last - i command shows erronous IP
Ben Russo
ben at muppethouse.com
Mon Dec 20 19:54:57 UTC 2004
Shashank Bhide wrote:
> Ben Russo wrote:
> t?
>
>>
>>
>> The ":0" is showing you that somebody logged into the console via GDM
>> right? (The X-windows login?)
>>
>
> Yes,
> With the last command (w/o the -i switch) this output looks like:
> shashank pts/0 Wed Dec 15 15:02 - 15:03 (00:01)
> shashank :0 Wed Dec 15 15:02 - 15:03 (00:01)
> shashank pts/0 Wed Dec 15 15:00 - 15:01 (00:01)
> shashank :0 Wed Dec 15 15:00 - 15:01 (00:01)
>
> So I am wondering if it is a bug?
>
Is 128.99.1.64 the IP address of the system where the keyboard was used
to log into GDM?
If it is then I don't think it is a bug. A login on a Virtual Console
doesn't imply any TCP-IP goings on, (you don't even have to have an IP
address at all to log in on a virtual console)
But GDM is an X-Client application. So it would have to use TCP/IP to
communicate with the X-Server.
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