Re: last - i command shows erronous IP

[Ben Russo <ben muppethouse com>]

Shashank Bhide wrote:
> Ben Russo wrote:
> t?
>
> > The ":0" is showing you that somebody logged into the console via GDM 
> > right?  (The X-windows login?)
>
> Yes,
>   With the last command (w/o the -i switch) this output looks like:
> shashank pts/0                         Wed Dec 15 15:02 - 15:03  (00:01)
> shashank :0                            Wed Dec 15 15:02 - 15:03  (00:01)
> shashank pts/0                         Wed Dec 15 15:00 - 15:01  (00:01)
> shashank :0                            Wed Dec 15 15:00 - 15:01  (00:01)
>
> So I am wondering if it is a bug?

Is 128.99.1.64  the IP address of the system where the keyboard was used 
to log into GDM?

If it is then I don't think it is a bug.  A login on a Virtual Console 
doesn't imply any TCP-IP goings on, (you don't even have to have an IP 
address at all to log in on a virtual console)

But GDM is an X-Client application.  So it would have to use TCP/IP to 
communicate with the X-Server.