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...ce a user authenticates themself to sshd, sshd among other things records the login in the wtmp, which `last` reads. However, sshd logs hostnames which are longer than 16 characters instead of IPs like normal programs would. As a result, I have useless entries such as: tempest ttyp4 1cust126.tnt5.ta Sat Mar 11 22:33 - 14:03 (15:29) which there is no way of telling what IP that was from. One option I found using was the UseLogin option, where openssh authenticates via login(1). This would work correctly but the wtmp logging was awkward: tempest ttyp4 63.10.229.126 Sat...

...se openssh's UseLogin option (i.e. set it to "Yes").. i get duplicate entries in the wtmp file (when i type 'last' it displays users who logged on via sshd twice), like this: tempest ttyp4 63.10.229.126 Sat Mar 11 22:33 - 14:03 (15:29) tempest ttyp4 1cust126.tnt5.ta Sat Mar 11 22:33 still logged in note however that this is AFTER a user has logged off. It shows how long the user was logged on in the first entry (the one by login(1)) and correctly logs only the IP address. However, sshd STILL logged the entry, incorrectly i might add, saying the us...