPEXV0.waddell.com>
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> Subject: "Last login" message > > When I ssh to my FreeBSD machine, I get something like > this: > > Last login: Thu Dec 3 15:12:40 2009 from 11.22.33.44 > Copyright (c) 1980, 1983, 1986, 1988, 1990, 1991, 1993, > 1994 > The Regents of the University > of California. All rights reserved. > > FreeBSD 7.1-RELEASE-p9 (DAFFY) #0: Thu Dec 3 11:33:28 > PST 2009 > > ..where "11.22.33.44" is an IP address. However, > sometimes, in place > of an IP address I get a truncated hostname, for example > "daffy.nerius.co" (note the last 'm' missing). > I was wondering what controls this, meaning if I get an IP > or a > hostname, and why it's being truncated. Just a thought - could the truncation be to the length of a full-length IPV4 address... 011.022.033.044 daffy.nerius.co They seem to match in length.help
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