Cpanel Shows [ Last Login ] That Is Not My Ip

[bdistler]

cPanel shows [ Last Login ] as IP [ 65.19.143.5 ] ( which is a Helio Host IP )

why is this a issue? - when I log into cPanel - if the [ Last Login ] is not my IP then someone else has been into my account (that is how it should work)

can cPanel show the 'real' log in from IP address - as it does on my other hosts ?

 

[wolstech]

That IP is the Cody server. It's nothing to be concerned about, just means you signed in through our website versus directly through https://tommy.heliohost.org:2083. It happens because our website signs into your account on your behalf in order for the "HelioHost tools" page to work.

 

If you want the reported IP to be accurate, do not sign in through our website.

[bdistler]

That IP is the Cody server. It's nothing to be concerned about, just means you signed in through our website versus directly through https://tommy.heliohost.org:2083. It happens because our website signs into your account on your behalf in order for the "HelioHost tools" page to work.

 

If you want the reported IP to be accurate, do not sign in through our website.

 

I can NOT sign in on your "website" - it dose not like my password

 

the only URL that I use to log in to cPanel is [ https://tommy.heliohost.org:2083/ ]

[Krydos]

I can NOT sign in on your "website" - it dose not like my password

Have you tried recently? I found a bug in the password code and fixed it not too long ago.

[bdistler]

Have you tried recently? I found a bug in the password code and fixed it not too long ago.

not recently

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BUT

as said above...

If you want the reported IP to be accurate, do not sign in through our website.

I do not use your Website to sign into cPanel

 

AND

getting the 'real' [ Last Login ] IP address is the issue

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[wolstech]

That's weird. I can make mine show a wrong IP by using the website, but I've never noticed it otherwise. Krydos may have something else running that triggers it...

[Krydos]

Who knows? cPanel is weird. If you log in at https://tommy.heliohost.org:2083/ it doesn't update the last login ip file at all. If you log in at https://www.heliohost.org/login/ it updates the file twice. Once with Cody's IP, and then once with your home IP, and then cPanel shows the second to the last IP in the log file. So if you always log in from our website it will always show the same Cody IP.

 

Here's your cPanel last login history

107.2.44.112 # 2017-01-03 15:40:18 -0800
65.19.143.5  # 2017-01-25 10:21:44 -0800
107.2.44.112 # 2017-01-25 10:22:28 -0800
65.19.143.5  # 2017-01-25 10:24:56 -0800
107.2.44.112 # 2017-01-25 10:25:25 -0800

 

Ah, after fiddling with it a bit more it seems like it only adds a line if you log in from an IP address different from the last line, and then the last login IP displayed in cPanel shows whatever the second to last line is.

 

I fiddled with it a little bit more, and now Cody's IP shouldn't show up anymore.

[bdistler]

Krydos, on 05 Feb 2017 - 11:06 PM, said:

I fiddled with it a little bit more, and now Cody's IP shouldn't show up anymore.

Thanks

I now see my IP

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BUT

Krydos, on 05 Feb 2017 - 11:06 PM, said:

Here's your cPanel last login history...

I know I have logged into cPanel during the current month (Feb)

has it stopped logging ?

the issue is the 'no more than 30 days from last log in' requirement

[wolstech]

The last login date that matters is in a different system and is showing as having logged in today.

 

Not sure why there'd be no log entries for that week and a half, but who knows. cPanel is a really weird program...

[Krydos]

it only adds a line if you log in from an IP address different from the last line

What I meant by this is it checks your current login IP, and if it is the same as the last login IP in the log it doesn't write a new entry. It also doesn't update the timestamp. So the timestamps are only going to change on the last line if you login from a different IP otherwise the last entry stays the same.

 

Also thanks for pointing this out. I'm sure there are or will be other people who worry about someone gaining access to their account due to cPanel showing an unknown last login IP.