last and IPv6
Rick Stevens
ricks at nerd.com
Tue Jun 30 23:59:19 UTC 2009
Jeffrey Ross wrote:
> How can I get the full IP address of a user logging in via IPv6 with the
> last command (or equivalent information elsewhere)
>
> With an IPv4 address I can simply type "last -i" and the hostname (which
> is usually truncated) is replaced with the IP address.
>
> Problem is an IPv6 address being 128 bits long is too long to fit in the
> provided field and is truncated after 16 characters, just like the
> hostname.
Have you tried widening the console and trying "last -ia"?
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