Re: last - i command shows erronous IP

[Ben Russo <ben muppethouse com>]

Shashank Bhide wrote:
> Hi all,
>   I dont know if this is (was) a bug or not. But when ever I try to use 
> the last -i  command on my Red Hat 9 server, I get an IP address 
> (128.99.1.64) against  a local login. The ouptut looks something like this:
>
> prompt> last -i | more
> shashank pts/0        0.0.0.0          Wed Dec 15 15:02 - 15:03  (00:01)
> shashank :0           128.99.1.64      Wed Dec 15 15:02 - 15:03  (00:01)
> shashank pts/0        0.0.0.0          Wed Dec 15 15:00 - 15:01  (00:01)
> shashank :0           128.99.1.64      Wed Dec 15 15:00 - 15:01  (00:01)
>
>
> May be this is fixed in the latest verion of last?

The ":0" is showing you that somebody logged into the console via GDM 
right?  (The X-windows login?)