Date: Mon, 14 Feb 2005 09:45:44 +0300 From: Sergey Matveychuk <sem@FreeBSD.org> To: Peter Jeremy <PeterJeremy@optushome.com.au> Cc: freebsd-gnats-submit@freebsd.org Subject: Re: bin/76089: The "-n" option in /usr/bin/w is broken Message-ID: <42104918.8080003@FreeBSD.org> In-Reply-To: <20050214061622.GA70826@cirb503493.alcatel.com.au> References: <420F8564.5060200@FreeBSD.org> <20050214061622.GA70826@cirb503493.alcatel.com.au>
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Peter Jeremy wrote: > 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. I agree, environments are different. So may be it makes no sense to change hostname with IP. It was just an idea. But fact is, we lost 'w -n' semantic. And it should be fixed. BTW, UT_HOSTSIZE=16 is too short in my opinion. -- Sem.
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