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From: wswietse@lso.win.tue.nl (Wietse Venema)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.questions
Subject: Re: Finding your remote host's name
Message-ID: <1216@tuewsd.win.tue.nl>
Date: 8 Jun 90 12:06:49 GMT
References: <1990Jun6.091842.11335@dlcq15.datlog.co.uk> <1211@tuewsd.win.tue.nl>
Sender: wswietse@win.tue.nl (Wietse Venema)
Organization: Eindhoven University of Technology, The Netherlands
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In article <1211@tuewsd.win.tue.nl> I write:

>    if (getpeername(0, &sa, &length) >= 0) {

to obtain the name of the host one is logged in from. Obviously, this
does not work when stdin is connected to a pty.

Oops. Good thing this ain't comp.unix.wizards.