(I of course edited my own host's ip address here for 10.20.30.40) But yes, getent resolves my host ip to a name. who/w/finger/last all still do not resolve the host.
On Tue, Sep 8, 2015 at 1:14 PM, Reco <recovery...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hi. > > On Tue, Sep 08, 2015 at 12:39:06PM +0100, Michael Grant wrote: > > Any idea why I'm NOT getting hostnames by default? > > > > $ who > > mgrant pts/1 2015-09-05 07:30 (10.20.30.40:S.1) > > mgrant pts/2 2015-09-05 07:30 (10.20.30.40:S.2) > > mgrant pts/3 2015-09-05 07:30 (10.20.30.40:S.3) > > mgrant pts/4 2015-09-05 07:30 (10.20.30.40:S.4) > > $ w > > 07:34:29 up 3 days, 6 min, 4 users, load average: 0.03, 0.06, 0.05 > > USER TTY FROM LOGIN@ IDLE JCPU PCPU WHAT > > mgrant pts/1 10.20.30.40:S. Sat07 26:48m 0.09s 0.09s /bin/bash > > $ finger > > Login Name Tty Idle Login Time Office Office > Phone > > mgrant Michael Grant pts/1 1d Sep 5 07:30 (10.20.30.40:S.1) > > mgrant Michael Grant pts/2 14:12 Sep 5 07:30 (10.20.30.40:S.2) > > mgrant Michael Grant pts/3 Sep 5 07:30 (10.20.30.40:S.3) > > mgrant Michael Grant pts/4 3d Sep 5 07:30 (10.20.30.40:S.4) > > Because your host is unable to resolve the IPs to hostnames, maybe? > What does 'getent hosts 10.20.30.40' show? > > Reco >
