Very Computer

I'd like to display the IP address of a telnet client back to the client in
the login banner or immediately after logging in. I looked at /etc/issue.net
but that only seems to support server side variables, not client variables.

Since the client IP address is getting logged to /var/log/messages there
must be a way to do this.

Any suggestions?

Thanks,

-gt

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Quote:> I'd like to display the IP address of a telnet client back to the
client in
> the login banner or immediately after logging in. I looked at
/etc/issue.net
> but that only seems to support server side variables, not client
variables.

> Since the client IP address is getting logged to /var/log/messages
there
> must be a way to do this.

echo "The client "; \
host `finger | sed -e /^.ogin/d -e "s,.*(\(.*\))$,\1,"`

[ this gives "The client host.name has address X.X.X.X" ]

Jon.

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