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/etc/profile variable problem

Zone: IBM AIX Unix
Tags: IBM, AIX, 5.1.1.0
A variable for CLIENTHOST is set in the /etc/profile which just uses the who -m command.  The variable for the hostname of the local machine is then passed in and works about 95% of the time.  However, it occasionally passes in either the local host without a DNS suffix or the IP address of the local host.  The problem is random and is not isolated to clients.

Does anybody know of a OS level patch to fix the problem or see something wrong with the variable creation?

CLIENTHOST=`who -m|awk '{print $NF}'|tr -d "()"`
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Zone: OS
Question Asked By: shageman
Solution Provided By: JustUNIX
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Solution Grade: B
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