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(I dont run finger to the outside..only within the machine itself).

I am running 4.9 and noticed that finger will not resolve internal IPs whereas
it will resolve external IPs sorta...

For example:

# finger testacct
Login: testacct                         Name: Test Account
Directory: /home/testacct               Shell: /bin/tcsh
On since Sat Jan 31 11:39 (CST) on ttyp0 from 207.227.112.116
No Mail.
No Plan.


..but when 'testacct' logs out, the finger information will then reveal the 
NAME of the IP...

# finger testacct
Login: testacct                         Name: Test Account
Directory: /home/testacct               Shell: /bin/tcsh
Last login Sat Jan 31 11:39 (CST) on ttyp1 from karliscool.cyberly
No Mail.
No Plan.

However on internal telnets within the lan, the live and stale finger 
information only show the IP...it never resolves.

I run my own DNS and know BIND -very- well. I dont believe that this is a 
DNS issue and nslookup on the LAN IPs all resolves forward/reverse just fine.

Any thoughts?






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