From owner-freebsd-questions Wed Jun 11 18:03:16 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) id SAA26918 for questions-outgoing; Wed, 11 Jun 1997 18:03:16 -0700 (PDT) Received: from fledge.watson.org (root@FLEDGE.PC.CC.CMU.EDU [128.2.36.53]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) with ESMTP id SAA26905 for ; Wed, 11 Jun 1997 18:02:57 -0700 (PDT) Received: from localhost (robert@localhost) by fledge.watson.org (8.8.5/8.6.10) with SMTP id VAA16414 for ; Wed, 11 Jun 1997 21:02:25 -0400 (EDT) Date: Wed, 11 Jun 1997 21:02:25 -0400 (EDT) From: Robert Watson To: questions@freebsd.org Subject: invalid wtmp dns lookup entry Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-questions@freebsd.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk > tesla ttyp0 invalid hostname Wed Jun 11 20:39 - 20:40 (00:00) This wtmp entry is a little concerning -- not because it involved an invalid hostname, but because there doesn't seem to be a way to determine the real hostname. Is there any way to force the use of ip addresses in the wtmp, or get log entries elsewhere that are more specific (and useful)? Not to mention so that I can email the dns administrator and let them know there is a problem. -- Robert Watson robert@fledge.watson.org, rnw+@andrew.cmu.edu