[Wylug-help] ssh help

[Roger]

Philip Wyett wrote:
> On Fri, 2009-01-16 at 14:09 +0000, Roger wrote:
>> I use Putty to log into my server (upstairs) from my laptop 
>> (downstairs).  That works fine, but Logwatch keeps reporting:
>> ------------------------------------------------------------------
>> Address IP maps to HOST, but this does not map back to the address - 
>> POSSIBLE BREAK-IN ATTEMPT!
>> ------------------------------------------------------------------
<snip>
>> is there a way to get the reverse lookup to work locally as well?
> 
> To stop it doing reverse DNS lookup you could alter the sshd_config
> variable:
> 
> UseDNS yes
> 
> To:
> 
> UseDNS no
> 
> and see if that does the trick.

Bingo. Thanks.

Roger

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