Date: Sun, 16 Jul 1995 23:44:31 +0800 (WST) From: Peter Wemm <peter@haywire.DIALix.COM> To: hackers@freebsd.org Subject: utmp ut_host field Message-ID: <Pine.SV4.3.91.950716234026.24370b-100000@haywire.DIALix.COM>
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Hi all..
telnetd will store the dotted IP address in the hostname field if the
actual name is too long to fit.
w detects this and correctly looks up the real name.
who does not, neither does finger.
tcsh does really strange things.. it tries to
gethostbyname("192.9.200.1") and other wierd things.
I like the idea of using the IP address if the full name wont fit, but
it's a bit annoying to see only some of the system understanding it.
Would there be objections to me going through and fixing it? (ie: get
rlogind to generate the IP address in the same way that telnetd does, and
fix who,finger,tcsh etc so they understand it?
Cheers,
-Peter
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