openssh-2.1.1p1 on Debian slink and potato

[nikhil at mailsafe.org]

Just today I compilied openssh-2.1.1p1 on Debian Slink and Potato both to come out with the same problem.

I  am compiling them with openssl-0.9.5a.. The configure line I use for openssh is below:
./configure --sysconfdir=/etc/ssh --prefix=/usr  --with-ssl-dir=../openssl-0.9.5a

So I compile, do a make install restart the sshd daemon and everything seems fine.

Then when I do a w at the prompt look what I get:
a# w
 12:41pm  up 13:58,  1 user,  load average: 0.09, 0.06, 0.06
USER     TTY      FROM              LOGIN@   IDLE   JCPU   PCPU  WHAT
root     pts/0    -                31Dec69  0.00s  0.13s  0.05s  w 
#
So i'm a bit puzzled I'm not logging in from console, I'm sshing from a remote host, I wonder how come the remote host is not being displaed under FROM.

Same thing happens under who:
# who
root     pts/0    Dec 31 19:00
#


Is there something that I did wrong that I'm over looking? Not only is the FROM missing but the date is also missing.


This was an upgrade from a old version of openssh and that version worked fine.


Can someone please shed some light on what I might've done wrong and how to fix this problem.


Please let me know and thanks again