Hmm, my first message and I get to respond to it myself <grin>. I have
determined that it has to do with Dynamic IP address. I was able to
look a couple of them up for my ISP and it seems that that's what those
are instead of @localhost I get @<dynamic IP address from my ISP>.
Still strange. Should it do this?
James
James Maddison wrote:
>
> I finally figured out how to establish a PPP connection as a user and
> not root <whew> with Linux (RH 5.1 kernel 2.0.35), however I find it
> stange (and a little worrysome) that after killing the connection and
> the XWindow server that the screen prompt no longer reads @localhost it
> reads @ various other things. This bothers me a little.
>
> I do have my /etc/hosts.allow file as "ALL: 127.0.0.1" and my
> /etc/hosts.deny file as "ALL: ALL".
>
> Why does my prompt show that I'm on another host? Does this have
> something to do with my ISP and DNS? I haven't a clue. Somehow, I don't
> think it should say that. Is there a way I can make it not do that? Is
> this a security concern?
>
> James
