Bug#303265: marked as done (GDM does not log the correct IP
address in wtmp)
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From: Jason Cormie <ccojdc@abertay.ac.uk>
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Subject: sysvinit: Last does not display IPv6 addresses correctly
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Package: sysvinit
Version: 2.86.ds1-1
Severity: minor
when I run last -i to dispaly ip addresses,
it can display IPv4 addresses, but messes up IPv6
-- System Information:
Debian Release: 3.1
APT prefers testing
APT policy: (990, 'testing')
Architecture: i386 (i686)
Kernel: Linux 2.6.8-2-686
Locale: LANG=en_GB.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_GB.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8)
Versions of packages sysvinit depends on:
ii coreutils 5.2.1-2 The GNU core utilities
ii initscripts 2.86.ds1-1 Standard scripts needed for bootin
ii libc6 2.3.2.ds1-20 GNU C Library: Shared libraries an
ii sysv-rc 2.86.ds1-1 Standard boot mechanism using syml
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Subject: Re: Bug#303265: sysvinit: Last does not display IPv6 addresses
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From: Miquel van Smoorenburg <miquels@cistron.nl>
To: Jason Cormie <ccojdc@abertay.ac.uk>
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On Thu, 2005-04-07 at 11:44 +0100, Jason Cormie wrote:
> Miquel van Smoorenburg wrote:
> > "last" handles IPv6 in utmp/wtmp correctly as far as I know, but
> > I also know that ssh did not in previous versions at least. Not sure
> > what current versions do.
> >
> > So I guess last just shows you what actually is logged in
> > /var/log/wtmp, and if it's junk, it's junk ...
>
> I may have been jumping to conclusions.
>
> I think the culprit is sessreg being called by gdm when someone logs in
> here is some output
>
> last
> c511094 mc3273.uad.a mc3273.uad.ac.uk Thu Apr 7 09:18 - 09:19 (00:01)
>
> last -i
> c511094 mc3273.uad.a 112.191.21.64 Thu Apr 7 09:18 - 09:19 (00:01)
> (the ip should be 193.60.161.86)
>
> Have looked at wtmp and yes you are right the false ip is in there.
OK, closing this bug. Feel free to re-open it and reassign it to gdm or
sessreg.
Mike.