Re: /var/log/secure

From: Michael Heiming (michael+USENET@heiming.de)
Date: 04/02/02 

From: Michael Heiming <michael+USENET@heiming.de>
Date: Tue, 2 Apr 2002 13:18:30 +0100

Johnny (<%5dq8.379643$uv5.32189782@bin6.nnrp.aus1.giganews.com>):

> I have the following messages in my /var/log/secure file:
>
> Apr 1 00:26:31 localhost sshd[12286]: Could not reverse map
> address 192.168.20.40.
> Apr 1 00:26:38 localhost sshd[12286]: Accepted password for
> USERIDWHOMEVER from 192.168.20.40 port 1170
>
> I'm assuming this is NOT a direct SSH issue but could affect my
> SSH operations. I assume the message means I have something
> on/off/misconfigured with my network. Any ideas what the "problem"
> might be?

Sounds like a DNS problem, sshd can't reverse lookup the host, try:
$ nslookup 192.168.20.40

You need to setup/correct your DNS config.

There is a DNS-Howto on www.linuxdoc.org, which might be helpfull.

Michael Heiming 

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