Re: Login names...

From: Michael K. Lee (mklee@Sun2.IS)
Date: 03/13/95


On Sun, 12 Mar 1995, DoDGeR wrote:

> does the telnet command send the login name of the person trying to connect?
> if so, how do I display it.  Some bloody idiot has been trying to hack into one
> of out implementors all morning and I really want to either ban his login or
> mail his root..
> thanx..
> -------------------------------------------------------------------------------
> Harvard Law:
>         Under the most rigorously controlled conditions of pressure,
>         temperature, volume, humidity, and other variables, the
>         organism will do as it damn well pleases.
> DoDGeR@wpi.wpi.edu
> 

only if the machine they are telnetting from is running pidentd
and if you have a code that will interpret that.  I have it in 
my code right now.  About 50% of the frequently used machines
have it running.

mike



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