From: Ben Le (ble@pcc.edu)
Date: Tue Nov 18 2003 - 12:03:04 EST
Thanks Bill.
At 05:04 PM 11/17/2003 -0500, you wrote:
>Hi,
>
>
>"/usr/bin/last -R" generates a login report. The problem is the hostname
>from login report got truncated.
>
>jdoe pts/tc 69-30-8-235.pxd. Sun Nov 16 23:27 still logged in
>
>Since this host "61-32-8-235.pxk." got truncated, it is impossible to
>verify where did 'jdoe' log in from. Is there a way to extend the hostname
>field to list the full hostname?
>Nope. The man page for wtmp tells all. Host name is 16 chars in
>width so that's all that gets stored. Yet another reason why long host
>names are not a good idea.
>
>Bill
>
>
>
>--
>Best regards,
>Bill Hassell (blhconsulting@mindspring.com)
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