"who am i" returns always "localhost"

¦a²y¤H · *nix forums beginner Joined: 25 May 2005 Posts: 43

Hi there,

being far away from being an expert - but need to be the administrator
of my own RS/6000 (7044-170) because I need this machine for development
purposes. Anyway, I have managed to install 5.3 plus all fix packs I
could find for this version. Network is set up very simple - static IP
(10.0.0.5), gateway and subnet (255.255.252.0). From what ever machine
within this LAN I connect to the AIX-box via telnet, the "who am i"
always returns "localhost". Because the .profile sets the DISPLAY to
what ever "who am i" returns, the DISPLAY is set to "localhost" as well,
forcing me for any X-session to set the DISPLAY manually.

Any hint in that regard?

<bela@bluedog.cc.emory · *nix forums beginner Joined: 09 Aug 2005 Posts: 10

user@domain.invalid wrote:
udi> Hi there,
udi>
udi> being far away from being an expert - but need to be the administrator
udi> of my own RS/6000 (7044-170) because I need this machine for development
udi> purposes. Anyway, I have managed to install 5.3 plus all fix packs I
udi> could find for this version. Network is set up very simple - static IP
udi> (10.0.0.5), gateway and subnet (255.255.252.0). From what ever machine
udi> within this LAN I connect to the AIX-box via telnet, the "who am i"
udi> always returns "localhost". Because the .profile sets the DISPLAY to
udi> what ever "who am i" returns, the DISPLAY is set to "localhost" as well,
udi> forcing me for any X-session to set the DISPLAY manually.
udi>
udi> Any hint in that regard?

Have you set the host name (smitty mktcpip)? In /etc/hosts?
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¦a²y¤H · *nix forums beginner Joined: 25 May 2005 Posts: 43

bela@bluedog.cc.emory.edu wrote:

Bela · *nix forums beginner Joined: 20 Jul 2005 Posts: 40

user@domain.invalid wrote:
udi> bela@bluedog.cc.emory.edu wrote:

temp_acc@yahoo.de · *nix forums beginner Joined: 18 Jul 2006 Posts: 4

Bela wrote:

Ashok Sangra · *nix forums beginner Joined: 16 Mar 2006 Posts: 8

The hostname in the output of "who" or "who am i" is the name of the
machine the user is logged in from. You might have not set/configured
the hostname/ip of the machine from where you telnet to the system. In
most of the cases I have seen the IP of the machine instead of
localhost.

Rgds
Ashok

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