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Newsgroups: comp.os.386bsd.bugs Path: sserve!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!yarrina.connect.com.au!werple.apana.org.au!otis.apana.org.au!serval.net.wsu.edu!netnews.nwnet.net!oracle.pnl.gov!osi-east2.es.net!lll-winken.llnl.gov!uwm.edu!spool.mu.edu!bloom-beacon.mit.edu!news.kei.com!ub!galileo.cc.rochester.edu!uhura.cc.rochester.edu!ev002b From: ev002b@uhura.cc.rochester.edu (Eric Volpe) Subject: Re: FreeBSD 2.0a telnetd not resolving hostnames? Message-ID: <1994Nov22.114257.19138@galileo.cc.rochester.edu> Sender: news@galileo.cc.rochester.edu Nntp-Posting-Host: uhura.cc.rochester.edu Organization: University of Rochester - Rochester, New York References: <1994Nov22.104030.17108@galileo.cc.rochester.edu> Date: Tue, 22 Nov 94 11:42:57 GMT Lines: 11 In <1994Nov22.104030.17108@galileo.cc.rochester.edu> ev002b@uhura.cc.rochester.edu (Eric Volpe) writes: [stupidity deleted] Sorry... that's what I get for neglecting to RTFM. For anyone who was equally confused, if a hostname is longer than the length of a utmp hostname field (or the length specified with the -u option to telnetd) telnetd will enter it into utmp using the dotted decimal value instead of the name, so as to be able to uniquely identify even long hostnames.