hostnames in accounting logs

[David Balentine]

I'm trying to get hostnames to display in the accounting file as opposed to just the IP address.

I've tried using the dns preload address [ip address] = [hostname] bit but it seemed to make no difference, which suggests this is not what it was intended for.  Is there an expected way to accomplish this?

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[David Balentine]

please disregard, dup because apparently i couldn't pay attention enough to see that posts needed to be approved before showing up =)

[Marc Huber]

Hi David,

On 2 Mai, 16:14, David Balentine <d...@rgmadvisors.com> wrote:
> I'm trying to get hostnames to display in the accounting file as opposed to
> just the IP address.
>
> I've tried using the dns preload address [ip address] = [hostname] bit but
> it seemed to make no difference, which suggests this is not what it was
> intended for.  Is there an expected way to accomplish this?

no, logging names instead of IP addresses isn't implemented.

You could use adnsresfilter to perform the reverse lookups, e.g.:

accounting log = "| /usr/local/bin/adnsresfilter | /usr/bin/logger"

Cheers,

Marc

[David Balentine]

Thanks, is this planned to implement at some point?

[Marc Huber]

Hi David,

On 3 Mai, 16:32, David Balentine <d...@moosebite.com> wrote:
> Thanks, is this planned to implement at some point?

no, there are neither plans to add an option for logging names instead
of IP addresses nor for customizing the log format.

Cheers,

Marc